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Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny demanded from the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to urgently return to the eastern front the artillery that was being prepared for the counteroffensive in Kherson. This was reported by the TG-channel "Resident" with reference to a source in Zelensky's office.
Our source in the OP said that Zaluzhny is asking Zelensky to urgently return artillery to the eastern front, which was being prepared for the counteroffensive. Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being leveled to the ground in Pesky/Avdievka/Bakhmut/Soledar Seversk, and no one is conducting counterbattery work, because of the requirement The President's Office to disrupt the referendum in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
Zaluzhny insists on curtailing preparations for the counteroffensive and switching to defense, so as not to lose the Donetsk region now," the channel writes, citing a source.
In turn, Alexander Kazakov, adviser to the head of the Just Russia For Truth faction in the State Duma of the Russian Federation, confirmed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had indeed transferred a significant part of the artillery and MLRS to the Kherson direction, removing them from the Donbass front.
"They themselves believed in their propaganda that Russia does not have the resources for an offensive in the Donbass. As a result, we were able to break through the front in Peski, Avdievka, Artyomovsk and Soledar," Kazakov said.
Earlier, Zaluzhny had already reported to President Zelensky about the difficult situation in the fortified areas in the Donetsk region, and asked to cancel the promised attack on Kherson. In the event of an offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Kherson, the Russian army will be able to use the territories around the city as bait to destroy the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the steppes. Also, the data of the Ukrainian General Staff on the state of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was leaked to the network.
It turned out that the losses of the Ukrainian military exceed 191,000 killed and wounded, and no one counts the missing in action. Information about the state of the Armed Forces of Ukraine appeared in Ukrainian channels with reference to the data of the General Staff. It follows from the documents that the military-political leadership of Ukraine hides the plight of the Ukrainian military.
From Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets:
Alexander Khodakovsky, founder and organizer of the Vostok battalion, reports a decrease in the intensity of the work of the combined arms artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass.
The activity of electronic warfare systems has also noticeably decreased - UAVs fly more freely than just a week ago. Aerial reconnaissance shows fresh traces of equipment that appeared after the rains, but we do not find the equipment itself. One of the assumptions is the transfer of resources to another (other) directions.
This is indirectly confirmed by Ukrainian sources.
In their opinion, the retreat of the Ukrainan military in the fortified areas created for eight years in Pesky and Avdievka is largely due to the acute shortage of artillery in this direction in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Armed forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being transferred to the Kherson direction, where by August 24, Ukrainian independence day, Zelensky demands an attempt to "counterattack".
Obviously, the Armed Forces of Ukraine still have cannon fodder, they regularly bring it up, albeit of an increasingly lower quality, but artillery systems are already lacking.
What does this say? The fact that without the help of the collective West and NATO, which are actively supplying (but already fizzling out) to Kiev tanks, aircraft, artillery systems, Ukraine would have collapsed long ago as a project into the singularity of the
RF Armed Forces are conducting a special operation not only against the Ukrainian regime, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation oppose the war machine of the entire collective West.\
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"counteroffensive", delay, delay send more troops, more equipment and more money. Then delay to "infinity and beyond" as Roger Ramjet could have replied. Buzz Lightyear to be more current for the times.
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Akar also said an empty ship was expected to head towards Ukraine after being inspected in Istanbul. The statement said Akar had held talks with Ukraine's defense and infrastructure ministers to discuss the situation around grain deliveries.
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[Vesti] The enemy is concentrating its main efforts in the east of Ukraine to establish full control over the Donetsk and Lugansk regions within their administrative borders. In addition, the Russians continue fighting to hold the temporarily captured areas of Kherson and parts of Kharkov, Zaporozhye and Mykolaiv regions . This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff as of 18.00 Thursday, August 4.
Earlier it was reported that the enemy intends to go on the offensive in the Kherson direction . The General Staff claims that such an offensive is already beginning, but the enemy is not making any headway. In particular, in the Yuzhnobuzh direction , the enemy launched air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaev, Luch, Limany, Novaya Zarya, Novonikolaevka, Kobzartsy, Lyubomirovka, Kiselevka, Andreevka, Lozovoye, Belogorka, Osokorovka, Potemkino, Zeleny Gay, Belaya Krinitsa, Khutorskaya Balka and Ivanovka. " Our soldiers stopped enemy offensive operations in the areas of Belogorka and Lozovoye and drove the invaders back ," the General Staff noted.
In the Volyn, Polessky and Seversk directions, the situation has not undergone significant changes. Signs of the creation of offensive groupings of the military of the Russian Federation and Belarus were not found. At the same time, in order to demonstrate the presence and deterrence of defense forces, the enemy used cannon and rocket artillery to shell civilian and military infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Medvedevka, Nikolaevka in the Chernihiv region and Krasnopolye, Miropolye, Mikhailovka, Bolshaya Rybitsa in the Sumy region. Conducted aerial reconnaissance.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy fired from cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Kharkov, Lebyazhe, Borshcheva, Dementievka, Korobochkino, Bolshie Prohody, Russian Tishki, Stary Saltov, Prishib, Tsirkuny, Mospanovo, Bezruki, Karasovka. The enemy is trying to break through the defenses of our troops near Gusarovka, the fighting continues.
In the Slavic direction , the enemy uses tanks, cannon and rocket artillery to shell the areas of the settlements of Bogorodichnoye, Mazanovka, Gusarovka, Adamovka, Kurulka, Krestishche, Suligovka, Dovgenkoye and Bolshaya Kamyshevakha. Attempts to attack the enemy in the areas of the Valley and Bogorodichny, thanks to the skillful actions of our military, ended in failure and flight for the Russians.
In the Donetsk direction , using tanks, cannon and rocket artillery, the enemy is trying to force the units of the Defense Forces from their positions. For the purpose of reconnaissance of logistics routes and critical infrastructure facilities, he conducted aerial reconnaissance of the UAV.
In the Kramatorsk direction , shelling was recorded near Seversk, Nikolayevka, Starodubovka, Disputable, Krivoy Luka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Grigorievka, Serebryanka, Raygorodok and Kalenikov.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy shelled military and civilian infrastructure near Pokrovsky, Razdolevka, Vershina, Yakovlevka, Bakhmut, Kodem and Soledar, and used aircraft for strikes. The Russian military invaders tried to improve the tactical situation in the areas of Bakhmut, Soledar, Yakovlevka and Vershina by assault actions , but they were not successful and retreated. Near Maisky and Kodema, fighting continues .
In the Avdeevka direction , the enemy fired from tanks and various types of artillery in the areas of the settlements of Peski, Prechistovka, Shevchenko, Vladimirovka, Novobakhmutovka, Nevelskoye, Netaylovo and Krasnogorovka. The enemy made another attempt of offensive operations in the area of the settlement of Peski, but has no success, the fighting continues .
In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions, the enemy did not conduct active offensive operations, firing from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery along the entire line of collision. Inflicted air strikes near Novopol. Unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses near Maryinka, suffered losses and withdrew.
August 4 is the 162nd day of the war between Russia and Ukraine . Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
[Vesti] Ukrainian defenders liberated two villages in the Donetsk region, said on Thursday, August 4, at a briefing, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksiy Gromov.
"Over the course of a week, our troops improved their tactical position and advanced into the depths of the enemy’s defense in the areas of the settlements of Mazanovka, Brashkov, Sulugunovka and Dmitrovka. We liberated two settlements - Mazanovka and Dmitrovka," he said .
However, according to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew from the occupied lines in the Avdiivka area and in the direction of Bakhmut.
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[Korrespondent] 23:33 In Kharkiv, the Russians fired artillery at Saltovsky and Industrialny districts in the evening, as well as Pavlovo Pole in the Shevchenkovsky district. Residential buildings, educational institutions were damaged, rescuers find unexploded warheads. Windows were broken in many apartments, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. He stressed that Pavlovo Pole is an area where there is no military infrastructure. There is already information about three wounded on Pavlovo Pole - they are all hospitalized.
23:21 Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said that tomorrow morning the next three ships with Ukrainian corn should leave the ports of Odessa and Chernomorsk under the grain agreement. According to him, more than 50,000 tons of Ukrainian corn are on board the three bulk carriers.
23:05 Russia demands negotiations from Ukraine, as it is at the peak of its territorial claims, Podolyak said on the air of Channel 24. According to him, the Russians understand that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will retake the occupied territories with the help of Western weapons: “This process is not as fast as we would like. We must understand this. The Russian army still has enough resources. a lot. They do not think that people should be protected - and they go, and they go. "
Podolyak noted that today Russia wants to fix the status quo with an ultimatum: "Agree with us on a partial truce and fix a new line of demarcation - Minsk-3." He also added that the actions of the enemy are predictable, since the Russian Federation understands that it may not have a chance anymore.
22:37 Zelensky commented on Amnesty International's statement in an evening video message: "Unfortunately, today Amnesty International tried to amnesty a terrorist state and shift responsibility from the aggressor to the victim ... Everyone who amnesties Russia and artificially creates such an information context that some kind of strikes terrorists are allegedly justified or understandable, cannot but realize that this helps the terrorists."
22:31 The Russians are shelling Kharkiv again: they attacked the Shevchenkovsky and Industrial districts. There is preliminary information about three victims, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
22:29 The German politician, having returned from the Kremlin, began to blackmail Europe with the gas crisis and "fantasized" about Russia's desire to end the war. For more details, see Schroeder's Statement: What Putin Really Wants .
22:04 The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, reports strikes on the city.
21:47 The EU has imposed new sanctions against Viktor Yanukovych and his son Alexander. The official journal of the European Union says that the son of the ex-president continues to do business in the occupied Donbas. As for the father, after fleeing to Russia, he continued his activities aimed at destabilizing the situation in Ukraine.
21:18 The coordination center in Istanbul plans to leave three dry cargo ships with grain from Ukrainian ports on Friday, August 5, Russian media write.
20:51 The status of temporary protection for citizens of Ukraine in the EU will be valid at least until the spring of 2024, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Olga Stefanyshina said on the air of the telethon. According to her, Ukrainians can go home and return to the territory of the European Union, but in the case of a long-term return, citizens must de-register in the EU and re-register upon return.
20:25 Amnesty International released a report claiming that the Ukrainian military endangers the civilian population, as they say, they create bases in residential areas, hospitals, schools and near granaries. Ukrainian politicians, diplomats and bloggers almost unanimously condemned the conclusions of human rights activists. The authors of the report are accused of knowingly or unintentionally playing along with Russian propaganda. Read more in the material Scandal with human rights activists .
19:48 Since the beginning of this day, the Ukrainian military has repulsed the offensive of the Russian aggressors in several directions at once. The enemy tried to break through the defenses near Marinka, but suffered losses and retreated, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the evening report.
19:34 Zelensky said during a conversation with African media that he does not believe in dialogue with Russia: "They do not offer us a dialogue. They offer us to surrender ... I have been president for three years. You will not find a single president of the EU countries who would did not receive signals from me for three years that I want direct talks with the President of Russia, that we cannot allow a full-scale war, that there will be tens and hundreds of thousands of dead and millions of refugees ... I called him many times.
"When they came to occupy us here, what should I do? Call again? This is not a dialogue and not reconciliation. This is an ultimatum. It sounds like this: if you do not do as we want, we will kill you. They tie our hands , cut out the tongue, and then say that they are ready for dialogue," Zelensky said.
19:19 The Finnish city of Lappeenranta, located near the border with Russia, starting from August 5, will play the national anthem of Ukraine every day. As Yle writes, the anthem will sound from the roof of the city theater in the Iso-Kristiina shopping center daily at 19:30 local time. So the city wants to show its support to the Ukrainians. In addition, in Lappeenranta, the Ukrainian flag will be hoisted on the flagpole in front of the city hall and in the port. In the neighboring city of Imatra, the anthem of Ukraine began to be played from the end of July, the newspaper notes.
18:50 The massive shelling of Nikolaev is connected with the accumulation of forces by Russia for the counteroffensive, said the representative of the defense forces of the South, Natalya Gumenyuk. According to her, the Russians are pulling up reserves in an attempt to create their own counteroffensive and disperse information fakes that Nikolaev is about to be taken. Gumenyuk is convinced that this is an attempt to break the spirit of the city, because Mykolaiv is a fortress.
18:37 Zelensky said that he had the first conversation in the history of bilateral relations with President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoko Embalo and congratulated him on his election as head of the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS). "We discussed support for Ukraine, in particular in international organizations. I stressed Ukraine's readiness to act as a guarantor of food security in the region," the Ukrainian president said.
18:02 Zelensky has appointed a new head of the Kherson Regional State Administration - Yaroslav Yanushevich.
17:58 Poland will build an electronic barrier on the border with the Kaliningrad region and on the border river Bug. Construction will begin at the end of the year, said Anna Michalska, spokeswoman for the border service. In addition, according to her, it is planned to build an electronic barrier on the Polish-Belarusian border, now poles with cameras have already been installed there.
17:36 Estonia will get rid of 400 Soviet monuments, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said: "The main thing has been decided - the red monuments must be removed from public space, and we will do it as soon as possible." Separately, the government will decide on the fate of the T-34 tank, which is in the form of a monument in the city of Narva. In Narva, more than 90% of the population are Russian speakers, they oppose the demolition of the monument.
17:13 In the Donetsk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated two villages, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksiy Gromov said: "During the week, our troops improved their tactical position and advanced deep into the enemy's defenses in the areas of the settlements of Mazanovka, Brashkov, Sulugunovka and Dmitrovka. We released two villages points - Mazanovka and Dmitrovka".
At the same time, according to Gromov, the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew from the occupied lines in the Avdiivka area and in the direction of Bakhmut: "After the massive use of aviation and artillery on July 30, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were forced to leave the Butovka mine and go on the defensive south of Avdiivka."
16:24 Reznikov commented on Amnesty International's statement: "Any attempts to question the right of Ukrainians to resist genocide, to protect their families and homes, to protect their lives and the lives of their children, to resist the actions of Russia as a terrorist state is a perversion, no matter what legal constructions it was not disguised. Any attempt, even casually, to equate unprovoked Russian aggression and Ukrainian self-defense, as is done in the Amnesty International material, is evidence of a loss of adequacy and a way to destroy one's authority."
15:56 In the occupied Belovodsk, Lugansk region, a car with local occupation authorities was fired at, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, partisans were involved in the shelling of the occupiers, the "mayor" and his "deputy" who were in the car were injured.
15:53 The funds raised through the UNITED24 platform were used to purchase a helicopter for the first time, said Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development. This is a rescue helicopter MI-2AM-1 for 23.4 million hryvnia, designed to evacuate the seriously wounded from the battlefield. Picks up speed up to 200 km / h and covers a distance of up to 600 km.
15:47 Russia is building up its forces in the Zaporozhye and Kherson directions, said Alexei Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Thus, the enemy moved three BTGs to the Kryvyi Rih direction, which carried out tasks in the Novopavlovsk direction, and also introduced one additional BTG in the Zaporozhye direction.
In addition, according to Gromov, the Russians use the territory of Crimea as a springboard for the accumulation of weapons, military equipment, ammunition, material and technical means in order to make up for the losses of troops in these areas. The relocation of the army aviation of the Eastern Military District to the operational airfields of the Crimea is also noted.
15:21 Amnesty International published a report in which it accused the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that the military is based in residential areas, including schools and hospitals, which is contrary to international humanitarian law. Human rights activists said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine endanger people when they shoot at populated areas, and bases in residential areas make them legitimate targets for Russians.
Podolyak noted that such statements are part of Russian propaganda that discredits the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the eyes of Western societies: “The only thing that poses a threat to the lives of Ukrainians is the Russian army of executioners and rapists that came to Ukraine to commit genocide. Our defenders protect their people and families. The life of people for Ukraine is an absolute priority, which is why we are evacuating residents from front-line cities."
Kuleba, in turn, called the Amnesty International report unfair: "This behavior of Amnesty is not about finding and reporting the truth to the world, it is about creating a false balance between the perpetrator and the victim."
15:06 In the Kherson region, Russians yesterday morning kidnapped the head of the Gornostaevsk community, Dmitry Lyakhno. According to the Kakhovka city territorial community, he was severely beaten and taken away with a bag on his head in an unknown direction. Volunteer Alexander Slisarenko was taken along with him.
14:39 The Russian command is transferring units to the Bryansk and Kursk regions that can take part in diversionary maneuvers in the Sumy and Chernihiv directions, reports the Stratcom of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the number of forces and means of Russian troops near the border with the Sumy and Chernihiv regions is not enough to open a second front, but this composition can be transferred in order to intensify operations on the border, diverting the attention of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
14:17 Russian writers will remain in the program of foreign literature, but only those whose work is connected with Ukraine, Yuriy Kononenko, head of the department of general secondary and preschool education of the Ministry of Education and Science, said on the air of the telethon. In particular, according to him, Nikolai Gogol, Vladimir Korolenko, Ilf and Petrov, Mikhail Bulgakov will remain in the program.
13:45 Soldiers of the National Guard raised the flag of Ukraine over the highest point of the city of Svyatogorsk, Donetsk region, which is currently partially occupied.
13:23 NATO will create a single trust fund to finance the needs of Ukraine, Deputy Head of the President's Office Igor Zhovkva said in an interview with LB.ua.
13:19 Europe is going through the most dangerous situation since World War II, and Russia's war against Ukraine is an attack on the current world order, so the Russian aggressor cannot be allowed to win, Stoltenberg said. According to him, NATO in the current situation has two tasks - "to support Ukraine and prevent the conflict from spreading into a full-scale war between NATO and Russia."
13:11 The occupiers will not hold "referendums" in the occupied territories of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, because they will not be able to keep them under their control, deputy head of the OP Igor Zhovkva said in an interview with LB.ua. He recalled that the Kremlin constantly postpones the date of the “vote”, demonstrating in such a way that he himself is not sure that he will be able to maintain control over the occupied territories, Zhovkva is convinced: “Therefore, everything that the Kremlin does is broadcast such information to the internal Russian audience ".
12:58 Podolyak on the air of the Breakfast Show said that Ukraine was not involved in the shelling of Donetsk: "Only the Russians themselves are hitting Donetsk - or the corps of the" people's militia "of the unrecognized criminal "republics." It makes no sense for us to strike at some events in Donetsk We need to destroy three things: fuel depots, depots with artillery shells and operational-tactical headquarters."
12:54 Russians fired artillery today at Toretsk, Donetsk region. The shells hit a public transport stop, where at that moment there was a crowd of people. As a result of the shelling, eight people were killed, four were injured, of which three were children. The church was also damaged, the priest was wounded, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
12:37 The Russians will not pass in the Kiev direction for the second time, since the Armed Forces of Ukraine are much better prepared for a possible offensive, Lieutenant General Sergei Naev, commander of the Joint Forces, said: "We analyzed the enemy's previous actions in the Kiev direction and, having studied this experience, provided for our adequate actions. Defensive positions are located precisely in those places where the enemy forces are most likely to attack. We have created an integrated system of fire destruction, which provides for defeating the enemy at distant approaches and in the depths of his battle formations."
12:08 Podolyak said that in order to negotiate with Russia, you need to have the right negotiating position, and it contains four components:
long-range artillery, MLRS and ATAСMS to destroy Russian logistics;
Air defense / missile defense to protect cities;
"shock drones are the best hunters";
armored vehicles for counteroffensives.
12:02 For the first time since the beginning of the Russian invasion, a ship is heading to the Ukrainian port to load grain , said Serhiy Bratchuk, speaker of the Odesa OVA. According to him, the Turkish bulk carrier Ospreys under the flag of Liberia is heading from the Dardanelles to the port of Chornomorsk. The ship left the Turkish port of Iskenderun on July 31 and should arrive in Ukraine on August 5.
11:47 Russian media report that the area of the Opera and Ballet Theater and the Donbass Palace Hotel in the center of Donetsk was shelled for the first time in eight years of the conflict. The "DPR" said that, according to preliminary data, as a result of the shelling, two people were killed and five injured, including two ambulance workers.
11:28 Deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Serhiy Khlan denied the information of the invaders that they allegedly completely repaired the Antonovsky bridge. According to him, the Russians simply put road slabs on the holes, so that only cars can pass through.
10:44 Russian media write about the intensive shelling of the center of Donetsk, in particular, a blow was struck at the drama theater, where the farewell to Olga Kachura is taking place. People were evacuated to shelters, the ceremony did not begin.
10:41 The Belarusian Defense Ministry announced that about 250 Belarusian military will take part in the Vostok-2022 exercises in eastern Russia from August 30 to September 5.
10:39 Russians fired at the Sumy region from mortars and artillery, Shaliginskaya, Krasnopolskaya and Novoslobodskaya communities were under fire, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. There were no casualties.
10:28 The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is disappointed with the decision of the Lebanese court to remove the arrest from the Syrian ship Laodecia, which transports stolen Ukrainian grain: "The decision actually encourages the Russian Federation to continue thefts in the temporarily occupied south of Ukraine with a sense of impunity. In addition, with this decision, Lebanon actually undermines its food security, pushing Ukraine away as a reliable partner."
09:52 A new aid package from the United States will meet the needs of Ukraine, Reznikov said after a conversation with his American counterpart Lloyd Austin. Reznikov also noted that the new US defense attache, who arrived in Kyiv, will help increase the level of trust between the parties in the field of defense and security.
09:49 In Zaporozhye tonight, the Russians hit the outskirts of one of the districts of the city, said the secretary of the City Council Anatoly Kurtev. A high-rise building and several private houses were damaged, no one was injured.
09:45 In the Kherson region, the date of the "referendum" on the issue of joining Russia will be determined within a month, said Kirill Stremousov, "deputy head of the military-civil administration" of the occupied region.
09:37 In the Kharkiv region, due to Russian shelling, four people were injured in a day, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said. In Chuguev, one person was killed due to shelling.
09:18 Lithuanian volunteers handed over high-tech weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Defense attaché at the Lithuanian embassy, Colonel Darius Adomaitis, during the ceremony of handing over equipment to counter UAVs, said that representatives of the Lithuanian television company Nonprofit Corporation Laisves TV had collected more than 5 million euros in voluntary contributions for the purchase and subsequent transfer of Bayraktars. But since the Turkish side decided to donate one UAV free of charge, almost 2 million euros from the funds raised were spent on the manufacture of Sly Wiper UAV countermeasure systems for Ukraine.
09:12 British intelligence reports that Ukrainian rocket and artillery units continue to strike at Russian military strongholds, personnel concentrations, logistics bases and ammunition depots. Analysts note that this is likely to affect the replenishment of the logistics of the Russian military and put pressure on Russian combat support units.
According to British intelligence, Russian forces almost certainly placed pyramidal radar reflectors in the water near the recently damaged Antonovsky and railway bridges in the Kherson area. Radar reflectors are likely used to hide the bridge from missile guidance equipment. Analysts believe that this "highlights the threat that Russia feels due to the increased range and accuracy of Western systems."
09:08 Putin awarded the title of Hero of Russia to Olga Kachura, who was killed the day before, with the call sign "Korsa", who commanded the MLRS division in the "DPR". Kachura worked in the Gorlovka police until 2014, after which she went over to the side of the "DPR" militants. In Ukraine, she was sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison.
09:06 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 4. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut and Donetsk directions.
personnel - about 41,500 (+150) people liquidated,
tanks - 1789 (+15),
armored combat vehicles - 4026 (+4),
artillery systems - 946 (+7),
MLRS - 260 (+1),
air defense systems - 118 (+0),
aircraft - 223 (+0),
helicopters - 191 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 742 (+2),
cruise missiles - 182 (+2),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2960 (+38),
special equipment - 83 (+0).
09:00 In the territories occupied in 2014, the Russians have already mobilized everyone they can, and now even irreplaceable miners are being taken away, said the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. In the recently captured settlements, those who did not have time to evacuate to the safe regions of Ukraine suffer - they are sent to the military registration and enlistment offices against their will. According to Gaidai, about 80 men have already been sent to the front in Starobelsk this week.
08:54 In the Donetsk region, three civilians per day died from Russian shelling - in Bakhmut, Maryinka and Shevchenko. Five more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:46 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the enemy's offensive in the Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Bakhmut and Avdeevsk directions. Also, the enemy is trying to attack in the Kharkiv region, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
08:32 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) says that Russian troops are likely using the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant to play on Western fears about a nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine, thus trying to reduce the desire to provide military support to the Ukrainian counter-offensive. Analysts also write that the Kremlin, in all likelihood, continues to try to strengthen its relationship with Tehran in order to obtain drones.
In Yelenovka, Russian troops likely set fire to a prison complex where Ukrainian prisoners of war were being held, but accused Ukraine of an alleged precision strike using Western military equipment, which is likely to increase US hesitation about providing Ukraine with HIMARS, experts say.
Russian forces have made limited gains around Bakhmut and Avdiivka in recent days, according to ISW. The occupiers launched a limited ground attack northwest of Slovyansk and continued their advance on Bakhmut from the northeast, east, and southeast. The Russians prefer a frontal attack on Avdeevka and have not been able to gain a foothold in Pisky.
The troops of the Russian Federation are forming a strike force to prevent a counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the north of Kherson or a counterattack against them.
07:44 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, two districts - Nikopol and Krivoy Rog - fell under enemy attack at night. Russian troops shelled Nikopol twice, firing about 60 shells from Gradov into residential areas, said the head of the UVA, Valentin Reznichenko. Previously, no people were hurt. Dozens of residential buildings, buildings and equipment of three local businesses and more than 100 solar panels were damaged. Two power lines have been broken in the city, more than 3,000 residents are without electricity.
In the Krivoy Rog region, the enemy shelled Karpovskaya and Shirokovskaya communities with Hurricanes, one person was wounded.
06:23 Today around 4:00 powerful explosions thundered in Nikolaev. Two districts of the city came under shelling, Mayor Alexander Senkevich said. Residential buildings were damaged, a fire broke out.
05:41 The Russians hit the Nemyshlyansky district of Kharkov, the administrative building was damaged, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. People were not injured, there was no fire.
01:55 In Chernobaevka, the command post of the 22nd Army Corps of the Coastal Troops of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation was destroyed, OK Pivden reported. Also, the aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted two strikes on enemy strongholds in the areas of Blagodatny and Pravdino.
01:14 In Vinnitsa, following Kiev, they decided to stop public transport during an air raid. On the website of the Vinnytsia OVA, an algorithm of actions during an air raid alert for public transport drivers was published. The instructions were developed by the State Emergency Service. The authorities ask citizens to be sympathetic to possible restrictions and not to neglect air raid signals.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 13:02 Highlights from the new briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry:
- The RF Armed Forces liquidated up to 400 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a strike at the deployment point in Konstantinovka;
- The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 130 military in the Kharkov region with high-precision weapons;
- Units of three brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Soledar, Artemovsk and Avdiivka left their positions due to heavy losses;
- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed two depots of rocket and artillery weapons in the Zaporozhye region and a fuel storage facility for Ukrainian military equipment;
- The Russian Armed Forces hit two command posts, including the 95th Air Assault Brigade in the DPR and nationalist formations in the Zaporozhye region.
11:32 "We were under mortars here. Don’t let Ukraine lie that the Russians smashed Lisichansk," residents of Lisichansk tell about the barbaric crimes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the shelling of residential buildings with people. 11:10 In the Black Sea again today revival NATO reconnaissance platforms.
10:33 Ukrainian troops fired upon the building of the opera house, where the farewell to the deceased Olga Kachura, the commander of the rocket artillery division of the People's Militia of the DPR, is being held.
10:17 RIAN: Allied forces destroyed a group of mercenaries near Kharkov. They spoke Spanish, but there is no exact data on their citizenship yet.
10:02 Frontline summary on the morning of 08/04/22:
- Kharkov front: Russian troops are advancing north of the city.
- Bakhmut area: allied forces attack from two directions.
- Battles for Peski: units of the People's Militia of the DPR wedged into the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:55 Vladimir Putin signed a law on the status of a veteran for border guards performing tasks to repel armed provocations on the border and in the territories adjacent to the special operation areas in Ukraine.
09:35 Guards Colonel Olga Kachura was awarded the title of Hero of Russia. President Putin signed the relevant decree. The title was awarded for courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty. Posthumously.
09:25 "We cut the tendons and made him swim to see how he would swim without the tendons. We were ordered not to take the enemy prisoner. The victim was from Central Russia. He was about 18 years old" - American Ben Velcro told about the massacre of a Russian soldier near Kharkov.
08:59 Battle for Soledar: Allied Forces hack defensive line Seversk-Artemovsk.
Soldiers of the 6th Cossack Regiment of the LPR are fighting in the Soledar industrial area. The capture of the city cuts off important logistical routes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and makes it impossible to conduct a mobile defense.
08:58 Work of artillery of the allied forces on the fortified positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Marinka last night. From these positions, the enemy shelled Donetsk and Makeyevka. As a result, the Ukrainian fighters were forced to flee or, as Arestovich put it, “retreated to more advantageous positions.” Now the fighting in this direction continues.
08:50 Detained in Berdyansk terrorist who planted a bomb under the car of the head of the Berdyansk State Administration.
08:15 Combat work crews of operational-tactical missile systems "Iskander-M" of the group of troops of the Air Defense Forces in the zone of the special military operation. OTRK "Iskander-M" allows you to deliver high-precision strikes with both aeroballistic and cruise missiles against any targets located at a distance of up to 500 kilometers.
07:42 Russian air defense system reflected another attempt by the Ukrainian military to strike at the Antonovsky bridge in Kherson.
#5
More confirmation of the outright Nazi impulse among ethnic Russians. Course this excites you right wing guys here, doesn't it? That's why so many of you prefer Russia to the USA isn't it?
No, you idiot. We’re going for fair and balanced, which is why we have Ukrainian reports, like this, as well.
Are you sure you aren’t a Democratic Party operative trying to smear Conservatives instead of a Ukrainian partisan? Because you sound exactly like a Democratic Party Progressive trying to pretend he’s from the far side of the world.
— trailing wife for the moderators at 12:45 p.m. EDT
#7
Don't be fooled, Forkbeard, just because we don't like Biden. I'm not pro-Russian or pro-Ukrainian. I'm anti-war. Just because I think you're an idiot doesn't mean I want you to get your butt blown off. But you keep preaching the gospel of Zelensky and you just might.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:09 Ambassador of the Luhansk People's Republic in Russia Rodion Miroshnik said that the military personnel of the allied forces entered Artemovsk, he wrote in your Telegram channel.
“Allied forces entered Artemovsk. Fights are taking place on the streets of the city,” wrote Miroshnik.
21:21 The operational lines of the JCCC DPR received additional information about civilian casualties as a result of shelling of the cities of the Republic by AFU:
Donetsk, Kirovsky district:
- a woman born in 1963 was wounded.
Kuibyshevsky district:
- as a result of a mine explosion PFM "Petal" wounded woman born in 1951
As of 21:00 on August 4, 20 cases of undermining civilians have already been registered in the Republic, incl. child, I passed PFM "Petal". One of the injured died in the hospital.
n.p. Staromikhaylovka:
Wounded:
- man born in 1978
- woman born in 1974
n.p. Makeevka, Kirovsky district:
- three children were injured - guys born in 2007, 2008, 2006.
Received additional information on damages as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk, Kirovsky district:
- st. Tokareva, 122, 124 - apartment buildings;
- st. Tokareva, 112 - a private residential building;
- st. Tokarev, 223 - a private residential building, the gas pipeline was damaged;
- st. P. Kolodina, 23 - apartment building;
- st. Uglegradskaya, 18 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Zheleznogorskaya, 13, 15 - private residential buildings;
- st. Staroshakhtnaya, 14 - a private residential building; damaged power line;
- as a result of shelling on the street. D. Donskoy scatteredPFM "Petal".
Kyiv district:
- st. Kobylyanskaya, 11 - a direct hit in a private residential building.
n.p. Makeevka, Chervonogvardei district:
- st. Sandy, 36, 42, 44 - private residential buildings;
- st. Fergana, 12 "a" - City hospital No. 2 of Makeevka
Kirovsky district:
- st. Bryanskaya, 9 "a" - a private residential building.
Information about the consequences of shelling and remote mining of the cities of the Republic continues to come.
16:08 The operational lines of the DPR JCCC received refined information about civilian casualties as a result of shelling of the cities of the Republic by AFU:
Donetsk, Voroshilovsky district:
Killed:
- women born in 1973, born in 1956
- man born in 1997
The personal data of two more victims - a woman and a teenager are being established.
Wounded:
- man born in 1963
- journalist of the Russian TV channel "RT" (Russia Today).
Kuibyshevsky district:
- a woman born in 1965 was wounded.
Kirovsky district:
As a result of the shelling of the territory of the penal colony:
- a convicted man, born in 1980, died.
- wounded: an employee of the institution - a man born in 1990, a convicted man born in 1986.
- as a result of a mine explosion PFM "Petal" an emergency worker was injured.
Unfortunately, a 1954 man who hit a banned min ePFM "Petal"07/30/2022, died today in the hospital from his injuries.
As of 15:00 on August 4, 19 cases of undermining civilians have already been registered in the Republic, incl.child, I passedPFM "Petal".
At the moment, the total number of civilian casualties from the AFU attacks on August 4, 2022 is 14 people (6 killed, 8 injured). The information continues to flow.
Received additional information on damages as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk, Kirovsky district:
- he is. Ivana Susanina, 35 — Correctional colony;
- as a result of shelling along ul. Belgrade, st. Malinovsky, st. Slepnev scattered PFM "Petal".
- 36 Kyiv Ave. - Administration of the Kievsky district;
- Kyiv Ave., 38 - a direct hit on an apartment building.
Leninsky district:
- st. Pukhova, 98 - a direct hit in a private residential building.
Kuibyshevsky district:
- st. Signalnaya, 31 - a private residential building;
- st. Vrubova, 7 - a private residential building;
- as a result of shelling on the street. Ostrovsky, st. V. Arsenov, st. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky are scatteredPFM "Petal".
Petrovsky district:
- st. Avtobazovskaya, 1 - a direct hit in the state of emergency "Pas-service";
- st. Panfilovtsev, 3 - a private residential building;
- st. Dorohova, 2 - a private residential building;
- de-energized 49 transformer substations, 13 boiler houses, 3 hospitals, 5 schools, 7 kindergartens, without power supply to 11546 subscribers of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
- st. Fedoseeva, 21 - a private residential building;
- st. Palladina, 20 - a private residential building;
- st. Fotieva, 10, 12 - private residential buildings.
n.p. Luhansk:
- st. Sovkhoznaya, 24 - Village administration.
n.p. Elenovka:
- st. Postal, 147 - the laboratory was damaged, 4 cars were also damaged.
Information about the consequences of shelling and remote mining of the cities of the Republic continues to come.
15:45 In the Kuibyshevsky district of the city, Lepestok mines were found near the village of Azotny on the streets: Ostrovsky, V. Arsenov, Semyon-Tyanshansky.
15:39 According to updated information, as a result of the shelling of a correctional colony located in the Kirovsky district, at the address: st. Ivan Susanin, 35, a prisoner born in 1980 died. An employee of the institution born in 1990 was injured. - admitted to the hospital. Kalinin. Another injured prisoner, born in 1986 remained in prison for treatment.
11:42 As a result of the shelling of the VFU in the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk, the death toll has increased to two people, three more civilians were injured.
11:40 According to preliminary data, as a result of the shelling of the VFU in the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk, one person was killed and three more civilians were injured, - Headquarters of the Tero DPR.
11:32 According to the Ministry of Health, as a result of the shelling of Donetsk, two ambulance workers were injured. The paramedic was wounded in the head, the doctor was wounded in the leg, the wounded were taken to hospitals, they are receiving medical assistance.
11:12 Ukrainian shells hit the center of Donetsk. Getting to the Donbass Palace Hotel. Previously, two people died in the center of Donetsk.
11:05 Ukrainian troops fired on the building of the Drama Theater, where the farewell to the deceased Olga Kachura is taking place, at least two shells hit - RIA Novosti.
11:03 In the Voroshilovsky district, an enemy shell hit the roof of a house on the street. Theatrical, 26. According to preliminary information, there are injured and dead. The information is being specified.
10:04 On the street. Somov in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, a man was blown up by a PFM-1 mine. If you find explosive objects, call the Ministry of Emergency Situations at 101.
10:00 VFU attacked the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka, on the street. Wounded woman.
09:12 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
08:20 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
n.p. Nevelskoye - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): 10 shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): 10 shells of 152mm caliber were fired;
n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
08:00 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
n.p. Marinka (western) - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): fired six mines with a caliber of 120mm.
n.p. Vodyane - Donetsk (Kyiv region): five shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
n.p. Vodyane - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): eight shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
Commentary by Russian military bogger Andrey Chervonets
[Chernovec] A report on the situation in Kherson turned into a scandal for the journalists of the Swedish television channel SVT
The authors of the program received 25 complaints due to the fact that they showed on the air the joy of Ukrainians from obtaining Russian passports, Dagens Media reports.
The complainants were outraged that, in the news broadcast, Ukrainians were “happy” to become Russian citizens. In their opinion, in this way SVT "spreads Russian propaganda, which is incompatible with journalistic ethics." In particular, in the story about the war, a film was shown about an elderly woman who cries with joy that she received a Russian passport in Kherson and must take an “oath of allegiance” to Russia.
As a result, program director Charlotte Friborg had to explain that this was not about “Russian propaganda," but about personnel provided by the Western agency Reuters, whose journalists worked in Kherson completely unhindered.
The Swedes fail to realize that the story is CORRECT and TRUE. Because they were constantly reporting quite the opposite. A little truthful information and they are already blowing the "template"!
Swedish journalists will now be quickly explained that the only way to vacillate is with the party line - which is the American Democratic one. The funniest thing is that they will continue to shout with practice and drill about freedom of speech and the fact that, "Here we have Europe is democracy and humanism, not like in your Northern Mordors."
Now the Swedish TV should make amends and reshoot the report in some sort of Lvov. Where in the footage a wide Ukrainian will faint from the sight of a Russian passport.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] 1. Artemovsk.
Detachments of PMC "Wagner" entered Artemovsk and started fighting on its eastern outskirts, taking advantage of the fact that the enemy suffered heavy losses both in defense (under artillery fire) and during an unsuccessful attack on Pokrovskoye. There are also battles for the Merry Valley and on the outskirts of Kodema. Semigorye is completely liberated.
2. Soledar.
Fighting continues in the industrial zone. Bakhmutsky has some progress. Fighting continues near Yakovlevka and Belogorovka. In the area of Seversk, the enemy managed to stabilize the front, fighting continues near Serebryanka, Ivano-Daryevka and Verkhnekamensky.
3. Peski.
In the morning, most of the village was controlled by our troops. By evening, progress was noted in the cleansing and advance to the western outskirts in the direction of Pervomaisky. Nevertheless, reports of the complete liberation of Pesok are still ahead of events, although the fortified area in Peski is not long away. And then either an attack on Pervomaisk or Vodyanoye will follow in order to create a threat to the Orlovka-Avdeevka highway.
4. Avdievka.
No significant changes. Fighting north of Avdievka continued along the Avdeevka-Konstantinovka highway near Kamenka, Novoselka-2, Novobakhmutsky, and also on the outskirts of New York. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine generally recognizes the complication of the situation for the Avdievka group due to the advance of the RF Armed Forces south of Avdievka. It is also worth noting the ongoing terrorist shelling of Donetsk and other settlements of the Donetsk agglomeration.
5. Slavyansk.
Positional battles continue in the area of Sidorov, Bogorodichny, Dolina and Prishib. The Armed Forces of Ukraine claim that they were able to regain control over the destroyed village of Mazanovka, which was located in the "gray zone". The RF Armed Forces continue to deliver concentrated strikes against concentrations of enemy forces in the Slavyansko-Kramatorsk agglomeration, from where the civilian population continues to be evacuated. The Russian Defense Ministry claims that up to 400 enemy soldiers and officers were destroyed in Konstantinovka.
6. Izyum.
The front in the Izyum direction revived somewhat. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are storming Gusarovka, the loss of which can significantly complicate the situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation do not comment on the statements about the storming of Gusarovka.
7. Kharkov.
After the capture of Borshcheva, the RF Armed Forces are pushing in the direction of Kharkov in the direction of Russian and Cherkasy Tishok, as well as in the area of Bayrak and Dementyevka. Nevertheless, the trend towards positionality persists here. Regular rocket attacks continue on Kharkov and Chuguev. The enemy continues shelling the border areas.
8. Krivoy Rog.
The attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to strengthen the foothold on the Ingulets River near Andreevka continued, which has already led to large losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in manpower. Increasingly, instead of statements about an attack on Kherson and complaints about constant attacks on Nikolaev, there are statements about the threat of an offensive by the RF Armed Forces. Nevertheless, the enemy did not give up hope for successful offensive operations in the Krivoy Rog and Nikopol directions.
Plenty of reasons to doubt the provenance of the sound recording, including the fact that none of the mainstream Russian press publications have picked up the story.
But according to the description, Russians found the phone of American high risk contractor, Benjamin Velcro, and recorded this confession. It is unclear in any of the written descriptions available, whether Velcro was recorded via a phone call (which it doesn't sound like a phone call) or he physically spoke into his own phone, to record his confession.
From what I gathered, a Ukrainian mercenary unit captured a special forces team in or around the Seversky Donets river area, killing all but one. The remaining operator was tortured to death.
The only reason I think the sound recording is authentic is that the Russian that Benjamin Velcro speaks is a phonetically perfect diction of the language. He is speaking in a manner only a non native would speak.
A link to the recording is below:
[VK] 08/04/22. Note from the resource "Fisher".
“ ❗We cut the tendons and forced them to swim to see how he would swim without tendons. We were ordered not to take the enemy prisoner.
Remember the American mercenary Benjamin Velcro, who dreamed of dismembering Russia and building a gay park on Red Square?
Ben took on his chest a couple of days ago and confessed to the brutal massacre of a Russian soldier. He also told us about what was happening in their unit.
▪The American is disappointed in the Ukrainian command because of their lack of "offensive spirit."
▪According to him, the commanders expose the fighters to artillery strikes, and foreign mercenaries do all the work, so he submitted his resignation.
A few hours later, Velcro got drunk and, already illegible, confused in his own testimony, told the following.
▪After the scandalous video of the castration of a Ukrainian soldier, the fighters of his unit tortured a Russian soldier.
▪According to Velcro, it was "an 18-year-old soldier from the Urals or Siberia." They cut the tendons on his legs and forced him to swim across the Seversky Donets River, after which they shot him. He refused to provide information about the victim.
▪Initially, the American said that the soldier was tortured and killed by mercenaries from the Georgian National Legion, but then he claimed that he also participated in the torture.
▪In a drunken head, Velcro contradicted himself, declaring that he was ready to die in battle. Therefore, there is no good reason to believe that he left the International Legion.
⚡Journalist Andrey Medvedev comments:
The Rybar team did an excellent job.
Finding the phone of an American mercenary. Talking to him. Fixing the fact of torture of Russian soldiers. Not everyone will be able to do this.
But if someone has doubts with whom we are fighting, with what ghouls - listen.
There are doubts that this is a NATO war against Russia - listen.
There are doubts that it is full of foreign mercenaries - listen.
The recording is not permitted to be embedded on any non vk.com page. Here is the link, but I dunno if it will open if you are not subscribed to V Kontakte.
[RIA Novosti] The Prosecutor General's Office of the Donetsk People's Republic sent to court a criminal case against foreign mercenaries from Croatia, Sweden and the UK, RIA Novosti was told in the press service of the department.
"The investigation of the criminal case against Swedish citizen Gutsavasson Mathis, Croatian citizen Prebeg Vekoslav and British citizens John Harding, Hill Andrew and Healy Dylan has been completed, the case has been sent to court," the statement said.
The Prosecutor General's Office clarified that the mercenaries are accused of undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities (Article 232 of the Criminal Code of the DPR ), of participating in an armed conflict and hostilities (part three of Article 430 of the Criminal Code of the DPR), of committing actions aimed at forcibly seizing power and changing the constitutional order Donetsk People's Republic (Article 323 of the Criminal Code of the DPR).
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If only Russians didn't have a history of torturing people in various ways, starving people to death and working them to death in artic conditions, they'd be a really nice people.
#3
Every gummint employs goons. Torture is what goons do. You can debate all day long whether or not torture gets useful information. What you can't debate is, if you give gung-ho people spook cover and a vague portfolio, you will get torture and worse.
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/\ What you can't debate is, if you give gung-ho people spook cover and a vague portfolio, you will get torture and worse.
#10
Hey, what's a little water boarding between friends?
If water boarding were torture, leftists wouldn't have been doing it to each other in the streets in protest. Or they'd have been arrested.
Murcek, I take every accusation from Russia with a mountain of salt. In this particular case -- why would an American record a diary entry in Russian, let alone "phonetically perfect" Russian? Plus the questionable provenance of the phone.
And, finally, I haven't let my hatred of the Biden administration override the fact that Putin was, is, and always will be a worthless thug.
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Braggadocio?
My point with reference to Russian is that a non native speaker who has been properly trained in Russian will only be distinguished in his/her diction by their choice of words. Russian goes by word endings as syntax.
My problem with listening to spoken Russian is threefold.
1) The arcane rules of proper and accepted pronunciation of Russian.
2) Regional dialects.
3) Idioms.
I get by on 1) because the native speaker to some extent uses the phonetic means of speaking. The speaker in the recording did the same thing. He spoke confidently in phonetically perfect Russian, but not proper Russian. There is a huge difference. And that is why I concluded the recording was authentic.
A forth factor is the context of the speech. Casual conversion is much easier to understand if it is spoken personally, i.e. when the speaker isn't trying to state data or facts.
His use of the Russian 'I' was a dead give away. Russians don't use 'I' very often even in casual speech, and when they do they don't use the alphabetic pronunciation of the word. This guy was spitting the word 'I' out like he was chewing corn nuts.
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