[Breitbart] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the South China Morning Post on Thursday that he would like to discuss his country’s war against Russia with the leader of Russia’s closest ally, Xi Jinping, "directly," and invited China to help rebuild Ukraine once the war is over.
Zelensky’s discussion with the Morning Post, a Hong Kong newspaper, was the first with an Asian news outlet since Russia escalated its eight-year-old war against Ukraine into a full-scale invasion in February. Zelensky used the opportunity to request a personal discussion with Xi, a genocidal communist dictator who is largely bankrolling the invasion of Ukraine through large purchases of cheap Russian oil and gas.
Ukraine is a member of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global program to trap poor countries in predatory loans to China that they cannot afford. The loans are nominally meant to pay China for massive infrastructure projects. China was also Ukraine’s top trading partner prior to the war. Last year, Zelensky said he hoped that Ukraine would become a "bridge to Europe" for Chinese influence in his last conversation with Xi.
While welcoming Chinese financing and failing to criticize China for maintaining a strong alliance with Russia throughout this year’s invasion, Zelensky has been slightly more critical of the Chinese Communist Party than his predecessors, unilaterally sanctioning the world’s second-largest economy last year after a Chinese company tried to buy a key Ukrainian defense corporation.
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Volodymyr was implanted as a tool of the west to destabilize and weaken Russia. He is currently failing big time. Send me money, send me weapons and they do but he complains it is not enough and too slow. Soon we will see his exit after having his country destroyed. The loss of life of his troops is huge but covered up. His country will be divided up. Poland will acquire lands lost after WW11. Russia will reclaim Russian speaking areas so who else might be tempted. The spoils of war.
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State Department needs to be reduced to a pamphlet operation with one serious officer per embassy to sort out US Passport holders idiot troubles in foreign lands.
Don't even ask me what CIA needs to be reduced to.
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Foggy bottom is nothing more than the Klingon...'downtown detachment.' Scrap the entire bunch
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Ukraine is a money laundering operation for the beltway bandits. A brothel would be more respectable.
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Will D.C. and Hollywood now stop kissing Volodmyr Zelensky's ass?
On the contrary, Vogue was just the beginning. It will be capped so not to make US/Euro 'leaders' look weaker than he. Long, tedious, boring, cribbed from other efforts, and a nod to all involved, like "No Time to Die".
⚡️ Bulgaria, Latvia cease issuing visas to Russians.
The Bulgarian consular service in Moscow has reportedly temporarily suspended the acceptance of visa documents for Russian tourists and real estate owners due to “extraordinary circumstances.”
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) August 5, 2022
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[NY Post OpEd] On paper, Ukraine’s David is running circles around Russia’s Goliath.
In the beginning of the war, Ukrainian defenders worshiped "St. Javelin," the US-supplied, shoulder-fired, tank-killing missile that turned hundreds of Russian tanks into smoldering hulks of roadside wreckage.
In the current phase of the war, it’s America’s HIMARS shoot-and-scoot precision rocket artillery system that’s helped Ukraine overcome Russia’s numerical advantage by taking out ammunition depots far behind the front lines, forcing Russian guns into hiding to avoid deadly accurate GPS-guided artillery fire.
In more than five months of brutal combat, the plucky Ukrainians repulsed the Russian attempt to capture the capital Kyiv and depose President Volodymyr Zelensky, inflicted morale-busting casualties on Russia’s largely conscription army, and fought the putative superpower to a virtual stalemate in the east, where Russian forces are paying heavily for every few meters they take.
The war is now at a critical inflection point, say outside experts, with only a few months of warm weather before the battle lines are frozen in place and pressure increases on Ukraine’s European allies who rely on Russian gas to keep their people from freezing.
"I don’t want to sound like a character from ’Game of Thrones’ but, yeah, winter is coming," said Britain’s top spymaster Richard Moore at the Aspen Security Forum last month.
To maintain the flow of military, economic, and political support, Zelensky needs a dramatic battlefield triumph to show the U.S. and the world the war is winnable.
"It’s important I think to the Ukrainians themselves that they demonstrate their ability to strike back, and I think that will be very important for their continuing high morale," said Moore. "I also think, to be honest, it will be an important reminder to the rest of Europe that this is a winnable campaign by the Ukrainians because we are about to go into a pretty tough winter."
Putin seems to be banking on a "winter strategy" that as European countries face higher prices to heat their homes, Western resolve will buckle, and Ukraine will be forced to cut a deal on Moscow’s terms.
But Russian losses have been staggering, with estimates of war dead ranging from 15,000 to 40,000."We continue to see Russia failing on the battlefield, paying a high price for very little gain, and suffering domestic failures at home," a senior military official told reporters at a Pentagon briefing. "When you look at the numbers of people that they have lost, it’s impossible to believe that they’re not having to figure out ways to replace them if they want to continue to go toe-to-toe with Ukrainians."
That said, the Russian president has a high pain threshold, especially because he’s not the one feeling the pain.
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Putin seems to be banking on a "winter strategy" that as European countries face higher prices to heat their homes, Western resolve will buckle, and Ukraine will be forced to cut a deal on Moscow’s terms.
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Green thinking is "proles gotta suffer," so that may not cut much ice.
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I am a bit surprised they haven't made the burning of wood explicitly against the law, for air quality reasons donchyaknow. Probably the immigrant neighborhoods.
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Wonder how many of Putin's 'volunteers' are themselves prepared for winter. Too many make the assumption that Russian are immune to the cold. Way back when the Russians and Chinese had a spat over the Amur river area, the 'Soviets' got a shock when numerous casualties arose from the cold weather. Those were not the old WW2 vets. They had to relearn 'how to' to stay alive. Given what we have witnessed so far, it looks like another learning process.
We saw today people’s heads on a spike in Russian-occupied Popasna.
This is only a fraction of the Russian war crimes committed. I’m terrified when I think of what we’ll see when we retake the Russian-occupied cities and villages.
[LB] The invaders continued ground attacks to the northeast and south of Bakhmut.
by Natalka Lototska
ISW: The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out counterattacks between Izyum and Slovyansk and retook positions in a number of settlements
Russian troops tried to advance to the northwest of Izyum .
This was reported in the American Institute of Warfare (ISW).
Ukrainian forces conducted a series of localized counterattacks between Izyum and Slovyansk and retook positions in a number of populated areas.
The invaders continued ground attacks to the northeast and south of Bakhmut .
The Russian Federation continued its attempts to attack Pisky and carried out a limited ground strike southwest of Donetsk .
ISW notes that the Russian high command is faced with a dilemma, the severity of which may depend on Ukraine's ability to conduct significant counteroffensive operations in several directions at the same time.
If Ukraine can strengthen its position around Izyum, continuing the transition to a counteroffensive on Kherson, then Russian troops will face a very difficult choice.
They will probably have to decide:
or leave their positions in the west around Izyum in favor of defending their land lines of communication further north and east,
or bring in more personnel and equipment to try to hold the current front line.
"However, such forces would have to come from another axis, which would endanger Russia's other achievements," the analysts emphasized.
It will be recalled that the Institute for the Study of War also stated that the preparation for the counteroffensive on Kherson for the first time allows Ukraine to start actively shaping the course of the war . The Armed Forces are likely to seize the strategic initiative and force Russia to reallocate forces and change priorities.
[LB] The enemy is trying to create conditions for an attack on the cities of Donetsk region.
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The Russian occupiers are trying to create favorable conditions for an attack on the cities of Donetsk region , have conducted offensive and assault actions to improve the tactical position. However, the attempts of the Russians turned out to be unsuccessful, the defenders of Ukraine repelled four enemy attacks.
This was announced by the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, Serhii Gaidai.
"Four enemy attacks ended with their retreat to previous positions," he noted.
Gaidai noted that the Russians are using all available weapons to dislodge units of the Defense Forces from occupied positions. They are shelling settlements and fortifications of our military, trying to get closer to Bakhmut.
"Enemy aircraft operate several times a day in these areas. Yesterday they carried out four airstrikes. Three more times the Russians conducted artillery attacks, used rocket artillery, twice the assault operations were supported by tank offensives. Six more times mortar attacks were carried out," Gaidai emphasized.
It will be recalled that earlier the General Staff announced that the Russians will not stop their attempts to advance on the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions .
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[Vesti] Ukrainian defenders "continue to successfully carry out rocket and artillery fire missions in certain areas," while "the enemy is experiencing an acute shortage of trained and somehow motivated reinforcements for units that will suffer losses as a result of the war in Ukraine." This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff as of 18.00 Friday, August 5.
On the Volyn and Polesye directions without changes.
In the Seversk direction , the enemy is holding separate subunits of the troops of the Western Military District in the border areas of the Bryansk and Kursk regions. Carries out engineering equipment of positions and installation of video surveillance systems. From artillery, the enemy fired at civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Zhelezny Most and Gremyach in Chernihiv and Starikov in Sumy regions.
In the Slobozhansky direction , the enemy continues to focus his efforts on preventing the creation of favorable conditions by the Defense Forces for the resumption of the offensive. So, in the Kharkov direction , the enemy used cannon and rocket artillery to shell the areas of the settlements of Kharkov, Russkaya Lozovaya, Korobochkino, Cherkassky Tishki, Stary Saltov, Verkhny Saltov. He conducted aerial reconnaissance with unmanned aerial vehicles near Russkaya Lozovaya, Malyye Prokhody, Gusarovka and Chepil.
In the Slavic direction , the enemy did not conduct active offensive operations, firing from artillery of various types near Bogorodichny, Dolina, Dibrivnoye, Velyka Kamyshevakhi and Ridny.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is concentrating efforts in the areas of Bakhmut and Avdiivka. He is trying to create favorable conditions for establishing control over the cities of Soledar and Bakhmut and pushing our troops back from the western outskirts of the city of Donetsk .
In the Kramatorsk and Bakhmut directions , the enemy used tanks, cannon and rocket artillery for shelling near Seversky, Grigorievka, Verkhnekamensky, Bakhmut, Zaitsev, Soledar, Yakovlevka and Kodema. Launched an air strike near the Summit. With offensive actions, the invaders tried to seize advantageous lines and improve the tactical situation in the areas of Bakhmut, Zaitsev and Vershina, but they did not succeed , they retreated.
In the Avdeevka direction , artillery shelling was recorded near Avdeevka, Novobakhmutovka, Nevelskoye, Netaylovy and Krasnogorovka. The enemy unsuccessfully tried to advance in the directions of the settlements of Krasnogorovka, Avdeevka and Peski .
In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions , the enemy fired from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery at the areas of the settlements of Maryinka, Vladimirovka, Novomikhailovka, Bolshaya Novoselka, Novoandreevka, Kamenskoye, Novoselka, Volshebnoe, Novopol, Gulyaipole and Neskuchne. Ukrainian soldiers successfully repelled another enemy assault in the direction of Maryinka and forced the enemy to flee. The occupiers conducted reconnaissance with unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of Zaporozhye and Novoselivka II.
In the Yuzhnobuzhsk direction , the enemy is trying to hold their positions with the available means of fire destruction and prevent our subunits from creating favorable conditions for a counteroffensive. Thus, the enemy fired at the areas of the settlements of Posad-Pokrovskoye, Stepnaya Dolina, Luparevo, Novonikolaevka, Novogrigorovka, Krasnaya Dolina, Zelenaya Grove, Andreevka, Trudolyubovka, Novovorontsovka, Topolino, Potemkino, Olgino, Nikopol. Engaged aviation for strikes near Lozovoye, Veliky Artakovo and Andreevka. The enemy made a second attempt to attack in the direction of Lozovoe. He received a decisive rebuff from the Ukrainian soldiers and retreated.
In the waters of the Black and Azov Seas , the enemy ship grouping focuses its main efforts on maintaining the land grouping, blocking civilian navigation in the northwestern part of the Black Sea and hitting military installations and infrastructure elements deep in Ukraine. Four carriers of sea-based cruise missiles are in readiness for the use of weapons .
August 5 is the 163rd 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] In Rovenki, mobilization agendas are distributed by teachers
To mobilize men in the uncontrolled territories of the Lugansk region, the Russian military is actively using various methods.
Serhiy Gaidai, head of the Luhansk OVA, wrote about this in his Telegram channel.
“Everyone is involved in the mobilization. So, in Rovenki, teachers are forced to carry summons, recalling them from vacation,” Gaidai wrote.
According to the head of the OVA,"... there was even a recorded case of an attack on a teacher after she tried to present a" letter of happiness ".
In addition, about 300 people were mobilized in Bryanka in a week: they were searched for on the streets, bus stops, and in public transport.
"The situation is similar in Kadievka," writes Gaidai.
He clarified that in Luhansk they are talking with the heads of personnel departments of enterprises, they are demanding lists of male workers.
"They ordered to call for 10 people to begin with," the message says.
According to him, the military of the Russian Federation in the Luhansk region hand out stories in crowded places, in particular, in markets and shops, as well as during public works to clear rubble.
It should be noted that earlier the National Security and Defense Council denied fakes about those subject to mobilization during the war .
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[Korrespondent] 23:38 Putin and Erdogan held talks in Sochi. Read more about them in the material Gas and grain .
23:24 The Polish office of Amnesty International, a day after the release of the scandalous report, published a statement condemning the crimes of the Russian army in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the head of the Ukrainian office of the organization, Oksana Pokalchuk, announced that she was leaving her post, because "we disagreed with the leadership on values."
23:19 Investigators from Bellingcat and The Insider have identified a Russian occupier who castrated a Ukrainian soldier on video . It turned out to be a Tuvan named Ochur-Suge Mongush from the Akhmat battalion.
23:17 Zelensky said in an evening video message that Russian assets worth 28 billion hryvnias were forcibly seized in Ukraine, more than 900 objects were proposed to be confiscated. "And if we evaluate the package of property not only of the terrorist state, but also of its residents, then we are talking about 36,000 positions for withdrawal. All this will be aimed at compensating for the damage that Russia causes by war and terror," the president added.
22:36 Zelensky, in an evening video message, called for sanctions against the entire Russian nuclear industry: “Today, the invaders created another extremely risky situation for the whole of Europe - they fired at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, twice a day. This is the largest nuclear power plant on our continent. And any shelling this facility is a frank and daring crime, it is an act of terror. Russia should be responsible for the very fact of creating a threat to the nuclear power plant."
22:18 The White House will announce a new $1 billion aid package to Ukraine on August 8, Reuters reports, citing sources. According to the agency, the new package will include ammunition for HIMARS and NASAMS, as well as 50 M113 armored medical vehicles.
21:17 The Russian occupiers fired at the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant twice today. Energoatom talks about the risk of radioactive spraying, as well as a fire that could lead to a nuclear catastrophe. Read more in the material A radioactive threat has arisen .
20:40 Putin and Erdogan, following the meeting, announced the need to ensure the implementation of the Istanbul agreements, "including the unimpeded export of grain to the Russian Federation." The parties also agreed to increase the volume of mutual trade, strengthen interaction in many areas and reaffirmed the will of Russia and Turkey to further develop relations "despite the current regional and global challenges." The Presidents emphasized the key importance of "trust-based relations" between the Russian Federation and Turkey for "achieving regional and international stability."
20:29 Due to the war with Russia, gas use in Ukraine has decreased by 40%, and the winter may require less than expected, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on the air of the telethon. According to him, because of this, the plan for filling gas storage facilities can be increased from the current 12 billion cubic meters to 19 billion cubic meters. The minister also noted that part of the gas could be used to generate electricity, since the war could cause problems with the delivery of coal to thermal workers.
20:25 Putin and Erdogan agreed to begin partial payment in rubles for Russian gas supplies to Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said.
20:06 The Russians are trying with all their might to push the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the western outskirts of Donetsk, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the evening report . The enemy also attempted an offensive in the direction of Lozovoye, but received a decisive rebuff and retreated.
19:44 Zelensky said that he had the first conversation in the history of Ukraine with the President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakvera: "We appreciate the support within the framework of international organizations. We are determined to strengthen cooperation. An important direction is ensuring food security in the region. We are working on expanding the anti-war coalition."
19:33 China calls on all countries to conclude a general agreement on the non-first use of nuclear weapons, the country's Foreign Ministry said.
19:26 As a result of today's shelling of the Ship district of Nikolaev, 22 people were injured , the head of the regional council Anna Zamazeeva reported. Residential buildings, including high-rise buildings, were damaged.
19:09 Russia has asked Turkey to help circumvent Western sanctions, writes The Washington Post, citing information from Ukrainian intelligence. The Russian offer, intercepted ahead of the Putin-Erdogan meeting in Sochi, indicates that Russia hopes Turkey will help. However, as the newspaper writes, there are no signs that Ankara will agree.
18:48 The war in Ukraine is entering a turning point, according to the American edition of The New York Times. U.S. and Western intelligence estimates suggest the likelihood that the next weeks or months will be decisive for Ukraine. For more details, see War Scenarios from the NYT .
18:33 In mid-July, in the occupied territories of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, a closed sociological survey was conducted on whether local residents want to join Russia. Meduza was told by two interlocutors close to the Putin administration that, according to the results of the poll, about 30% were in favor of joining the Russian Federation, and the same number were in favor of keeping the regions within Ukraine. The rest "difficult to answer."
There is no reliable sociological data on this issue, but the Kremlin has no doubt that despite the low level of support, "referendums will be held as they should," the newspaper writes.
18:04 Ukraine will confiscate 903 objects belonging to Russia in favor of the Ukrainian people, Shmyhal said.
17:40 PMC Wagner recruited at least 1,500 prisoners to participate in the war against Ukraine. As the Nesting publication found out, "recruiters" are most interested in criminals convicted of murder and robbery. Those selected are taken to a colony in Rostov-on-Don, where a training camp is organized. According to journalists, the first group of prisoners went to the war zone on July 20.
17:37 Ukraine and Russia are preparing for the start of an extremely active phase of hostilities in the south, Natalya Gumenyuk, head of the joint coordination press center of the defense forces of the South, said on the air of the telethon: "There is the formation of a strike force by Russian forces in the Krivoy Rog direction and attempts to bring up reserves." According to her, in this regard, it is necessary, among other things, to ensure the evacuation of the population.
17:34 The EU Council approved the decision to reduce gas consumption in the European Union by 15%. Also, the Council "clarified various exceptions and possibilities to partially or completely not comply with this requirement in accordance with the specific conditions of the EU countries, and to ensure that the reduction in gas consumption really contributes to improving the security of gas supplies to the European Union."
17:30 The SBU has launched an online service to search for prisoners of war and missing persons in war conditions. Now it is possible to report the circumstances of the disappearance of a person through an online form . Those citizens who applied to the Joint Center for the Search and Release of Prisoners earlier do not need to re-fill out the electronic form. The data sent through the form is confidential and will not get to unauthorized persons, assured the SBU.
17:09 Despite the war, about 500 Hasidim have already arrived in Uman, who plan to stay in Ukraine until the celebration of the Jewish New Year at the end of September, Mayor Irina Pletneva said.
17:01 Ukrainian air defense forces successfully eliminate many Russian missiles, but there are several types of missiles that are extremely difficult to shoot down. As the speaker of the Air Force Yuri Ignat said, the most dangerous are the Soviet-style Kh-22 and Kh-31 missiles, as well as Onyx and Iskander: "These missiles are very fast, not all missiles can be shot down by our air defense."
At the same time, Russia also produces a large number of Kh-101 and Kalibr cruise missiles in Ukraine. The Ukrainian military, thanks to the cooperation of units, skillfully detects, intercepts and eliminates them.
16:40 The Russians in Energodar staged another provocation - they fired in the direction of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. According to Energoatom, today at 14:30 three “arrivals” were recorded near the ZNPP industrial site. The enemy hit the high-voltage communication line of the ZNPP autotransformer - Zaporizhzhya TPP.
Despite the provocations, the Zaporizhzhya NPP continues to operate and deliver power to the energy system of Ukraine through operating lines. In accordance with their throughput, it was decided to unload and disconnect one of the operating power units of the NPP from the network. Emissions and discharges of radioactive substances have not been recorded.
16:09 The Latvian embassy in the Russian Federation announced that it will stop issuing visas to Russians for an indefinite period, the only exception is entry to the funeral of close relatives.
16:06 The "head" of the occupied Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, has been hospitalized, he is in a medically induced coma, his condition is assessed as moderate, according to Russian media. Earlier, a message appeared on his Telegram channel about complications after suffering COVID.
15:55 Scholz, on the day of the publication of the scandalous interview with Gerhard Schroeder, held an unusual photo session with the Siemens turbine for the Nord Stream gas pipeline, which Gazprom demanded to resume supplies. About what this means - in the material, Scholz revealed Putin's bluff .
15:44 Putin and Erdogan are holding talks in Sochi, according to Russian media.
15:39 In Nikolaev after daytime shelling only in one place more than ten wounded, there are also dead, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported.
15:17 The coat of arms of the USSR on the sculpture of the Motherland in Kiev will be replaced with a trident no earlier than 2023, Minister of Culture Alexander Tkachenko said. According to him, the process will require funds, possibly donations from Ukrainians will be attracted.
14:52 The SBU reported the suspicion to the former deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. The major general is suspected of high treason, as well as an attempt on the life of a law enforcement officer and illegal possession of weapons. According to the investigation, he passed secret and top secret information to the Russian special services.
SBU officers detained a suspect at the beginning of a full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. During a search at the place of work, he tried to shoot representatives of the investigative-operational group of the Security Service from a Makarov combat pistol. The detainee was the deputy head of the GUR MOU from 2008 to 2010, then worked in various positions in the civil service of this department, as well as in the leadership of the State Space Agency of Ukraine.
14:35 The number of missing Ukrainian servicemen is significantly less than the 7,000 people announced in July, Oleg Kotenko, authorized for missing persons under special circumstances, said on the air of the telethon: "We talked about the fact that more than 7,000 people are considered missing. missing. This figure is incorrect. Since then, we have found about 20-25%, they were in captivity. Therefore, this figure is much lower. "
Kotenko also added that today they managed to return more than 500 bodies of the dead defenders of Ukraine: "We do this every week. The work is underway, and I think that we will return all our defenders who died."
14:07 Podolyak explained why freezing the war in Ukraine is dangerous: "What does the Russian occupation of the south of Ukraine look like? Filtration concentration camps. Mass arrests and torture. Limited distribution of food. Total control. No rights and freedoms. "Freezing" the war is getting a new DPRK with millions of hostages. Ukraine needs weapons, we must immediately release people."
13:41 The SBU detained a man who called for missiles to be fired at the Bandera monument in Lviv and handed over the coordinates of this monument to the DPR.
13:22 Kuleba commented on the words of Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Kallamar that their report on social networks is "attacked" by Russian and Ukrainian bots and trolls: "Apparently, the Secretary General of Amnesty International calls me a 'bot' and a 'troll', but that won't hurt me to say that her report distorts reality, draws a false moral equality between aggressor and victim, and contributes to Russia's disinformation efforts.
12:49 British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons commented on the Amnesty International report: "The only thing that threatens Ukrainian civilians is Russian missiles, weapons and looting by Russian troops. Period. If Russia stopped invading Ukraine, there would be no danger."
12:37 People from 110 countries of the world have joined the UNITED24 platform, and the total amount of charitable contributions has exceeded UAH 6 billion.
12:22 In Nikolaev, a curfew is introduced from 23:00 Friday, August 5, to 5:00 Monday, August 8 , said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
12:20 In a technical well in the Kiev region, they found the body of another person who died during the occupation, said the head of the regional police Andriy Nebytov.
12:18 The Russian military keeps four carriers of Caliber cruise missiles on combat duty in the Black Sea with a total salvo of 24 missiles, in the Mediterranean Sea - five carriers, the Navy reported. Meanwhile, in the Sea of Azov, the Russians continue to control sea communications and keep up to three ships and boats on combat duty.
12:07 Latvia has suspended an agreement with Russia on economic cooperation, the country's Foreign Ministry said. Intergovernmental agreements in the field of scientific, technical, humanitarian and cultural cooperation, as well as agreements on simplification of mutual trips of residents of border areas were also suspended.
11:53 Ukraine asks the IMF to intensify work on a new cooperation program, Shmygal said after a conversation with the director of the IMF's European Department, Alfred Kammer: "The armed forces of Ukraine resist Russian aggression and protect the entire civilized world. The government, for its part, is working to strengthen the economic stability of our state. Ukraine and the IMF have a long history of relations, and we look forward to strengthening cooperation."
11:39 Russians last night, around 21:55, fired four rockets at a residential area in the Shevchenkovsky district of Kharkov. According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, four people were injured, multi-apartment houses and cars were damaged.
10:53 An "investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia" has been formed in Donetsk, the press service of the RF Investigative Committee reported. The department will investigate "the crimes of Ukrainian nationalists." It is also reported that the head of the RF Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin arrived in the occupied Severodonetsk, Luhansk region. "Investigation departments" should open in a number of captured cities.
10:48 In the Luhansk region, there is a hunt for collaborators, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the partisan movement in the region is gaining momentum, and due to the destruction of the railway, the enemy's logistical communication is complicated, so the hunt for the leaders of the occupation administrations is underway.
10:31 Ukraine received a grant of 1 million euros from Albania, the Ministry of Finance reported. Financial assistance has already been received on the accounts of the State Treasury Service.
10:07 Russia is preparing to launch a reconnaissance satellite commissioned by Iran, but will use it for several months to monitor its military targets in Ukraine, writes The Washington Post, citing Western officials.
Roskosmos announced on August 9 the launch of a satellite, called Khayyam, in pursuance of an agreement with Iran. The satellite will be launched by a Russian Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan. The Canopus-V system will be equipped with a high-definition camera, which will give Tehran unprecedented capabilities - for example, to monitor important objects in Israel and the Persian Gulf almost continuously. However, Moscow has already told customers in Tehran that it plans to use the satellite for several months or longer to monitor military targets in Ukraine.
10:01 Ukraine is 60% ready for the heating season, Shmyhal said: "Currently, all regions are 60% ready on average. This is in line with the preparation plan developed by the government. We will accelerate in this direction in order to steadily pass the heating season."
09:58 Another ship is heading to Ukraine to load grain. According to the Turkish Ministry of Defense, the Fulmar S vessel under the flag of Barbados has already been inspected and is heading to Chornomorsk.
09:29 Canada has allocated $6 million to improve nuclear security in Ukraine. According to the Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN, $1 million is intended to improve security at Ukrainian nuclear facilities and $5 million to help identify and respond to illegal trafficking in nuclear materials.
09:13 At night, the enemy fired at the Shevchenkovsky, Industrial and Saltovsky districts of Kharkiv, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. As a result of shelling, three people were hospitalized with wounds, the condition of one is stably grave, the rest are wounded in a state of moderate severity.
09:10 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 5. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.
personnel - about 41,650 (+150) people liquidated,
tanks - 1792 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 4032 (+6),
artillery systems - 950 (+4),
MLRS - 260 (+0),
air defense systems - 123 (+5),
aircraft - 223 (+0),
helicopters - 191 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 742 (+0),
cruise missiles - 182 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2964 (+4),
special equipment - 83 (+0).
09:06 Russians fired at the Ship area of Nikolaev at night and in the morning. It is preliminary known about getting into a private house and damage to houses around. In addition, a fire broke out in an open area as a result of the hit of ammunition and their fragments, said the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim.
09:01 Canada resumes Operation Unifier - up to 225 Canadian troops are sent to the UK to train the Ukrainian military, Reznikov said.
08:44 In Toretsk, Donetsk region, as a result of enemy shelling, seven civilians were killed in a day, nine more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:42 On the outskirts of Zaporozhye, a rocket hit an infrastructure enterprise. Production equipment was damaged, there were no casualties, said Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the City Council.
08:24 The Russians fired at night on the Nikopol and Krivoy Rog districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said. In particular, the enemy fired on Nikopol twice from Gradov, private houses were damaged, a fire broke out at a local enterprise - a bus and several cars were destroyed. People were not hurt. In the World Community, after the X-59 missile hit, there is also destruction of housing, a gas pipeline was disabled.
08:10 This morning, the first caravan of ships with Ukrainian grain left the ports of Odessa , Minister of Infrastructure Alexander Kubrakov said. Three bulk carriers NAVI STAR, ROJEN and POLARNET carry 57,000 tons of Ukrainian corn on board, bound for Turkey, the UK and Ireland.
07:47 The Russians are carrying out an offensive operation in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions and are trying to expand the controlled territory on the western outskirts of Donetsk, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report .
06:04 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that if Ukraine can put a lot of pressure on Izyum by continuing the counteroffensive in the Kherson region, then the Russians will face a difficult choice - either withdraw from their western positions around Izyum, or use more personnel and equipment.
Analysts also report that the Russians attempted to advance northwest of Izyum and continued ground attacks northeast and south of Bakhmut. In addition, they continued to attempt to advance on Peski and carried out a limited ground attack southwest of Donetsk.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a series of local counterattacks between Izyum and Slavyansk and repelled positions in a number of settlements. Meanwhile, Russian troops continued to transfer equipment and personnel to the northeast of Kherson and west of Zaporozhye regions. Ukraine, apparently, is seizing the strategic initiative and forcing Russia to redistribute forces and change the priorities of efforts, military experts say.
03:11 The Russians launched several missile strikes near Zaporozhye, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh. According to preliminary information, there are no victims.
02:27 AFU destroyed three ammunition depots in Kherson, Pridneprovsky and Tokarevka, OK Pivden reported. In particular, four S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems were destroyed, from which the occupiers are shelling Ukrainian cities.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:16 Ukrainian troops tried to call the fire of the Russian Armed Forces on residential areas in the Zaporozhye region in order to accuse them of indiscriminate strikes - the Russian Defense Ministry. 17:11 Ukrainian militants fired at the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. After the shelling, a fire broke out on the spot. Two power lines necessary for the functioning of the station were also damaged.
15:20 The head of the CAA of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, was put into a medically induced coma, sources in the regional administration confirmed to the media. The condition of the Balance is assessed as moderate. He was hospitalized the day before after a medical examination. The deterioration in well-being was the result of complications after covid.
11:35 Parents whose children will study full-time in the Kherson region have the right to:
monthly allowance for a child from 0 to 18 years or up to 23, subject to full-time education, regardless of the social status of the family - 4,000 rubles for each child;
monthly allowance for a child under guardianship - 15,000 rubles;
monthly payment to single mothers or fathers in respect of children from 0 to 18 years old or up to 23, subject to full-time education - 10,000 rubles.
Residents of the region who have received Russian citizenship are entitled to receive payments under the federal programs of the Russian Federation, namely:
payment for first-graders (for the purchase of uniforms, stationery and other necessary goods).
Documents required for registration:
passport;
identification code;
parent's birth certificate;
birth certificate of children;
a document confirming one or another category (guardianship, disability, etc.).
Addresses for submission of documents:
Kherson, st. Repina, d. 1;
Kherson, st. Perekopskaya, 166;
Skadovsk, st. Alexandrovskaya, 32;
Alyoshki, st. Guards, d. 6;
village Belozerka, st. Svobody, d. 89.
Addresses in Hola Pristan, Genichesk and Nova Kakhovka will be announced later.
Working hours of the Department of Labor and Social Policy in Kherson:
Mon-Thurs from 9:00 to 16:00;
Fri from 9:00 to 15:00.
Hotline of the Department of Labor and Social Policy:
+7 990 034-07-67
11:07 A series of blows was inflicted on Nikolaev. According to "Come and See", in the early morning powerful explosions thundered in Nikolaev. “Nikolaev, several arrivals. They are knocking out the infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ”said the source of the channel. According to him, blows were also inflicted on the region.
09:37 In Kharkiv, a conscript got into a fight with a member of the military registration and enlistment office. The grave-digger from the Kharkov military enlistment office received in full from one of the conscripts, while trying to hand over the summons. And then, apparently, my wife also joined.
09:35 Zaporozhye region will soon switch to the Russian telephone code. This was stated by a member of the main council of the region's CAA Vladimir Rogov.
09:17 The Russian army has assembled 30BTG: "Secret plans" of the RF Armed Forces near Kherson were again "exposed" by Arestovich. The Russian army can go in the direction of Krivoy Rog or Nikolaev, as well as hit the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Posad-Pokrovsky area. In total, according to him, Russian troops have assembled about 30 battalion tactical groups in this sector of the front.
08:06 Platoon flamethrowers of the Western Military District received the task of destroying the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the path of advancement of the armored vehicles of the Russian troops in the zone of the Northern Military District.
According to the coordinates received, the flamethrower platoon was divided into cover and strike subgroups. Additional reconnaissance was carried out in the dense wooded area, through which the armored vehicles of the Russian units should pass.
Flamethrowers covertly, without cover, moved as close as possible to the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to strike. At a distance of up to 300 meters, flamethrowers from different firing points with the fire of thermobaric ammunition from hand-held flamethrowers destroyed the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, entered into battle with the enemy and the tactical deuces withdrew to positions to further cover the advance of Russian units on armored vehicles.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:33 Another humanitarian convoy assembled by caring people of Russia has arrived in Donetsk.
For civilians, volunteers delivered hygiene products, kits for schoolchildren by the beginning of the school year. Also, binoculars, body armor, walkie-talkies and quadrocopters were brought for the defenders of the republic. 21:35 Ukrainian Armed Forces fired on residential area "Gladkovka"
As a result of a barbaric strike, a shell hit the roof of a residential apartment building at Savchenko 9. Glazing was damaged in nearby houses, the roof and technical floor were destroyed in the above-mentioned house, miraculously, civilian casualties were avoided.
19:51 As a result of today's shelling of the VFUin the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the number of wounded increased to 14 people, another 1 civilian died.
19:41 Several districts of Donetsk and Makiivka at once under massive enemy artillery fire
VFU attacked Kuibyshevsky, Kalininsky, Kirovsky, Kyiv districts of Donetsk and Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka. The shelling continues. We ask residents to take personal safety measures and not leave shelters.
19:23 The operational lines of the JCCC DPR received additional information on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kuibyshevsky district:
- men born in 1980 and 1959 were wounded.
- as a result of a mine explosion PFM "Petal"wounded men born in 1983 and 1958
As of 19:00 on August 5, 24 cases of undermining civilians have already been registered in the Republic, incl. child, I passedPFM "Petal". One of the injured died in the hospital.
Thus, the total number of civilian casualties from VFU attacks at 19:00 on August 5, 2022 is 20 people, including two children (one killed, 19 injured). The information continues to flow.
Received additional information on damages as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Makeevka:
Chervonogvardei district:
- st. Davydenko, 150 - apartment building.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
15:34 Don NTU and Ufa Petroleum Technological University signed a Cooperation Agreement. The joint activity plan was approved for the period until August 2023. It includes the provision of training, field trips and internships for students, graduate students, faculty, as well as the joint organization of additional education and research work.
15:17 Assault units are clearing Maryinka, from where the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been shelling Donetsk for the last eight years. This was announced by an RT source at the headquarters of the People's Militia of the DPR. Earlier it became known that the settlement of Sands was completely cleared of nationalists and came under the control of the allied forces.
15:15 Verkhnekalmiusskaya filtration station is powered. At 13:20 on August 5, employees of the Regional Energy Supply Company, after carrying out repairs that lasted two days, turned on the 110 kV power line, feeding the 110 kV Yasinovataya substation and a number of objects that were de-energized on August 3, including the Verkhnekalmiusskaya filter station, which provides water to residents of Donetsk, Makeevka and Yasinovataya.
15:00 The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the maternity ward of hospital No. 17 in Donetsk. Initially, 10 people were injured.
14:08 The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case after the shelling of the drama theater and hotel in Donetsk.
The moment of shelling of peaceful areas by the Ukrainian army was caught on video. It was a targeted Ukronazi strike on the city with the goal of killing and injuring as many civilians as possible. According to the Investigative Committee, five civilians were killed during the shelling, and at least six were injured.
13:24 Allied forces of the Russian Federation and LDNR liberated 266 settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic, including Gladosovo. Fighting is going on in the city of Artemovsk, reports the Headquarters of the DPR TerO.
13:05 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of August 5, 2022
— In the area of N. p. Novoivanovka (Zaporozhye region) destroyed up to 150 militants, two American M777 howitzers and up to 1,500 ammunition for them, six Msta-B howitzers, eight artillery pieces, about 350 shells for the Grad MLRS, as well as seven UAVs;
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery hit 187 objects, incl. four control points;
— In the area of N. p. Konstantinovka and Artemovsk (DPR) destroyed two depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition;
- During the counter-battery fight, three platoons of D-30 howitzers and a platoon of the Grad MLRS were suppressed;
- Five Ukrainian UAVs were shot down;
- Intercepted three Tochka-U ballistic missiles.
13:00 Bezsonov: The sands are completely cleared, our guys are entrenched. Cleansing continues in Maryinka. More than half of the territory has been cleared and is under our control. There are successes in other areas as well.
12:53 As a result of today's shelling of the VFU in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, one person was killed and two more civilians were injured.
12:11 As a result shelling of the VFU in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the number of wounded increased to two people.
11:28 On the direction of n.p. Sands and to the north - to Avdeevka. The enemy retreats to the second line of positions, where it is reinforced by units of the Right Sector DUK, separate airmobile battalions and an airmobile brigade. After the failure near Donetsk, they are reinforced by artillery. They are losing positions.
We press them hard, and they try to regroup. Ours settle down in the Butovka mine area. 75% n.p. Peski are behind us. We went to Avdievka. We press.
I do not rule out that we will take Avdievka into the ring. In recent days, the wounded have gone, mostly shrapnel and shell shock. Normal personal protective equipment is required. Okay, worn trunks, that's not so bad. There are no normal helmets, there are also Soviet “bowler hats” and incredibly heavy non-Kevlar “armor”: that is, a rag and metal plates. It's outdated and doesn't work. I need Kevlar
11:25 N.A. Gladosovo came under the control of the DPR.
11:24 In the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the following were injured:
Bokia Street wounded woman;
Chusovskaya street child-2010
11:21 Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk: they got to the 17th hospital in the maternity ward. Details are being specified.
11:16 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): four shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
11:08 Briefly about the situation in the east of Soledar. Fights are going on at the walls of the Knauf factory. It is difficult to cling to the streets of the city due to the massive work of enemy artillery. It is clear that here the regime has a certain advantage, they are hitting their own abandoned positions.
Everything is shot. And Soledar cannot be bypassed. "Musicians" are already working in Artemovsk. But, also, it's too early to say that the attack aircraft entrenched in the city.
11:01 Arrivals in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are once again hitting the civilian population of the city.
10:49 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has formed an investigative department in Donetsk - a department.
09:25 Additional results of yesterday's shelling of Donetsk:
Kyiv region. Victims:
- woman born in 1959 (11, Kobylyanska St.) – shrapnel wound in the back, taken to the RTC;
- a man born in 1961 (Listoprokatchikov St., 3a) - concussion, shrapnel wounds to the thigh, shoulder, forearm; delivered to RTC.
Destruction:
- st. Kobylyanskaya, 11 - a direct hit on the house;
- st. Young Miners, 27 (garage cooperative) - three garages caught fire.
- st. Savchenko, 11, 13 - damaged balcony railings, glazing.
09:20 Rocket artillery of the allied forces in the morning struckblowon the accumulation of the enemy in the Maryinka area. The Nazis suffered serious losses in manpower and equipment.
08:00 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
--n.p. Nevelskoye - Donetsk (Kirov district): five shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
--n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Gorlovka: five shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
--n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kyiv and Kirov districts): five shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
--n.p. Nevelskoye - Donetsk: five shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
--n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: 20 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS.
--n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Mikhailovka: five shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
--n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
#1
This is what the Ukrainians and Russians did behind real 'Nazi' lines 1941-45. When the Russians need more troops on the front line, anti-partisan warfare will further bleed manpower resources as it did the Germans. We can watch as the Russians institute policies similar to what the Germans did in their anti-partisan operations, which bring even greater irony to the use of the phrase denazification.
#2
Same people who made outlandish excuses for America crushing itself in Afghanistan now saying "Russia can't lose."
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With all the propaganda and unsavory truths that are floating around, some folks who aren't directly involved are legitimately confused about who the bad guys are. My take is to see what tack Russia's neighbors take and consider their position to be the most reasonable. See Poland, Sweden, Finland, Bulgaria, Latvia, etc. etc.
N. Korea made it clear it is willing to assist in Russia's war, news agency reported
This would include providing a vast fighting force - 100,000 soldiers - and builders to repair damage “If you feed them, they’re yours for as long as needed. We need to free up funds for more of Pudge’s our beloved Fearless Leader’s special cognac.”
In return, it said grain and energy would be supplied to Kim's stricken economy
Reacting, reserve colonel Igor Korotchenko told Russian state TV: 'We shouldn't be shy in accepting the hand extended to us by Kim Jong-un.'
Russia and North Korea have shared close ties dating back to 1948, when Soviet Union became first country to recognise DPRK. Putin and Kim last met in 2019
They would be deployed to the forces of the separatist pro-Putin Donetsk People's Republic [DPR] and Luhansk People's Republic [LPR], both of which Kim has recently recognised as independent countries.
'If North Korean volunteers with their artillery systems, wealth of experience with counter battery warfare and large calibre multiple launch rocket systems, made in North Korea, want to participate in the conflict, well let's give the green light to their volunteer impulse.'
He said: 'If North Korea expresses a desire to meet its international duty to fight against Ukrainian fascism, we should let them.' It was the 'sovereign right of the DPR and LPR to sign the relevant agreements,' he said.
Russia has repeatedly claimed Ukraine is a 'fascist' country as one of its many ways to attempt to justify Putin's brutal invasion, that has killed thousands of civilians and caused millions of people to flee their homes.
Korotchenko is known for his fierce pro-Putin rhetoric.
Russians should feel 'no shame' of its ambition of obliterating Ukraine as an independent state, he also said recently.
Such an objective was 'absolutely healthy', he said.
'It was said here that Russia is trying to wipe Ukraine off the geopolitical map of the world,' he said. 'It isn't quite that. We are wiping an anti-Russia project off the geopolitical map of the world…'
Ukraine had 'never existed' as a truly independent state in the past, he falsely claimed. 'It is an artificial 'formation' which was born thanks to the national policy conducted after 1917 by the Bolsheviks,' he said.
But now it had become 'a springboard for a strike against Russia'.
Its political elite 'have no right to exist from the point of national interests of our country'.
The West 'will not be able to influence the decisiveness of the leadership of our country and our people to make it so that such a threat from the territory now called Ukraine never exists.'
#3
Close support already exists between these two especially after Pelosi's stunt. Close behind her stunt Volodymyr has asked China to have Russia back down. Western media in chronic damage control mode. Even Denmark now is drawn towards Russia and I have read the Swiss and Finland have buyers remorse.The weakness of the EU and USA is obvious to most nations of the world. Inflation in UK, USA and Germany is historic. The leadership of Western nations is the worst I have ever seen. Desperate hardly. He plays this game well. Kim's offer will be accepted. Look what he offers Putin. The unification of the Asian world only gets stronger. Diplomats and bureaucrats will not make the world safer or stronger. Ability, will and strength are the qualities needed now. China let Pelosi go back because they knew she would do more damage here. I expect Biden will do everything wrong as he is now(80,000 IRS agents; what a joke, nobody wants to work). My historic rant for the day.
#8
Ah! So instead of a bridge, they'll just fill rivers with North Korean corpses!
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Nothing says better a better evaluation than Go-No Go testing. Putin has found out the hard way and, unfortunately, for the grunts on the ground what the cost is. Can Kim afford to show the same level of military effectiveness that a real life (and death) demands. If they fail as the Russians have their threat posture evaporates. Who you going to send? Your palace guard or the ranks? Who will validate your military effectiveness best? Can you afford to lose your untested formations against people who've already been through Darwin's environment for many months. Remember your military organization follows the Soviet/Russian model not the Western.
#18
#14 back in the 'old' Army, one form of testing whether troops retained the information they had received instruction in was to spend a morning or afternoon session running a route with stations/tables. Each station had evaluators and applicable gear/materials. The troop had to run to each station, present his sheet and then take a test. It could be computations, it could be equipment stripping and reassembly, it be setting up equipment that would then operate, and etc. It was timed both in execution of tasks but also the run overall. At each station you got a rating of Go (successful) or No-Go (unsuccessful). Failure in peacetime usually involved retraining classes usually at the price of the troop's 'free time', like Saturday or Sunday and a repeat of the test shortly there after. In war, it may well mean a body bag.
#19
I didn't know sauerkraut was fermented. Now I know. Thanks, TW. What I do know is everyone expects me to make two pork roasts on New Years Day, one with sauerkraut, one with kimchi.
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[IsraelTimes] The Khayyam satellite was designed and manufactured with the assistance of Russian corporation Roscosmos; launch scheduled for Tuesday, weeks after Putin’s trip to Iran
Russia will launch an Iranian remote sensing satellite into orbit next Tuesday, the two countries confirmed, two weeks after President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... visited Tehran.
"In cooperation with Russia, the Khayyam satellite will be launched next week from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan by a Soyuz satellite carrier," the Iranian space agency said late Wednesday.
The satellite, apparently named after 11th-12th century Persian polymath Omar Khayyam, aims to "monitor the country’s borders," enhance agricultural productivity and monitor water resources and natural disasters, the agency added. "It's a dessert topping, a floor wax, and a satellite! It's Shimmer Kayyam!"
Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos confirmed the launch is scheduled for Tuesday.
"On August 9, 2022, a Soyuz 2.1B rocket is scheduled to be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome... to put the Khayyam remote sensing device ordered by the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites.... into orbit," it said in a statement.
"The Khayyam device was designed and manufactured at enterprises that are part of the state corporation Roscosmos," it added.
News of the launch follows Putin’s visit to Iran on July 19, when he met President Ebrahim Raisi and Iran’s Lord High Potentate and Supreme Leader of All He Surveys Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini... Khamenei called for strengthening "long-term cooperation" with Russia in his talks with Putin.
Iran’s state news agency IRNA said the satellite has high imaging accuracy and is capable of filming the earth’s surface in different image spectra.
Russia is putting the satellite into space but it will be guided and controlled from ground stations in Iran, IRNA added.
Khayyam will not be the first Iranian satellite to be put into space by Russia.
In October 2005, Iran’s Sina-1 satellite, which aimed to study and observe the Earth, was deployed from Russia’s Plesetsk cosmodrome.
In June 2021, Putin denied a US media report that Russia is set to deliver an advanced satellite system to Iran that will vastly improve its spying capabilities.
Iran insists its space program is for civilian and defense purposes only, and does not breach the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, or any other international agreement.
Western governments worry that satellite launch systems incorporate technologies interchangeable with those used in ballistic missiles capable of delivering a nuclear warhead, something Iran has always denied wanting to build.
Iran successfully put its first military satellite into orbit in April 2020, drawing a sharp rebuke from the United States.
In March, the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological arm of Iran’s armed forces, announced it had successfully put a military "reconnaissance satellite," Nour-2, into orbit.
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What if the Iranian Sat is really an 500 KT EMP? At 110 miles up detention say between Chicago & NYC would get 80% much of the East Coast I.T. world.
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would get 80% much of the East Coast I.T. world.
All stored at NSC data center in Utah.
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1st, my apologies for going off the specific article topic.
QUESTION:
Reload of data from UTAH to a what functioning Interstate network?
Because in 2.5 nanoseconds, a 500KT EMP burst at 110 miles also destroys about 75% of the Non-EMP shielded electronics for about 750 miles in all directions. Which includes the Pathway Electronics, and the systems attached. Plus Just about every vehicle made after 1995, just about all Cell Phones & Cell tower systems, roughly 80+% of Civilian CPU's. OH! and If you're wearing a pacemaker, you drop dead with a smoking, crispy hole in your chest. Hearing aids tend to burst into small flames.
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[NY Post OpEd] On paper, Ukraine’s David is running circles around Russia’s Goliath.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....
