Commentary by writer Ilya Kramnik
[Telegra.ph] A few statements:
a) People want and love to live.
B) Nuclear war is possible.
C) It may or may not have a winner.
D) An exchange of massive counter-value nuclear strikes "for all the money", after which there really will be no winners - one of the forms of nuclear war, the last one, and about as likely as a world war using conventional weapons.
What does the above mean? The fact that, as in a conventional war, a variety of options for multi-stage controlled escalation are possible in a nuclear war. An escalation that began with a warning about the increased readiness of nuclear forces may end at this stage, may move to a demonstrative preparation for use, may branch off into a resumption of testing, and so on. Further, demonstrative use may take place in a desert area, further the exchange of secondary military facilities/deployed formations, again, in a quieter area.
At some stage, the situation may be on the verge of using strategic nuclear forces, and here the aerobatics of controlled escalation already begins - for example, the parties may begin to demolish each other cities/regions one at a time, so to speak, to reinforce the negotiating position. Where will these cities and regions be? It depends, but within the framework of a controlled escalation, various agreements are possible, public and not very clear, on limiting the area of combat operations, both in general and nuclear ones - separately.
Can it come to the removal of cities in the indigenous territories of each other? Maybe, and it's not at all a fact that everyone at once, according to the principle of “sprinkling it with chalk,” will begin as part of a controlled escalation, most likely from “signal cities”, the removal of which should demonstrate the seriousness of intentions and readiness to defend, uh, a negotiating position and/or to convince the opponent of the need to move on some elements of the bargain.
Here they will surely cry out to me - what about the Second World War? No bargaining, only the unconditional surrender of the adversary and his complete annihilation. The problem of the Second World War is precisely that the main thing was missing in this war - the possibility of mutually assured destruction, therefore, in January 1943, when the demand for unconditional surrender was put forward , the Germans had nothing to object to it .
In the event that parties converge in a war, equally capable of bringing each other down to the Stone Age, bargaining for the best positions in the process is inevitable. In general, all this flourishing multi-stage with branches, recreation areas, signs "fuck it - it's there" and "dangerous for life," was invented on the basis of the above paragraph "A." People want and love to live, and therefore they even engage in suicidal things according to the principle "it's better, of course, to suffer."
Is it possible that in the end all this will still be passed without stopping and will still come out for an exchange of large-scale strategic strikes on cities? Or will it even begin with an attempted disarming / decapitating massive strike?
Of course it's possible. But since people love and want to live, and an attempt at a disarming strike most likely leads to a reciprocal "for all the money," then the sides will slowly walk up the stairs to hell, warningly letting each other go forward and leaving crosses with chalk to return back.
... It's a pity in this situation, in fact, Eastern Europe. When Germany was appointed to the role of the battlefield of the 3rd World War, no one was sorry, everyone knew why and for what. And then the people themselves climbed, voluntarily, with a song, and a deep faith in the end of history. Ave, Caesar, Morituri te salutant, whatever. those who are about to die salute you
@Armscontrolfreak, for whom the above is a direct subject of study, adds two buts: 1. There are fundamental doubts about the possibility of controlled escalation. 2. No one knows if it is manageable at all after a certain threshold.
… And this ignorance is the best guarantee against the beginning of the bangs and, in general, a direct clash of the parties. The ghost of 1914 hangs in front of everyone, swaying measuredly in the void, and the fact that now it is also nuclear does not ozonize the atmosphere.
And you don't care, everyone has to work tomorrow. me too.
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Of course we're headed for war with Russia and China. You think Boeing and the other defense contractors make money without wars? What are you, nuts? They require constant new wars, it is literally their lifeblood. Peace means stagnation for them.
Russian media report of a new airbase fire in Crimea today, this time on the military air-field at Hvardeyskye (Gvardeyskoe). It housed 12 SU-24М and 12 SU-25СМ planes and was integrated with the Russian Navy. https://t.co/4R8gZG8oMK
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[KP] Weapons supplied to Ukraine are already spreading across Europe
by Aleksandr Kots
Buying a Javelin is not a problem now.
It would seem that the film of the American company CBS “Arming Ukraine” that thundered last week should have become the reason for the urgent convening of the NATO Council or, at least, the UN Security Council. In it, Jonas Oman, a Swedish journalist and head of the NGO Blue/Yellow, announced to the world that only 30 percent of the hardware sent by the West to Ukraine reaches the front. As it turned out, Kyiv's NATO partners have no idea about the schemes for the supply of their weapons.
We are talking about tens of billions of dollars, the flows of which in the independent saddled solvers of all stripes, driving cargo through the laying firms. And Western weapons began to suspiciously often disappear somewhere in the rear. Oman does not understand where most of the cargo goes after crossing the border. Sooner or later, "surpluses" will surface somewhere. Wholesale parties are in some African country, but retail sales, as it turned out, have already been established. On the darknet - a closed Internet network - the assortment is "pleasant" to the eye.
I was immersed in the world of the darknet by a specialist in this closed network, who, with the course of a special military operation, began to notice a new trend in the "black" arms market.
"They used to sell guns here. Basically, the barrels were delivered by mail and were badly worn out," says Evgeny. "You go to the forum, write to the seller, choose a product, pay either with bitcoin or forum currency. The barrel is sent in parts in different parcels. Now it's a complete mess!"
“Gunshops” appeared on the darknet - full-fledged stores. Now there is a choice of any trunks - Belgian, German, American - and all new condition! But then it’s more interesting, in these stores you can choose a country (there are few of them) where weapons will be sent to you for spare parts. But there are several states where they will simply bring you a finished barrel by courier, for example, to Ukraine!
This means that the seller, along with the goods, is based in a square. Or maybe a business owner. Right in the store you can choose body kits for machine guns, cartridges I climbed the forums, people write that this is a new Ukrainian cartel, some of the weapons are sold to Europe, and they already have branches in Britain and Germany.
- In stores there is a section: "Order a barrel." Of course, I didn’t write, but I think if you order a Javelin from them, there will be no problems, - Evgeny assures.
- So let's order - I persuade him.
We drive the name of the American anti-tank missile system into the search box, and dozens of ads pop up, many of which are geo-referenced to the location. I poke my finger at the first seller from the Ukrainian capital who came across: "Write to him."
Eugene wants time to watch. And a week later he comes with the news: "I saw a fresh review from the Poles there. The terms of the deal have been met." Now we are writing.
In the description of the account geotagged "Kyiv" there is a warning in English: "Do not write to me and do not ask for a video if you do not have a deposit on the site. I won't even answer you. Interpol agents - do not try to sniff. I don't waste time talking. Before you write to me, please read this. Delivery to the Polish border +4000$ to your order. There are 18 pieces. I wonder how much he had originally.
My interlocutor introduces himself as a not very experienced dealer from France, and starts a "small" conversation in the language of Shakespeare.
- Is it possible to deliver to France?
- The weapon will be hermetically packed and hidden in barrels of engine oil. Travel time to France is 14 days.
- What is the best way to pay?
Here our weapons baron decided to teach us business lessons:
- The dialogue should be like this: “Ready to buy your product. I have $30,000 on deposit. Send to France. Waiting for an answer".
- Clearly, then we take two, - we did not waste time on trifles.
- No problem, we will deliver in the best possible way. And if something doesn't work, we'll replace it for free!
- You are very ... customer-oriented.
So we don't sell ice cream.
The interlocutor appears to be a not very experienced dealer from France.
We take a break to think. Still, France does not suit us. But Russia is not in the options. However, the opera of one power structure stationed in the NVO zone, they said that they were trying to arrange delivery to Donetsk.
But the seller complained that so far it was impossible: “But I immediately found it. He says that it is possible to organize a "bookmark" in the agreed place in the Donbas lands still controlled by Kyiv. And when they say you release them, pick up your package. Just check them for honesty, it’s more expensive for yourself."
In general, “bookmarks” are a distinctive feature of the expanded Ukrainian “black market” for weapons. Trained, apparently, on drugs. And the range with delivery across Ukraine is expanding.
If you want body armor - from $1,100 to $3,600.
Javelins - from $30,000.
NLAW anti-tank missiles go for $ 15,000.
For lovers of the exotic - the American Switchblade 600 Kamikaze kamikaze drone for $7,000.
And each seller already has a history confirmed by completed orders as within the country and abroad. And with real customer reviews - it is impossible to leave them without making a deal on the site.
- They have a tradition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been exchanging weapons and ammunition for food since 2014. Yes, in the literal sense of the word, for canned food with stew, - recalls the 1st Deputy Minister of Information of the DPR Daniil Bezsonov. -
In the summer of 2017, Ukrainian soldiers sold two American reconnaissance drones to our officers, which the United States supplied to Ukraine the day before. After that, there were facts with the sale of high-precision destruction systems. The main motivation of half of the Ukrainian warriors has always been profit.
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If you want body armor - from $1,100 to $3,600.
Javelins - from $30,000.
NLAW anti-tank missiles go for $ 15,000.
For lovers of the exotic - the American Switchblade 600 Kamikaze kamikaze drone for $7,000.
...Tell me you're making this sh!t up without telling me you're making this sh!t up.
#2
The same libs saying USGov will use military weapons against Americans who don't go along with the liberal agenda really are not paying attention to the goings on in the real world.
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#3
Greetings! I am Ukranian weapons czar. I am good friends US statesman John McClain. I have weapon system crazy low John McClain prices. You have want weapons? Send me bank checkov routing number and will deliver. Wear Club Dynamo warm up, we find you. Dyakuyu.
#4
Can you buy a yard sign, "Beware of Javelins" on Amazon? Porch pirates would need to bring a tow motor to rip off that crate.
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#5
These same people will tell you their price for Javelins and other western ATGM's are low because they don't work but don't have any other explanation for Russia's high rate of tank lossage.
#6
#5 These same people will tell you their price for Javelins and other western ATGM's are low because they don't work but don't have any other explanation for Russia's high rate of tank lossage.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2022-08-17 12:24
...Either that or Mad Man Volodya's prices are so low, they're INSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANE!!!!
#7
CIA, Interpol, and others. Thank you for calling. Our military equipment is supervised by FEMA and other security personnel when flown out of National or Dulles.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Iryna Gamalii
[LB] 19 objects were destroyed and damaged
In the Donetsk region , the Russian army shelled 13 settlements during the day , killing and wounding civilians.
This is reported on the website of the National Police.
"During the day, the police recorded 28 shellings. The occupiers fired artillery, launched rocket and airstrikes," the message reads.
Avdiivka, Pivdenne, Mykolaivka, Zalizne, Pervomaiske, Chasiv Yar, Druzhba, Kalinove, Sloviansk, Velyka Novosilka, Bakhmut, Yasnohirka and Kurakhove came under massive shelling.
In Donetsk region, Russian troops used artillery, mortars, tanks, "hail" and "hurricane" salvo rocket systems and launched an airstrike with unguided air missiles. They hit the residential sector, there are losses among the civilian population.
Policemen worked at the "arrivals" sites and collected evidence of war crimes committed by the Russian Federation. The police and the Security Service of Ukraine opened criminal proceedings under Art. 438 (violation of the laws and customs of war) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
During the day, 415 citizens were evacuated by the police. In total, since the beginning of August, almost 6,000 people have left for safer regions, more than a thousand of them are children.
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[Vesti] On the 174th day of the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the enemy continues to focus his efforts on establishing full control over the territories of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, holding the temporarily captured areas of Kherson and parts of Kharkov, Zaporozhye and Mykolaiv regions, and creating favorable conditions for resuming the offensive in certain areas. This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff as of 18.00 Tuesday, August 16.
In the Volyn and Polesye directions, signs of the creation of offensive groupings of the military of the Russian Federation and Belarus were not found. The threat of missile and air strikes from the territory of Belarus remains.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy carried out artillery shelling not far from Kamenskaya Sloboda in the Chernihiv region and Khodino and Svarkovo in the Sumy region. Enemy UAV reconnaissance flights continue.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy shelled the areas of the settlements of Odnorobovka, Sosnovka, Duvanka, Dementievka, Pitomnik, Russian and Cherkasskaya Lozovaya, Cherkasskiye Tishki, Petrovka, Upper Saltov, Mospanovo, Ivanovka, Korobochkino and Chepil. Inflicted air strikes near Upper Saltov, Gusarovka and Sosnovka. Remote mining of the area near Peremoga and Ukrainka was recorded .
In the Slavic direction , the enemy used tanks, cannon and rocket artillery for fire impact near Grushuvakha, Krasnopolye, Vernopolye, Ridny, Mazanovka and Dolina. In the areas of settlements Novaya Dmitrovka and Dubrovno, the Russian invaders used incendiary ammunition. Not far from Mazanovka, the enemy tried to conduct an offensive battle, but had no success , retreated.
In the Donetsk direction, the main efforts of the enemy are concentrated on conducting active offensive and assault operations in the Kramatorsk, Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions .
In the Kramatorsk direction , enemy units fired from cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Kramatorsk, Verkhnekamennoye, Grigorievka, Pereezdnoye and Rozdolivka. At Ivano-Daryevka , with the support of aviation, the enemy conducted unsuccessful assault operations , was defeated and retreated.
In the Bakhmut direction , shelling of military and civilian infrastructure was recorded in the areas of Konstantinovka, Soledar, Shumov, Yakovlevka and Mayorsk. The enemy also launched airstrikes near Yakovlovka and Soledar. He tried to conduct reconnaissance in battle at the Top , after a fire defeat, he disappeared. The offensive and assault actions of the invaders in the areas of Soledar, Zaitsev, Mayorsk ended in losses and withdrawal.
In the Avdiivka direction , the enemy, in addition to shelling not far from Avdiivka, Krasnogorovka, Alexandropol, Vodyany, Poprosnoy, Novokalinovoe and Novobakhmutovka, launched an airstrike near Maryinka. He led the offensive in the Nevelskoye area, the fighting continues .
In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions , artillery shelling was recorded near Vladimirovka, Novoukrainka, Pavlovka, Vugledar, Novoselka, Volshebnoye, Vremovka, Kamensky, Dorozhnyanka and Novopol. The enemy launched air strikes near Novoandreevka, Pavlovka and Poltavka. Leads an offensive near Novomikhailovka, fighting continues .
In the Yuzhnobuzhsky direction, the main efforts of the enemy are concentrated on preventing the advance of our troops and conducting aerial reconnaissance of UAVs. The enemy continues shelling from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Stepnaya Dolina, Novaya Zarya, Pribuzhskoye, Shevchenko, Kiselevka, Blagodatnoye, Shirokoye, Kobzartsy, Andreevka, Dobryanka, Osokorovka, Potemkino, Trudoliuboivka. Inflicted air strikes in the areas of Posad-Pokrovsky, Bely Krinitsa and Lozovoy. An unsuccessful attempt at an offensive battle near Novogrigorievka ended for the Russian invaders with significant losses and flight .
August 16 is the 174th 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] On Tuesday, August 16, an explosion occurred in Lisichansk, captured by the Russian military, in the Donbass (or, as they say in the Russian Federation in connection with the ban on the words "war" and "explosions", "pop was heard"). On Tuesday evening, the military head of the Luhansk region, Sergei Gaidai, confirmed that an explosion had occurred in the city, and specified that the SBU building seized by the Russian military had been blown up. At the same time, about 100 Russian soldiers were killed.
"There was a "cotton" in Lisichansk today. I think that we will still be pleased with information about about 100 dead non-ordinary soldiers of the second AK of the Russian Federation. These are no longer "Wagnerites", this is already the regular army of the Russian Federation. There are more than a hundred of "Wagnerites", what happened today - also almost 100 , "said the head of the region. Recall that in Popasna, Ukrainian defenders staged an “arrival” at the base of the Russian PMC Liga , better known as Prigozhin’s Wagner PMC. " And there is no need to look for excuses. More than a hundred" Wagnerites "in an organized manner went to Kobzon's concert, it's a pity that without the chief cook," said Gaidai.
“Almost a hundred “bags” of non-ordinary soldiers of the 2nd Army Corps! A good trend is Popasnaya, Lisichansk… to be continued, ” added Gaidai.
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[Korrespondent] 23:07 There are not enough ships to transport Ukrainian grain, and most of what can be exported does not end up in distressed countries. Ukraine also suspects Russia of exporting stolen grain through the Crimean ports. For more details, see the material The Grain Treaty - Does it bring results?
23:01 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Kiev "cannot guarantee the safe passage of the IAEA to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant," alternative routes are "the subject of further negotiations."
22:58 During his visit to Ukraine, Erdogan intends to discuss steps to end the war "by diplomatic means", Anadolu reports. In particular, it is planned to discuss the export of Ukrainian grain to world markets. Erdogan will visit Lviv on a one-day working visit at the invitation of Zelensky. The presidents will discuss all aspects of Turkish-Ukrainian relations at the level of strategic partnership. Also during the visit, the leaders will meet with UN Secretary General Guterres.
22:13 Zelensky, in an evening video message, commented on the explosions in Crimea and urged Ukrainians to stay away from Russian military facilities: "Every day and night we see new reports of explosions in the territory temporarily occupied by the occupiers. And now I ask all our people in Crimea, in other regions in southern Ukraine, in the occupied areas of Donbass and Kharkiv region, be very careful. Please do not approach the military facilities of the Russian army and all those places where they store ammunition and equipment, where they keep their headquarters."
According to the president, the causes of explosions in the occupied territory can be "very different" - in particular, if we quote the definition of the occupiers themselves, "bungling." "But they all have the same meaning: the destruction of the logistics of the occupiers, their ammunition, military and other equipment, command posts - saves the lives of our people. The less the occupiers have the opportunity to do evil and kill Ukrainians, the faster we can end this war by liberating our land And the queue to leave Crimea for Russia across the bridge proves that the vast majority of citizens of the terrorist state already understand or at least feel that Crimea is not a place for them," Zelensky stressed.
21:55 Minister of Education and Science Serhiy Shkarlet said that 41% of educational institutions are ready to start the offline educational process.
21:38 Zaluzhny said that he spoke by phone with the Chief of Defense Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces, General Wayne Donald Eyre: "The situation at the front is tense, but completely controlled. The location of missile systems along the state border from the side of the Republic of Belarus, including at the airfield, causes concern Zyabrovka".
According to Zaluzhny, the enemy continues to advance along the entire front line, while carrying out about 700-800 shelling of Ukrainian positions daily, using from 40 to 60 thousand ammunition. The main efforts are focused on ousting Ukrainian troops from the Donetsk region. The most tense situation is now in the Avdiivka-Peski-Marinka direction.
21:00 The Russians launched a missile attack on a military airfield in the Zhytomyr region, the Air Command Center reports. According to the command, this afternoon the occupiers lifted planes from the territory of Belarus and, trying to disguise aviation activity as training flights, launched a missile strike with two X-59 guided air missiles, presumably from Su-34 fighter-bombers. As a result, the runway and several vehicles were damaged. The personnel were in hiding, so they were not injured.
20:29 Zelensky and his team met with representatives of the group of world leaders The Elders - former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and ex-President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos Calderon. "Our important goal is to ensure that the topic of the war in Ukraine remains in the global information space. Support for Ukraine and our common victory depend on this," Yermak commented.
20:04 UN Secretary General António Guterres will visit Lviv on Thursday, August 18, and Odessa on Friday, his office said. The visit will be devoted to discussing the "product deal", the situation with the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and the mission for the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka. It is also expected that the UN Secretary General will meet with the presidents of Ukraine and Turkey.
19:46 Since the beginning of this day, the Ukrainian military has repulsed the offensive of Russian aggressors in the Donbass, as well as near Novogrigorievka in the Yuzhnobugsky direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in an evening report .
19:08 In Kherson, the Russian military has set up a torture room in a reception center for children - about 60-70 residents of the city are kept there, said Stanislav Troshin, deputy head of the district council. According to him, people are kept in appalling conditions. Kherson mayor Igor Kolykhaev is also being held there.
18:51 In the 40 days that have passed since the capture of Lisichansk and the settlements around it, the Russian army has not advanced even 10 kilometers in any of the directions of the 1000-kilometer front. For more details, see the article Dead End in War .
18:33 The Finnish Foreign Ministry has officially announced that since the beginning of September it has been halving the number of applications received from Russians for Schengen visas.
18:07 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov announced another attack on the Saltovsky district. "Preliminary - no casualties, but with a fire. I ask everyone to be in shelters," he wrote.
17:59 The Rada adopted as a basis a bill banning salutes, fireworks and firecrackers. The document proposes to ban the use, sale and transfer of fireworks, salutes and firecrackers. The ban does not apply to the use of pyrotechnics by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Police and emergency services.
17:27 Zelensky said that he had spoken on the phone with Danish Prime Minister Matte Frederiksen: "Thanked for the productive meeting of defense ministers and the new assistance package from Denmark. He noted Denmark's leadership in the restoration of the Mykolaiv region. We discussed increasing financial support for Ukraine and strengthening sanctions against the Russian Federation."
17:03 If the authorities had warned the Ukrainians about the upcoming Russian invasion back in October, then Ukraine would have held out for three days, Zelensky said in an interview with The Washington Post. According to him, the silence of the authorities about the plans of the Russians made it possible to avoid mass emigration, a recession in the economy and, on the whole, to keep the country: “Nothing would be left. There would be a political war within the country, because we would not be able to hold out on 5-7 billion dollars a month. We would not have been able to get out of this situation, and the country would have been in chaos."
16:59 Orekhov, Zaporozhye region, was under massive Russian shelling today. According to the head of the OVA, Alexander Starukh, one person died, six were injured, including three employees of the energy company who were engaged in the restoration of networks. Dozens of private houses and civilian infrastructure were damaged.
16:55 The Russian army again fired at the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region this afternoon. As a result of a strike on residential areas of Nikopol from Gradov and cannon artillery, at least four people were injured, one of them was hospitalized, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
16:40 Zelensky, in an interview with The Washington Post, called on the West to close the borders for Russians and impose an embargo on energy resources to prevent the preparation of "referendums" in the occupied Ukrainian territories: "There is nothing in these sanctions that would take away property or human life. I At the beginning, he said that I consider the closure of borders to be the most important sanctions, because they take away foreign territory. Well, let them live in their own world until they change their philosophy."
16:11 Zelensky said that he had spoken on the phone with Macron: “I informed about the situation at the front, Russia’s nuclear terrorism at the ZNPP. He thanked France for significant defense support. We discussed strengthening macro-financial assistance to Ukraine and challenges in the field of food security. We should increase sanctions pressure on RF".
15:52 Missiles were fired at the Zhytomyr region from the territory of Belarus, there are no casualties, the head of the UVA Vitaly Bunechko said.
15:19 A series of explosions occurred on the occupied peninsula on August 16. Moscow claims sabotage. More details - in the material The war came to the Crimea .
15:16 The mayor of Nikopol Yevgeny Yevtushenko urged citizens to leave the streets, the threat of shelling has been declared in the city.
15:00 The FSB of the Russian Federation stated that on August 4, 9 and 12, Ukrainian saboteurs allegedly blew up power transmission towers through which the Kursk NPP supplies industry, transport, social infrastructure and the population of the Kursk region and neighboring regions. The actions of the saboteurs "led to disruption of the technological process of the operation of the nuclear power plant", a criminal case has been initiated on the terrorist attack, and the search for "criminals" is underway.
14:53 The fictitious trial in the "DPR" over foreign citizens is a gross violation of the rules of warfare, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said: "The fictitious trial of Russia in the Donbass over foreign citizens serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a humanitarian worker is insignificant. This is still one proof that Moscow is flagrantly violating the rules of war. International humanitarian law must apply to all prisoners of war and civilian detainees."
14:31 The New York Times writes, citing an anonymous Ukrainian official, that behind the explosions at a military base in Maysky, Dzhankoy district, there is an "elite Ukrainian unit" that operated behind enemy lines.
14:22 Ukraine has the right to use weapons from Western partners, in particular from Germany and Sweden, to protect its territorial integrity. This was stated by the heads of government of Germany Olaf Scholz and Sweden Magdalena Andersson at a joint press conference in Stockholm. Answering the question whether the Armed Forces of Ukraine can use the weapons provided by Germany and Sweden to return the Crimea, Scholz said: "We support Ukraine with the supplied weapons. These weapons are so that Ukraine can use them to protect its territorial integrity and sovereignty."
14:08 There were about 50 units of various equipment at the military base near Dzhankoy, StratCom reports. According to preliminary data, at least eight S-400 air defense systems, three S-300 air defense systems and five Pantsir-S1 air defense systems were deployed there. Also in the area of the Azovskaya railway station, unloading was carried out: 17 armored combat vehicles, ten self-propelled guns Gvozdika, seven self-propelled guns Msta-S, two self-propelled guns Pion and three MLRS BM-21 Grad, as well as ammunition. In addition, 440 TPK - transport and launch containers were concentrated at the airfield. They were planned to be sent to the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions for shelling Nikolaev and Zaporozhye, "especially on the eve and immediately on August 24."
14:02 Aksenov announced the introduction of a state of emergency of a regional nature after the "detonation of ammunition" in the Dzhankoy region.
13:55 Zelensky changed the composition of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander, introducing Vasily Malyuk (first deputy head of the SBU), Igor Tantsyura (commander of the Troop Forces) and Viktor Khorenko (commander of the Special Operations Forces) into it. The President also approved the Commander of the National Guard Yuri Lebed as part of the Headquarters. Ivan Bakanov, Grigory Galagan and Yuri Galushkin were excluded from the composition.
13:46 The Rada has changed the preventive measure procedure for spotters - now it is impossible to get out on bail before the trial, People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said.
13:44 Residents of the village of Gvardeyskoye in the occupied Crimea report explosions and puffs of black smoke at a military airbase, Kommersant writes. The Dozhd TV channel clarifies that a mixed aviation regiment of military unit 46451 is based at the airbase in Gvardeisky.
13:41 Russia is increasing the number of military helicopters around Ukraine, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "The enemy is pulling up aviation equipment from within the country. Currently, there are about 430 enemy aircraft around Ukraine, but the group of helicopters has grown, about 360 helicopters." In early February, he said, there were about 400 planes and 250 helicopters around Ukraine.
13:39 The head of the Zhytomyr OVA, Vitaliy Bunechko, announced two explosions as a result of a missile attack on the territory of the Zhytomyr region.
13:33 Huge queues have formed to leave Crimea, Tamila Tasheva, the presidential representative in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, said: "The war came to Crimea like this" unexpectedly ". The invaders and colonialists are already fleeing Crimea. Today, after another careless handling of ammunition by the invaders, it detonated in the Dzhankoy district "People are hiding in basements. There are huge queues to leave Crimea." Tasheva urged Ukrainians in Crimea to be careful, hide in equipped places or their basements, and prepare everything they need.
13:21 The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine commented on the information that Belarus is preparing for a massive missile attack on Ukraine. Yuri Ignat, a spokesman for the Air Force Command, noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are constantly monitoring the movement of troops and the transportation of ammunition.
"This threat has always existed, since Russia has been using the territory of the Republic of Belarus from the first days of full-scale aggression, striking from there ... Therefore, we must, of course, prepare. A big national holiday is coming soon - Independence Day. The enemy always uses such dates for "congratulations", and we must be ready for this," Ignat emphasized and added that the Air Force already lives in 24/7 readiness mode.
12:57 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the explosions near Dzhankoy were the result of sabotage , a military warehouse was damaged. Damage was also caused to a number of civilian facilities, including "power lines, a power plant, a railway track, as well as a number of residential buildings," the department added.
12:51 Macron will discuss the situation around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant with Zelensky today, French media report.
12:48 Another 19 bodies of dead defenders have been returned to Ukraine, the Ministry of Reintegration reported.
12:36 The transformer station near Dzhankoy, where a fire broke out today, could be used to supply electricity from the Zaporozhye NPP to Crimea, Podolyak said on the air of the telethon: “What is a transformer station? electricity to Crimea. I think this is karmic retribution. What is stolen does not bring prosperity."
Speaking about the explosion at the ammunition depot near Dzhankoy, Podolyak noted that, "based on the level of intelligence of the Russian army, the number of such excesses will grow in the Crimea."
12:13 In the event of an accident at the Zaporozhye NPP, about 400 thousand people are subject to forced evacuation, said the head of the Zaporizhzhya OVA Oleksandr Starukh: "The situation is dangerous, and not only for the Zaporozhye region. If we take a 50 km zone of mandatory evacuation as a result of a possible accident at a nuclear power plant, then this more than 200 thousand in our region and 200 thousand in the Dnipropetrovsk region, including the cities of Nikopol, Marganets, Energodar, Vasilievka, Dneprorudne and others." Starukh added that it is very difficult to fully implement measures of civil protection of the population, because part of the territory has been occupied.
12:03 Canada has frozen $320 million worth of Russian assets as part of economic sanctions against the Russian Federation, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which monitors compliance with the sanctions, said.
11:54 The people of Kiev returned about 1,000 weapons from 6,500 machine guns, which were massively issued at the beginning of the Russian invasion. The rest of the weapons are registered, said the head of the capital's National Police, Ivan Vyhovsky: "Now there is a question of creating a unified register for the circulation of weapons, it requires a legislative settlement, this will allow an inventory of the weapons that Ukrainians have in their hands."
11:29 Five ships with a cargo of corn and wheat left the ports of Chernomorsk and Yuzhny today, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. Also, the Joint Coordinating Center will inspect four vessels that will go to Ukrainian ports.
11:15 Yermak commented on the explosions in Dzhankoy: "Operation" demilitarization "in the jewelry style of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will continue until the complete de-occupation of Ukrainian territories. Our soldiers are the best sponsors of good mood. Crimea is Ukraine."
11:13 Russian propagandist Zemfira Suleymanova, who allegedly was engaged in "humanitarian aid" and realized her "dream of becoming a real military journalist," died in Donbas. According to Russian media, she was blown up by a mine.
11:09 "Authorities" of Crimea reported that as a result of the "dispersal of ammunition" a section of the railway in the Dzhankoy area was damaged, restoration work is underway.
11:06 In Estonia, the T-34 tank is being dismantled in Narva. It will be removed from the pedestal and delivered to the Estonian War Museum in Viimsi, the country's authorities said.
10:56 Aksenov, after the explosions near Dzhankoy, announced a reduction in the route of trains to Crimea - they will stop near Feodosia, and people will be taken by buses further along the peninsula.
10:47 Putin said that the US is "trying to drag out" the conflict in Ukraine. Shoigu, in turn, added that in Ukraine, Russian servicemen are confronted by "the combined forces of the West, which control the leadership of this country in a hybrid war against Russia."
10:40 Finland will reduce the number of visas issued to Russian tourists by 5-10 times, said Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto. According to him, priority in issuing entry documents will be given to those who want to visit Finland for study, work or family reasons. Now Finland daily accepts about a thousand applications for a visa from citizens of the Russian Federation.
10:36 Shoigu said that Russia does not intend to use chemical or tactical nuclear weapons in the war with Ukraine. According to him, from a military point of view, "there is no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine to achieve the goals."
10:17 In Mariupol, due to a shortage of teachers, teachers were banned from leaving the city, they are not issued passes. Moreover, according to Mayor's adviser Pyotr Andryushchenko, facts of "persuasion" to return to work through beatings are becoming widespread: "Individual patrols visit teachers at home and explain the need for cooperation with butts. All this happens with the assistance and under the accompaniment of collaborators."
10:02 Podolyak about the next explosions in Crimea: "The morning near Dzhankoy began with explosions. Let me remind you once again that the Crimea of a normal country is about the Black Sea, mountains, recreation and tourism. And the Crimea occupied by Russian militants is about explosions of warehouses and growth mortal danger for invaders and thieves. Demilitarization in action".
09:45 In the Poltava region, on the territory of the Lubny territorial community, firing practice will be held on August 16 and 17, warned the head of the OVA Dmitry Lunin.
09:28 In the occupied Melitopol, two explosions were recorded this morning in the area of the substation, after which the broadcasting of on-air television seized by the Russians stopped. According to preliminary information, the transit cable was damaged, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said.
09:24 British intelligence believes that the threat to Odessa from the sea has been largely neutralized, and the limited effectiveness of the Russian Black Sea Fleet undermines the overall Russian invasion strategy. That means Ukraine could divert resources to put pressure on Russian ground forces in another region, analysts say.
09:20 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that in the morning in the Maiskoye area in Crimea, "a fire broke out on the territory of a bunded area for temporary storage of ammunition in a military unit." As a result of the fire, the stored ammunition detonated. "There are no serious injuries," the cause of the fire is being investigated, the department added.
Aksyonov said that two civilians were injured as a result of the "detonation".
09:16 The head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Refat Chubarov, reports that the hit was on the military unit of the Russians in the village of Azov, near Maisky. Meanwhile, Russian media write that about 2,000 people were evacuated from the village of Mayskoye. According to local "authorities", "the detonation of ammunition occurred" in the village of Mayskoye, Dzhankoysky district of Crimea, at about 6:00.
09:12 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 16. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.
personnel - about 43,900 (+150) people liquidated,
tanks - 1880 (+4),
armored combat vehicles - 4152 (+11),
artillery systems - 989 (+4),
MLRS - 263 (+2),
air defense systems - 136 (+0),
aircraft - 233 (+0),
helicopters - 196 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 790 (+3),
cruise missiles - 190 (+3),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 3049 (+5),
special equipment - 92 (+0).
08:51 In the Dnipropetrovsk region this night, the Russian army attacked two districts - Nikopol and Krivoy Rog. In Krivoy Rog, the settlements of Maryanskoye and Velikaya Kostromka of the Zelenodolsk community were affected, two people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. In the Krasnogrigoryevsk community of the Nikopol district, private houses, warehouses with grain and equipment of a local agricultural enterprise were damaged. The gas pipeline and the power line were interrupted.
08:49 Near Dzhankoy, the evacuation of the population began due to the detonation of ammunition after the explosion in the village of Mayskoye, Russian media report, citing local officials.
08:46 As a result of night attacks in Bereznegovatoe settlement of the Nikolaev area one person was lost, one more is wounded, houses are destroyed, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported. In Pervomaisk, as a result of the shelling, an educational institution and private houses were damaged; in the village of Shirokoye, a house was damaged.
08:44 The mayor of Kramatorsk Alexander Goncharenko reported on the night shelling of the city. The private sector suffered, houses were destroyed. According to preliminary information, no casualties.
08:42 In the Donetsk region over the past day, one civilian died from Russian shelling - in Konstantinovka. Two more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:39 The mayor of Slavyansk, Vadim Lyakh, announced night strikes on the city. According to him, several neighborhoods were affected. A quarry was on fire in Lesnoy, the building of the hostel of the Pedagogical University was damaged.
08:31 In Crimea, according to local media, there were two emergency situations at once - a fire at a transformer substation in Dzhankoy and a detonation at an ammunition depot in the village of Maiskoye. "Head" of Crimea Aksyonov said that he went to the scene in the village of Maiskoye near Dzhankoy, he did not specify the details.
07:40 The Russians are attacking in the direction of the Lisichansk Oil Refinery - Ivano-Daryevka, as well as in the direction of Solodka - Novomikhailovka, where they have partial success, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning summary .
06:26 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes about a split in the pro-Russian forces fighting in Ukraine. In particular, the militias of the so-called "LPR" refused to continue fighting in the Donetsk region and complained about the grueling pace of the offensive outside the Luhansk region.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces have carried out several limited ground assaults northwest of Slovyansk, as well as numerous offensive operations east and southeast of Seversk and northeast and southeast of Bakhmut. They continued offensive operations to the northwest, west and southwest of Donetsk, made a limited ground assault north of Kharkov.
05:38 In the event of a nuclear war between Russia and the United States, more than 5 billion people will die, scientists at Rutgers University in the US state of New Jersey have calculated. In particular, 360 million people will die from the explosions themselves, and more than 5 billion will become victims of starvation caused by nuclear winter and climate change. The remnants of the population will be provided with a minimum amount of food for survival at the rate of 1911 kilocalories per day.
04:11 The Russians fired at night on five of the nine districts of Kharkov - Shevchenkovsky and Kievsky (actually the very center of the city), Saltovsky, Industrial and Kholodnogorsky, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. According to him, such a radius of impact of missiles on the city "was not there for a long time." There is currently no information about the victims, in some cases there is destruction of infrastructure and other facilities, roads.
01:03 Six more M109 howitzers that recently arrived in Ukraine from Latvia are already showing results on the battlefield, Reznikov said.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:29 Explosions are reported in Kharkiv. An air alert has been declared in the region. 21:20 Today's air strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces on a target in Zhytomyr fell on the Ozernoe military airfield - Colonel cassad.
18:22 In Ukraine, the entry of private vehicles into the territories of the Zaporozhye region liberated by Russia was banned. The regional military administration appointed by Kyiv explained this by “unfavorable weather conditions” - TG-channel “Letnab”.
17:32 Kursk NPP returned to its planned operation after sabotage on power lines - Rosenergoatom.
17:21 According to updated information, as a result of the shelling of the settlement. Rodakovo with the use of the American MLRS HIMARS (four missiles were fired by the enemy), 12 residential buildings were damaged, the Rodakovskaya secondary school was destroyed, the following were also damaged:
--the Ryabinushka kindergarten,
--the building of the village administration, the Rodakovo Locomotive Depot of the Luhansk Railway,
--a construction and installation enterprise -
Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
17:13 Captured soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmitry Mikov told how he got to the Donbass and how he surrendered. According to him, relations with the commanders were terrible, no one from the command spoke with the soldiers. He found out that the APU was bombing the civilian population only when he was on the other side and saw everything with his own eyes.
17:06 As a result of hitting a Ukrainian shell, the summer kitchen caught fire at the address: st. P. Morozova, 24 in the village. w-you im. N. A. Izotov in Gorlovka.
15:52 Fire was detected from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
15:30 Ukrainian gangs fired at the mine. V. I. Lenin. Shells hit the building of the administrative building and mine workshops. Fortunately, no casualties.
15:18 Updated information was received through the operational lines of the DPR JCCC that a girl born in 1997 who died in the Kirovsky district. was blown up while driving on an anti-tank mine, with which Ukraine remotely mines a densely populated residential area.
15:17 In Zhdanovka, the victims of the shelling of the city in 2014 were commemorated. Today is the 8th anniversary of the first shelling of the city of Zhdanovka. A commemorative action "Point of no return" was held in the city:
"This problem has affected all of us. Zhdanovites know what it’s like to wake up from shelling, sit in basements for days and mourn the dead," said Dmitry Oshchinsky, deputy head of the city administration.
15:10 I. S. Prikhodko, Mayor of Gorlovka reports:
According to preliminary information, due to a direct hit of a shell in a residential building on the street. Dolomitnaya, 38/1 (Nikitovka village), civilians were injured.
The village of Rumyantsevo is under fire from Ukrainian militants! At the moment, the settlement is partially de-energized.
14:05 VFU shelled Vladimirovka, on the street. Parkov wounded a man.
13:40 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 16, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kirovsky district:
- a man born in 1957 was wounded.
- as a result of an explosion on a mine PFM "Petal", a man born in 1972 was wounded.
As of 12:30 on August 16, 45 cases of undermining civilians have already been registered in the Republic, incl. two children, on the mines of the PFM "Petal (". One of the victims died in the hospital as a result of the wound.
Petrovsky district:
- women born in 1958, born in 1981 were injured
n.p. Makeevka, Chervonogvardeisky district:
- a woman born in 1967 died.
n.p. Gorlovka:
- a woman born in 1969 was wounded.
n.p. Yasinovataya:
- a woman born in 1950 was wounded.
n.p. Vladimirovka (included in the area of responsibility of the administration of the Starobeshevsky district):
- a man born in 1971 was wounded.
Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kievsky district:
- st. Shchorsa, 110, KP "Water of Donbass" - a fire was recorded.
- st. Dmitry Gulia - a fire was recorded;
— 18, Tamanskiy Ave — administrative building.
Kuibyshevsky district:
- Kolkhozny Ave., 1 - "MBOU "School No. 41 of the city of Donetsk";
- st. Luzina, 67 - a direct hit in a private residential building, a fire was recorded;
— pr. Kolkhozny, 50 — a private residential building;
- st. D. Medvedeva, 1 "a", 2 - multi-apartment residential buildings;
- st. Marshal Zhukov 13, 15, 17 - apartment buildings.
Kirovsky district:
- st. Biryuzova, 21-22 - car fire.
Petrovsky district:
- st. Osoaviakhima, 17 - apartment building;
- st. Lokhtina, 31 "a" - a private residential building.
town Aleksadrovka:
- st. Gorky, 39 - a private residential building.
n.p. Gorlovka:
Zaytsevo settlement:
- st. Rybalko, 69 - a direct hit on the house.
11:35 Due to morning explosions in the Dzhankoy region of Crimea, half a meter of the railway in the vicinity of Maysky was disabled. Specialists are restoring the tracks, they promise to finish everything in an hour and a half.
10:38 Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks said that two Mi-8MTV-1 and two Mi-2 helicopters were transferred to the Ukrainian Air Force.
10:30 In Ukraine, Russia is confronted by the combined forces of the West, who control the leadership of this country in a hybrid war. MLRS HIMARS during the special operation are ground in battles, they did not have a significant impact on the situation. The entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO, the possible deployment of strike weapons there will require a revision of approaches to the defense of Russia - Shoigu.
10:05 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of August 16, 2022
- In the area of Andreevka (Kherson region), a command and observation post and a temporary deployment point of the 46th Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit;
- In the Artemovsk area, as a result of a strike on the positions of the 72nd Motorized Infantry Brigade, more than 50 militants were destroyed;
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery hit 192 targets, incl. a radar station for detecting and guiding air defense targets and seven command posts;
- During the counter-battery fight, five artillery platoons and two MLRS platoons were destroyed;
- Two Ukrainian UAVs were shot down;
- Three MLRS shells were shot down over the DPR and the Kharkiv region.
09:38 Heavy weapons and ammunition among school desks: nationalists who fled from Aleksandrovka used schools and kindergartens as shelters.
09:14 The flight restriction regime at 11 airports in the south and central part of Russia has been extended until August 23 - Rosaviatsia. The airports of Anapa, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Gelendzhik, Krasnodar, Kursk, Lipetsk, Rostov-on-Don, Simferopol and Elista are closed.
08:07 Combat work of the crews of the Tor-M2 air defense system of the Western Military District, performing tasks during a special military operation. Anti-aircraft missile systems continue to provide the troops with an ultra-reliable shield against attacks by enemy air targets around the clock. "Tors" can hit almost all types of targets in their range of altitudes and ranges.
Attended by many nations but not Western or European nations. Appeal is historical colonialism. To defy global elite domination or succumb to slavery all created by one crisis after another. This conference I believe needs close study. Lengthy but covers so much information.
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^ One thing Vlad is still getting wrong, or surely he knows but can't say, is that the United States is not really in control. It is right now a captive state. There are no 'American vassals', it is itself behaving like muscle for globalists. Under DJT it was running just fine. Perhaps never has been run better.
Multipolar is any day better than unipolar in the hands of madmen, islamists and wakandans ruining the world over their own ideological lunacies. Everyone takes care of their own business, free trade, greedy unruly, uncivilizable bastitches get stomped and everything will be fine. But no. Some people would have their entire nations focus all resources and attention on their 'vision', pay the price of their personal ambitions. Corrupt fcukers like the LSDs, the mad bastards like the Chinese, totally evil shitheels like the islamics.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:21 Report that the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit Pervomaisk (LPR) from the HIMARS MLRS. The blow was recorded from the Artemovsky direction. 22:16 The village of Golmovsky is under fire from the armed formations of Ukraine! As a result of a direct hit by a shell in an apartment building on the street. Zagorodnaya, 2 one of the apartments caught fire, damaged: cottages on the street. Zagorodnaya, 5, st. Mushketovskaya, 2, houses on the street. Arkhipova, 17, 15. Address: st. Bolnichnaya, 16 the balcony on the second floor is on fire, the gas pipeline is damaged. The village is de-energized, reported Ivan Prikhodko.
22:14Ukrainan military fired at the village of Holmovsky. One of the enemy rounds hit the roof of a multi-storey building at the address: st. Bolnichnaya, 15. No casualties, mayor of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko
22:00 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 16, receivedadditional information on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka:
Central City District:
- a man born in 1959 was wounded.
As of 10:00 p.m., the total number of civilian casualties from AFU attacks on August 16, 2022 was 13 people (one dead, 12 injured). The information continues to flow.
Received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
- st. Krasnogorovskaya, 13 - MBOU "Boarding School No. 3".
n.p. Gorlovka:
- st. Pervomaiskaya, 87, 89 - apartment buildings;
- the 35 kV line is damaged.
settlement Golmovsky:
- st. Zagorodnyaya, 2 - apartment building;
- st. Bolnichnaya, 16 - an apartment building, a fire was recorded;
- st. Arkhipova, 17, 19 - apartment buildings, the gas pipeline is damaged.
For today, as of 22:00, the enemy fired 367 artillery rounds of various types, including the BM-21 MLRS", as well as artillery ammunition with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
21:36 Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine equipped barracks and weapons depots in the psychiatric hospital of Kramatorsk (DPR), from where they fire at nearby settlements - the Ministry of Defense.
20:02 As a result of the shelling of the VFU on the street. Krasnogorovskoy in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the building of boarding school No. 3 was damaged.
19:41 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Gorlovka: six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
19:07 Information on the points for receiving applications for receiving compensation for lost or damaged housing, as well as for lost essential property for persons affected by hostilities, in accordance with the Decree of the State Defense Committee of the DPR dated July 30, 2022 No. 175
--Budyonnovsky district - st. October 16;
--Voroshilov district - street Chelyuskintsev, 49;
--Kalininsky district - blvd. Shevchenko, 75
--Kyivsky district - st. Chelyuskintsev, 263
--Kirovsky district - st. Karl Marx, 8
--Kuibyshevsky district - str. Kuibysheva, 78
--Leninsky district - st. Kuibysheva, 63
--Petrovsky district - pl. Petrovsky, 5
--Proletarsky district - pl. Heroes of Stalingrad, 1.
17:21 According to updated information, as a result of the shelling of the settlement. Rodakovo with the use of the American MLRS HIMARS (four missiles were fired by the enemy), 12 residential buildings were damaged, the Rodakovskaya secondary school was destroyed, the following were also damaged: the Ryabinushka kindergarten, the building of the village administration, the Rodakovo Locomotive Depot of the Luhansk Railway, a construction and installation enterprise - Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
17:13 Captured soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmitry Mikov told how he got to the Donbass and how he surrendered. According to him, relations with the commanders were terrible, no one from the command spoke with the soldiers. He found out that the APU was bombing the civilian population only when he was on the other side and saw everything with his own eyes.
17:06 As a result of hitting a Ukrainian shell, the summer kitchen caught fire at the address: st. P. Morozova, 24 in the village. w-you im. N. A. Izotov in Gorlovka.
15:52 Fire was detected from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
15:30 Ukrainian gangs fired at the mine. V. I. Lenin. Rounds hit the building of the administrative building and mine workshops. Fortunately, no casualties.
15:18 Updated information was received through the operational lines of the DPR JCCC that a girl born in 1997 who died in the Kirovsky district. was blown up while driving on an anti-tank mine, with which Ukraine remotely mines a densely populated residential area.
15:17 In Zhdanovka, the victims of the shelling of the city in 2014 were commemorated. Today is the 8th anniversary of the first shelling of the city of Zhdanovka. A commemorative action "Point of no return" was held in the city:
"This problem has affected all of us. Zhdanovites know what it’s like to wake up from shelling, sit in basements for days and mourn the dead," said Dmitry Oshchinsky, deputy head of the city administration.
15:10 I. S. Prikhodko, Mayor of Gorlovka reports:
According to preliminary information, due to a direct hit of a shell in a residential building on the street. Dolomitnaya, 38/1 (Nikitovka village), civilians were injured.
The village of Rumyantsevo is under fire from Ukrainian militants! At the moment, the settlement is partially de-energized.
14:05 VFU shelled Vladimirovka, on the street. Parkov wounded a man.
13:40 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 16, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kirovsky district:
- a man born in 1957 was wounded.
- as a result of an explosion on a mine PFM "Petal", a man born in 1972 was wounded.
As of 12:30 on August 16, 45 cases of undermining civilians have already been registered in the Republic, incl. two children, on the mines of the PFM "Petal (". One of the victims died in the hospital as a result of the wound.
Petrovsky district:
- women born in 1958, born in 1981 were injured
n.p. Makeevka, Chervonogvardeisky district:
- a woman born in 1967 died.
n.p. Gorlovka:
- a woman born in 1969 was wounded.
n.p. Yasinovataya:
- a woman born in 1950 was wounded.
n.p. Vladimirovka (included in the area of ??responsibility of the administration of the Starobeshevsky district):
- a man born in 1971 was wounded.
Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kievsky district:
- st. Shchorsa, 110, KP "Water of Donbass" - a fire was recorded.
- st. Dmitry Gulia - a fire was recorded;
— 18, Tamanskiy Ave — administrative building.
Kuibyshevsky district:
- Kolkhozny Ave., 1 - "MBOU "School No. 41 of the city of Donetsk";
- st. Luzina, 67 - a direct hit in a private residential building, a fire was recorded;
— pr. Kolkhozny, 50 — a private residential building;
- st. D. Medvedeva, 1 "a", 2 - multi-apartment residential buildings;
- st. Marshal Zhukov 13, 15, 17 - apartment buildings.
Kirovsky district:
- st. Biryuzova, 21-22 - car fire.
Petrovsky district:
- st. Osoaviakhima, 17 - apartment building;
- st. Lokhtina, 31 "a" - a private residential building.
town Aleksadrovka:
- st. Gorky, 39 - a private residential building.
n.p. Gorlovka:
Zaytsevo settlement:
- st. Rybalko, 69 - a direct hit on the house.
13:25 On the street. Garin in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, a man was blown up by a PFM-1 mine.
13:10 The Ministry of Education and Science of the DPR has determined the start date of the academic year - from September 1. The date of the end of the academic year has also become known:
Grades 9 and 11 - May 17, 2023.
Grades 1-8 and 10 - May 24, 2023.
The terms and duration of holidays are set:
— autumn holidays from October 29 to November 6 (9 days);
— winter holidays from December 30 to January 8 (10 days); Christmas break
— spring break from 18 to 26 March (9 days);
— additional holidays for first-graders from February 18 to February 26 (9 days).
12:52 VFU shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, on the street. Osoaviahima wounded two women.
12:05 Updated information was received through the operational lines of the DPR JCCC that a girl born in 1997 who died in the Kirovsky district. was blown up while driving on an anti-tank mine, with which Ukraine remotely mines a densely populated residential area.
The deceased was a volunteer from the Russian Federation, and not an RT journalist, as previously stated.
11:46 As a result of the shelling of the VFU on the street. Biryuzova in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, a man was injured.
11:22 AFU attacked the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the building of school No. 41 was damaged along Kolkhozny Ave.
11:21 From 11:00 Kalininsky district is under fire. Take care of yourself and relatives. Do not go outside unless absolutely necessary.
11:17 As a result of the shelling of Gorlovka by the armed formations of Ukraine, a civilian, born in 1969, was injured. — Prikhodko
10:44 Allied forces reached the highway connecting Marinka with Vuhledar. Thus, for the enemy, located to the west of Donetsk, the possibilities for regrouping and bringing up ammunition are significantly complicated.
There is an attack on Nevelskoye. It is about 7 km from the village of Peski. The advance towards Nevelskoye simultaneously allows our troops to move towards Krasnohorivka, where there is an impressive grouping of Ukrainian troops.
10:43 Gorvodokanal in Donetsk. More than 10 arrivals. They beat me with something large in several visits. Started at 4:30 and finished at 6:32. Miraculously, no one was hurt, the night shift was in the control building, they were saved by sandbags on the windows.
Several hits on buildings. The automatic pressure control system failed. New tractors that were recently delivered from Russia were destroyed. 2 technical cars burned down. Rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR of the Kyiv region came under fire after arriving at the scene after the first arrivals. no one was hurt, but the car was hit by shrapnel.
10:30 A total of 147 transformer substations are de-energized in the DPR. 12,509 household subscribers remain without electricity.
10:09 In Soledar, an artillery strike destroyed the command post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two mortar crews.
10:02 AFU attacked the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka, along the lane. Khibinsky, a woman died.
09:36 The mayor of Donetsk reports on the consequences of the morning shelling of the Oktyabrsky mine village in the Kuibyshev region. Residential buildings along the street were damaged. Luzina 67 and st. City planners 100 and 102.
08:42 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
--n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
--n.p. Friendship - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of Izotov sh-ty): five rounds of 122mm caliber were fired;
--n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:06 From the very morning, the AFU fired over 20 rounds of 155 caliber at the Kievsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, the shelling continues. VFU attacked the territory of the water utility located on the street. Shchors in the Kievsky district of Donetsk. The bus caught fire.
08:03 Shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:
--n.p. Orlovka - city Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky, Kyiv region): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
--n.p. Orlovka - city Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky regions): 10 rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
--n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): seven rounds fired with a caliber of 122mm.
--n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
--n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
--n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:01 Military correspondent Zemfira Suleymanova died in Donbass. Zemfira came to Donetsk as a volunteer and a journalist. During a working trip, Zemfira was blown up by a mine along with the driver. The doctors were unable to save her.
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[REGNUM] Against the backdrop of the aggravation of the situation in Ukraine, Belarusian-Polish relations have come to a historically natural state. The Poles are concentrating troops on their eastern borders, the Belarusian leadership denounces the expansionist plans of Poland and declares that it will not give up a single inch of Belarusian land. Poles and Belarusians lived in the format of permanent enmity for many centuries, and now, obviously, there is another round of confrontation between sworn neighbors. Continued on Page 49
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...The concept of 'Never Again' is ingrained in the Polish psyche as it is in Israel's. The Poles won't cross the border unless they have no other choice...and this time they will make damned sure there's no threat left afterwards.
#2
I stand with the Poles against the White Supremacy of White Russia.
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#3
The whole of Sovetsky Soyuz --
The Rooskies, republics, and Jooz! --
Enlisted as Hiwis.
We Poles: [heebie-jeebies]
You rump-rustling Nazis: [free screws]
Posted by: Piotr the Prejudiced Predatory Pole1939 ||
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#4
And speaking of Hayek...
A talented artist of Nyack,
Admirer of Kahlo and Hayek,
Exhausted her oils
On just one of the girls,
So...
[Self-Potrait with Half of Ms. Hayek]
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