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[TWITTER] Turns out that the soldier in this photo was Polish & it was faked by Wagner sources with their patch & Russian flag.
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[LB] Donetsk, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia and Luhansk were also shelled.
The Russians fired 11 times (102 explosions) in the Chernihiv region during the day. The enemy fired from mortars, self-propelled guns, and rocket salvo systems.
Semenivsk community: three shellings in the direction of the village of Mykolaivka,
nine explosions from mines, four shellings in the direction of the village of Zalizniy Mist,
48 explosions from mines, shelling in the direction of the village of Karpovychi, four explosions from mines,
shelling in the direction of the village of Galaganivka, 29 explosions from mines. Novgorod-Siversk community - two explosions from self-propelled guns in the direction of the village of Krasniy Khutir.
The enemy also used rocket salvo systems. 10 explosions were recorded near the village of Zalizniy Myst, Semenivska hromada. Without victims and destruction, it is said in the summary from OVA as of this morning.
In Sumythere were three shellings at night and in the morning. A total of 21 explosions were recorded. Three settlements in Bilopolska, Yunakivska, Shalyginska communities were shelled, the Russians fired mortars, grenade launchers and machine guns.
Previously - without human losses and destruction of civil infrastructure. Yesterday, 28 enemy shellings were carried out during the day. 164 explosions were recorded. 17 settlements in eight communities were shelled: Krasnopilska, Bilopolska, Yunakivska, Khotynska, Znob-Novgorodska, Seredino-Budska, Velikopysarivska, Novoslobidska. Seredino-Budsk community: barrel artillery (three explosions), mortar shelling (four explosions), grenade launcher (five explosions).
The roof of a private granary and the yard of the house were damaged. Velikopysarov community: mortar (33 explosions). One person was injured, four households were damaged. Novoslobodsk community: RSZV (two explosions), launch of two NAR missiles from a helicopter. As a result of the shelling, the household was damaged.
In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday morning, the Russians fired rockets at a residential high-rise building in Kryvyi Rih, as well as at the building of one of the city's educational institutions. Six people died. Among them is a 10-year-old girl. The total number of victims is 81. Seven of them are children.
A total of 32 apartments were destroyed in the attacked high-rise building. Another 37 were damaged. In total, almost 150 residents got out of the mutilated building on their own. Another thirty were taken outside by the rescuers. In the educational institution, two buildings were completely destroyed. So many beaten. Around - mutilated administration building, at least five high-rise buildings and 12 cars.
In Mykolayivska yesterday during the day and tonight, the enemy made artillery strikes on the water area of Ochakivska community. There are no casualties. Also, yesterday afternoon, enemy artillery strikes were carried out on the open territory of the Kutsurub community. No casualties.
In Luhansk, the enemy is pressing in the Novoselivsky district, Ukrainian soldiers are holding the defense and once again repelled the assaults of the Russians on this part of the front. The contact line is constantly under air strikes from the invaders. The rioters do not stop raiding and terrorizing populated areas with artillery, in particular, Belogorivka and Nevske. During the day, the enemy fired 102 rounds (498 shells).
Last night, the enemy struck Kharkovby Shahed attack drones, some of them were shot down by anti-aircraft defense. One UAV hit the building of the Kharkiv Higher Vocational School of the Service Sphere in the Saltivsky District, two floors were destroyed, a fire broke out, previously there were no casualties. Another UAV hit the ground.
Three hits were recorded on the territory of the sports complex in the Shevchenkiv district. The two-story building of the cycling track of the "Dynamo" sports complex was damaged. A 63-year-old security guard of the sports complex was injured and hospitalized. Two more Shaheds hit the ground nearby.
During the past day, the enemy carried out an airstrike in the Slobozhansk direction in the area of Udiv. He carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the settlements of Uda, Veterinarne, Staritsa, Vovchansk, Nesterne and Budarka. In the Kupian direction, our soldiers successfully repelled enemy attacks east of Berestovo.
The enemy carried out artillery and mortar attacks on the settlements of Odradne, Kolodyazne, Kamianka, Figolivka, Novomlynsk and Zapadne. In Shevchenkov, five private residential buildings were damaged as a result of the missile strike. As a result of the shelling of Andriivka, wheat burned in the farm field. A house was damaged as a result of a guided aerial bomb attack on Druzhelyubivka.
In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy fired 86 shots at 24 communities over the past day.
A total of 75 artillery strikes fell on the territory of Gulyaipol, Orikhov, Zaliznychny, Novoandriyivka, Novodarivka, Gulyaipil, Olhivskyi, Mala Tokmachka, Charivny, Chervny, Malynyvka, Biloghirya, Levadny, Stepnohirsk, Kamiansky, Stepovoy, and Mali Shcherbaki. In addition, the enemy launched six anti-aircraft fire on Novodarivka, Temyrivka, and Levadny, and also carried out five UAV attacks on Novoyakovlivka, Pavlivka, and Malynivka. 45 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities. No casualties.
In Donetsk, snipers carried out 21 shelling of populated areas of the region: Avdiivka, Kurakhovo, Kramatorsk, Velika Novosilka, New York, Vesely, Zoryany, Klishchiivka, Shakhtarsky, Yablunivka.
A total of 34 residential buildings (two of them multi-apartment buildings), the administrative building of the Donetsk OVA, three premises of PJSC "KZVV" plant, a boarding school, premises of the railway station, a railway track, 16 railway cars, two warehouses, power lines were damaged. In the region per day: two dead, three injured.
In Khersonskaduring the day, the enemy launched 51 shellings (260 shells), of which 12 shellings (61 shells) were fired at Kherson. Hitting the districts of 18 settlements, the administrative building in Kherson, the territory and buildings of the multi-disciplinary gymnasium and the premises of the Central State University in Bilozerka, and in the Kamiansky PRJSC in the village of Odradokamyanka.
As a result of the shelling of Kherson in the morning, the workers of the utility company came under fire. A 60-year-old man died on the spot from his injuries. Four more of his colleagues were injured. They have mine-explosive injuries and contusions. As a result of shelling in Kherson, a 16-year-old girl was seriously injured. Doctors are fighting for her life.
Five volunteers of the public organization, who helped the people of Kherson to recover after the flooding, were also injured. Another victim is a utility worker from the Kirovohrad region. Everyone is provided with necessary medical care. Russian aviation continues to destroy Kozatsk.
The enemy hit residential buildings again. An 80-year-old woman lived in one of the houses hit by a guided aerial bomb. Unfortunately, as a result of Russian shelling, she died under the rubble of her own home. Four people died and 18 (one of them a child) were injured in a day due to Russian aggression.
We will remind that in the Kherson OVA, the increase in the intensity of shelling was associated with the fact that the enemy replenished losses on the left bank.
During the past day, the enemy launched a total of nine missile and 57 air strikes, fired 61 rocket salvo fire systems at the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded civilians, among whom there are children. Residential buildings were destroyed. The probability of further missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains very high. More than 40 combat clashes took place yesterday.
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[VESTI] August 1 is the 524th 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, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . Kharkov region. Kharkiv was attacked by Russian drones during the night . One UAV hit a three-story building of an educational institution in the Saltovsky district: the roof and structures of the 2nd and 3rd floors were destroyed, no casualties were reported. Another 3 hits were recorded on the territory of a sports complex in the Shevchenko district: A two-story building was partially damaged, one person was injured.
RF. Drones circled over Moscow at night, and the Russian Defense Ministry complained about the attack on warships in the Black Sea.
08:00 . Dnipropetrovsk region. The number of victims of the Russian attack on Krivoy Rog has increased to 80 people , including 7 children. 19 people remain in hospitals, all of them in a state of moderate severity. The death toll has not changed - 6 people, including one child.
Chronology of the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine: Tuesday, August 1 - photo 1
09:00 . Chernihiv region. At night, in the region, the Russian DRG tried to cross the state border of Ukraine. Four armed men were spotted by border guards with the help of thermal imagers. Fire was opened to kill, which forced them to retreat.
10:00 am . Three civilian cargo ships after the withdrawal of the Russian Federation from the "grain deal" passed the Russian blockade in the Black Sea and anchored in one of the Ukrainian grain ports in the Danube Delta. They were accompanied by NATO planes.
11:00 am . The United States entered into agreements with Bulgaria and South Korea on the supply of 155 shells to Ukraine. Thus, the States are seeking to increase the supply of 155-mm ammunition critical for Ukraine to support the counteroffensive. Also, according to officials cited by the publication, the United States is negotiating with Japan on the supply of such ammunition.
12:00 . Kherson region. The Russian army shelled a hospital in the Kherson community : a doctor died on his first day of work, a nurse was wounded.
13:00 . The Air Force announced the takeoff of the Russian MiG-31K carrier of the Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles.
14:00 . Slovakia gave Ukraine the first two Zuzana 2 howitzers from a new military aid package. The production of 16 self-propelled guns for the Defense Forces was jointly funded by Denmark, Norway and Germany.
15:00 . Kharkov region. Russia hit Pervomaisky with two air bombs : a woman was killed, a man was injured.
16:00 . Kherson region. Four more medical workers were injured as a result of shelling of a hospital in Kherson on August 1. They were diagnosed with concussion and an acute reaction to stress. The number of injured after the shelling increased to 5, one person died.
17:00 . The situation in the Limano-Kupyansk direction during the day: the Russians used artillery there 617 times and aviation 7 times, 43 Russians were liquidated during 13 clashes, 123 were injured, a tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, 2 mortars, 2 artillery installations, 4 kamikaze drones were destroyed , 2 ammo depots and 3 trucks.
18:00 . The situation in the Tauride direction during the day: artillery units of the Ukrainian army completed 425 fire missions, 22 units of military equipment of the Russian Federation were destroyed (3 armored combat vehicles, 7 artillery systems and mortars, 1 MLRS, 1 unit of air defense systems, 1 UAV, 9 units of automotive and special equipment) , destroyed 5 ammunition depots.
18:44 . The Ukrainian military delivered precise strikes on the positions of the Russian aggressors on the protected island of Dzharylgach in the Kherson region. This was announced by the Center for National Resistance on Tuesday, August 1.
19:21 . During the day, the enemy launched 1 missile, 49 air strikes and made 33 shelling from the MLRS on settlements. Operational summary of the General Staff as of the evening of August 1.
19:55 . Explosions are reported in Sevastopol, Crimea. According to local media, the explosion occurred near the village of Sakharnaya Golovka, located in the Balaklava district of Sevastopol. As the Russians note in their public pages: "From the center of Sevastopol, a "mushroom" from the smoke is also visible."
20:18 . Kyiv has agreed with Zagreb on the use of Croatian ports for the export of grain, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba said.
20:33 . Reznikov can be appointed ambassador to Britain, and Budanov-Goncharenko can be put in his place.
21:04 . Forced mobilization in the Russian-controlled territory of Ukraine. After receiving a Russian passport in Novopskov (Lugansk region), men are immediately forced to go to the military enlistment office and register.
21:45 . On August 1, the aviation of the defense forces in a day delivered 7 strikes on the areas of concentration of enemy personnel and equipment, 1 - on the command post and 1 - on the air defense systems of the invaders. During the day, missile troops and artillery hit 10 artillery weapons in firing positions, 4 electronic warfare stations, 4 command posts, 1 weapons and equipment concentration area, 5 air defense systems, 3 personnel concentration areas and 2 more important enemy targets.
22:15 . 180,000 tons of grain have been destroyed as a result of Russian shelling over the past nine days, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.
22:53 . Putin is preparing for a long war to a victorious end, writes the Financial Times. The publication of the British newspaper, in particular, said: "Putin is betting that the Russian human resource that can potentially be mobilized is four times the size of the Ukrainian one, and the only urgent task is to be able to use this resource at will."
23:21 . Poland has deployed snipers on the border with Belarus. According to the Polish side, Belarus brings illegal migrants to the border and provides them with equipment that allows them to cross the fences.
23:55 . Russian media report on the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine towards Gorlovka in the area of the Mayorsk checkpoint. The Ukrainian side has not yet confirmed or denied this information.
00:28 . In the Zaporizhia direction, the enemy is concentrating his main efforts on preventing the further advance of our troops. At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, and consolidate on the achieved lines.
Worth noting, korrespodent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning in May 9th, 2022. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 22:28 The American publication Politico writes that Ukraine has a plan in case of possible destruction of Zelensky during the war. Experts believe that such an event would be a psychological shock, but would not affect the defense of Ukraine. Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov called the article "stuffing" and "complete nonsense." For more details, see Plan in case of Zelensky's death .
22:16 Zelensky said in an evening video message that today he heard "very informative" reports from representatives of the defense and security forces - in particular, the heads of the SBU and the Ministry of Internal Affairs on eliminating the consequences of Russian strikes on Kharkiv, Krivoy Rog, Kherson and other cities; Zaluzhny - on the general situation in the defense, commanders - on the situation in specific areas and the results of the use of air defense. "There was also a separate detailed report by the head of the GUR Budanov - the occupiers will definitely feel the consequences of our work. They will seriously feel it," the president added.
He also said that Ukraine is preparing a number of international events - the week will be very important for foreign policy. Zelensky recalled that a month remains before the start of the new political season in partner countries, "and we will do our best to make this season as conducive as possible to our movement forward, to victory, our desire to restore peace for all of Ukraine."
22:02 The UN opposes strikes on civilian infrastructure, said Deputy Representative of the UN Secretary General Farhan Haq, commenting on UAV attacks on Moscow: "We are against any attacks on civilian objects, wherever they are carried out. If, for example, a strike was made on civilian objects in Moscow, we are against it and we want it to stop."
21:41 The Polish Ministry of Defense stated that the country's airspace was violated by two Belarusian helicopters that were conducting exercises near the border. A decision was made to increase the number of soldiers on the border and allocate additional forces and resources, including combat helicopters. The Belarusian Defense Ministry said the accusations were "far-fetched".
21:15 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov, commenting on the explosions in Crimea, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have the right to use weapons manufactured in Ukraine where they consider it necessary: "We will not ask anyone how to use the weapons that are produced on the territory of our countries in order to destroy the aggressor where we consider it necessary.
20:29 The Odessa military commissar with a villa in Spain is far from the only example of corruption in this area. Law enforcement officers stopped a large-scale scheme for issuing certificates of unfitness for military service. Read more in the material Corruption of military commissars .
19:57 The United States is still waiting for European officials to present the final plan for training Ukrainian pilots on the F-16, which Washington will have to sanction before the program begins, CNN reports, citing sources. It is also still unclear which countries will send fighter jets to participate in the training program and for Ukraine itself when the program is completed. Transferring the planes to Ukraine would require separate US approval.
Pentagon officials told CNN that Washington is still deciding whether to send American pilots to help train Ukrainians, but no decisions will be made until a final training plan is approved.
19:26 Russian billionaires pay salaries to mercenaries who go to war in Ukraine. At the same time, their companies, through which all this is done, cleverly avoid sanctions. This scheme was exposed by journalists of the Russian edition of Important Stories . Read more in the article How business supplies militants to Putin .
18:54 Today, the Russian army is "quite persistently" trying to stop the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Bakhmut direction, but to no avail, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said. At the same time, in all eastern directions where hostilities are taking place, an increase in enemy shelling is recorded. "For our defenders, the main thing is the life of the fighters. Therefore, they try to move carefully so as not to lose people," Malyar stressed.
On the Kupyansky, Limansky, Svatovsky directions, the enemy has concentrated manpower and equipment and is storming in order to pull the Ukrainian forces away from the eastern direction of the offensive. The defense forces reflect all enemy assaults.
18:45 "Governor" of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev claims that in the Kara-Koba area, according to preliminary data, a drone was allegedly shot down, "an explosion occurred on the ground, grass and bushes caught fire."
18:37 In the morning, the Russian Defense Ministry announced an "unsuccessful" attack by three sea drones on patrol ships of the Black Sea Fleet Sergey Kotov and Vasily Bykov. Russian "military correspondents" also claim that among those attacked was a Sparta-IV container ship carrying weapons from Syria.
Babel's source in the security and defense sector said, citing an intercept, that the Russian sailors of one of these ships are now asking for the evacuation of the victims - we are talking about at least one dead and five wounded.
Russia calls this container ship civilian, but Babel's source says that large-caliber weapons are installed on the ship, and regular military personnel are on board, which is a gross violation of international maritime law. In fact, the ship becomes a legitimate military target.
18:13 Crimean publics report an explosion in Balaklava near Sevastopol, where a large base of the Russian Navy is located. After the explosion, a large plume of smoke rises into the sky.
17:35 The attack on Moscow was carried out by at least three different Ukrainian-made drones, writes The New York Times. The experts analyzed the footage in the public domain and came to the conclusion that one drone is a Beaver (Beaver), the second is a UJ 22 Airborne, and the type of the third drone could not be established. Russian media also write that the drones were launched from the territory of Ukraine.
17:12 By the end of the year, the work of the Ukraine-NATO Council is planned to be launched at all levels, said Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanishyna.
16:47 The Russians fired on Pervomaiskoye, Izyumsky district, Kharkiv region - according to preliminary data, one person was killed, one was injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
16:39 Donetsk publics report a strike near the railway station. And the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, announced a blow to the positions of the Russians between Makeevka and Yasinovataya.
16:28 Lukashenka said that he wants to leave Wagner PMC mercenaries in the Belarusian army and, "starting from them", more actively create contract armed forces. Lukashenka also denies the plans of the Wagnerites to seize the Suwalski corridor, and the transfer of mercenaries to the border with Poland, according to him, is not connected with plans to invade a neighboring country. Lukashenka called his statement about the intention of the Wagnerites to "go on an excursion" to Rzeszow and Warsaw a "joke".
15:59 The number of injured medical workers as a result of today's shelling of a hospital in Kherson has increased to five, one person died, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin.
15:33 A number of Ukrainian and some foreign media reported that "an Israeli ship was the first to break through the grain blockade" of Russia in the Black Sea. However, later it turned out that this information is not true. For more details, see the article Naval blockade of Russia: was there a breakthrough .
15:07 UNESCO confirmed the damage in Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion of 274 cultural sites, of which 117 are religious, 27 are museums. Most damaged objects are in Donetsk (78), Kharkiv (55), Kyiv (38), Lugansk (33) and Chernihiv (17) regions.
14:38 Slovakia handed over to Ukraine two of the 16 Zuzana 2 howitzers with a total value of 90 million euros, the production of which for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is jointly financed by Denmark, Norway and Germany. The howitzer transfer ceremony was attended by Slovak Prime Minister Ludovit Odor and Defense Minister Mirtin Sklenar.
14:16 In Crimea, the confrontation between the invaders and the pro-Ukrainian civilian population is growing, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. In particular, attacks on military targets using Molotov cocktails have become systematic. The organizers and performers of most of them are civilians who support Ukraine.
In turn, the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was transferred to a state of high combat readiness. Monitoring of "suspicious persons" is carried out, the use of physical force and weapons is allowed. There are mass detentions and arrests. A number of citizens who refused to receive Russian citizenship are considered “missing” after the arrests, while the rest are subject to administrative penalties, fines, and harassment. People are fired from their jobs, deprived of property and business.
Most of those detained and arrested are representatives of the Crimean Tatar people. Among them are the deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Nariman Dzhelal, journalist and member of the public association Crimean Solidarity Timur Ibragimov, public figure Rustem Seitmemetov.
13:13 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that at night Ukraine allegedly attempted an attack using three semi-submersible unmanned boats on Russian civilian transport ships en route to the Bosphorus. The ships of the Russian Navy, which accompanied the sea transport, all the boats were detected and destroyed in a timely manner, according to the Ministry of Defense.
12:47 The first country with which Ukraine will sign a bilateral agreement on security guarantees will be the United States, said Daria Zarivna, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office. Negotiations on this document will begin this week. He will specify the provisions of the framework agreement signed at the NATO summit in Vilnius. We are talking about defense support, the development of the military-industrial complex, the training of the Ukrainian military abroad, the exchange of intelligence, financial support and assistance in restoring the Ukrainian economy.
11:59 The Russians fired at one of the healthcare institutions in the Kherson community: a young doctor was killed and a nurse was wounded, said the head of the Kherson GVA Roman Mrochko.
11:25 Podolyak announced "more unidentified drones" in the Russian Federation: "Moscow is rapidly getting used to a full-fledged war, which will soon finally cross over to the territory of the "authors of the war" in order to collect all their debts from them ... Everything that will happen next in Russia is objective historical process. More unidentified drones, more collapse, more civil conflicts, more war."
10:53 Ukraine has a plan in case Zelensky is killed in the face of Russian military aggression, writes Politico. The publication suggested that Ruslan Stefanchuk, Andrey Yermak, Dmitry Kuleba or Alexei Reznikov could replace the head of state.
10:49 British intelligence notes that Russian troops in southern Ukraine are facing problems with the coordination of forces, the need for rotation and shells. Intense hostilities on the southern front continue to focus on two directions: near the city of Orekhov, Zaporozhye region, and in the area of Velyka Novoselka, Donetsk region.
10:20 According to the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Belarus wants to conclude an agreement with Iran on the production of Shahed drones on its territory.
09:56 In Russia, over the past day, they tried to set fire to nine military registration and enlistment offices at once, local telegram channels write. In particular, such attempts were recorded in Rossosh (Voronezh region), Mozhaisk (Moscow region), Kazan, Omsk, St. Petersburg, Podolsk, Kaluga, Verkhneuralsk and Kopeysk (Chelyabinsk region).
Almost all the arsonists, including the 78-year-old pensioner, claim that they were called by scammers. So, in Mozhaisk, unknown people convinced a woman by phone that criminals were hiding in the military registration and enlistment office, so they needed to throw a Molotov cocktail there.
09:22 Forbes confirmed the information that three foreign ships entered the Ukrainian port - for the first time since Russia's withdrawal from the grain deal. The cargo ships are owned by Greek, Israeli and Turkish-Georgian companies. They arrived on July 30 at one of the Ukrainian grain terminals in the Danube Delta. According to Forbes, they went with the included transponders, not hiding their course. They were observed by four NATO reconnaissance aircraft.
According to analysts at the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), this may indicate that Russia is either unwilling or unable to conduct ship searches at the moment.
09:17 In the Chernihiv region at night, a Russian DRG consisting of four people tried to cross the border and penetrate into Ukraine, said the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Naev. Fire was opened to kill, which forced the enemy to retreat.
09:11 The number of victims of yesterday's missile attack on Krivoy Rog exceeded 80 people, including seven children. 19 victims remain in hospitals, all in a state of moderate severity, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak.
09:05 Over the past day, the Russians carried out 51 shelling of the Kherson region, firing 260 shells from mortars, artillery, Gradov, UAVs and aviation. In particular, the enemy fired 61 shells at Kherson - residential buildings, an office building and an educational institution in the Kherson region were damaged, the territory of an enterprise in the Berislav region was damaged. As a result of the shelling, four people were killed, another 18 were injured, including one child, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
08:56 At night, the Russians attacked Kharkov with Shahed-type drones. A hit was recorded in a three-story building of an educational institution in the Saltovsky district - two floors were destroyed, a fire broke out. People were not injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Three more hits were recorded on the territory of a sports complex in the Shevchenko district. A two-story building was damaged, one person was injured. Zelensky clarified that the enemy attacked Kharkiv with five "Shaheds".
During the day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Chuguevsky, Bogodukhovsky, Kharkov, Izyumsky and Kupyansky districts. Residential buildings were damaged, fires broke out, people were not injured.
08:47 The United States has concluded agreements with Bulgaria and South Korea on the supply of 155-mm ammunition to Ukraine and is negotiating with Japan, the Financial Times writes, citing officials. According to them, Ukraine now fires up to 8,000 artillery rounds a day. The US Army is also building more production lines, including refurbishing a facility in Ontario, Canada and building a new assembly line in Texas.
08:29 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 1:
personnel - about 246,690 (+500) people liquidated,
tanks - 4216 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 8205 (+17),
artillery systems - 4839 (+23),
MLRS - 699 (+0),
air defense systems - 462 (+2),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 311 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4027 (+10),
cruise missiles - 1347 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7324 (+32),
special equipment - 718 (+3).
08:12 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly attacked patrol ships of the Black Sea Fleet Sergei Kotov and Vasily Bykov at night with three unmanned boats, 340 km southwest of Sevastopol. Moscow claims that all three boats have been destroyed.
07:27 Over the past day, more than 40 clashes have occurred at the front, the General Staff said in the morning summary . In particular, in the Kupyansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks east of Berestovoye in the Kharkiv region and near Novoselovsky, Luhansk region. In the Maryinsky direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to restrain the offensive of Russian troops in the areas of Maryinka and Pobeda. In the Shakhtyorsky direction, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to restore the lost position in the Staromayorsk region.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, and consolidate on the achieved lines.
04:19 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that on the night of August 1, an attempt to attack drones on objects in Moscow and the Moscow Region was stopped. Two "Ukrainian UAVs" were allegedly destroyed by air defense systems over the territory of the Odintsovo and Narofominsk districts of the Moscow region, another was suppressed by electronic warfare and, having lost control, crashed on the territory of the Moscow City non-residential building complex.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that one of the drones flew to the same tower in the City as last time. The facade at the level of the 21st floor was damaged, the glazing of 150 sq. m, no casualties.
00:53 The Russians attacked Kharkov with kamikaze drones. A fire broke out at the site of the hit, there were no reports of casualties, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:30 Explosions occurred in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. 22:02 In 11 regions of Ukraine, a large-scale scheme for draft evasion of those liable for military service was exposed: 100 searches were carried out in the military registration and enlistment offices.
According to the SBU, the military commissars and doctors of the VLK issued certificates of unfitness for military service for health reasons to men of military age, due to which those liable for military service left the country. This service cost an average of $6,000.
Searches were carried out on the territory of Odessa, Transcarpathian, Kyiv, Poltava, Vinnitsa, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Lvov, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
21:00 Russian artillery precision strike struck Polish self-propelled guns AHS Krab in the direction of Soledar-Bakhmut
19:52 Caliber missile launches from the Black Sea reported - media
19:52 Three men in military uniform are beating a civilian, -video from Telegram channels
Presumably, the incident occurred in Odessa.
18:23 Russian troops destroyed enemy BMP-1
17:00 An air raid alert was announced for the third time in a day on the territory of Ukraine
17:00 Personnel destruction of the enemy Mi-24 in the Kherson direction
Today, our guys from the Dnepr group destroyed an APU Mi-24 in the Mikhailovka area on the right bank of the Kherson region.
15:24 Result of work of artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation at the place of accumulation of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
15:21 There is information that in the settlements of Russian / Cherkasy Tishki, Borshcheva, Slobozhanskoe, Veseloe and Ternovaya, a forced evacuation is underway.
For the past few days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been conducting door-to-door patrols and urgently demand that residents leave their places.
The local population has fears that in the near future the militants may start fires and shelling of civilian objects, as has happened more than once.
15:20 Airstrikes on the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Orekhovo are reported
Ukrainian monitoring channels write that the strikes last for several hours.
Presumably, rocket artillery is working on the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine behind Malaya Tokmachka and Orekhovo. Also, presumably, aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces uses FAB-250-M62 adjustable bombs.
14:35 “Alligators” Ka-52 burn armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artyomovsky direction.
13:23 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry:
🔹Kyiv at night made an attempt to attack Russian civilian transport ships en route to the Bosporus by three unmanned boats;
🔹Ships of the Russian Navy repelled an attempt by Kyiv to attack Russian civilian transport ships en route to the Bosphorus;
🔹The RF Armed Forces stopped the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the area of the Terny settlement of the Donetsk People's Republic;
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repulsed three attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction in a day;
🔹Russian air defense systems intercepted 16 HIMARS MLRS shells in a day, shot down 21 Ukrainian drones;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces repelled two attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the districts of Staromayorsky in the DPR and in the Zaporozhye region;
🔹The RF Armed Forces successfully repelled eight attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction, including those near Belogorovka and Maryinka;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed an ammunition depot of the 38th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Razdolnoye in the DPR;
🔹Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day in the Donetsk direction amounted to over 345 servicemen;
🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost over 220 soldiers, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, Krab self-propelled guns in a day in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to advance in five directions in a day - Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Krasnolimansky, Kupyansky and Yuzhnodonets.
12:51 Russian drone destroyed an enemy jeep that has stopped in a field.
12:51 Result of works of "Geranei" at night in Kharkov
The building of the Kharkiv vocational school, converted into a place of deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was completely destroyed.
12:50 An air alert was announced in Kyiv and the region, as well as the Transcarpathian, Kirovograd, Cherkasy, Ternopil, Khmelnitsky, Nikolaev, Poltava, Kharkiv, Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine.
In addition, it was announced in the part of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions controlled by Kyiv.
11:32 Statements of head of the press center of the "South" grouping. Main:
🔹The advanced units of the "Southern" group of troops in the Lisichansk direction successfully repelled the attacks of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on defensive positions near the settlements of Yakovlevka and Sol.
🔹The group's aviation inflicted a defeat on the command post of the 115th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kramatorsk.
🔹During the counterbattery fight, artillery destroyed a Polish-made 155mm self-propelled gun "Krab" in the Dyleevka area, an MTLB armored tractor in the Vesyoloye area, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers at firing positions near Serebryanka and Maryinka.
10:34 Russia nkamikaze drone "Lancet-3" in the Zaporozhye region burned down an armored personnel carrier-4E and M113 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one blow. First, the Ukrainian armored car caught fire, and then the flames spread to the American one.
09:51 Destroyed another American mercenary. A militant from the US, Jeff Jones, was destroyed yesterday near Artemovsk.
09:42 Soldiers of the Dnepr group of troops prevented an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to force the Dnieper near the island of Maly Belogrudy
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone:
- one boat and five militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the area of Proseretsky Island;
- in the area of Damansky Island, one boat and five Ukrainians were destroyed;
- in the area of the settlement of Mirnoye, the IRIS-T air defense system was destroyed.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr grouping of troops in the Kherson direction:
- in the area of the settlement of Sadovoe, two 120 mm mortars, crews and ammunition for them were destroyed, five militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, and six more were injured of varying severity.
As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction:
- in the areas of Zmeevka and Mikhailovka, two positions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated, 19 Ukrainians were destroyed, eight more were injured of varying severity.
09:27 Personnel combat work of the army special forces "Osman" to destroy the armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the loitering ammunition "Lancet" in the Zaporozhye direction.
09:00 Russian fighters eliminated 29-year-old Ukrainian actor Evgeny Svetlichny. He served in the first separate assault company of the DUK PS "Da Vinci Wolves".
Denazized during the execution of a combat mission in the Kharkov direction.
08:50 Artillerymen of the 4th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces using MLRS in the Artyomovsky direction destroy Nazi positions.
08:20 Duet "Rooks": Su-25 attack aircraft smash enemy in the zone of the special operation.
Another successful sortie was made by the crews of the attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces. In pairs, from low altitudes, the pilots launched rocket air strikes, destroying camouflaged fortified field positions and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
07:57 Tonight, the armed forces of Ukraine made an unsuccessful attempt to attack patrol ships "Sergey Kotov" and "Vasily Bykov" of the Black Sea Fleet, performing tasks to control navigation in the southwestern part of the Black Sea, 340 kms southwest of Sevastopol, by three sea unmanned boats.
In the course of repulsing the attack, all three unmanned enemy boats were destroyed by fire from the standard armament of Russian ships.
The ships "Sergey Kotov" and "Vasily Bykov" of the Black Sea Fleet continue to perform their tasks.
07:30 On the night of August 1, an attempt of a terrorist attack by the Kyiv regime by unmanned aerial vehicles on objects in the city of Moscow and the Moscow region was thwarted.
Two Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed in the air by air defense systems over the territory of the Odintsovo and Narofominsk districts of the Moscow region.
Another drone was suppressed by electronic warfare and, having lost control, crashed on the territory of the Moscow City non-residential building complex.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 1, as of 22:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
artillery attack at 16:05:
- in the lane. Galitsky, 9, a woman born in 1967 was wounded.
artillery attack at 16:45:
- on the street. Chelyuskintsev, 32, a woman born in 1944 died, a man born in 1943 was wounded.
n.p. Yasinovataya:
- on the street. Karl Marx, 58 killed men born in 1961 and 1981, wounded man born in 1975;
- on st. Karl Marx, 45 injured woman born in 1970 and a man born in 1980
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- on the street. Rybalko, 106 wounded woman born in 1952
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- st. Town planners, 36 - a private residential building, a car was also damaged;
- st. Svetlichnaya, 18 - a private residential building.
n.p. Yasinovataya:
- st. Karl Marx, 58 - a direct hit in a private residential building.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- st. Rybalko, 106 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Artemovskoe highway, 61 - a private residential building.
Volnovakhsky district:
A total of 87 transformer substations are de-energized, 3,572 subscribers of Volnovakhsky district are without power supply.
Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.
21:21 Personnel daily combat work of artillery of the 72nd Motorized Rifle Brigade of the RF Armed Forces north west of Kleshcheevka, near Artemovsk
20:14 In the Oskol area, a Ukrainian soldier deserted from his unit with a truck loaded with MANPADS and other ammunition and surrendered to the Russian army.
In various sectors of the front, cases of surrender, individually or in groups of several people, became more frequent.
Losses among right-wing extremist groups and growing losses among the staff of the Main Intelligence Directorate and the SBU facilitate the transition to the side of the Russian troops for Ukrainian soldiers who have contacted Russian units through open channels.
19:35 Today, as a result of artillery attack of the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, two civilians of Yasinovataya, the acting governor of the region, Denis Pushilin, were killed.
“Seven were injured, among them a teenage girl born in 2010. The enemy fired more than 340 units of munitions across the territory of the Republic using rocket artillery of 122mm caliber and cannon artillery of 152mm and 155mm caliber; 93 artillery attacks were recorded," said the acting governor of the DPR.
19:05 Svatovsky section: positional battles near Karmazinovka. Circumstanceas of 19.00 August 1, 2023:
Positional clashes have been going on near the Karmazinovsky ledge in recent days. Despite the statements of Ukrainian resources, the counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Novoegorovka and Karmazinovka did not bring any significant results.
Yes, there were enemy attacks by small infantry groups, but, judging by the data from the field, they are insignificant. Currently, Ukrainian artillerymen continue to fire cluster munitions from Novosergeevka and Pervomaisky.
However, the concentration of APU in this zone is still high. Particular activity is noted in the fortified area at the turn of Pervomaiskoye - Kopanki, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine have equipped concrete fortifications. In connection with the transfer of enemy personnel and equipment to this area, one should expect intensification of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to return lost positions.
18:45 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group of troops, with the support of artillery, stopped the advance of one assault and one reconnaissance group of the enemy in the area of Urozhaynoye. Having suffered losses, the enemy retreated. Artillery fire destroyed a nationalist stronghold in the area west of Novodonetsk and a mortar crew in Velikaya Novoselka.
18:37 Orekhovsky area setting as of 18.00 August 1, 2023:
As in other areas of the Zaporozhye direction, there is some calm at the moment near Orekhov. Russian troops strike at a concentration of enemy manpower and equipment, destroying a 152mm D-20 howitzer, a mortar crew, a tank and three vehicles.
In the Rabotino area, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an attack on the positions of the RF Armed Forces with small forces, but withdrew under fire. Also, Ukrainian formations are actively conducting reconnaissance in the direction of the Mirnoye settlement.
According to the Archangel Spetsnaz, early in the morning, a Ukrainian DRG of 16 people tried to enter the village of Pyatikhatky, which has been in the “gray zone” since June. However, the patrol discovered it in a timely manner, and after the shooting battle the enemy went to the starting line.
The intensity of the movement of APU equipment in the area has decreased: apparently, after the last unsuccessful attacks, the enemy took it away from the LBS so that the armored vehicles would not become victims of Russian anti-tank systems and drones. Ukrainian formations are regrouping to resume the assault on the positions of the RF Armed Forces.
17:35 Reports on the situation in the Kherson direction Diary of a Paratrooper:
“The situation is tense, for a long time there was no such intensity on the part of the enemy. From 0400 hrs, mortar crews 82mm, barrel artillery 120mm and 155mm, tanks leave and work from shelters from the right bank. Also, MLRS, more than one package of 122mm BM-21 Grads has already flown in our direction.
DRG at several lines tried to enter the left bank of the river. Dnieper and the islands on it. The RF Armed Forces prevented landing attempts and sent two speedboats to the bottom. Enemy aircraft entered at several lines, at one of the lines of air defense they worked out and shot down the Mi-24.
16:57 APU beat cassettes according to Yasinovataya.
Today, cluster munitions are exploding in the sky over Yasinovataya and Makiivka. The artillery attack continues all day. Under the fire of Ukrainian artillery was also a segment of the route connecting two settlements. Eyewitnesses report that many of the cassettes did not fire in the air, falling to the ground.
16:48 Passenger bus Makeevka-Yasinovataya in the DPR came under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which used cluster munitions - the authorities.
16:35 Archangel Spetsnaz reports on the situation in the Zaporozhye direction:
“At the moment, our aviation and artillery are working on the accumulation of the enemy and equipment. The forces of the Lancet operators have already destroyed the M113 with mercenaries.
16:24 Vremyevsky section setting as of 16.00 August 1, 2023:
Relative calm remains in the sector near Vremyevka: after weeks of fighting near Staromayorsky, the enemy does not take active offensive actions and regroups to resume attacks.
The village itself is now completely destroyed. However, Russian troops are making sorties to improve their positions around the village. The heights around Staromayorsky are still under the control of the RF Armed Forces.
At the same time, Russian servicemen continue to conduct counter-battery fire and destroy equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. To the south-west of Bolshaya Novoselka, they covered the 82mm 2B11 mortar crew, and near Neskuchny and Novodonetsk, using FPV drones, they destroyed an enemy tank, vehicle, and UAV launcher.
16:10 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 1, as of 16:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Panteleymonovka: - on the street. Grape, 4 wounded girl born in 2010
15:55 Attack aviation combat work. In the South-Donetsk direction, Su-25 “Grach” attack aircraft support units of the group from the air –video.
15:26 Circumstance in the Donetsk direction:
The past day on the Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions passed relatively calmly.
The enemy tried to counterattack three times (two times in Maryinsky, one time in the Avdeevsky direction), infantry groups supported (in each case) two units.
The infantry fighting vehicles were noticed by our observers long before reaching the counterattack lines and artillery strikes were carried out on them, which forced the enemy to retreat.
According to updated information, the losses of the enemy, who took part in counterattacks in the Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, for the day from July 30 to July 31, 2023 amounted to:
- BMP - four units
- Personnel - up to 34 people (18 KIAs, 11 - wounded, 5 are missing)
15:08 An artillery duel continues between the left and right banks.
In addition, kamikaze drones and reconnaissance drones are now mutually working in the air. This information is shared by the Russian military.
14:40 Circumstance at the front on August 1, 2023:
Kupyansk direction: since July 20, aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces and artillery have been actively working on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine across the Oskol River.
In the Sinkovka-Petropavlovka-Golubovka-Petropavlovka sector, the destruction of facilities of the 14th Motorized Brigade and the 41st Motorized Brigade, as well as the 27th Special Operations Brigade, continues. Part of the units of the mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction is reinforced by assault units, but the effect of mixing is minimal, for some units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the staffing level is close to 50%. Russian troops are less than 15 kms from Kupyansk.
Svatovo - Kremennaya: an active offensive of the RF Armed Forces is being carried out in the direction of Berestovoye and the H-26 highway. The fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Novoselovsky on the border of the Kharkov region and the LPR are being worked out. Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have big problems in the area of Berestovoy, Torsky and Serebryansky forestry.
In the area of the Kremennaya Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, they came close to Zarechny and Torskoye, especially heavy losses were suffered by the 23rd RSD and the 4th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukrainian troops are trying to transfer reserves to this direction, but in the Liman area they are covered by rocket and cannon artillery fire from the Krasnopol UAS and FAB-250-M62 bombs.
Flanks of Artyomovsk: due to the failure of attacks with massive roll-overs, the Armed Forces of Ukraine changed tactics and now act like in Zaporozhye: small assault groups on light vehicles rush into battle, the tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are pulled together only if it seems that the movement will continue. Large losses also led to the fact that between Kleshcheevka and Andreevka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have reduced the opportunity for maneuver and breakthroughs, the battles - probably for a while - switched to positional mode.
Zaporozhye: after 48 hours of silence, the Armed Forces of Ukraine again tried to attack the positions of the RF Armed Forces in the Rabotin area. Attempts to bypass the village from the east and west did not lead to anything, so the frontal attacks of the Ukrainian army continue. In parallel with the offensive, rocket artillery and aviation are destroying reserves both in the area of Orekhov and Malaya Tokmachka, and near the Bliznetsy military training ground in the Zaporozhye region.
The 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 100th Separate Territorial Defense battalion, which acts as a human shield for the military units of the Ukrainian army and an assault group in the area at the same time, have suffered heavy losses in the Hulyaipol area for the past few days. Some parts of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, presumably, were moved to the west, closer to the shore of the Kakhovka Reservoir, in order to attempt an assault through Kamenskoye to Vasilyevka.
South-Donetsk direction: in the area of Staromayorsky and north of Priyutnoye, attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to go on the attack and develop the offensive in small groups continue. Ukrainian troops do not have success with small forces, as well as near Rabotin - the shortage of heavy equipment, primarily tanks, is affecting.
Western vehicles, with the exception of the M2 Bradley BMP, practically do not participate in the offensive. Gradually, short-range air defense systems begin to appear on the approaches to the South Donetsk direction, which indirectly indicates the need for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to preserve guns and other firepower from hits by smart bombs FAB-250-M62 and loitering ammunition "Lancet", but the transfer of air defense systems has not yet given the effect.
Kherson direction: no significant changes. APU from the right bank regularly try to land on the left bank. Ukrainian troops are trying different tactics: single, night, group and morning breakthroughs. Due to the constant problems associated with the death of landing groups, reserves from the mobilized regularly arrive in the Berislav region, but this does not affect the situation with the crossing of the Dnieper. The 126th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Berislav has suffered especially large losses from the work of operational-tactical aviation with FAB-250/500 bombs in recent days.
14:00 According to the operational lines of the JCCC DPR for August 1, as of 14:00, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - on the street. Petrovsky, 316, a woman born in 1960 suffered.
n.p. Panteleimonovka:
- on st. Krasnoarmeiskaya, 2, a woman born in 1959 was wounded;
- on st. Kirova, 3 wounded woman born in 1962
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - st. Kosareva, 86 - an apartment building, outbuildings were also damaged.
n.p. Dokuchaevsk: - st. Gagarin, 26 - a private residential building.
13:40 The enemy strikes at the Kievsky district of Donetsk–video.
13:27 Statement of head of the press center of the group "Center":
In the course of conducting active defense of the occupied lines in the Svatovsky and Krasnolimansky directions, units of the group of forces "Center", with the support of artillery fire and air strikes, repelled and thwarted eight attempts to attack assault groups of three mechanized brigades and the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Enemy losses amounted to more than 100 militants, two pickups and two mortars were destroyed.
13:07 Armed Forces of Ukraine repeatedly fired at Donetsk, Makeevka and Yasinovatovsky district, fired 23 rounds of 155mm caliber - DPR representative office in the JCCC
13:02 Zaporozhye direction. district n.p. Orekhov 12:50 01.08:
Information is coming in right now about an enemy attempt to break through our defenses in this operational direction. There are fierce battles. Before the assault, the enemy used high-precision Himars MLRS and Archer artillery systems on our borders.
Now Russian fighters are responding to the armored vehicles and manpower of the enemy with artillery salvos, the work of ATGMs and comrades Lancets.
12:47 Russian troops stopped the attempt of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to force the Dnieper. Ukrainian militants tried to cross the river near the island of Maly Belogrudy.
The formations of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed five Ukrainian militants in the area of Proseretsky Island, as well as five more enemy soldiers in the area of Damansky Island. Two enemy boats were also sunk here.
Also, Russian troops hit the IRIS-T air defense system near the village of Mirnoye and two Ukrainian mortars near the village of Sadovoe on the right bank of the Kherson region. five neo-Nazis were killed, six more were injured.
In addition, two Ukrainian positions were hit in the Kakhovka direction in the areas of Mikhailovka and Zmeevka, 19 militants were eliminated, and eight more were wounded.
12:25 The enemy attacks again near Orekhov, trying to push through the Zaporozhye front:
Since yesterday, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, intermittently after artillery preparation, continues to throw waves of infantry into the attack on our positions at the Rabotino-Verbove line.
The main goal of the enemy is the junction of the defense of our regiments in the fields between Rabotino and Verbovoye.
Assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are under fire over rough terrain and landings without armored vehicles, trying to break through to our trenches.
Our howitzers and MLRS cover the advancing enemy units with fire.
The enemy has already suffered significant losses, some units are demoralized and begin to retreat, but new assault groups are coming out of the landings.
12:00 Right now, an artillery and mortar duel is going on between the right and left banks.
In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to go down to the water and transfer their soldiers to the left bank, but so far it is not working out well for them. This is reported by the Russian military.
11:47 Paratrooper's Diary reports from the Kherson direction:
“From the very morning, cannon artillery, mortar crews and MLRS of the enemy have been working, they do not stop - one after another, parishes. There is a lot of activity on the water, DRGs go out on speedboats. Already more than one enemy boat went to the bottom.
There are artillery and MLRS battles, as well as mortar crews. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are all ready and meet the enemy on boats.”
11:05 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":
The advanced units of the "Southern" group of troops in the Lisichansk direction successfully repelled the attacks of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on defensive positions near the settlements of Yakovlevka and Sol.
10:27 In the Zaporozhye region in the Pohovsky, Tokmak and Vasilyevsky directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine made 114 attempts to shell settlements per day. This was announced by the acting head of the region Yevgeny Balitsky.
An attempt was repulsed to break through the defenses in the Orekhovsky direction.
“In the Orekhov direction, the enemy is regrouping, trying to form assault groups from the mobilized, who lack proper training. The actions of the enemy are uncoordinated, the morale is low, there are many cases of surrender, which remains the only opportunity for the enemy to save their lives,” the head of the region said.
10:02 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction at 10:00:
n.p. Rabotino: everything is calm, the enemy is hiding in the forest belts. We detect movement from the air and cover with artillery. The movement of technology has become less. Periodically, in small groups, the enemy tries to approach our positions. So far without success.
n.p. Pyatikhatki: the situation remains calm, the enemy at 0500 hrs, with the forces of the DRG in 16 people, left the forest belt and made an attempt to approach the settlement, our patrol noticed them, a shooting battle ensued, the enemy retreated after suffering losses.
09:55 Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to go on the offensive in the Maiorsk region in the DPR, but there are no significant changes in positions - Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin
09:27 Zaporozhye direction. district n.p. Orekhov 09:15 01.08:
Our aerial reconnaissance and artillery have been working since early morning. Precision-guided munitions "Krasnopol" are used. There are confirmations of several destroyed enemy tanks. "Krasnopol" is one shot - one destroyed target.
09:25 Kleshcheevka, according to the latest data, is under the control of the Russian armed forces - Pushilin
09:09 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
-- n.p. Nova Kakhovka 11 rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan nine rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka 12 rounds;
-- in the village of Staraya Zburyevka eight rounds;
-- in the village of Solontsy 9 rounds.
As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement of Novaya Kakhovka, three civilians were injured of varying severity.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, n.p. Cairo, n.p. Tavriysk firing a total of 30 rounds from cannon artillery
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:02 Over the past 24 hours, 59 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU - the Representative Office of the DPR in the JCCC.
Ukrainian nationalists fired from the MLRS, Tochka OTRK, UAVs, 152mm and 155mm artillery, firing 220 different rounds across the territory of the Republic. Gorlovka (Kalininsky, Central City, Nikitovsky districts), Zaitsevo, Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, Donetsk (Voroshilovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts), Aleksandrovka and Yelenovka were under fire from the VFU.
As a result of the shelling, three civilians were killed in the Voroshilovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, the Kalininsky district of Horlivka. Wounds of varying severity were received by 14 civilians in the Voroshilovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya.
A total of 24 residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky and Voroshilovsky districts of Donetsk, Kalininsky and Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, as well as six civilian infrastructure facilities.
08:53 Fierce fighting continues in the Velikonovoselkovsky district of the DPR near the village of Staromayorskoye, which was almost completely defeated during artillery duels. This was reported by military commander Yevgeny Lisitsyn.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine, which entered the village, were unable to gain a foothold in it, and are now retreating under the onslaught of the RF Armed Forces. There were reports of the total extermination of the Ukrainian special forces, who attempted a roundabout assault towards the neighboring village of Urozhaynoye.
“Heavy battles are going on near Priyutnoye, the enemy is biting into the defense of the Russian army, our fighters are holding positions,” Lisitsyn reports.
08:17 Frontline summary on the morning of 01/08/2023:
In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of artillery, tried to advance northeast of the village of Rabotino. But they quickly returned to their original positions. In general, we can say that now there has been relative calm along the entire line of contact for several days.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not conduct active offensive operations. Artillery of the RF Armed Forces worked on Ukrainian positions in Kamenskoye, Belogorye, Zheleznodorozhny and Gulyaipole. The Ukrainians beat the Russians in Lugovoe, Zherebyanki and Verbov.
In the Ugledar sector of the RF Armed Forces, after artillery preparation, they counterattacked near Staromayorsky. Here on earth, the opposing sides also took a temporary pause. Ukrainian positions in Levadnoe are under shelling. Russian - in Harvest and Novodonetsk.
On the Donetsk front, the RF Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, resumed assault operations in the Pobeda area and continued in Maryinka. No advance. Russian troops attacked the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Georgievka, Ostrom, the city of Krasnogorovka, New York and Severny (a settlement northwest of Gorlovka). Ukrainian artillery hit Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Gorlovka.
Somehow it was suspiciously quiet in the Bakhmut direction. On the ground, almost no movement. The RF Armed Forces shelled Ukrainian positions in Belaya Gora, Predtechina, Vasyukovka, Rozdolovka and Sporny. The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the Russians in Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, Kleshcheevka and Bakhmut.
In the Lugansk direction, the RF Armed Forces attacked in the Berestovoe area. The goal is to cut the H-26 highway and bypass the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novoselovsky from the north. Russian troops fired on Ukrainian units in Belogorivka, Serebryanka, Torsky, Ivanovka, Nevsky, Kislovka, Kupyansk, Kondrashovka, Zapadny, Novomlynsk and Figolevka.
07:41 Zaporozhye Front, Orekhovskoe direction, area Rabotino.
Our armored personnel carrier from the 42 Motorized Rifle Division of the Russian Armed Forcespicks upguys from the battlefield. The enemy is firing at him with everything that was at hand: cluster munitions, shrapnel, artillery, but the driver did not flinch and did not turn around, although the rounds fell close to the car. Having taken our fighters from under the heavy fire of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the armored vehicle successfully arrived at our positions, according to reports from the front.
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[Regnum] The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, checked the forward command post of the group of troops in the Zaporozhye direction. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense.
At the command post to Gerasimov, the commander of the group, Colonel-General Alexander Romanchuk, reported on the situation, described the actions of the Ukrainian military, and also reported on the performance of combat missions by Russian troops in the Orekhovsky tactical direction.
Valery Gerasimov emphasized that the enemy must be identified "in time", to inflict preventive strikes on him and conduct a counterbattery fight.
As IA Regnum reported , in the area of the village of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, Russian loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed a Leopard tank and an infantry fighting vehicle (BMP) Bradley in a day.
In the same direction, army aviation hit infantry fighting vehicles and a foreign-made armored personnel carrier. The bomber-assault and army aviation of the "Eastern" group of troops hit the points of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the accumulation of manpower and equipment near Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Orekhovo.
Attack drones destroyed a pickup truck with nationalists north of Novomayorskoye, two tanks in Staromayorskoye and an armored fighting vehicle near Urozhaynoye.
The Chechen military launched a preemptive strike on the Ukrainian army in the area of the settlement of Sotnitsky Kazachok in the Kharkiv region in order to secure the border areas of the Belgorod region, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said on July 31.
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in July amounted to 20,824 military and 2,227 units of various weapons, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on July 31 at a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces (AF) of the Russian Federation.
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[Regnum] The Russian part of the grain deal was not implemented due to the intrigues of the United States, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
The Foreign Ministry commented on the statement of the US representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield , who said that the agreement to promote the export of fertilizers and food of the Russian Federation no longer works after the suspension of the grain deal at the initiative of Moscow.
“The US Ambassador should be aware that this part of the deal did not work precisely because of the intrigues of the United States. There is no need to pretend that Washington went out of its way to facilitate the supply of Russian fertilizers and food as part of the deal, ” Zakharova wrote in her Telegram channel.
According to her, the United States, on the contrary, climbed out of snakeskin so that the needy countries could not get anything from Russia.
As IA Regnum reported , Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference on July 29 following the results of the Russia-Africa summit said that free deliveries of Russian grain to the poorest African countries would begin within the next 3-4 months. The decision to do so was made for humanitarian reasons.
According to the Russian leader, it is dictated by the needs of African countries and Russia's desire to avoid grounds for blaming Moscow for the plight of these states.
In turn, African countries expressed their gratitude to Russia for the offer to start free grain supplies to the continent, but did not ask for it, said South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
According to Putin, none of the agreements within the framework of the grain deal with Russia has been implemented. Most of the products remain in the hands of unscrupulous Europeans, although the action is purely humanitarian, no sanctions should, in principle, concern it.
The continuation of the grain deal does not justify its humanitarian purpose and does not make any sense. Since July 18, Russia has completed its participation in the grain deal. Ukrainian grain can be replaced by the Russian side both on a commercial and gratuitous basis, the President of the Russian Federation added.
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[Regnum] The FSB presented in court more than 200 evidence of the genocide of the Soviet people by the Nazis in the Stalingrad region during the Great Patriotic War, the department of the service for the Volgograd region reported on August 1.
The criminal case on the recognition of Nazi crimes near Stalingrad as genocide was submitted to the court in June 2023. In 14 volumes of the file there is information about the crimes committed against 130 thousand civilians and soldiers of the Red Army. On August 1, the court will hear witnesses in the case.
“Materials from security, law enforcement and supervisory agencies, archival and educational institutions, and search teams were used as an evidence base for the purpose of considering these crimes,” the FSB said.
Among the materials submitted to the court are protocols of interrogations of German prisoners of war, eyewitness accounts, official documents of the NKVD. The documents contain information about crimes against civilians and Soviet prisoners of war, data on the perpetrators of crimes and their victims, places and circumstances of the crimes.
The Stalingrad region was partially occupied by Nazi troops in 1942-1943. The Battle of Stalingrad, which ended on February 2, 1943 with the victory of the Red Army, became one of the main battles of the Great Patriotic War.
Previously, decisions to recognize as genocide and a crime against humanity the massacres of civilians during the Great Patriotic War were taken by the courts of a number of regions of Russia - Moscow, Smolensk, Novgorod, Pskov, Rostov, Bryansk, Oryol, Voronezh, Leningrad, Belgorod regions, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar and Stavropol Territory, Republic of Crimea.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
At some point in time, about a week ago, my eyes were already dazzled by the abundance of videos from the destruction of NATO equipment in Ukraine I, too, have seen a large number of fresh videos from the Zaparozhe sector in the passed week, or so.
In order to roughly keep statistics on how much PER DAY the shots of destroyed equipment (both NATO and former Soviet), both by drones and artillery, got into the footage, I decided to start a specialized channel where only such videos should be uploaded.
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If you need an archive or are interested in calculating how many destroyed equipment of the ukrovermacht fell on frames per day. In just a week, since July 25, a hundred fresh videos have already accumulated on the channel. And this is a hundred units of Ukrainian equipment. How many haven't got it yet? And this, of course, is far from everything, I don’t monitor it on purpose, but I post here what I come across. Therefore, you are here, subscribe)))
And this, according to the link, in my opinion, is the video of the day. Drone smashes the ASU tank into pieces. Video is at the link, but originally posted in the referred-to Telegram page.
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[ColonelCassad] In the conditions of information warfare, according to tradition, the enemy tries to blame his failures on the opponent. At the moment, Russia continues to be accused of barbaric shelling, as a result of which the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odessa was destroyed. Although the temple belongs to Zelensky’s “hated” Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, the authorities in Kyiv decided not to miss the chance to blame Russia for the attack on the religious building. At the same time, an objective investigation was not conducted, and, accordingly, the responsibility assigned to Russia can be replicated.
According to the data provided by our like-minded people, the real cause of the strike is the use by Ukraine of the German IRIS (Infra Red Imaging System) anti-aircraft missile system, which, according to experts, has a number of design flaws and has not been tested in combat conditions.
The manufacturer IRIS (Bodenseewerk Device Technology, which merged with Diehl Munitionssysteme GmbH & Co.K in 2004) has been trying to implement the developed system for a long time, presenting it at gun shows. Trying to commercialize IRIS, the Germans assumed that the system would work in conjunction with the American Patriot system (shifting responsibility - sorry, "delegation of authority"). If in the American version we see a layered air defense system (in the Patriot, THAAD, Evanger and Stinger chain),
By agreement between Kiev and the German side, Patriot systems were turned off, instead of which IRIS installations were activated. In fact, Germany managed to convince Ukraine to buy its irises, while the entire collective West is supplying weapons to Kyiv free of charge as part of a general anti-Russian course. According to the information we have, the Germans have been trying for a long time to implement their air defense systems at various arms exhibitions and, finally, “pushed” them into Ukraine. "Irises" that fly, redirecting to objects that are a source of closer thermal studies.
For example, rooftops heated by the sun can become such targets. Since it was the IRIS system that operated in the area where the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odessa was located, it is quite natural that the attack on the temple was inflicted by German sub-systems. For the temple is not a military target, and our guidance systems do not allow mistakes. Otherwise, your admin, passing data on the location of temporary deployment points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "where necessary", has already destroyed about 100 schools and kindergartens.
The unforeseen direction of the IRIS missile strike on the Odessa temple is a consequence of problems with the “brains” of the system itself. Now the question is for the leadership of Ukraine, which is planting its air defense system on German systems, which are de facto being worked out “at their own” facilities. It is unlikely that even Kyiv itself is interested in Berlin sending its marriage to "protect" the sky in Ukraine.
What we are actually facing in the case of IRIS is that this type of missile is slightly modified in the air-to-air class, while maintaining sensitivity to thermal radiation and traps. And if the control point is at a significant distance from the launcher itself and it loses the source of the signal, then the brains of the rocket lose their orientation and begin to look for targets in a spontaneous mode. Draw your own conclusions.
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[REGNUM] Russian propaganda is infiltrating the world's video games - such a message is heard in the Western media, alarmed by the popularity of the Russian agenda. Thus, the press draws attention to the fact that in the game Minecraft, owned by the American giant Microsoft, Russian players recreated the battle for Soledar, a city in the DPR, which was liberated in January.
On the channel of the multiplayer military game World of Tanks, on May 9, the Victory Parade in 1945 was shown, and on the popular gaming platform Roblox, the user created in June a whole company of military personnel of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs - this happened on June 12, on Russia Day. But the main thing that the American media is paying attention to is that representatives of the main target audience of games - teenagers are ready, albeit virtually, to "fight" on the side of Russia.
“Games and related sites such as Discord and Steam are becoming online platforms for Russian agitprop,” notes The New York Times, which devoted a lot of material to how “Russia is transferring its information war against Ukraine into video games.” The American edition, by the way, uses exactly “agitprop” in Latin transcription - the same international “Russianism”, for example, as Sputnik or Kalashnikov.
The authors of the note emphasize:
"In this virtual world, players assume the letter Z, the symbol of the Russian troops."
“Glory to Russia,” this is how the video tutorial on how to build a flagpole with the Russian flag in Minecraft ends, ” The New York Times cites an example. Moreover, it explains how to virtually hoist the flag of Russia against the backdrop of a “city landscape with the signature “Lugansk,” the American edition clarifies, explaining to readers that Lugansk is the center of one of the “occupied” Ukrainian regions.
Playing on the side, or rather in the role, of the Russians, the players “support Russia's legally justified territorial claims in Crimea and other regions; echo President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to equate Ukrainians with Nazis and blame the West for the conflict.”
“The gaming world is really a platform that can influence public opinion, influence the audience, especially young people,” Tanya Becker, an analyst at the American company ActiveFence, specializing in combating extremist content (in the American, of course, understanding). What a load of stuffing, to use a Russian term.
NYT recalls: after the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, Microsoft announced the suspension of sales of new products and services to Russia in accordance with the sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe. But, American IT experts say, Russians continue to find ways to use her games and sites like Discord and Steam. At the same time, American journalists are surprised by the fact that examples of "pro-Russian propaganda" found by Western experts in a number of games "praise the victory of the USSR over Nazi Germany."
In Minecraft, Russian players recreated the battle for Soledar in Ukraine
Multiplayer games (those in which thousands of gamers from different countries are present at the same time), in addition to the main game task, are used as platforms for communication, and therefore, to convey certain ideas, experts say.
Recently, many users have often asked questions about whether games can be used as a communication channel - the way it is done in the West, Mikhail Pimenov, director of development of the game industry direction of Synergy University, an expert in the field of the game industry, told IA Regnum .
“It's no longer a secret that the West uses the game Call Of Duty as a platform for this, and the same Arma 3 and a number of games that are somehow designed for mass players. The same Minecraft is, in fact, a large platform, which is a "sandbox" in which, like in a constructor, you can reproduce any realities. The same applies to games that are narrative,” Pimenov said. Narrative games, let us explain, are a kind of role-playing games where the main role is given to the development of the plot, and not pure "game technology" (for example, battles).
In the West, Russian gaming products entering the world market have long been perceived as an element of our soft power, experts say.
TIMOSHENKO, MINCED PORK AND CULTURAL APPROPRIATION
A recent example, already from the times of CBO, is the game Atomic Heart, developed by the Russian company Mundfish and released on all key gaming platforms - Windows, PlayStation and Xbox. In terms of genre, this is a shooter (“shooter”), and in terms of action, it is an alternative USSR of the 1950s, where robots are used with might and main. The plot is extremely far from modern politics (we are talking about the fight against rebellious machines ), but both in the West and in Kiev they saw something insulting to themselves in the “shooter”.
Western users were very outraged by a fragment of the game, which shows an excerpt from the cartoon "Well, you wait!". It featured a statue of an African native with a bow, which led to accusations of "cultural appropriation."
But Ukrainian users went even further than their Western allies: in the game they were very offended by ... a flying robot drone that carries a pot of geraniums in its paws. Ukrainian gamers absent from the front considered that this was a direct reference to the Russian Geran-2 kamikaze drones, which are actively used during the NWO.
Another fragment that caused indignation among Ukrainian gamers was cans of minced pork meat in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. However, the pun is that such a product in yellow and blue colors on cans was actually produced in the USSR.
Another claim of the Ukrainian segment of the players was the image of Right and Left - twin robots opposing the main character. According to users, the braid around the head of the faceless female robots suspiciously resembles the image of the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko.
But the main reason for fear of “Russian cultural expansion” was the very fact of the appearance of the game, which in the first release week entered the top 10 sales on Steam, including in the USA, Britain, Germany, France and Japan. In addition, several songs from the Atomic Heart soundtrack (where the classics of the Soviet stage were presented - "Grass at Home", "Arlekino") got into the tops of the charts of world streaming services. A remix for Igor Sklyar's song "Komarovo" became one of the hits on the SoundCloud platform - which, note, is blocked in Russia.
Online games can not only serve as a tool of soft power - they have long become such, and in Russia at the state level they have already paid attention to this, Pimenov notes. But, experts say, one should not flatter oneself - the NYT and its experts are exaggerating the scale of "Russian expansion" (at least for now).
"SOFT INVASION" HAS NOT YET BEGUN
Blogger, computer game developer Dmitry Puchkov, in a comment to IA Regnum, called the statement of the American media strange, because in Russia they still do not make high-quality games in the same mass flow as in the West. “World of Tanks is not our game,” the interlocutor recalled.
Western developers do not hesitate to put ideologically “correct” (from their point of view) content into the game wrapper, Puchkov noted. “Are they doing it right? Certainly! This is the most powerful channel of ideological influence, for example, on children. It is children who primarily grow up with these ideological slops in their heads. Do we need to do this? Certainly, it is necessary. And not only computer games - and books, and movies, and serials,” he said.
“There has been talk for a long time about why Western countries are actively using this, including cinema and video games, but somehow we are still not shaky with this,” Pimenov added. “If we are talking about games as an element of popular culture, then this is another channel that can extrapolate our historical heritage and cultural values both within the country and beyond.”
The same Atomic Heart promotes Russian culture in one way or another, and therefore, if in Russia they began to consider games as a channel of interaction with the broad masses, then this is the right step, the expert emphasized.
“This should have been done a long time ago, because games have long been part of popular culture along with movies, TV shows and music. This can significantly influence public opinion. Problems arise not at the level of the fact that these are Russian games or games with a Russian setting, but rather at the level of work with Russian companies,” Pimenov noted.
“That is why there are many problems - for example, with the publication on Western platforms. And that is why we are now developing the VK Play service and are focusing very much, in particular, on working with China and other foreign markets that work more in the Asian direction than in the western one, ”the expert said .
He emphasized that, on the one hand, not as many games are produced in Russia as we would like, and on the other hand, the talk that the gaming industry has ceased to exist in Russia is also very hypertrophied and does not correspond to reality.
“In Russia, there are quite a few projects at the development stage, which are interesting to follow.
Well, games that are active right now, for example, Escape from Tarkov from Battlestate Games or the same Troubles, which is in development, like some large projects, - the interlocutor gave examples. - There are games that are made under grants, for example, the linguistic game Buki, which will be available both on mobile platforms and in browsers. It contains educational elements. That is, there are many projects that are being done as part of the All-Russian federal competition “Start the Game”, which comes from the platform “Russia is a country of opportunities”.
Puchkov recalled that the world-class Russian game IL-2. Stormtrooper.
“It was published generally everywhere, because we have capitalism, and if it is a quality product, then it brings money. Naturally, everyone wants to sell it on their platforms, because this is a world-class game,” said Puchkov.
At the same time, world-class specialists are also required to create such games in Russia - and they “prefer to live in Silicon Valley”, and not in Russia, the expert concluded.
#1
American teenagers have proven themselves pretty fucking stupid lately. So, anyway.
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A recent poll says only 18% of young people in the US are "proud of America," so this seems likely.
OTOH, the percentage of them I'm proud of is way lower, so it's a wash, more or less...
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So? Adopting an 'edgy' persona is 'cool' in first person shooters.
Also the 'Bad Guys' always seem to have great toys! Games designers often lack information about 'enemy equipment' (reference exaggerated opinions about the WW2 Japanese Zero or the the German Tiger) so those weapons often have unrealistically superior characteristics in game play ...and you can only use the 'cool gun' if you play the 'Baddy Side'.
Sometimes a spade is just a shovel without the overthinking.
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