…after he got back from Ukraine, I think. The report is a bit confusing.
[IsraelTimes] Justice Dept. says Andrew Takhistov, arrested en route to joining pro-Russia unit in Ukraine amid plot on electrical substation, wanted to attack synagogue with Hamas-style rocket
A New Jersey man who authorities say was on his way to Ukraine to join a volunteer fighting unit has been arrested in an alleged plot to attack a US electrical substation to advance his white supremacist views, the Justice Department said Thursday.
Andrew Takhistov, 18, was arrested Wednesday at the Newark Liberty International Airport, where he was headed to Gay Paree before going to Ukraine to join the Russian Volunteer Corps, a pro-Ukrainian group fighting Russian forces, officials said.
Authorities say Takhistov began talking in January with the person he did not realize was an undercover agent, and he began discussing a plan to attack an electrical substation. They drove together to two electrical substations in North Brunswick and New Brunswick, New Jersey, and Takhistov provided information on how to construct Molotov cocktails, the type of clothing to wear and where to park to avoid detection, authorities said.
He also discussed various "strategies for terrorist attacks, including rocket and explosives attacks against synagogues," and expressed a desire to bring back illegal supplies from Ukraine in order to carry out attacks that would threaten the US government, a law enforcement official wrote in court papers.
An attorney for Takhistov didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment from The News Agency that Dare Not be Named. A person listed as a relative also didn’t immediately respond to a message from the AP.
Takhistov espoused white supremacist views in his conversations with the undercover agent, and in posts "encouraged violence against Black and Jewish communities, praised mass shooters, and discussed causing death and destruction on a large scale," according to New Jersey US Attorney Philip Sellinger.
Takhistov discussed during a meeting in June a "three-step plan for white domination:" ending the war in Ukraine, invading Russia and then starting "political activism in Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... and America, supporting National Socialist political parties," the official wrote in court papers.
Takhistov "explained that rallies and protests would not work; rather, people were waiting for a big event, such as the Oklahoma City bombing," authorities allege. Takhistov told the undercover agent that while he was in Ukraine the person had to carry out "at least one event of serious activism," they said.
Takhistov said his "ultimate dream was to attack a synagogue with a Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... -style rocket," officials said.
"We will not tolerate these kinds of alleged terroristic threats, and working with our partners, we will always be ready to root out and bring to justice anyone who attempts to carry out these acts," Sellinger said.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:43 Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris said after meeting with Zelensky that he would visit Ukraine in the coming weeks.
21:22 SBU drones attacked an oil depot with fuel in the Rostov region at night, Ukrainian media reported, citing sources. The facility stored various grades of gasoline and diesel fuel with a total volume of 12.5 thousand cubic meters.
21:00 Orban, in the presence of Zelensky at the NATO summit, spoke out against Ukraine's membership, Bloomberg writes. In addition to Hungary refusing to join military support for Ukraine, Orban said that Ukraine should not join NATO.
20:51 Russia is building unified launchers for Kalibrs and Onyxes, Navy spokesman Dmitry Pletenchuk reported. According to him, Kalibrs are still dangerous weapons with a 450 kg warhead, but the percentage of these missiles being shot down is high. "According to the military, the Russians have taken this experience into account and are building unified launch silos for both Kalibrs and Onyxes," he noted.
20:47 Russians shelled the Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery and kamikaze drones throughout the day - four people were injured, including a rescuer, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. The enemy sent UAVs at firefighters when they were extinguishing a dry grass fire, a special vehicle of the State Emergency Service was damaged. Several enterprises, an agricultural company, an educational institution, a religious institution, five multi-story buildings and ten private houses were also damaged as a result of the attacks.
20:05 Lukashenko announced a decrease in the threat on the border with Ukraine and ordered the withdrawal of Belarusian troops from there: "After our specific work, the Ukrainians withdrew their armed forces and additional troops that they had transferred to our border, from the border and generally withdrew them from the Belarusian-Ukrainian border zone... We currently have no complications with the Ukrainians, and I hope that there will not be any." The Belarusian leader also said that he would discuss "further steps regarding Ukraine" with Putin and called for negotiations, otherwise "there will be an escalation."
19:38 Russians fired at railway facilities in the village of Budy in the Kharkiv district - two people were killed, 22 were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Among the wounded were five railway workers and a 14-year-old teenager. Among the dead was the head of the Kharkiv district department of the State Emergency Service of the Kharkiv region and a police sergeant. Sinegubov noted that the enemy deliberately launched two strikes with an interval of half an hour, when all the relevant services arrived at the scene.
17:02 On Sunday, July 14, restrictions on electricity consumption will be in effect throughout the day, Ukrenergo reported. From 7:00 to 15:00, regional power companies will apply two stages of shutdowns, and three stages during other hours.
16:49 Zelensky confirmed that on his way to Ukraine he met with Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris - they discussed support for Ukraine, continued cooperation in demining and cybersecurity.
16:25 The situation with Russia's attacks on Ukraine from the north is heating up, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Kirill Budanov, said in an interview with NV: "When everyone was shouting for two years that there would be an attack from the north, we told everyone that it would not happen. Nothing happened. At that moment, when we said that there would be an attack from the north, everyone immediately thought: maybe it won't happen? It will! It's already happening."
When asked whether he was talking about the Sumy or Chernigov direction, Budanov replied: "If I start answering this question, you and I will only provoke panic... Let's put it this way: there are problems, they have a tendency to worsen... I already told someone from the Western press: I won't have much good news this year, unfortunately."
Budanov also noted that the GUR is aware of assassination attempts on Putin: "They happened, but, as you can see, they have also been unsuccessful so far."
15:21 The US Army Corps of Engineers will help transform the State Special Transport Service of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense reported.
12:57 Tonight, a Shahed-type kamikaze drone launched by Russia entered Belarusian airspace for the second time in the last two days, the Belaruski Gayun monitoring group reports. A Mi-24 helicopter and a Su-30 fighter were raised to intercept the drone - the aircraft were spotted in the area where the drone was flying. The Shahed then entered the Vitebsk region of Belarus and presumably flew to Vitebsk. In total, the drone flew over 350 km over Belarusian territory. What happened to the Shahed next is currently unknown.
11:36 The US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Ukrainian military is already trying to seize the tactical initiative and is conducting limited counterattacks on certain sections of the front. According to analysts, the ability of the Defense Forces to counterattack will depend on the influx of Western aid. At the same time, according to US and European officials, Ukrainian troops will continue to defend for the next six months and will not be able to conduct a large-scale counteroffensive operation until 2025.
10:58 Czech President Petr Pavel said that his country, as part of its initiative, will send Ukraine 50,000 rounds of ammunition in July and August, and from September will transfer from 80,000 to 100,000 rounds of ammunition per month.
08:40 Russians fired a mortar at Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region, one person was injured, said OVA head Oleg Sinegubov. In the village of Odnorobovka in the Bogodukhov district, Russian troops struck with an FPV drone while Ukrposhta mobile post office workers were issuing pensions to the population. A car was destroyed, another one was damaged.
08:36 Six people were killed in Donetsk Oblast as a result of Russian shelling on July 12: four in Myrnohrad and two in Kostyantynivka. Another 22 people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:33 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and six were injured, reported the head of the OVA Oleksandr Prokudin. An administrative building, an educational institution, a cellular tower, a store and a dormitory, three multi-story buildings and three private houses were damaged.
08:25 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 13:
personnel - about 557,770 (+1120) people,
tanks - 8199 (+8),
combat armored vehicles - 15,779 (+24),
artillery systems - 15,216 (+58),
MLRS - 1119 (+0),
air defense systems - 889 (+1),
aircraft - 361 (+0),
helicopters - 326 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 12,069 (+34),
cruise missiles - 2397 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 20,461 (+52),
special equipment - 2556 (+13).
08:07 An oil depot in Rostov Oblast caught fire as a result of a drone attack. The drone attacked the oil depot near Tsimlyansk after 4:00 a.m. There were no casualties, Governor Vasily Golubev reported.
07:51 Air defense destroyed four of the five Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs that Russia used to attack from Primorsko-Akhtarsk at night, the Air Force reported. The drones were shot down in the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions. The fifth UAV left Ukrainian airspace in the direction of the Gomel region of Belarus.
06:49 Another Oceanian state, Papua New Guinea, has joined the Peace Summit communiqué, Zelensky said.
05:36 Zelensky will visit Britain and Ireland, The Guardian writes. This will be the first visit of the Ukrainian president to Ireland. He is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Simon Harris there. In the UK, Zelensky will address European leaders at Blenheim Palace.
00:42 Ukrainian military forces have driven Russians out of the village of Sotnitsky Kazachok in the north of the Kharkiv region, according to a map from the DeepState analytical project. Earlier, a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group entered Sotnitsky Kazachok, located along the border with the Russian Federation, and the Defense Forces carried out measures to detect the remnants of this enemy group and saboteurs to eliminate them.
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[Korrespondent] The Armed Forces of Ukraine are actively "minus" the occupiers.
The enemy attempted to break through the Ukrainian defenses near Urozhayne, Makarov, Konstantinovka and Velyka Novosilka.
Russian aggressors have stepped up attacks in the Vremivsk direction. In total, 109 battles took place on the front, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a report on Saturday, July 13.
"Russian occupiers have significantly increased their activity in the Vremivsk direction . Here, the enemy tried to break through the Ukrainian defense at Urozhayne, Makarov, Konstantinovka and Velyka Novosilka. Ukrainian defenders have repelled 16 Russian assaults, and another enemy attack is ongoing in the Vodyane area," the report says.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy attacked the defensive lines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces 13 times near Vovchansk and Glubokoe. Our soldiers repelled 10 attacks, and three more are ongoing.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russians organized 11 assaults near Sinkovka, Olshana, Petrovpavlovka, Novoselovka, Berestovaya and Stelmakhovka. Four battles have ended, seven more are ongoing. The greatest concentration of enemy efforts is observed in the Berestova area.
In the Liman direction, the invaders attacked 15 times near Makeyevka, Grekovka and Terny. Ukrainian defenders repelled 10 assaults, and five more are ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, four enemy attacks have been repelled near Belogorovka and Verkhnekamenskoye. Three more clashes continue in the areas of Razdolovka and Spornoye.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the invaders carried out assaults six times near Chasovy Yar, Grigoryevka, Andreyevka and Kleshchievka. Three battles have already ended.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked seven times near Severny, Toretsky and New York. Another battle continues.
In the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the Russians have made the greatest number of attempts to push back our defenders in the areas of the settlements of Vozdvizhenka, Kalinovo, Progress, Novoselovka Pervaya, Lozovatskoye, Novoalexandrovka and Yasnobrodovka.
"The defense forces are holding back the enemy's onslaught and have repelled 17 attacks, seven combat clashes are still ongoing. The enemy's losses are being clarified," the General Staff noted.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the enemy attacked nine times near Krasnogorovka, Konstantinovka and Pobeda. Seven battles have been completed, two are ongoing.
In other areas the situation has not undergone any significant changes.
As is known, in recent months the Russians have been continuously attacking in Donbass and gradually pushing through the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Since May 10, Russia has opened a new front in the Kharkov region . After initial successes, the Russian troops suffered heavy losses and "got bogged down" in Vovchansk.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of the AFU 34th Naval Infantry Brigade, 113th, 125th, 127th Territorial Defence brigades, and 13th National Guard Brigade near Volchansk, Staritsa, Volchanskiye Khutora, Maliye Prohody, and Liptsy (Kharkov region).
Eight counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 42nd Mechanised Brigade, 92nd Air Assault Brigade, and 36th Naval Infantry Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 205 Ukrainian troops, one tank, two pickup trucks, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun, one Plastun electronic reconnaissance system, and two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line.
Losses were inflicted on units of the AFU 14th, 21st, 63rd, 66th, 115th, and 116th Mechanised brigades, 103rd, 110th, and 117th Territorial Defence brigades near Petropavlovka, Sinkovka, Podliman (Kharkov region), Novosyolkovskoye, Makeyevka, Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), Krasny Liman, and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 590 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 14 motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun, two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations, and three ammunition depots.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 24th, 72nd, 93rd Mechanised brigades, 46th, 81st Airmobile brigades, and 79th Air Assault Brigade near Antonovka, Grigorovka, Nikolayevka, Katerinovka, Uspenovka, Spornoye, Slavyansk, Zaliznyanskoye, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 54th Mechanised Brigade and 10th Mountain Assault Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 680 Ukrainian troops, 15 motor vehicles, and one Strela-10 SAM combat vehicle.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, three 152mm D-20 howitzers, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer, two U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzers, and four AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 32nd, 41st, 47th, 110th, 151st Mechanised brigades, 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 5th Assault Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 111st, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Novgorodskoye, Vozdvizhenka, Volchiye, Tarasovka, Kamichevka, Konstantinovka, Aleksandrovka, Progress, and Toretsk (Donetsk People's Republic).
Five counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 23rd, 31st Mechanised brigades, 68th Jaeger Brigade, and Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 355 Ukrainian troops, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, three pickup trucks, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery warfare station.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 1st Tank Brigade, 58th, 72nd Motorised Infantry brigades, 123th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 21st National Guard Brigade near Storozhevoye, Makarovka, Prechistovka, and Oktyabr (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 108th and 128th Territorial Defence brigades were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 140 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, and two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 65th, 118th Mechanised brigades, 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, 124th, and 126th Territorial Defence brigades near Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region), Tokaryovka (Kherson region), and Kherson.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 105 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers, one Anklav-N electronic warfare station, and two AFU field ammunition depots.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces destroyed one P-18 radar station, one explosives factory, as well as engaged AFU manpower and hardware in the 136 area.
Air defence units shot down two ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, one S-200 anti-aircraft guided missile converted to hit ground targets, six U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 17 unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, 627 airplanes and 277 helicopters, 27,553 unmanned aerial vehicles, 547 air defence missile systems, 16,567 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,376 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 11,834 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 23,637 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 21:35 By the crew of the Iskander-M OTRK launched a missile strike using two operational-tactical missiles on the parking lot of a railway train of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade with ammunition in the village of Budy in the Khar'kov region.
As a result of the strike, about 20 units of equipment were destroyed, including three Marder infantry fighting vehicles and up to 120 Ukrainian servicemen. The results of the fire strike were monitored by an Orlan-10 UAV.
20:49 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Avdeevka direction: battles in the vicinity of Novoalexandrovka, successes near Evgenovka and Novoselovka Pervaya
In the Avdeevka direction, fighting continues in the vicinity of Novoalexandrovka, with support from which Russian troops are advancing on Lozovatskoye and Vozdvizhenka. To the south, fighting is underway for forest belts along the Ocheretino-Progress railway.
In addition, Russian troops finally broke through the enemy's defenses in Yevgenovka after taking Voskhod and advanced through several forest belts to the west in the direction of Volchye and the Volchya River. According to the most optimistic reports, the advance groups managed to reach the shore directly, but this information has not yet been confirmed.
Fighting continues on the outskirts of Novoselovka Pervaya. This is the last major settlement in this area to the east of Vovchya, and then the enemy will try to hold it to the last, even taking into account the Russian troops that have now reached at least the outskirts of the village.
Meanwhile, in the Yasnobrodovka area, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in several forest belts both to the north and south of the settlement. The village itself, despite statements about full control, still remains in the gray zone. And in the plantings to the west, the enemy remains present, even taking into account the fighting in the area of ??the dachas near the Karlovskoye Reservoir a little to the south.
19:11 Around 18.40 Moscow time stopped another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.
18:24 Su-34 launched a Kh-38ML missile strike on a bridge in Kupyansk. According to intelligence information, it was expected that reinforcements of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the form of armored vehicles would be deployed along it, after which the decision was made to strike an important transport hub.
17:10 Ocheretino – Novoselovka.
Positiona lmilitary actions on the northern flank of Avdeevka. The position of the Russian Armed Forces in the houses on the eastern outskirts of Novosyolovka 1st is under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Assault units of the Russian Armed Forces were able to advance in the western direction more than 600 meters and reach the eastern part of Novosyolovka 1st.
16:32 In Khar'kov and Odessa arrivals In Khar'kov, as usual, KABs, in Odessa, missile incursions, presumably, the air defense positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit.
15:52 Kherson direction.
It is reported, that this morning the Russian Aerospace Forces aviation carried out operations against the identified enemy positions on the right bank. The 152mm D-20 cannon crew was hit.
15:14 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Vrem'yevskoye direction: significant progress in Urozhayny.
In the Vremyevsk direction, Russian troops liberated most of Urozhaynoye after several months of fighting.
Today, footage appeared online of a Russian flag flying over the village administration building, and a little later, a video of a naval infantry flag half a kilometer from the northern outskirts of the village. According to the description, the rest of the village is being cleared.
Given the earlier advance in Staromayorskoye and to the north, the situation in Urozhainoye for the enemy rapidly deteriorated from the moment the ruins of farms were taken, just over a kilometer from the only road to Urozhainoye.
The enemy tried to hold the settlement by transferring personnel and equipment to the north, but was unable to stop the advance of Russian attack aircraft.
Now the Russian units have an open road to Makarovka and further to Bolshaya Novosyolka along the Mokrye Yaly River.
This will require at least partially pulling up the flanks in the fields in the Priyutnoye-Staromayorske area to the west and Urozhaynoye-Novodonetske area to the east.
However, it is difficult to say whether the local offensive will develop into a larger-scale operation. The battles for Staromayorskoye and Urozhainoye lasted for about two and a half months only from the moment of entering the administrative boundaries of the settlements, and they cannot be called simple.
14:33 Kherson direction.
Intelligence units of the 18th Army located UAV crew. Transferred to fire destruction of ODAB-1500 with UMPK.
14:01 RF Armed Forces seriously advanced in Makeyevka, effectively cutting the village into two parts. The enemy admits to losing part of the village center and a number of important defensive positions.
13:17 Enemy in the morning admits the advance of the Russian Armed Forces into the northern part of Urozhaynoye (where the Russian flag was raised in the center yesterday). Also acknowledges the collapse of the defense north of Novosyolka Pervaya and the beginning of fighting on the outskirts of the village. In addition, it confirms the entry of Russian troops into the center of Makeyevka.
12:56 Russian Armed Forces reached the outskirts of the strategically important village of Vozdvizhenka in the DPR.
War correspondents report that if he is released, the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka highway, which is key for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, will be cut off.
12:25 Urozhainoe released.
Today, the valiant soldiers of the 37th Guards Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, 5th Separate Brigade together with the 40th Guards Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, with the support of the artillery of the 30th Artillery Brigade, captured the settlement of Urozhainoe and hoisted the national flag of the Russian Federation over the administration building. At the moment, the settlement is being cleared of the remnants of Ukrainian formations.
11:44 Air raid siren declared throughout Ukraine –map.
11:29 Paratroopers-UAV operators of the Dnepr group of troops in an hour destroyed more than a dozen enemy vehicles. The operator of the reconnaissance UAV "Zala" discovered a large accumulation of Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles in one of the settlements on the right bank of the Dnieper. The FPV drone crews of the "winged infantry" launched kamikaze drones at the targets and systematically disabled the entire "automobile fleet" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10:55 Crews of Su-34 fighter-bombers struck camouflaged enemy equipment and manpower in the area of responsibility of the "West" group of forces. The strike was carried out by unguided OFAB-500 aerial bombs with a universal planning and correction module.
10:21 Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group –video.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 126th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovka and Nikolaevka.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 115 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, three cars and two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations.
09:48 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements of the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from barrel artillery:
Five rounds in the village of Dnepryany;
Four rounds in the village of Kakhovka;
Five rounds in the village of Aleshki;
-- in the village of Solontsy four rounds;
-- n.p. Tavriysk three rounds;
Three rounds in the village of Lyubimovka.
In addition, a residential building in the village of Novaya Kakhovka was attacked by a UAV, causing the roof to catch fire.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the villages of Novaya Kakhovka, Knyaze-Grigorovka, Babine, and Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 18 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.
09:19 During the past night, during an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles on the territory of the Russian Federation, air defense systems on dutyinterceptedand two UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Rostov region, one UAV over the territory of the Belgorod region and one UAV over the territory of the Kursk region.
08:52 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for July 12, 2024
– Russian troops launched a group attack on enemy targets, including the Starokostiantyniv airfield in the Khmelnytsky region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the Zaporizhzhya region and Mariupol from MLRS.
– In the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction, Russian troops have expanded the zone of control in Novgorodskoye (New York), and are also fighting in the SNT Sotsgorodok in Kirovo (Pivnichnoye).
– In the Avdeevka direction, Russian attack aircraft have advanced forward along the Novoaleksandrivka-Lozovatskoye line, taken control of most of Yevgenovka and are fighting on the northern and eastern outskirts of Novoselovka Pervaya.
08:00 Official summary of DPR Representative Offices in the JCCC:
A total of 23 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.
There were reports of three civilians being injured.
DAMAGED:
Three residential buildings,
Two scheduled buses,
One civil infrastructure facility.
A total of 16 artillery attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction,
Seven artillery attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Horlivka direction.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 62 units of various ammunition.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Kiev regime organized assassination attempts on Russian President Vladimir Putin, which were unsuccessful. This statement was made on July 13 by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov (an individual included in the register of terrorists and extremists in Russia).
“They were there, but, as you can see, they have also been unsuccessful so far,” the Ukrainian publication Strana.ua quoted him as saying.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, later on March 13, the head of state's press secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that the Russian president's security was being ensured at the proper level. The Kremlin representative specified that the threats emanating from Kiev were obvious.
In late March, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Vasyl Malyuk (an individual included in the register of terrorists and extremists in Russia), hinted at the agency's involvement in the murders and assassination attempts on Ukrainian and Russian politicians and public figures, including war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky and former Verkhovna Rada deputy Ilya Kiva . He also gave some details of the assassination attempts, without officially admitting involvement in them.
In May 2023, Budanov indicated that the Kiev regime was involved in assassination attempts on famous Russians. However, he did not answer the question about Kiev's involvement in the bombing of writer Zakhar Prilepin in the Nizhny Novgorod region. And on May 25, Budanov's deputy Vadim Skibitsky said that the Russian leader was the main target for the GUR.
On May 27, 2023, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented on the threats made by the Kiev regime against the head of state, calling Ukraine a terrorist state. The head of the MFA recalled that the threats were made by the adviser to the head of the office of the leader of the Kiev regime, Mykhailo Podolyak, and the then Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov (an individual included in the register of terrorists and extremists in Russia).
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[Regnum] Russian and Chinese ships in the Philippine Sea conducted practical artillery and simulated missile firing at sea targets. This was reported on July 13 by the Russian Defense Ministry.
The corvette Sovershenny of the Russian Pacific Fleet and a detachment of PLA Navy warships, which included the destroyer Yinchuan, the frigate Hengshui and the universal supply transport Weishanhu, participated in the training on the use of standard systems. As part of the maneuvers, the ships fired artillery mounts at floating targets.
The training took place during a joint Russian-Chinese patrol in the Asia-Pacific region (APR). The purpose of these actions was to strengthen naval cooperation between the Russian Federation and China, maintain peace and stability in the region, as well as protect facilities and monitor the sea area.
The first patrol of the Russian and Chinese naval forces took place in 2021.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, in August 2023, Russian and Chinese ships repelled an air raid by a mock enemy during a joint patrol in the Pacific Ocean. The military conducted special exercises involving aircraft and helicopters.
In March, the naval exercises "Maritime Security Belt - 2024" began in the northern part of the Indian Ocean with the participation of Iran, Russia and China. Representatives of the armed forces of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Oman, Pakistan and South Africa were also invited to the maneuvers.
On April 21, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Alexander Moiseyev and PLA Navy Commander Hu Zhongming signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation in the Field of Search and Rescue at Sea. They held a meeting in China, during which they discussed a wide range of issues related to cooperation between the two countries in the naval sphere.
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Kissinger's 70's Triangulation Model is still a viable concept. We worked it against the Soviets with China, but let it go too far, and now the Chinese are working it hard against us and their Russian "allies". Time to consider Russia as a European nation again and work the model against the Chinese!
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Chilling evidence has emerged of the brutal execution of two Ukrainian prisoners of war held by Vladimir Putin's troops.
Graphic drone footage appears to clearly show grotesque war crimes carried out by a Russian regiment known for previous atrocities.
Two surrendering Ukrainian PoWs cowering in a trench are killed in a hail of nine shots fired by Putin soldiers near Robotyne in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region.
The apparent cold-blooded killings are believed to have happened last month, but the footage has only now appeared.
Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Regional Prosecutor's Office has started a criminal investigation into the flouting of the rules of war and premeditated murder by invading Russian troops.
One of the signs that the Daily Mail is trying to sell you something is "Putin's whatever". Not Russian soldiers, Putin's own personal soldiers. And we all know what a bastard he is!
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
[Regnum] The Kiev regime organized assassination attempts on Russian President Vladimir Putin, which were unsuccessful. This statement was made on July 13 by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov (an individual included in the register of terrorists and extremists in Russia).
