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#2 - best we got
Posted by: Frank G ||
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST:
* Had this happened anywhere in the US - and actually, a good chunk of the West - she would be slightly contrite while still at least strongly implying that she was being persecuted for her skin color and sexual orientation. There might be a few days in a minimum security facility, served at her convenience. There would be a minimal fine, possibly some public service, and she would go back to telling everyone how awful it was here for Someone Like Her.
*In Russia, there is no appeal, no demand that her color or orientation be brought into consideration, because they don't care. There's no comparatively cushy 'Club Fed' to go to - Russian prisons are maybe one step ahead of a dungeon. You start your time when you're found guilty. And she's about to find out that if there's one thing Russians like less than Ukranians or Poles...it's Someone Like Her, where her lifestyle alone would bring a prison sentence and they are not at all fond of anyone of African heritage.
#11
Bout is useless to them. He could've been a trophy exchange once. They've moved on, most of his consolidated accounts and interests were co-owned by others, probably Vlad offered them protection and continued enjoyment of their credit line. Anyway, it would be nice optics if she serves time in a Russian prison for some years, then President Trump gets her pardoned and brought back. Of course, I wouldn't advise just optics this time round.
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I'm guessing Russia doesn't have any Soros prosecutors.
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Piss test all US pro athletes the day before every game. Only allow those who are clean to play. Watch the fun.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
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She had a chance until Media turned it into a GROQMER+ Crusade, which pumped up her trade value to this.
And the Guns Are Bad people are going to have to square the circle to release an Arms Dealer. Africa Arms Dealer.
And everyone knows she is guilty as all getout. So they beg and slander to get old white man Biden to buy her, but in the process increase her price, because they are morons, and quite frankly the more they promote her, the less people like this rather unattractive person.
My favorite so far has been, "But but but...if it were Lebron James, he'd be free already!" Bitch please. First of all Lebron, like Hunter, generates Billions with a B, not hundreds of dollars. Also, former like the latter, your agent gets in touch with the local agent to get the goods; you don't take anything which doesn't pass check in. Even the motherfucn Beatles know this. This fcn bitch thought she could just walk drugs across check in while playing third string WNBA in Russia because she had 5 30second ESPN highlights back in the '90s? Har har har.
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To further the problem, now they have to get her out before she is like, "you know, for its faults, USA, not so bad in the world." Can't have that.
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[Vesti] On Volyn, Polessky and Seversk directions without any changes. At the last, the enemy fired from barrel artillery at the areas of the settlements of Seredina Buda, Ryzhevka and Zhuravka of the Sumy region. This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff as of 18.00 Wednesday, August 3.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy carried out shelling from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Duvanka, Dementyevka, Zolochev, Prudyanka, Svetlichne, Pitomnik, Russian Lozovaya, Lesnoye, Russian Tishki, Cherkassky Tishki, Petrovka, Mikhailovka, Korobki, Mospanovo, Prishib, Peremoga, Ukrainka, Rubizhne, Upper Saltov, Stary Saltov, Molodova and Bolshaya Babka.
Launched an airstrike near Prudyanka. Conducted UAV aerial reconnaissance near Petrovka, Fedorovka and Dementievka. Engaged electronic warfare in the areas of Ivanovka, Studenko, Vasilenko and Getmanovka.
In the Slavic direction, the enemy fired from artillery of various calibers in the areas of the settlements of Protopopovka, Bolshaya Kamyshevakha, Mechebilovo, Gusarovka, Chepol, Nortsovka, Dolina, Mazanovka, Krasnopolye. Novopavlovka, Dovgenkoye, Dubrovnoye, Brazhkovka, Vernopolye, Krasnoye, Karnaukhovka, Ridne, Adamovka, Bogorodichnoe and Mayak.
In the Kramatorsk direction, shelling was recorded near Zvanovka, Starodubovka, Disputed, Seversky, Verkhnekamensky, Piskunovka and Grigorievka.
In the Bakhmut direction, Russian invaders fired from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Bakhmutskoye, Berestovoye, Soledar, Yakovlevka, Zaitsevo, Maiskoye, Kodema, Mayorsk, Podgorodnoye, Veselaia Dolina, Pokrovskoye, Krasnopolovka, Beloe. The enemy also launched air strikes near Bakhmutsky, Soledar, Berestovoye, Yakovlevka and Klinovoye.
The Russian invaders conducted assault operations in the area of Berestovoye and in the directions of Vladimirovka - Yakovlevka, Pokrovskoye - Bakhmut, Vladimirovka - Soledar, Vozrozhdenie - Kodema, Vozrozhdeniye - Zaitsevo, Semigorye - Kodema and Dolomitne - Semigorye. Ukrainian soldiers beat off all enemy assault attempts, inflicted damage on the invaders and threw them back.
In the Avdeevka direction, the enemy shelled the areas of New York, Krasnogorovka, Avdievka, Peski, Netailovoe and Kamenka from tanks and artillery. The enemy tried to conduct an offensive in the directions of Novoselovka Second - Krasnogorovka, Spartak - Avdievka, Vasilyevka - Krasnogorovka, Mineralnoye - Avdievka and in the direction of Donetsk - Peski, had no success, retreated.
In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhia directions, shelling was recorded in the areas of the settlements of Maryinka, Novomikhailovka, Bogoyavlenko, Shevchenko, Vladimirovka, Pavlovka, Bolshaya Novoselka, Ugledar, Prechistovka, Novopol, Zelenoye Pole, Novoselka, Zheleznodorozhnoe, Maly Shcherbaki, Kamenskoye, Lukyanovskoye, Neskuchnoye, Poltavka , Storozhev's Grave, Olgovskoe, Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka, Krasnoye, Belogorye and Vremovka. The enemy launched airstrikes near Novoselka, Novopol and Poltavka. All attempts by the Russians to advance in the directions of Maryinka and Belogorka were nullified by our defenders \.
In the Yuzhnobuzhsky direction, the enemy fired at the armament of tanks, cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaev, Pribuzhskoye, Zarya, Luch, Posad-Pokrovskoye, Limany, Luparevo, Partizanskoye, Kobzartsy, Novaya Zorya, Andreevka, Galitsinovo, Lyubomirovka and Krasnaya Dolina. Inflicted an air strike near the Andreevka tract. He led an offensive battle in the direction of Belogorka, had no success, retreated. But the enemy does not stop conducting aerial reconnaissance of the UAV.
In the Black Sea, two carriers of Caliber sea-based cruise missiles are in readiness for the use of high-precision weapons. The threat of missile strikes on military installations and critical infrastructure facilities on the territory of Ukraine remains.
August 3 is the 161st day of the war between Russia and Ukraine . Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
[Vesti] On the night of Wednesday, August 3, after several explosions, a fire broke out at the oil depot of Russian troops in the uncontrolled Makiivka, Donetsk region.
The corresponding videos are published by local Telegram channels.
The oil depot is located in the Kirovsky district of the city.
The information is also confirmed by the Center for Strategic Communications.
"A fire show took place at night, held at the oil depot in occupied Makeevka, which the orcs used to store "not fuel and lubricants, but pillows and blankets, as part of humanitarian aid." It burned and burned clearly and for a long time. Somewhere far from a herd of under-fuelled orcs howled in desperation," wrote the Stratcom of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
It should be noted that earlier the railway echelon of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation of more than 40 wagons with manpower, equipment and ammunition was destroyed in the Kherson region by Ukrainian artillerymen .
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[Korrespondent] 23:14 The International Committee of the Red Cross said that it did not guarantee the safety of Ukrainian prisoners of war leaving Azovstal - the parties to the conflict are responsible for this. The organization stressed that during the withdrawal of the military from Azovstal, the ICRC was a "neutral intermediary."
23:07 Zelensky, in an evening video message, commented on Moscow’s new propaganda activity and Schroeder’s statement: “New propaganda activity has begun from Moscow. They suddenly decided to define the Azov people as terrorists, although when a terrorist state does this, this is obviously absurd. They activate various emissaries with theses that the terrorist state allegedly wants negotiations... If Russia really wanted the end of the war, it would not be pulling reserves to the Ukrainian south now and would not produce mass graves of murdered innocent people on Ukrainian territory. when the former leaders of powerful states with European values work for Russia, which is at war against these values.
22:56 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the world needs a new global security architecture that would guarantee that no state can ever again resort to terror against another state: "The other day there were a lot of messages about conflict situations and threats occurring in other geographies.First the Balkans, then Taiwan, now maybe the Caucasus... All these situations seem different, although they have one factor in common, namely, the global security architecture has not worked.And this is actually what Ukraine draws attention not only 161 days from the start of a full-scale war, but already for years. Since Russia completely ignored international law, the interests of humanity as such."
21:32 The next ships with Ukrainian grain are already ready and will soon depart from Ukrainian ports according to the agreed schedule, Kuleba said during a joint briefing with his Estonian counterpart Urmas Reinsalu in Kiev. The Ukrainian minister stressed that, as of today, the agreements reached under the grain agreement are being implemented, and recalled that Ukraine was the first of all the participants in this agreement, which was fully prepared to fulfill all the points.
20:45 The UN is launching a mission to establish the facts of the tragedy in the Yelenovskaya colony , Secretary General António Guterres said.
20:41 The International Criminal Court cannot apply the article on aggression specifically to Russia's war against Ukraine, Kuleba said in an interview with Ukrinform: "It is written in its charter that one of the crimes for which it can judge is aggression. But in practice, purely for legal reasons, it cannot apply this article specifically to the case of Ukraine and Russia."
20:32 Kiev will break diplomatic relations with Minsk if Belarusian troops enter Ukraine, Kuleba said in an interview with Ukrinform: "Belarus is an accomplice in the crime of aggression against Ukraine, this is beyond any doubt. Therefore, there are no excuses for them and there will not be."
20:04 Gazprom said that the sanctions of Canada, the EU, the UK and the "inconsistency of the situation with the obligations of Siemens" make it impossible to supply a turbine for Nord Stream.
19:43 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled all enemy assaults in the Bakhmut direction and did not allow the invaders to advance in the directions of Maryinka and Belogorka, the General Staff said in the evening report .
19:28 The Cabinet of Ministers issued an order on the mandatory evacuation of the population of the Donetsk region. According to the document, residents are going to be taken out to safe areas of Vinnitsa, Volyn, Zhytomyr, Transcarpathian, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovograd, Lviv, Poltava, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy and Chernivtsi regions. The reason for the evacuation was the destruction of gas pipelines in the region and, as a result, the inability to heat it in the winter.
19:02 Baykar Director Haluk Bayraktar and Turn Back Alive Foundation Director Taras Chmut signed a partnership memorandum in Istanbul. The parties have not yet disclosed all the details of future interaction, however, the fund reported that the partners had agreed on the introduction of best practices and international standards for the development of cooperation and the involvement of other representatives in such cooperation.
18:41 In the south of Ukraine, Russian troops are accumulating forces and planning actions to reach the administrative border of the Kherson region, OK Pivden reported: "The enemy continues to conduct hostilities along the occupied defense line. plans counter-offensive actions to reach the administrative border of the Kherson region.
18:36 According to the UN, 10.35 million people have left Ukraine since the beginning of the war, most of them are in Russia - 1.86 million. In second place is Poland, which received 1.26 million Ukrainian citizens. At the same time, almost 4 million more people went to other countries in transit through Poland. 915 thousand Ukrainians moved to Germany.
18:05 In Ukraine, 60% of internally displaced persons have lost their jobs. In total, 6.6 million people are considered IDPs in Ukraine, the International Organization for Migration reported. At the same time, 35% reported that their family's monthly income does not exceed UAH 5,000, which is UAH 1,500 less than the minimum wage in Ukraine.
17:46 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that it was Kiev who allegedly insisted that the prisoners of war be placed in the detention center in Yelenovka, which they themselves then struck. According to Moscow's "data", Kyiv "wanted to remove the witnesses and perpetrators of its crimes against its own people" by attacking Yelenovka.
Also, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russia and Ukraine have already carried out 27 operations to exchange prisoners of war and the bodies of dead servicemen; the repatriation of the Ukrainian military "is carried out in a timely manner, 18 people have already been transferred to Ukraine." In addition, Moscow accuses Kyiv of non-compliance with international law in relation to Russian prisoners of war.
17:35 Zelensky met with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsal and thanked him for his assistance in restoring critical infrastructure - schools and kindergartens. According to the president, construction of a kindergarten was launched yesterday in the border town of Ovruch in the Zhytomyr region.
17:15 Ukrainian military intelligence has established some circumstances of the deliberate murder of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Yelenovka. According to the GUR MOU, interrogations of prisoners were carried out by investigators of the so-called. "MGB DPR" together with representatives of PMC Wagner and the FSB of the Russian Federation. During interrogations, physical torture and beatings were actively used. The purpose of such "interrogations" was not to obtain confidential information, but to mockery, humiliation, demoralization.
If the plan was implemented, the FSB representatives planned to involve Ukrainian prisoners in filming pro-Russian reports, in which they had to admit "the crimes they committed, atrocities against the local population", as well as renounce their views and condemn the actions of the Ukrainian leadership.
Interrogations were carried out in a pipeline on a regular basis, but were not successful. Ukrainian prisoners showed exceptional courage and willpower. The Russian side had no intention of exchanging the prisoners and, in order to hide the improper conditions and forms of interrogation, deliberately destroyed them. According to intelligence, the mining of the place of detention of Ukrainian fighters was carried out by Wagner PMC militants using a flammable substance, which led to the rapid spread of fire in the room.
17:04 Avdiivka direction, Peski in particular, has become the hottest area on the front. The occupiers cover the Ukrainian positions with heavy artillery fire. About what is happening with the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Donetsk - in the material Hell in Avdiivka .
16:41 Sweden has declared that in case of joining NATO it will not deploy nuclear weapons on its territory.
16:27 Canada provides $40 million to provide granaries in Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, this initiative will allow for the storage of an additional 2.4 million tons of grain in 2022-2023. The project complements a $17 million recent aid provided by the Japanese government to secure the storage of 1 million tons of grain.
16:08 The monument to the liberators of Riga will be completely destroyed after the demolition, Mayor Mārtiņš Stakis said: "The monument complex will be demolished in parts. Since the Occupation Museum did not recognize any of them as artistic value, the entire monument will be completely disposed of."
16:06 Switzerland has joined the seventh package of EU sanctions against Russia. According to the government of the country, first of all, we are talking about a ban on the purchase, import or transportation of gold and products from it from Russia. Services related to these items are now also prohibited.
The assets of Sberbank will also be frozen. The Bank is prohibited from providing funds, economic resources or technical services. This also applies to subsidiaries of Sberbank.
16:02 This afternoon, the enemy fired twice with cluster shells from Hurricanes in the Krivorozhsky district of the Dnepropetrovsk region, said the head of the UVA, Valentin Reznichenko. One person was injured in the Zelenodolsk community, several dozen private houses were damaged in Maryansky and Velikaya Kostromka.
15:58 Shooting lessons will become an obligatory part of the educational process in Polish schools with the start of the new academic year, the Ministry of Education and Science of Poland reports: "The growing threat to the security of the state requires supplementing the goals of education with the acquisition of the ability to shoot and preparing students for actions caused by military conditions."
15:55 Podolyak commented on Schroeder's statement about Moscow's "readiness" for negotiations: "With one hand, Russia raises the degree of terror with new barbaric crimes, with the other, it invites surrender. Schroeder is a well-known herald of the empire and a voice at the royal court of the Russian Federation. If Moscow wants dialogue, the ball on its field. First, a ceasefire and the withdrawal of troops, then a constructive one."
15:51 The RF Armed Forces fired at Ochakov of the Nikolaev region from heavy cannon artillery, OK Pivden reported. According to the command, an electrical substation was damaged during the shelling, as a result of which part of the city was left without electricity.
15:44 The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council says that Russian propaganda is inciting Ukraine to negotiate, including through foreign politicians. Among the latest examples of such manipulations are the statements of the wife of the President of Ireland that "the conflict in Ukraine will continue until Moscow and Kyiv agree on a ceasefire", as well as Gerhard Schroeder that Russia is ready to sit down at the negotiating table. Such manipulations with the statements of individual speakers are an element of the information and psychological operation of the Russian Federation, the purpose of which is to create an image of a peace-loving country around Russia, emphasize the NSDC CPD.
15:19 The Russians fired at Chuguev from the MLRS. As a result of falling into a residential five-story building, one person died, two were injured, Kharkiv OVA reported.
15:06 In Ukraine, 30% of schools are ready to switch to full-time education, Minister of Education and Science Serhiy Shkarlet said. According to him, together with the State Emergency Service, almost 30,000 inspections were carried out.
15:04 Ukrainian citizens who carried out a peacekeeping mission in Kosovo as part of KFOR - the NATO-led International Peacekeeping Force in Kosovo - will be recalled, the command of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
15:00 Peskov said that Russia "was and remains ready to solve the Ukrainian problem through diplomacy on its own terms." He again stressed that these conditions were agreed in Istanbul, but then the Ukrainian side refused to negotiate. "Russia is ready, our conditions are well known to the Ukrainian side. One way or another, they will be provided," Peskov added.
14:51 The Planet Labs satellite recorded that the Russian military began to use a separate ferry crossing to transport equipment across the Dnieper near occupied Kherson. According to Radio Liberty, this is the second crossing that the Russians built after the attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Antonovsky automobile and railway bridges.
14:22 The situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is completely out of control. According to the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, all the principles of nuclear safety were violated at the ZNPP, and contact with the plant personnel is unstable.
14:00 Zelensky, during a conversation with Australian students, called the difference between the Russian Federation and terrorists: "The only difference between terrorists and Russia is that the former take responsibility for their deeds, while Russia does not have the courage to do this and has the audacity to blame others for their crimes - some countries and the whole world ... And now this world is facing a choice: long overdue, uncomfortable, unpleasant for some, but inevitable for everyone. For many countries, the time has come when their own interests must give way to the interests of the planet. Because otherwise both the former and the latter will be threatened by the actions of a global terrorist."
13:36 Ex-Chancellor of Germany Schroeder said after a meeting with Putin that he is ready for negotiations on Ukraine. In an interview with Stern magazine, Schroeder said that Russia wants to find a diplomatic solution to Ukraine, and the agreement reached in Istanbul on the supply of grain "can continue the way forward."
At the same time, he called Kyiv's statements about the return of Crimea absurd and added that an alternative to NATO membership for Ukraine "may be military neutrality, as in Austria."
13:12 The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, commented on the reports spread by the occupiers about a possible re-offensive on Kharkiv: “Without success at the front, the occupiers not only spread fakes, but also continue terror against civilians out of impotence. There is information that in the coming days the enemy will intensify missile attacks on the city of Kharkov and districts of the region. Therefore, I ask the residents of the Kharkov region not to neglect the alarm signals, not to be on the street unless absolutely necessary, but to be in shelters during the alarm."
At the same time, Sinegubov assured that the Ukrainian defenders are ready for any actions of the enemy, "hold the defense securely, do not allow the enemy to move forward, although he is trying."
13:07 Russia has no scenarios for the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Alexander Trofimov, a representative of the Russian delegation on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, said at the UN. According to him, the Russian doctrine on this issue is "well known and extremely clear." Moscow allows the use of nuclear weapons only in response to a nuclear strike or to aggression using conventional weapons, "when the very existence of Russia is endangered."
13:04 It will take ten years to clear the Ukrainian sea. According to Roman Primush, Deputy Head of the State Emergency Service, Ukraine turned out to be the most mined country in the world. Ukrainian sailors are already being trained on specialized ships. The crews will be ready for work in a few weeks.
12:56 The vessel RAZONI with Ukrainian grain passed the inspection of the Joint Coordination Center and is ready to head to its destination , the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine reported.
12:39 FlyEye reconnaissance drones, which are used by NATO countries, have arrived in Ukraine. More than 20 DJI Matrice multicopters and, probably, Warmate kamikaze drones also arrived. According to the Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov, this is the first delivery under the contract for 260 million hryvnias. The Ministry of Digital Development is now considering the purchase of Ukrainian drones SKIF, Skyton and Ukrjet.
12:13 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that a missile attack on Radekhiv in the Lvov region allegedly destroyed "a base with weapons and ammunition of foreign production that came from Poland."
11:42 The first cargo ship with Ukrainian grain is already being controlled in Istanbul, according to the Turkish Ministry of Defense. A ship flying the flag of Sierra Leone is heading to the port of Tripoli in Lebanon. On board - 26 thousand tons of corn.
11:38 Last night, the Ukrainian military shot down seven out of eight Russian Kh-101 (X-555) cruise missiles. Forbes calculated that it cost Russia 91 million dollars: X-101 - 13 million, Caliber - 6.5 million, Iskander - 3 million, Onyx - 1.25 million, X-22 - 1 million, Tochka-U - 0, 3 million
11:07 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 3. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut and Donetsk directions.
personnel - about 41,350 (+180) people liquidated,
tanks - 1774 (+6),
armored combat vehicles - 4022 (+8),
artillery systems - 939 (+3),
MLRS - 259 (+0),
air defense systems - 118 (+1),
aircraft - 223 (+0),
helicopters - 191 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 740 (+1),
cruise missiles - 180 (+6),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2922 (+8),
special equipment - 83 (+1).
10:52 Since the start of martial law, 6,400 conscripts have been detained at the border who illegally tried to leave the country, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. More than 4 thousand of them were detained outside the checkpoints, the rest tried to deceive the border guards at passport control: they disguised themselves as women, hid in cars (even in baby boxes), bought fake documents about their children or illnesses. There was even a man who, according to the entry in the document, was dismissed due to a difficult birth.
10:09 A powerful agency of Ukraine is working in Russia, Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the GUR MOU, said. According to him, many Ukrainians managed to make a serious career in the public service during the years of their life in the Russian Federation. The environment makes it "very easy" to work with the enemy, spies were introduced back in 2015. Skibitsky noted that it was the agents who informed Kyiv that a full-scale attack on Ukraine was being prepared for February 15, but Putin's decision was postponed to February 24.
09:47 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov criticized men who want to leave the country during the war: "Go help those guys who are now at the front. There is a lot of work in the country. There is no need to hide behind a woman's skirt and flee the country. We need to help "You can't fight, you can't take up arms - help in another way. Find an opportunity to help."
09:33 Two-thirds of the residents were evacuated from the Donetsk region, now there are about 250 thousand residents left in the region, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
09:16 British intelligence reports that the railway connection between the Kherson region and the Crimea is probably not working after the APU hit the Russian echelon with ammunition. The Russians can repair the railway line within days, but it will remain a vulnerable point for Russian forces and their supply routes from Crimea, analysts say.
Intelligence also writes that the Russians will use the ferry crossing, recently built to replace the damaged Antonovsky Bridge in the suburbs of Kherson, to transfer troops and equipment, despite statements of intention to use it for civilian purposes. Analysts believe that the number of civilians trying to leave Kherson and its environs will increase in the near future, as fighting continues and food shortages worsen. This will put pressure on transport hubs and routes, which will likely lead to the implementation of traffic control measures.
08:57 Ukrainian refugees will be able to return to the EU at any time if they decide to go back to Ukraine, European Commissioner for Internal Affairs Ylva Johansson said during a visit to Kiev. She clarified that when returning home from the EU, Ukrainians must waive the status of temporary protection, but it can be renewed at any time.
08:48 The Pentagon denied Shoigu's statements about the destruction of six HIMARS installations in Ukraine. "We are aware of these latest statements by Minister Shoigu, and they are clearly false again," the acting minister said. Pentagon Representative Todd Bressail.
08:36 As a result of hostilities in Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region, four civilians were killed, seven more people were injured, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
08:09 The Russians attacked the Krivoy Rog district of the Dnipropetrovsk region at night, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said. In particular, the Zelenodolsk and Apostolovsk communities came under fire, people were not injured.
08:03 The Armed Forces of Ukraine forced the Russians to withdraw with losses in the Kharkov, Avdeevsky, Bakhmut directions, and in the Slavyansk direction, the Ukrainian army neutralized the enemy reconnaissance group, the General Staff reports in the morning report .
07:05 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Iran may have sent the first batch of drones to Russia and sent pilots and maintenance personnel to train on the Russian Su-35. Meanwhile, Russian troops were conducting unsuccessful offensive operations to the northeast and northwest of Kharkov. The occupiers also made limited ground attacks northwest of Slavyansk and east of Seversk.
The enemy forces made minor gains southeast of Bakhmut and continued offensive operations northeast and southeast of Bakhmut. Russian troops have been gradually advancing around Avdiivka and continue to attempt to advance southwest of Avdiivka. In addition, they launched two assaults in the north of the Kherson region and continue to redeploy troops to the southern axis.
Russia is forming new "volunteer battalions" in the Novosibirsk, Saratov, Ulyanovsk and Kurgan regions, and is also changing the timing of payment of monetary compensation.
06:23 The Russians attacked Kharkiv at night - one blow fell on the Kholodnogorsky district, the second - on the Novobavarsky district, where an infrastructure facility was damaged. In both cases, there was no fire, there were no casualties, Mayor Igor Terekhov said.
06:14 In Nikolaev around 5:00 powerful explosions have thundered, in one of districts of the city there was a fire, in another - the supermarket is destroyed, mayor Alexander Senkevich reported.
03:10 The Russians began the creation of a strike force in the Krivoy Rog direction, OK Pivden reports. The command also reported that rocket and artillery units of the Ukrainian army hit Chernobaevka, where the occupation troops are based.
00:08 In the occupied Kherson region, they began to accept applications from Ukrainian citizens for obtaining Russian citizenship without a local residence permit. Documents are accepted from residents of all regions of Ukraine on the basis of Putin's decree on simplifying the acquisition of Russian citizenship for Ukrainians, said "deputy head of the VGA" Ekaterina Gubareva.
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[RIA Novosti] Ukraine insisted that its prisoners of war be placed in penal colony No. 120 in Yelenovka in the DPR, which was then attacked by American HIMARS MLRS, said Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin.
"I draw your attention to the analysis of the chronology of events. On May 20, 2022, the surrendered servicemen of the Azov National Regiment were taken to the pre-trial detention center in the village of Yelenovka. The Ukrainian side insisted on this particular place of detention," he said at a briefing for foreign military attaches.
The Deputy Minister recalled that on July 28, 2022, a video confession of Dmitry Kozatsky's crimes by Azov residents appeared. Further, on the night of July 29, HIMARS attacked Yelenovka.
The Kyiv authorities decided to strike at the place of detention of prisoners of war in order to eliminate witnesses of their crimes against their own people, Fomin added.
According to him, now many Ukrainian servicemen voluntarily lay down their arms, knowing about the humane treatment of prisoners of war in the Russian Armed Forces . The provocation in Yelenovka, Fomin noted, is aimed at intimidating the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, "it was an attempt to counter their surrender."
At the same time, the Ukrainian authorities, without providing any evidence, are trying to shift the responsibility for the death of prisoners of war to Russia , he said.
In addition, Fomin indicated the direction of the strike on the pre-trial detention center. The shooting was carried out from the trajectory of Marinka - Kurakhovo - the triangle Sergeevka - Pokrovsk - Lucky, he noted.
The deputy minister also drew attention to the "clumsy" US attempts to justify the Kiev regime. At the same time, when planning a fire engagement, the Ukrainian military is actively using space and aerial reconnaissance data received from the US Armed Forces and its allies, and Washington representatives are preparing tasks for firing, Fomin recalled.
In addition, he especially noted the gratitude of the prisoners of war wounded during the strike to Russian doctors for medical assistance. At the briefing, they also showed a video with testimonies from the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and their appeal to the doctors.
On the night of July 29, Ukrainian troops attacked the pre-trial detention center where prisoners of war were kept, primarily militants of the nationalist Azov regiment*. The building was almost completely destroyed. As a result, 53 people died. Fragments of an American MLRS HIMARS shell were found on the spot.
The Russian defense ministry called the shelling a blatant provocation, committed to intimidate Ukrainian servicemen and prevent their surrender. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin , in turn, attributed the attack to the fact that the prisoners began to testify.
In mid-May, about two and a half thousand fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and "Azov," blocked at the Mariupol plant "Azovstal", laid down their arms. The wounded were sent to the hospital, some of the prisoners of war have since been in the colony in Yelenovka.
Summary via Russian Spring (rusvesna.su)
▪the Kiev regime wanted to remove the witnesses and perpetrators of its crimes against its own people with a strike on Yelenovka;
▪With a provocation in Yelenovka, the Ukrainian authorities wanted to intimidate Ukrainian servicemen, it was an attempt to counteract their surrender;
▪The Kyiv regime insisted that the prisoners of war be placed in the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka, which was attacked by the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
▪On July 28, 2022, a video was published with confessions to the crimes of the Azov militants Dmitry Kozatsky. Further, on the night of July 29, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Yelenovka from HIMARS;
▪The US is clumsily trying to justify the Kyiv regime by claiming the unintentionality of its attack on Yelenovka, although it has previously noted the high accuracy of HIMARS systems.
[LB] Although the interrogations were conducted regularly, the Ukrainian defenders persevered.
by Vera Perun
Prisoners of war were tortured in Yelenovka to break, humiliate and use for Russian propaganda, - intelligence
Ukrainian intelligence established some circumstances of the deliberate killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war in the colony in Yelenovka in Donetsk region .
This is stated in the message of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
"Prisoners were interrogated by the so-called MDB DNR investigators together with representatives of the "Wagner" PMC and the FSB of the Russian Federation. During the interrogations, physical torture and beatings were actively used.
Such measures, first of all, were not aimed at obtaining certain confidential information, but at bullying, physical humiliation, psychological demoralization with the aim of breaking the moral and psychological qualities of Ukrainian soldiers," the HUR said.
If the plan was implemented, the Russians planned to use the Ukrainian prisoners for filming in propaganda reports.
"The purpose of the broadcast was to highlight the prisoners' recognition of "crimes committed by them, atrocities against the local population, the fighters' renunciation of their views, as well as condemnation of the actions of the leadership of Ukraine," the intelligence agency noted.
The head office emphasized that although the Russians conducted interrogations on a regular basis, they did not succeed. Ukrainian prisoners of war showed courage and indomitable willpower.
The intelligence added that Russia had no intention of exchanging prisoners of war. In order to hide the improper conditions and forms of interrogation of Ukrainian servicemen, which would become the evidence base at the Hague Court, the enemies deliberately destroyed the prisoners.
According to Ukrainian military intelligence, the fighters of the "Wagner" PVK mined the places of detention of Ukrainian soldiers, using a highly flammable substance, which led to the rapid spread of the fire in the premises.
We will remind, as reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on July 28, the Russian armed forces carried out a targeted artillery shelling of a correctional facility in the temporarily occupied Yelenovka of the Donetsk region , where Ukrainian prisoners of war were also held. This was done in order to accuse Ukraine of committing war crimes and cover up the torture of prisoners
According to the Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets, the occupiers are ready to hand over the bodies of the prisoners of war defenders of Mariupol who were killed in Yelenovka. The invaders said they would do it "after the investigation is over."
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:55 The main thing from the statement of the head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mizintsev:
▪️The Armed Forces of Ukraine have equipped ammunition depots in the maternity hospital in Dobropolye, Donetsk, women with newborns are used as cover;
▪️The soldiers of the Aidar battalion occupied the hospital in the city of Kobelyaki, Poltava region, driving all the patients out of the medical institution;
▪️Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling residential areas from the territory of a medical school in Artemovsk;
▪️415 tons of cargo were transferred to the population of the LPR, DPR, Zaporozhye and Kharkov regions;
▪️Russian sappers neutralized more than 198,000 explosive objects in the Donbass;
▪️Over 25,000 people were evacuated per day from dangerous regions of Ukraine and Donbass.
20:48 Ukrainian prisoner of war told how the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka in the DPR.
According to him, the nationalists struck two blows. After the second explosion, the roof collapsed, and then the evacuation began.
19:55 Ukraine insisted that the prisoners of war be placed in correctional colony No. 120 in Yelenovka, which was then attacked by American HIMARS MLRS, said Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin. 18:58 Russian Ministry of Defense: 81 percent of Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine are beaten, 55 percent are forced to appear in propaganda videos, 46 percent are denied medical care.
The department noted that Ukraine does not comply with international law in relation to Russian prisoners of war.
17:45 Russia and Ukraine have already carried out 27 operations to exchange prisoners of war and the bodies of dead servicemen, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports
16:44 In one of the kindergartens in Odessa, a patriotic Ukrainian found a typical "zrada" - children made drawings on the topic of the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine. And a girl named Inna drew that "ours and Russia" are fighting against the Americans.
The vigilant older brother immediately concluded that the parents of this girl did not explain to her all the vicissitudes of the current geopolitical conflict. Perhaps the SBU is already talking to them.
16:01 Residents of the Melitopol district will be able to get a Russian-style driver's license and register a vehicle with the MREO traffic police
15:59 The Ukrainian government is preparing a bill on the introduction of a 10 percent fee on foreign exchange transactions for the purchase of imported goods and services, Deputy Zheleznyak said. According to him, the goal is to reduce the demand for imports and pressure on the hryvnia.
14:56 The legal status of the Kherson region is determined by its being under the control of the Russian Federation, said the head of the military-civilian administration of the region Vladimir Saldo.
14:55 For August, the budget application for the Kherson region has been formed in the amount of 6 billion rubles, social payments and salaries to state employees will be financed, the military-civilian administration of the region reported.
13:51 The first MLS SHIELD armored vehicles are already in Ukraine, - media
12:42 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
▪️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a storage base with weapons delivered from Poland in the Lvov region with high-precision missiles;
▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces killed over 50 nationalists with a strike at the point of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Nikolaevka;
▪️Russian air defense systems shot down five Ukrainian drones in a day, intercepted two Tochka-U missiles;
▪️The commanders of the units of the 132nd Reconnaissance Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kharkov refused to follow the orders of the command, departed for a temporary deployment point.
11:59 Kherson authorities intend to streamline the work of the city's markets in accordance with the legislation of Russia, including in matters of security, compliance with sanitary standards and the allocation of halls for trade, informed head of the military-civilian administration of the city Alexander Kobets.
Part of the lanes of the Antonovsky bridge across the Dnieper River in Kherson, destroyed as a result of shelling by Ukrainian troops, has been restored, Oleksandr Kobets added.
10:51 To the west of Vuhledar, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are attempting to attack in the area of the settlement. Boring. With tactical efforts, groups are trying to break through the defense line using artillery. We repulse the attacks.
10:51 Yesterday, the location of Ukrainian militants from the 63rd brigade in the area of the settlement was destroyed. Heavy flamethrower systems mercilessly denazify units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to preliminary data, more than 40 nationalists were killed
09:55 APU can mobilize another half a million people, said in the Ukrainian operational command "South"
04:14 Missile attack on Ukrainian positions in Kharkov. All missiles overcame air defense and reached their targets, Ukrainian anti-missiles could not interfere with them, columns of smoke rise above the impact sites
01:39 Special forces of the Russian Guard and soldiers of the Russian Army evacuated children from the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Due to the constant artillery fire of the Ukrainian Nazis, more than 15 pupils and staff of the orphanage in the Mykolaiv region were forced to spend about three months in the basement of the institution.
In cooperation with the military-civilian administration, the soldiers of the special forces of the Russian Guard were able to quickly evacuate the pupils and staff of the orphanage to the Center for the Social and Psychological Rehabilitation of Children in the Kherson region.
01:31 Application of blows Russian artillery on Ukrainian positions in the Zaporozhye direction. Previously killed six officers and 20 soldiers.
0:59 Reported about the shelling of the Kherson region by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Explosions are heard near Novaya Kakhovka, Berislav and Chernobaevka, air defense systems are working.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:37 Additional information about the injured civilian, a woman born in 1960, was received through the operational lines of the DPR JCCC. as a result of shelling from the side of the VFU of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk on the street. Miner's Glory, 12.
Thus, the total number of civilian casualties from VFU attacks on August 3, 2022 increased to 16 people (two died, 14 injured).
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
- st. Polukhina, 6/2 - damaged garage and car.
Kuibyshevsky district:
- st. Miner's Glory, 12 - apartment building.
As of today, as of 23:30, the enemy fired 520 ammunition of various types, including the BM-27 Uragan and BM-21 Grad MLRSs, as well as artillery ammunition with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
22:11 Social networks report that Peski and Semigorye have come under the control of the allies.
It is noted that while it is difficult to give an assessment, most likely, a long sweep is ahead. But you can record success in these areas and wait for official information.
21:18 The situation in the Soledar direction as of 20.00 August 3, 2022
In the Soledar direction, the efforts of the allied forces are concentrated on pushing through the defensive lines near Soledar and Bakhmut (Artyomovsk).
--In Soledar, fighting is taking place along the Bakhmut-Lysichansk highway. Russian units came close to the southeastern outskirts of the settlement: clashes unfolded on the territory of the Knauf Gips plant and the Extra railway station. one km southwest, the cleansing of Bakhmut continues.
--The attackers from the side of the Pokrovsky division are grinding the enemy defenses in Bakhmut, suppressing firing points in the city.
--The capture of Semigorye made it possible to establish control over Travnev and come close to Kodem. The assault on the fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues throughout the Travnevoe-Kodema-Vershina section.
21:17 Allied forces knocked out the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the southern outskirts of Maryinka in the DPR.
20:00 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the DPR: over the current day, according to information from the JCCC of the DPR, the enemy fired more than three hundred and forty rounds from Grad multiple launch rocket systems, cannon artillery with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm, 120mm mortars.
The fire was fired at the districts of eight settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, two civilians were killed and nine were injured. Thirty-seven residential buildings and five civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Currently, a set of works is underway to clear anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1C).
We regret to inform you that while performing military duty in the struggle for independence, four defenders of the Donetsk People's Republic died and nine were injured. We express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
19:16 Most of the sand is under the control of the NM DNR. The 11th Regiment of the NM DPR and the assault battalion "Somali" already control most of the village. The commander of the unit of the 11th Regiment "Small" told the project@wargonzothe situation on this sector of the front.
19:00 Ukrainian prisoners who were kept in the Yelenovka prison (DPR)tell,how they survived the moment of the APU attack on the barracks with HIMARS missiles.
18:41 The Allied Forces are storming the settlement of Maryinka. NM DNR 1st Army Corps work with fire support from the art division of the Russian Federation. There are reports that the enemy is retreating and that most of Maryinka is already under the control of the DPR. Reports the military commander Rudenko.
18:30 Sappers of the MOC of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue cleaning water areas of rivers and lakes in the liberated territories of the LPR from explosive objects.
18:08 Allied troops are already on the outskirts of Avdievka. Literally a kilometer from the DPR military NM there are well-fortified positions of the APU militants, from where the enemy is shelling Donetsk/corr. TK Zvezda Andrey Lazarev/.
18:00 Residents of the cities of Severodonetsk and Rubizhny, as well as the Kremensky district, will begin receiving pensions from August 10, the LPR government reported.
17:51 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
-17:25 — n.p. Krasnogorovka - n.p. Staromikhaylovka: fired five mines in 120mm caliber;
-17:35 — n.p. Dacha - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): eight mines fired in 120mm caliber.
17:42 Offensive in the Svetlodarsk direction. Soldiers of the 2nd Corps of the LNR Armyshowwhat fortified areas the allied forces had to storm during the liberation of the Uglegorsk TPP.
17:31 This is how the shelling of cluster rockets filled with hundreds of PFM-1 “petal” mines sounds, the use of which is prohibited.
Whistling and hum - a consequence of the dispersion of mines in the air. They are designed so that when the cassettes break, they begin to rotate rapidly, slowing down the fall and not exploding during contact with the ground.
Video filmed in the village of Klinovoye near Artyomovsk.
17:17 The work of the artillery of the NM DPR on the fortifications of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement. Peski.
Allied troops methodically grind the enemy's defenses, leaving no chance for the Ukrainian militants.
17:10 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
-- n.p. Marinka (western) - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 mines fired with a caliber of 120mm;
— n.p. Zaitsevo (northern) - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): fired six mines with caliber 120mm;
— n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
17:09 Representatives of the DPR found at the site of the shelling of the oil depot in Makeyevka, fragments of a HIMARS shell with preserved markings, which, among other things, will make it possible to identify the crew that carried out the shelling.
16:30 Serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Borodyukov, a native of Krasny Luch told that the commanders left him in the forest without support for certain death.
16:23 Offensive on Peski near Donetsk continues. The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village are under continuous shelling, aviation is working.
16:17 A resident of the DPR who was blown up by a mine "Petal" spoke about the incident
"There was a proven path, there was nothing there, I walked there. This mine, apparently, flew there. Negligence - came, and that's it. Flash, bang. Completely lost consciousness. I tried to run, but I realized that there was nothing. He fell, crawled to the gate, and then the neighbors," the man told TK Zvezda.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to shell the peaceful cities of the DPR with cluster rounds with anti-personnel mines inside.
16:11 The local history museum in Popasna, despite pressure from the Ukrainian authorities, has managed to preserve exhibits from Russian culture and Soviet history. Roman Oleksin, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth of the LPR, announced this after a trip to the liberated territory.
15:56 Ukrainian militants fired upon a tank farm in Makeevka (DPR). The task force of the Russian Investigative Committee went to the scene.
15:44 At 13:50, as a result of another shelling of Yasinovataya, a 110 kV overhead line was damaged, three 110 kV substations and four 35 kV substations were de-energized. 93 TS, 13,800 household subscribers of Yasinovataya and 2,931 subscribers in the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka were de-energized. Without tension also Verkhnekalmiusskaya filter station.
Power engineers will carry out emergency recovery work as soon as the situation allows, the DPR Ministry of Coal and Energy reported.
15:30 Circumstance in the direction of Svetlodarsk.
15:08 The assault on Soledar has begun, representatives of the DPR report.
15:03 A strike was made on the positions of the AFU militants on the outskirts of Artemovsk. It is reported that they arrived in the direction of the quarry, a huge column of smoke rises from the place.
14:10 Employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation inspected the shelled area near the For Friends store in the center of Donetsk, where a person died. The rounds of the armed formations of Ukraine hit civilian infrastructure - a bus stop and a grocery store, there are no military facilities nearby.
14:03 Radiation, chemical and biological protection troops of the RF Ministry of Defense are inspecting four especially dangerous facilities on the territory of the LPR to assess their environmental condition.
The four most dangerous objects in the LPR include:
- industrial site of the plant "Lisichansky orgsintez" (LNR)
-industrial site of the state-owned chemical plant "Zarya" (LNR)
-industrial site of PrJSC "Severodonetsk Association "Azot" (LPR)
- landfill for industrial waste (Volcheyarovka) (LPR)
Based on the results of the survey, objects to be brought to a safe state as a matter of priority will be identified.
13:30 Allied forces are cleaning up the territory of the KNAUF building materials plant in Soledar from Ukrainian security forces, the assistant to the head of the LPR Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
13:01 In the DPR, there have already been 12 cases of undermining civilians, including one child, on the “petal” mines scattered by Ukrainian militants in Donetsk and settlements adjacent to the city.
12:04 Highlights from the new briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry
A missile attack on Radekhiv in the Lvov region destroyed a base with foreign-made weapons and ammunition that arrived from Poland;
The commanders of the units of the 132nd Reconnaissance Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kharkov refused to obey the orders of the command and departed for the point of temporary deployment;
Russian air defense systems shot down five Ukrainian drones in a day, intercepted two Tochka-U missiles;
Over 50 nationalists and six vehicles were destroyed in Nikolaevka as a result of a strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces at the temporary deployment point of a unit of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12:02 There are reports that militants of the Kyiv regime are running and running from the front lines in Peski under massive Russian artillery fire. The Armed Forces of Ukraine no longer controls the situation at once in several sectors of the front line in the area of Peski and Avdievka. There is information about the destruction of the enemy's fortifications in the area of the AKHZ - Avdievsky coke plant. This is one of the largest enterprises in the DPR. According to military commander Yevgeny Poddubny.
11:58 The Headquarters of the TerO DPR reports: the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, on the street. Rovnoy wounded two people.
11:33 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Nikolaevka Second - n.p. Golmovsky: 15 rounds of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 22 rounds of 122mm caliber were fired.
11:10 The headquarters of the TerO DPR reports that a woman was killed as a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
10:45 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation as of 10.30 03.08.2022
The Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which in turn do not pose a danger to the enemy and are not military targets.
Over the past day, according to the DPR JCCC, the enemy fired 419 rounds from Uragan (BM-27) and Grad (BM-21) multiple launch rocket systems, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars.
Artillery was fired at the areas of 11 settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, two civilians were killed and twenty-five were injured, two of them were children born in 2005 and 2016. Thirty-six residential buildings and 13 civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: two BM-21 Grad MLRS, two M-777 howitzers, one truck and more than twenty personnel. Two enemy firing points were suppressed in the areas of the settlement. Avdievka and Kurdyumovka.
10:01 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of 08/03/2022
Over the past 24 hours, during the active offensive operations of the units of the People's Militia of the LPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment. Destroyed:
-48 personnel;
-nine armored personnel carriers;
-six units of special automotive equipment;
-two long-term firing points.
Peaceful life is being restored in the territories of the Lugansk People's Republic liberated from Ukrainian nationalists: engineering and sapper units of the People's Militia of the LPR continue demining. During August 2, they cleared more than seven hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of the settlements of Severodonetsk and Voevodovka.
The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, are delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas.
09:49 Russian troops entered Soledar. Sources @wargonzo reported that at the KNAUF plant, located within the city, clashes began with English-speaking mercenaries.
09:27 In Donetsk, five people have already blown up on the mines "Petal". This was reported by the headquarters of the defense of the DPR.
09:12 Cars of the next, 179th, convoy of the Russian Emergencies Ministry delivered food and educational literature to Lugansk. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR.
"On Tuesday, August 2, the cars of the next convoy of the Russian Emergencies Ministry with humanitarian aid for the residents of Donbass arrived in the capital of the LPR. The current convoy of Russian rescuers, consisting of 15 vehicles, delivered to Luhansk food (pasta, canned meat) with a total weight of 145.5 tons and educational literature (5,020 pieces) for the Luhansk Pedagogical University," the report says.
08:11 After 06:00, the DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the direction:
— n.p. Avdievka - Makeevka: three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Pervomaiskoye - n.p. Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Pervomaiskoye - n.p. Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Zaitsevo (northern) - n.p. Golmovsky: fired four mines with a caliber of 120mm.
— n.p. Otradovka - n.p. Golmovsky: fired six rounds of 122mm caliber;
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Mineral: fired eight rounds of 122mm caliber.
08:09 The deplorable situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front near Avdievka is recognized in Kyiv. The main summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
--In the Kharkiv direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, carried out an advance in the direction of Kochubeevka-Dementievka.
--The Russians are concentrating their main efforts on the Bakhmut direction. There shelling from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery. The Russian Federation launched airstrikes near Semigorye and Belogorovka, conducted an offensive in the Berestovoye area, in the Vladimirovka-Yakovlevka and Semigorye-Kodema directions.
--On the directions Vladimirovka-Soledar and Pokrovskoe-Bakhmut, hostilities continue.
--In the Avdievka direction, the military of the Russian Federation fired at the Avdievka area and improved the tactical situation.
--In the Slavyansk, Novopavlovsk, Zaporozhye and Yuzhnobuzh directions - shelling.
08:00 DPR, Makeevka. On the night from 02 to 08/03/2022, at about 4 am, there were five arrivals at the Artemis oil depot, as a result of which a fire occurred. At present, the open fire has been extinguished by the forces of the Ministry of Emergency Situations
06:35 Footage of the shooting battle of the DPR assault group in the Avdievka direction.
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[REGNUM] A new Naval Doctrine has appeared in Russia. It was approved by a decree of the President of Russia V. V. Putin on July 31, the day of the Navy. The multi-page document, in full accordance with the title, is strategic, at the same time complex and specific. The absence of the usual vagueness, a clear prioritization and frankness in identifying problem areas favorably distinguish the new Naval Doctrine from many other documents.
The previous one was adopted in 2015. Seven years is not long enough to radically change strategic priorities, so the new doctrine is largely clarifying and concretizing.
First of all, much more attention is paid to security issues, taking into account the long-term nature of the confrontation between the Russian Federation and NATO led by the United States in the context of their actively waged hybrid war to destroy Russia. Chapter 2 of the document "National Interests, Challenges and Threats to the National Security of the Russian Federation in the World Ocean" is devoted to these issues. Chapter 1 contains general provisions and definitions - the very logic of building the Naval Doctrine speaks of the highest priority of security issues for Russia.
Ensuring maritime security is interpreted broadly: not only as the protection of maritime borders, but also as a presence in the oceans, the protection of key routes and communications, including underwater ones (pipelines and cables).
The reference to "the lack of a sufficient number of bases outside the Russian Federation to provide ships and vessels of the Navy performing tasks in remote areas of the World Ocean" indicates Russia's intention to develop a network of naval bases to ensure its national interests in those regions which she considers to be her priority.
The issue of shipbuilding and shipbuilding is still acute, both for the Navy and for increasing the capabilities of the merchant fleet. The doctrine emphasizes the need to achieve technological self-sufficiency in the industry, maximize the utilization of domestic production capacities and localize the industry in Russia.
Import substitution in technology is one of the most painful issues in the Russian economy, including in the military-industrial complex. If it is not resolved in the coming years, Russia may forever lag behind competitors in the transition to a new technological order, which will inevitably affect not only the civilian sector of the economy, but also the country's defense capability.
The issue of the need for an integrated approach to the port economy was pointed out. The access roads, the actual transshipment (loading and unloading) capacities of the port and the tonnage of the fleet should correspond to the cargo turnover predicted for the medium term. Otherwise, bottlenecks will have to be constantly “opened up” when ships and railway cars stand idle for weeks waiting for their turn to be processed at the port. This is a well-known and long-standing problem, the solution of which requires the coordination of relevant departments and companies using port facilities.
Russia's priorities in the World Ocean have been revised in the new Naval Doctrine of Russia. The Baltic direction gave way to the first place in the Arctic. This is apparently caused by the ongoing melting of the ice, which expands the possibilities of navigation. As a result, the Arctic coast of Russia is gradually becoming one of its most important borders - the length of the Northern Sea Corridor (Northern Sea Route - NSR) alone is 5600 kilometers.
The Arctic shelf is still little explored, but already known geological exploration data indicate significant deposits of minerals. In addition, the NSR is the shortest route from China and other Far Eastern countries to Europe; this factor makes Arctic transit competitive even if ice assistance is required. For control over the minerals of the Arctic shelf and transit routes, a serious struggle flares up between Russia on the one hand and the United States, Canada and their allies from Northern Europe on the other.
In the new Maritime Doctrine, the NSR is called the national transport artery of Russia, that is, the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over territorial waters and the Northern Sea Corridor is emphasized.
The Baltic direction is not indicated in the new Naval Doctrine, now it is referred to the Atlantic direction, which obviously reflects Russia's growing ambitions for presence in the World Ocean. The Atlantic direction is listed third in the new doctrine, followed by the Pacific direction. The growing geopolitical tension in the region and the need for intensive development of the Russian Far East make the Pacific area one of the key ones in Russia's strategic plans.
The new Naval Doctrine emphasizes the importance of the Caspian Sea. Five states are located along the coast of this relatively small and closed sea, four of which are former republics of the USSR. Rich in natural resources and fragile in terms of ecology, the Caspian Sea is becoming increasingly important as a crossroads of international transport corridors East-West and North-South. Despite its small size, the Caspian Sea is listed fourth in the list of priorities in the Naval Doctrine.
The Indian Ocean direction became the fifth most important. At the same time, the doctrine speaks of the need to create bases for the Navy in the Persian Gulf and other Indian Ocean regions. Russia intends to project naval power into one of the most geopolitically complex regions of the world.
The new Naval Doctrine of the Russian Federation is very ambitious. At the same time, it speaks quite frankly about existing problems and bottlenecks. Now it's up to the performers and coordinators of the tasks. Whether Russia will become a truly great maritime power or trail behind the United States and China depends primarily on the organizers of the work.
Commentary by Ukrainian writer Roman Donik
[SiteUA] I have bad news for those who enjoy the post about the traitor in the Sands and suck it up. Welcome to reality. Maybe, finally, something will switch in your stupid heads and you will understand what is going on around you now. That every settlement we left we defended with the same effort. Every kilometer of the front, in 99 cases out of 100, was left just like that. And what was even worse.
Now with artillery is much better due to NATO calibers. It's just that when you scream that the enemy is still advancing, that there is still a threat of losing the state, then all of them are some kind of bullshit and scarecrows, and let's go around the political bullshit.
Once again for the particularly gifted. We have a full-scale war, which has not happened since World War II. We have problems with BC for artillery, and the fucking barrels of Soviet calibers. And there is nowhere to take it. The Russians have an advantage in artillery. In order to have an advantage in offensive artillery, we need more guns than all European NATO member countries have.
At our front, the M-777 155mm field gun is a priority target for the enemy. They are being hunted. If after a volley they find shells flying, then in two minutes a cluster package of BM-27 Uragan MRL flies there. Whole divisions of BM-27 Uragan MRL are hunting.
We have success in some areas, but it is all very unstable. Because this is due to the fact that the enemy transfers forces to other locations. Understand it all. We hit warehouses, not because we are such humanists. And because it is the only way to reduce pressure on the front line. Every day is a superhuman effort with losses at the front. What is wrong with you that you don't want to understand the obvious? The tape is like a solid obituary. Half of the contacts in the phone will never answer. Did you just wake up because of a post on Facebook?
Yes, there is cautious optimism that we have stopped the rapid advance, but we have to prepare day and night. Nothing has been decided yet. The existence of Ukraine is still under threat. And if someone thinks that this applies only to Donetsk, Luhansk, and perhaps partially Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions, I have some bad news - they will not stop. If we don't stop them. They still have resources. And there are enough camps in Siberia for everyone.
[ANNAHAR] German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday raised the possibility of keeping nuclear plants going as he accused Russia of blocking the delivery of a key turbine to throttle gas supplies to Europe.
The continent's biggest economy has been scrambling for energy sources to fill a gap left by a reduction in gas supplies from Moscow.
Standing next to the turbine, Scholz said that extending the lifetime of Germany's three remaining nuclear power plants "can make sense".
The power stations, which are set to be taken off the grid at the end of the year, were "relevant exclusively for electricity production, and only for a small part of it", Scholz said.
In total, the nuclear fleet accounts for six percent of Germany's electricity output.
The government has said it will await the outcome of a new "stress test" of the national electric grid before determining whether to stick with the long-planned phase-out.
- NUCLEAR SWITCH -
Former chancellor Angela Merkel ...chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom. Now they make faces at her for inundating the country with Moslem colonists... spectacularly decided to ditch atomic energy in 2011 following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.
Extending the lifetime of the plants has set off a heated debate in Germany, where nuclear power has been a source of controversy stretching back before Merkel's decision.
Germany has already moved to restart mothballed coal power plants to guard against an energy shortfall.
The squeeze comes as Russia dwindles supplies of gas, which Germany has long relied on to power industry and heat homes.
Russian energy giant Gazprom has chalked up limited supplies to technical issues.
The delayed return of a turbine from Canada, where the unit was being serviced, was behind the initial reduction in deliveries via the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in June, according to Gazprom.
Supplies via the energy link were further reduced to around 20 percent of capacity in late July, after Gazprom halted the operation of one of the last two operating turbines due to the "technical condition of the engine".
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...sparking fears climate goals will go up in smoke
Well it's either that or riots and famine.
Of course the greens would go along with the 'riots' part.
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"How dare you!"
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"A poll should be done to determine
The views of you Rooskies," sez Hermann,
"On whether it's brilliant
To breed more resilient
New cold, angry, coal-burning Germans."
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...chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as 
