[Politico] Where are all the Russian fans telling us that Russia-China-India-Israel will be the new World Power? You know who you are ;-)
The Russian central bank forecasted that the country's economy will shrink by between 4 percent and 6 percent this year and by between 1 percent and 4 percent in 2023, before returning to positive growth in 2024.
The Finance Ministry last month said the economy shrank by 4 percent in the second quarter, after growing 3.5 percent in the previous three months.
The contraction is a sign that unprecedented restrictions imposed by the EU, the U.S. and other countries supporting Ukraine are starting to bite, according to observers.
Sanctions targeting Russia's energy exports led to a rise in energy prices, which partly cushioned their impact, along with emergency measures by Moscow aimed at maintaining a strong currency.
But bans on technology shipments ground manufacturing to a halt, and the downturn is likely to continue in 2023, as an EU ban on most of Russia's oil exports kicks in at the end of the year, restricting export revenues which have been the lifeline of Russia's economy.
The Kyiv School of Economics recently wrote that once its oil and gas revenues fall, "Russia will then face a difficult choice between high inflation and tighter policy. In either scenario, its capacity to support its economy and prosecute its imperial war of aggression in Ukraine will be significantly impaired," it said.
Separately, Russia's National Settlement Depository on Friday filed a lawsuit with the Court of Justice of the EU in Luxembourg seeking to lift sanctions imposed on it by the bloc, arguing that they are "unlawful and unjustified" and that "international investors have suffered as a result." Russia has already entered a technical default by missing a bond payment deadline in June, citing force majeure and arguing its inability to pay was due to Western sanctions.
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So we are winning and Russia is near collapse says the last idiot. There is always a last idiot.
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2024... who knows what'll happen by 2024? The condition of the world as volatile as it is, no one can bet on anything. Or against. There are just too many variables. One thing is for sure. Idiots support globalists and the wise are in favour of strong, closed border sovereign nation states. And idiots being in abundance, globalists will probably keep on plodding toward total dominion, laying waste to whatever our ancestors have painstakingly built.
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^ Good comment, Dron. A trifle pessimistic for my tastes, but a good comment.
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The entire world economy is under pressure from inflation, loss of materials due to the war, etc. Russia isn't special in this. However, they sure as fuck won't starve to death either.
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You left out Latin America, Africa, Vietnam, Arab world, Cambodia and Laos. The shift has begun in a big way. With extreme weather in EU and winter fast approaching I look for Germany and France to buckle(Norway has cut gas to EU and one other cut gas I believe Algeria, Australia is in there somewhere). Returning lands to Poland will be a major move for Putin. As always to the victor will go the spoils. The dog bites both masters.
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There are no real environmentalists, anyway. Except for the good folks that plant trees, research innovative cultivation and actually non-destructive forms of industry, fight against poaching and deforestation etc. Unfortunately the globalists do not endorse those. No, for them environmentalists only mean mercenary eco-terrorists and law-farers and uncouth, dishonest academics trying to strong arm administrations and economies.
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[RIA Novosti] The coordinates of the burial place, presumably civilians, were found in the diary of the British mercenary Andrew Hill, who was taken prisoner by the Russian military during an operation in Ukraine, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.
"East or south. Mass grave of 280 civilians (with coordinates 50.521318; 30.204626). <...> There is still no income, savings are drying up," it is written on one of the pages of the diary, which the agency reporter managed to get acquainted with.
According to Google online maps , the specified coordinates correspond to the address: Ukraine , Kiev region , between the cities of Irpin and Bucha , possibly Vokzalnaya Street (VAGZALNAJA) in Irpen.
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[Vesti] The enemy's losses in manpower are growing. “In this regard, the command of the Russian Federation is expanding the practice of postponing the rotation of advanced units for an indefinite period without their additional staffing. All this has a significant impact on the morale and psychological state of Russian servicemen and so-called volunteers and worsens their motivation ,” the General Staff report says. as of 18:00 Friday, August 12.
In the Volyn and Polesye directions, the situation has not undergone significant changes. According to available information, on August 11 this year, the readiness of the combat control and warning system of the Armed Forces of Belarus was checked.
In the Seversk direction , the enemy continues to hold units in the border areas of the Bryansk and Kursk regions in order to tie down the actions of units of the Defense Forces. The enemy fired artillery at Oleksandrivka in the Chernihiv region, as well as Yuryevo, Belopolye, Atynskoye and Yastrebinoye in the Sumy region. The rotation of units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, performing tasks in the border areas of the Kursk and Belgorod regions, continues.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy fired from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Udy, Odnorobovka, Prudyanka, Slatino, Dementievka, Novoe, Pitomnik, Russian Lozovaya, Russian and Cherkassy Tishki, Tsirkuny, Chernyaki, Petrovka, Shestakov, Mospanovo, Kutuzovka , Lesnoye, Ivanovka, Gusarovka, Lebyazhe, Korobochkino, Slobozhanskoye and Chepil. The enemy used assault and army aviation for strikes near Verkhny Saltov, Rtishchevka, Ukrainka and Bayrak.
In the Slavic direction, the occupiers had a fire influence on the positions of the Defense Forces near Bolshaya Kamyshevakha, Dmitrovka, Dibrovnoye, Vernopolye, Rodnoy, Protopopovka, Mazanovka, Bogorodichny, Nortsovka, Krasnopolye and Dolyna. Air strikes were carried out near Zaliman. The enemy tried to conduct offensive battles in the directions of Apiary - Bogorodichne and Quiet - Dolina. He was rebuffed and fled.
In the Kramatorsk direction , shelling was recorded near Seversk, Zvonovka, Verkhnekamensky, Grigorievka and Raygorodok. The enemy's attempt to conduct reconnaissance in force in the direction of Belogorovka - Grigorovka failed .
In the Bakhmut direction , the invaders used tanks and various-caliber artillery for fire impact in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Soledar, Ivano-Daryevka, Vyemka, Disputed, Yakovlevka, Kodema, Vershina, Zaitsevo and Vasyukovka. Airstrikes were recorded near Vyemka, Ivano-Daryevka, Disputed, Yakovlevka, Soledar and Bakhmutsky. The invaders tried to conduct reconnaissance near Spirne. Ukrainian soldiers inflicted a fire defeat and neutralized the enemy. With offensive and assault actions, the Russian invaders unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our units and advance in the directions of the settlements of Spirne, Ivano-Daryevka, Vyemka, Yakovlevka, Kodema, Vershina and Zaitsevo. They suffered losses and retreated chaotically. Fighting continues in some areas.
In the direction of Pokrovskoye - Bakhmut, the enemy had a partial success, trying to gain a foothold .
In the Avdeevka direction , shelling continued near Maryinka, Vodyanoye, Netailovoye, Avdeevka, Peski, Krasnogorovka and Novobakhmutovka. The enemy launched airstrikes not far from Krasnogorovka, Maryinka, Vodiane and Avdeevka. All enemy assault attempts in the areas of Spartak, Peskov and Maryinka were suppressed by our defenders and the invaders were driven back to their previous positions.
In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions , the enemy’s fiery influence was recorded near Novomikhailovka, Shevchenko, Novoyakovlovka, Velikaya Novoselka, Vladimirovka, Ugledar, Novopol, Preobrazhenka, Vremevka, Novoselka, Green Field, Novodanilovka, Kamensky, Novoandreevka, Gulyaipol. Enemy aircraft operated near Ugledar and Novomikhailovka. The Russians were advancing in the direction of Yegorovka - Pavlovka. The enemy is stopped and thrown back.
In the Yuzhnobuzhsky direction, the invaders fired at the positions of our troops from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery along the line of collision. Air strikes were carried out in the areas of Osokorovka, Andreevka, Blagodatny, Novogrigorievka, Lozovoye, Mirny, Bruskinsky and Veliky Artakovo. The enemy is trying to restore the combat readiness of the units that suffered losses during combat operations in the indicated direction.
In the waters of the Black and Azov Seas , two carriers of sea-based cruise missiles are ready for use .
August 12 is the 170th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine .
Not exactly a short, victorious war...
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.
[Vesti] The pace of advancement of Russian troops in the Donetsk region will not allow them to take Bakhmut, Seversk and other cities. At least, this is the opinion of Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the President's Office, who voiced his opinion on the air of Feygin LIVE.
"The pace, scale and price for this promotion are such that they will not allow them to take Bakhmut, Seversk and other cities. All this, at best, will end in the vicinity of these cities. There will be no repetition of Lisichansk and Severodonetsk ," the adviser said, talking about what happened on the fronts in Ukraine on Friday, August 12.
In general, as Arestovich notes, the strategic initiative in the war passed to the Ukrainian army. " In this war, paradoxically, the transition of the strategic initiative to Ukraine was marked by two news. Three, in fact, but I won't say anything about the third. The first is the return of McDonald's to Ukraine. You can laugh at it or not. And the second is the destruction Russian regiment in Saki ," he said. And in the future, it may happen that it will no longer be the Russian command, but the Ukrainian command, that will dictate what is happening with the objects and the territory held, Arestovich believes.
"The Ukrainian army proved back in 2014 that it knows how to liberate cities without destroying the civilian population. Simply by forcing the enemy to leave. Just like we liberated Bucha, Gostomel and Irpin. They just started to go around left and right and they, in order not to get hit troops were immediately withdrawn into the encirclement. Without an assault. Something similar could happen with Energodar, with Kherson, with many places , "said the adviser to the head of the President's Office.
[Vesti] August 12 is the 170th 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 .
2:00 am . Donetsk region . Kramatorsk was hit by 11 rocket attacks . Destroyed houses in the private sector.
2:50 . Kharkov region . Kharkov was under rocket fire . There were 5 explosions in three districts of the city. An educational institution in the Slobodsky district suffered. During the day, 5 people were injured in the region, one from a mine explosion. A woman died.
5:20 . Nikolaev region . Shelling was recorded in the vicinity of the village. Parutino of the Kutsurub community, no casualties.
8:00 a.m. Dnipropetrovsk region . Three people were injured in the night shelling of Marganets , including a 12-year-old boy. About 40 shells from the Grad MLRS were fired at the city . 4 multi-storey buildings and several private houses, a local factory, a printing house, a shop and a cafe were damaged. Artillery hit Nikopol: four private houses were damaged. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties.
8:00 a.m. Donetsk region . Two men died in Kurakhovo due to shelling . The bodies were pulled out from under the rubble of houses, one woman was saved. Search and rescue work continues.
Nikolaev region . The woman died as a result of shelling of the village of Bereznegovatoe on August 11. The shelling provoked a fire in a residential building in the Ship District of Nikolaev, there were no casualties. In the Shevchenko community, two residential buildings were destroyed, no casualties were reported.
9:00 a.m. The main thing from the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the morning of August 12:
in the Kramatorsk direction, the Russian forces launched an offensive in the directions of Verkhnekamensky and Ivano-Daryevka, unsuccessfully;
at Bakhmut, as a result of an offensive in the direction of Gorlovka - Zaitsevo, the Russians were partially successful;
The RF Armed Forces conducted offensive battles in the directions of the settlements of Ivano-Daryevka, Vyimka, Bakhmut, Veselaia Dolina and Kodema, without success. After the regrouping, the Russians resumed the offensive on Kodema, the fighting continues; offensive battles continued in the areas of Spartak and Marinka, they were repulsed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At Pesok there are fights.
10:00 a.m. British intelligence reports that at least five Russian Su-24 fighters and three Su-30 multipurpose aircraft were destroyed or seriously damaged as a result of explosions at an airfield in Crimea. Despite severe damage, the airfield remains operational.
10:20 am . Donetsk region . In the "DPR" they report that the mine is de-energized. Zasyadko . There are 109 people underground.
10:40 am . Zaporozhye region . New rules are being introduced for travel to the occupied territories of Ukraine through the Zaporozhye region . From now on, the application for departure must be submitted exclusively in electronic form using the updated form. You cannot make changes to an already submitted application. Departure to the temporarily occupied territory, as well as the movement of goods is carried out as part of columns through a checkpoint in the village of Kamenskoye. Trucks with a mass of more than 3.5 tons and buses designed for more than 20 seats, except for evacuation ones, are not allowed in the convoy.
11:00 am . New M270 systems from Great Britain arrived in Ukraine.
Zaporozhye region . An explosion occurred in uncontrolled Melitopol. According to preliminary information, an improvised explosive device went off in one of the courtyards on Gogol Street.
11:30 am . The Budget Committee of the Rada approved a bill to increase state budget spending by UAH 270 billion through domestic borrowing. Of this amount, 241 billion is intended for the Ministry of Defense. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will receive UAH 23 billion, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense - UAH 2.2 billion, and the SBU - UAH 2.5 billion. It is also planned to allocate UAH 12 billion to Naftogaz for the purchase of gas using credit funds from the Canadian government.
11:40 am . Zaporozhye region . The Russian-appointed "authorities" of the Zaporozhye region said they could mothball the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant . Also, the plan to "save the nuclear power plant" provides for the withdrawal of energy flows to territories not controlled by Ukraine.
11:50 am . Odessa region . The fifth caravan of cargo ships left the Black Sea ports of Ukraine. Dry cargo ships Sormovskiy 121 and Star Laura with over 60 thousand tons of agricultural products on board are sent to the ports of destination.
12:50 pm . Zaporozhye region . During the explosion in Melitopol, one of the leaders of the United Russia election headquarters, Oleg Shestak, was blown up. He is considered a close associate of the Russian-appointed "head of administration" of the Zaporozhye region, Yevgeny Balitsky.
13:20 . The British Ministry of Defense publishes an up-to-date map of hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.
The bodies of 522 military men who were on the lists of the missing were returned to Ukraine . The scheme provides that Ukraine sends a request about the battlefields where the dead Ukrainians may be, the Russian side is looking for them, picks them up and transfers them to Ukraine. Negotiations on the exchange with the Russian Federation are being conducted through the Red Cross.
14:00 . The issue of crossing the border by students of foreign universities must be resolved in the coming days. 50 people's deputies sent a corresponding appealto Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
14:15 . Donetsk region . All miners de-energized mine them. Zasyadko in uncontrolled Donetsk was raised to the surface. There were no casualties.
15:20 . Kherson region . In the temporarily uncontrolled Novaya Kakhovka , explosions occurred in the area of the hydroelectric power station . The blow was confirmed by the "authorities" appointed by the Russian Federation. They said that there are hits, but they are not critical.
16:30 . Schools in Kyiv will no longer study Russian. This is stated in the letter of the permanent commission on education and science, family, youth and sports of the capital city council.
17:00 . Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted a bill to the Verkhovna Rada on extending martial law and mobilization.
17:20 . Donetsk region . In uncontrolled Gorlovka, a fire broke out on the territory of the Stirol plant.
18:30 Operational summary of the General Staff at 18:00 Friday, August 12, main:
In the Slavic direction, the enemy tried to conduct offensive battles in the directions of Apiary - Bogorodichne and Quiet - Dolina. He was rebuffed and fled.
In the Kramatorsk direction , an attempt by the enemy to conduct reconnaissance in force in the direction of Belogorovka - Grigorovka failed .
In the Bakhmut direction, the invaders tried to conduct reconnaissance near Spirne, but were repulsed. With offensive and assault actions, the Russian invaders unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our units and advance in the directions of the settlements of Spirne, Ivano-Daryevka, Vyemka, Yakovlevka, Kodema, Vershina and Zaitsevo. Fighting continues in some areas .
In the direction of Pokrovskoye - Bakhmut, the enemy had a partial success, trying to gain a foothold .
In the Avdeevka direction , all enemy assault attempts in the areas of Spartak, Peskov and Maryinka were suppressed by our defenders and the invaders were driven back to their previous positions.
In the Zaporozhye direction , the Russians advanced in the direction of Yegorovka - Pavlovka. The enemy is stopped and thrown back.
19:30 Russian troops attacked Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region and the area in Zaporozhye. In Kramatorsk, the private sector was under attack. According to preliminary information, there are victims, Mayor Alexander Goncharenko said. In Zaporozhye, 5 rockets were fired at the regional center. The head of the Zaporizhia OVA, Starukh, reports that infrastructure facilities in the Shevchenkovsky district of the regional center have been destroyed. A fire broke out. While it is known about one wounded woman .
20:05 After the end of the air raid in the Nikolaev region, they announced a downed enemy missile. According to the head of the Nikolaev OVA, Vitaly Kim, the air defense forces managed to shoot down a Russian missile over Domanevka.
21:20 The head of the Donetsk OVA, Pavel Kirilenko, specified: as a result of the evening shelling of Kramatorsk by the Russian troops , at least two people were killed, and 13 more were injured . In addition, at least 20 houses were damaged by shelling, and a fire broke out in the private sector. Police and rescuers are on the scene.
22:20 The Armed Forces of Ukraine today hit the fourth and last bridge in the Kherson region, which the enemy used to transfer equipment to the right-bank part. This was said by the deputy of the Kherson regional council Khlan, alas, he did not specify which bridge he was talking about.
22:30 As a result of today's shelling of Zaporozhye , one woman died from her injurieson the way to the hospital. Two more people with shrapnel wounds were hospitalized and receive medical care in the hospital, said the acting director. Mayor of Zaporozhye Anatoly Kurtev.
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[Korrespondent] 23:43 The United States did not give Ukraine weapons with which it could strike at the Saki airfield in Crimea, said a representative of the US Department of Defense at a closed briefing for the American media, Voice of America correspondent Jeff Seldin reports. He added that Washington does not have any data that would indicate that the airfield was hit by missiles.
23:08 Zelensky said in an evening video message that after everything that the occupiers have done in Ukraine, there can be only one attitude towards Russia - as a terrorist state. This also applies to the citizens of the Russian Federation: “There must be a guarantee that Russian murderers and accomplices of state terror will not use the Schengen. You can’t destroy the very idea of Europe, our common European values. That is, you can’t turn Europe into a supermarket in which it doesn’t matter who enters, the main thing is that a person simply pays for the goods.
22:50 About 350,000 residents remain in the Donetsk region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said. He stressed that the authorities are urging them to evacuate, since during the heating period they will be able to provide heat only to slightly more than 200 thousand people. More than 1.7 million people lived in the Donetsk region before the invasion, Kirilenko said.
Since the announcement by the authorities of mandatory evacuation, more than 4,000 people have left. Kirilenko hopes that before the onset of cold weather, the number of inhabitants will decrease to 235,000: “We are counting on this figure, given the state of the electrical networks in residential buildings.
22:44 As a result of today's shelling of Zaporozhye, one person was killed, two were hospitalized, said Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the City Council.
22:12 The invaders have placed another military base in the center of Melitopol, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. According to him, this time the Russians are located on the territory of the hospital, where they hide behind the backs of civilians.
22:07 The "authorities" of the occupied Kherson region, without waiting for the "referendum", began issuing license plates for cars with a new region code - "184", said Yury Sobolevsky, first deputy head of the regional council.
22:04 Deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Serhiy Khlan said that today the Armed Forces of Ukraine "hit the last - the fourth bridge connecting the right and left banks." According to him, the Russians no longer have any opportunity to fully transfer their equipment.
22:00 Borrell said that Russia should immediately return full control of the ZNPP to its rightful sovereign owner - Ukraine: "The Zaporozhye facility cannot be used as part of any military operation. I support the call for the demilitarization of the territory, starting with the complete withdrawal of Russian troops, and I urge IAEA to visit him."
21:55 The ship BRAVE COMMANDER under the flag of Lebanon has moored in the port of Yuzhny, Minister of Infrastructure Alexander Kubrakov said. According to him, in the near future, 23,000 tons of grain will be loaded onto the ship, after which it will go to Ethiopia. This will be the first batch of grain since the start of the grain corridor, which will go to Africa.
20:47 As a result of today's strike of the Russians on Kramatorsk, at least two people were killed, 13 were injured. The shelling damaged at least 20 houses, a fire started in the private sector, said the head of the OVA, Pavel Kirilenko.
20:21 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the offensive of the Russians in Slavyansky, Avdeevsky, Novopavlovsky, and also partially in the Bakhmut direction, at the same time, the enemy had partial success in the Pokrovskoye-Bakhmut direction, the General Staff reports in the evening report .
20:14 The Russians fired five missiles at Zaporozhye tonight, the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh said. Infrastructure facilities in the Shevchenkovsky district of the regional center were destroyed, a fire broke out. So far, one person is known to have been injured.
19:45 Russian invaders have mined the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and are shelling it from the MLRS. Experts told what consequences this could have and what Russia is striving for. Read more in the material What happens at the ZNPP.
19:42 The Russians attacked Kramatorsk, the private sector suffered. According to preliminary information, there are casualties, said the mayor of the city Alexander Goncharenko.
19:36 Air defense shot down a rocket over Domanevka of the Nikolaev area, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported.
19:11 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with the Pope: "He informed about the aggression that the Russian Federation is committing against Ukraine, about the terrible crimes of Russia. We are grateful to the pontiff for praying for Ukraine. Our people need the support of world spiritual leaders who must inform world the truth about the horrors that the aggressor commits in Ukraine."
18:48 In Kharkiv, schools will not open on September 1 - schoolchildren will study online, the mayor of the city Igor Terekhov said on the air of the telethon: "Today there is a problem associated with first-graders, with those who go to the second grade. We will also try to teach them online. I can say that today about seven thousand little Kharkiv residents have enrolled in the first classes." Terekhov added that a game-based program might be developed for first-graders.
18:17 Residents of Kremenchug heard explosions - this is the liquidation of the remnants of previously downed missiles. There were no strikes on the city, Mayor Vitaly Maletsky said.
17:59 Zelensky submitted bills to the Rada on extending martial law and mobilization in Ukraine for 90 days - until November 21.
17:36 Vessels again began to enter the Ukrainian ports on the Danube through the mouth of Bystry. Shipping has resumed after clearance, according to data from the vessel-tracking service MarineTraffic. In particular, on the morning of August 12, four dry cargo ships set off from the anchorage near the Romanian Sulina to the ports of Izmail and Kili. Small bulk carriers of the river-sea type Black Sea, Sefora, Chelsea and Sofilarex follow to Ukrainian ports.
17:32 "The Supreme Court of the DPR" next week will consider the "case" of captured citizens of Britain, Sweden and Croatia who fought for Ukraine. Russian media report that on August 15 an open "trial" will be held as part of the consideration of the "case" against the Swede Gustavsson Matias, the Croat Prebeg Vekoslav, as well as the Brits John Harding, Hill Andrew and Healy Dylan. They face the death penalty.
17:27 Education in schools this year will be held in a mixed mode. Parents of students will choose the format of the visit themselves, and teachers will be able to make changes to the curriculum based on the situation, Minister of Education and Science Sergei Shkarlet said.
17:22 The Czech Republic will invite the EU countries to discuss the ban on Schengen visas for Russians at a meeting of foreign ministers to be held in Prague at the end of August. "In the context of Russian aggression, which the Kremlin continues to escalate, there can be no question of joint tourism for Russian citizens," Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said.
16:39 The Estonian Ministry of Defense announced that it is negotiating with Finland on the creation of a common missile defense system - this will allow closing the Gulf of Finland for Russian warships, the Baltic Sea will become NATO's inland sea.
15:40 In the occupied Genichesk, Kherson region, a man was trampled to death in line for a pension, said Sergey Khlan, deputy of the regional council. According to him, people from all over the area came to receive money, and because of the chaos, a tragedy occurred. The event became known from the Russian-appointed collaborator Sergei Mukhin.
15:21 The security and defense forces of Ukraine published a joint statement in which they called on the entire civilized world "to prevent the trial in Mariupol announced by the executioners of the Ukrainian defenders and defenders." The authors of the statement also demand that UN and ICRC representatives be immediately sent to places where Ukrainian prisoners of war are being held, primarily to Yelenovka. The security and defense forces emphasize that the operation to rescue the 2,500 defenders of Mariupol was the only possible option to save their lives.
15:09 In Kiev schools, Russian will not be taught even optionally, public figure and political expert Andrei Smolii said, citing a letter of response from the Kiev city administration to the youth club Dzhura. The request was sent on July 22. The Department of Education of the Kyiv City State Administration replied that the curriculum for 2022-2023 "does not provide for the teaching of subjects in Russian and the study of the Russian language as an optional course."
15:06 The "authorities" of the occupied Kherson region said that Ukrainian troops fired at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station from HIMARS - "in general, the missile attack was repelled, there are hits, but they are not critical." Meanwhile, local public reports report that the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck a bridge near the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.
14:38 German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Ukraine, German Ambassador Anka Feldhusen said in an interview with Ukrinform: “My colleagues in Germany are working on this, we talked about it. constant contact - this visit will be."
14:07 Russian occupiers in recent days have transferred dozens of battalion tactical groups from the east of Ukraine to the south. These are thousands of fighters and hundreds of pieces of equipment. The number and composition of the new grouping do not indicate a desire to keep the occupied territories during the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but to go on the offensive, experts say. It is assumed that Nikolaev, Zaporozhye and Krivoy Rog can become the targets of the invaders. For more details - in the material of the Russian Federation is preparing an offensive in the south: what are the prospects .
14:04 Russia daily loses up to 500 military dead and wounded, writes The New York Times, citing sources in the Biden administration and military experts.
14:01 The Turkish company Baykar plans not only to open a plant in Ukraine, but also to produce a new unmanned fighter Bayraktar Kizilelma, CEO Haluk Bayraktar said. According to him, the construction of a factory, a research center and an advanced production center has already begun on the territory of Ukraine.
13:56 If Russia arranges a nuclear catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhya NPP, then "Chernobyl will be flowers," Danilov said: "This is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, there are six power units. decide to blow it up."
13:48 In Chernivtsi, a monument to a Soviet soldier was dismantled, which stood on Cathedral Square in the city center. The city council promised not to destroy him, but "to move him to where he belongs." The decision to dismantle was made after public consultations.
13:45 Ukraine is asking the United States for ammunition for HIMARS, various types of howitzers in addition to the M777 already received, as well as reconnaissance drones Switchblade, Phoenix Ghost and Puma, Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova said in an interview with Bloomberg.
13:40 Gazprom, through the Serbian company NIS Gazprom Neft, tried to block the passage of Ukrainian ships on the Danube, the company managed to obtain a pre-trial decision to arrest the fleet, said Dmitry Moskalenko, general director of the Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company.
13:26 Obtaining a Russian passport gives reason to classify a person as collaborators and accomplices of the aggressor, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said.
13:12 The Netherlands joined the UK-led training program for Ukrainian military personnel. The Dutch personnel will begin their mission as early as August, Reznikov said.
12:47 From September, Kazakhstan will start selling part of its oil through Azerbaijan's oil pipeline, Reuters writes. Prior to this, almost 100% of the volume was transported through the Russian Federation.
12:28 Explosions are heard in the Brovary district of the Kiev region - this is a planned destruction of ammunition, Mayor Igor Sapozhko said.
12:09 Amnesty International called on the UN Security Council to hold Russia accountable for the seizure of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by its troops.
12:03 In Mariupol, after the explosions in the Crimea, all the families of the military occupiers urgently left the coast from the village. Melekino to the village B. Kosa, and Gauleiter Ivashchenko increased the number of his bodyguards from four to seven. "Fear reigns among the collaborators and the top of the Mariupol occupiers," wrote Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city. He also said that the Mariupol port "froze" - the promised ferry had never entered it yet.
11:59 Putin today is holding an operational meeting with members of the Security Council, on the agenda "security issues in the literal sense of the word - in the military direction," the speaker is Shoigu, Russian media write.
11:50 In Melitopol, one of the leaders of the election headquarters of United Russia, the head of the propaganda department for working with the media, Oleg Shostak, was blown up today. As the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov said, this is a close person to Gauleiter Yevgeny Balitsky. Fedorov did not elaborate on the details of the incident.
Also, the mayor of Melitopol said that earlier this week the main headquarters of United Russia on B. Khmelnitsky Avenue was blown up. Last week, they burned down the house of a collaborator - a cohabitant of the occupying commandant of one of the villages of the Melitopol region, and also cut two henchmen of the occupying "power" with a knife.
11:33 Russia is preparing provocations for the Independence Day of Ukraine and against Zelensky, NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said on Channel 24: "They do this all the time. We go through a lot of such things, we work ahead of the curve. We also have information about the enemy's plans for almost all directions".
11:15 The "authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye region are planning to mothball the nuclear power plant. Volodymyr Rogov, a member of the "main council of the administration," said that the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant had led to "minimal loads, soon Ukraine will not receive anything, we will save the nuclear power plant, conserve it."
11:09 The Finnish branch of Amnesty International said it lost about 400 donors after the international organization published a scandalous report on the AFU.
11:06 New M270 multiple launch rocket systems from Great Britain arrived in Ukraine, Reznikov said. "More 'gifts' will arrive soon," the minister added.
10:39 The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Emergency Service are discussing a scenario for the evacuation of people living around the Zaporizhzhya NPP due to the lack of proper control over the plant, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said.
10:37 In the "DPR" they said that the mine was de-energized. Zasyadko, there are 109 people underground.
10:33 Ukraine calls on the United States to impose sanctions against all private banks in the Russian Federation, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova told Bloomberg. She submitted the corresponding request to the Ministry of Finance of the country.
10:05 In Starobelsk, Luhansk region, a car exploded with a collaborator, whom the occupiers appointed "the head of the MREO," said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. Local media write that it is about Askyar Laishev. The driver managed to get out of the car and was taken to the hospital.
09:46 Yermak and Zaluzhny had a telephone conversation with Biden's national security adviser Jacob Sullivan, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, and US Under Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kahl. We discussed the possibilities of optimizing logistics corridors and exchanged views on the prospects for intensifying the dialogue.
09:28 In Melitopol, a powerful explosion has just thundered in one of the courtyards of Gogol Street. According to preliminary information, an improvised explosive device went off. According to local residents, after the explosion, ambulances drove towards the microdistrict, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said.
09:17 The Russians launched rocket attacks on Kharkov at night, an educational institution in the Slobodsky district was damaged, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Over the past day, the occupiers also shelled the Chuguevsky, Kharkov, Izyum and Lozovsky regions. One person died, four were injured. Also in the Kupyansky district, a tractor driver was blown up by a mine.
09:12 As a result of attacks of settlement Bereznegovatoe of the Nikolaev area one person was lost, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported. In the morning, as a result of the shelling of the Ship district of Nikolaev, a fire broke out in a residential building, there were no casualties.
09:10 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 12. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.
personnel - about 43,200 (+200) people liquidated,
tanks - 1849 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 4108 (+8),
artillery systems - 975 (+1),
MLRS - 261 (+0),
air defense systems - 136 (+2),
aircraft - 233 (+1),
helicopters - 193 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 778 (+6),
cruise missiles - 185 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 3021 (+3),
special equipment - 90 (+0).
09:06 Mayor of Kramatorsk Alexander Goncharenko reported 11 missile attacks on the city this night. Houses in the private sector were destroyed, there were no reports of casualties.
09:04 Two vessels with Ukrainian grain left Chernomorsk and Yuzhny on the morning of August 12, the Turkish Defense Ministry reports. The final destination of the Sormovsky vessel is the Turkish port of Tekirdag, while Star Laura is heading to Iran.
08:51 British intelligence reports that at least five Su-24 fighters and three Su-30 multipurpose aircraft were destroyed or seriously damaged in Crimea. The Saki airfield itself was severely damaged, but is likely to remain operational. At the same time, analysts note that the loss of eight combat aircraft is an insignificant part of the entire fleet of Russian military aviation. But if earlier Crimea was considered by the Russian command as a safe rear, then after the explosions this concept will be revised.
08:40 In the Donetsk region, seven civilians died as a result of hostilities in a day: three in Bakhmut, two in Kurakhovo, one each in Maryinka and Avdeevka. Another 14 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:34 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that the Russian 64th separate guards motorized rifle brigade of the 35th combined arms army was probably destroyed in battle as part of the Kremlin's attempts to cover up war crimes committed by it in the Kiev region. Earlier, journalists reported that almost the entire composition of this brigade was killed.
08:24 In Marganets, Dnipropetrovsk region, as a result of night enemy shelling, three people were injured, two of them are in the hospital. Among the hospitalized is a 12-year-old boy, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
08:03 As a result of the offensive in the direction of Gorlovka-Zaitsevo, the Russian army has a partial success. Also, after the regrouping, the invaders resumed their attack on the village of Kodema, Bakhmut district, the General Staff reports in the morning report .
06:47 Forbes calculated the cost of destroyed Russian aircraft at the Saki airfield in Crimea. Prior to the explosions, Russian aircraft worth $650-850 million were stationed there. According to preliminary data, eight Su-27s, four Su-30SMs, five Su-24s, six Mi-8s and one Il-20 were destroyed. It cost Russia about $380 million, the newspaper writes.
01:43 At a meeting of the UN Security Council, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation Vasily Nebenzya spoke out against the demilitarization of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant: “The demilitarization of the plant can make it vulnerable to those who want to visit it. Nobody knows what their goals and objectives will be. We cannot rule out any provocations, terrorist attacks on a station that we must protect."
00:18 Ukraine put forward three conditions for the admission of the IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye NPP to Russia. They were announced at a meeting of the UN Security Council by Plenipotentiary Sergei Kislitsa:
Russia must accept the IAEA mission without any conditions.
The Russian Federation undertakes not to obstruct the passage of the mission on the part of Ukraine, as well as to clear mines from the nuclear power plant and approaches to it.
Withdraw troops, weapons and equipment from the station.
00:07 Swedish Defense Minister Peter Gulkvist, after a donor conference for Ukraine in Copenhagen, did not rule out that Stockholm could join the production of weapons for Kiev.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 20:17 Borrell said he supports the call for the demilitarization of the zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. 19:36 Residents of Zaporozhye report explosions. Details are being clarified.
18:54 Chinese Foreign Ministry on the main culprit of the war in Ukraine: "As the initiator and main culprit of the Ukrainian crisis, Washington, imposing unprecedented comprehensive sanctions against Russia, continues to supply weapons and military equipment to Ukraine," Minister Wang Yi.
18:38 The office of President Zelensky issued a command to withdraw local administrations, military registration and enlistment offices from Zaporozhye, Nikolaev and the cities and towns of Donbass and take out all the documentation.
15:24 Another Ukrainian colonel has been destroyed. It became known about the liquidation of the Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Igor Oleksyuk. This was reported by the Mukachesky city administration. The unit in which Oleksyuk served is still unknown.
14:48 The Russian Historical Society will work in Melitopol.
14:24 Arrival is reported in Nova Kakhovka, in the area of the hydroelectric power station.
13:26 Zaporozhye NPP was fired upon by foreign missiles: the authorities of the region published evidence with fragments of a GMLRS rocket launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine at Energodar. This indicates the involvement of the West in Zelensky's nuclear terrorism
13:02 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (12.08.2022)
The personnel of the 23rd battalion of the brigade in full strength left their combat positions without permission and departed for the rear areas. Up to 100 militants and nine units of military equipment were destroyed by a high-precision strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces at the temporary deployment point of the 28th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Novogrigorievka, Nikolaev region.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery continue to strike at military facilities on the territory of Ukraine.
Destroyed: a fuel depot for Ukrainian military equipment in the Kurakhovo region of the Donetsk People's Republic, six ammunition depots in the areas of Velikoe Artakovo in the Nikolaev region, Zaliman in the Kharkov region, Kramatorsk, Zaitsevo, Krasnogorovka and Avdiivka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the area of the settlement of Chasov Yar of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the US-made AN/MPQ-64 counterbattery radar supplied by the USA to the Kyiv regime.
As part of the counterbattery fight, four platoons of BM-21 multiple launch rocket systems were suppressed in the settlements of Shirokoye and Velikaya Aleksandrovka in the Kherson region.
In addition, two Haimars multiple rocket launchers were shot down in the air near Novaya Kakhovka and four Olkha MLRS near Chernobaevka, Kherson region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 267 aircraft, 146 helicopters, 1,732 unmanned aerial vehicles, 365 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,293 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 797 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,290 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 4,844 units of special military vehicles.
12:48 Fragments of American high-precision GMLRS missiles launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant were found in Energodar.
12:17 Regarding the statements that the Russian Aerospace Forces are not working enough in Ukraine. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says that the number of Russian airstrikes has doubled over the past week - Colonelcassad.
11:10 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine says that Britain has transferred to Ukraine several more M270 MLRS (caliber 227mm with a range of 40-80km, depending on the missiles used).
11:02 One of the Ukrainian shells during yesterday's shelling fell 10 meters from the nuclear waste storage facility at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant - a member of the main council of the administration of the Rogov region.
10:55 Statements by the authorities of the Zaporozhye region about the shelling of the ZNPP:
— On the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP, from the point of view of nuclear safety, everything is in order, the level of radiation does not exceed the norm;
- Zaporozhye NPP received non-critical damage during the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- Only thanks to the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the reactor at the Zaporozhye NPP has not yet been destroyed by the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- Ukrainian militants are deliberately trying to provoke a catastrophe;
- One of the shells of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fell only 10 meters from the radioactive waste storage site after the last shelling;
- The authorities of the Zaporozhye region have identified those involved in the shelling of the nuclear power plant.
10:25 Russia doubled the number of airstrikes on Ukrainian military positions compared to the previous week
This was stated by Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexei Gromov at a briefing.
10:10 Ukraine shelled the village of Sverdlikovo in the Sudzhansky district, - Russian media, citing the regional governor Starovoit.
08:11 Crews of Su-35S fighters continue to destroy military targets of the enemy, using a wide range of aviation weapons. To destroy the aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroy radar stations, air defense systems, the crews use guided high-precision missiles of various air-to-air and air-to-surface classes. Departures for combat use are carried out in daylight and at night in all weather conditions.
#1
This good Russian man explains what most of us already knew about Russia, how it treats soldiers, how the state has stolen so much from the people they have trash equipment at times and how the state and their influence agents like Badanov lie to the people there and everywhere they exist. You can bet Badanov gets his paycheck just like he was promised:
#2
Why do you so resolutely ignore all the articles badanov posts every day from the Ukrainian side, Omineling Forkbeard1962? Those cheering on Team Russia can be equally indignant, and equally as stupidly wrong in all particulars.
#8
If we can love the Daily Mail for their over-the-top headlines, celebrity T&A, and their (alleged) connection with MI6, we can love badanov for being a paid agent for the Rus. It is what it is.
But, wait! What if he is *also* a paid Ukrainian agent? That would explain the articles from both sides. Wheels within wheels, my friend.
Hey, this is like that samurai movie, Yojimbo, about a guy working for two criminal gangs at the same time; the one that director Sergei Leone made into a western, A Fist Full of Rubles.
Now, pass me the bong.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:45 The result of today's shelling of the DPR is that three civilians were killed, ten were injured. "NATO" 155mm artillery continues to work. The bulk of the arrivals are for residential development. 22:31 The cleanup of the village of Peski in the DPR has reached the finish line. Defenders of Donbass liquidate the last pockets of resistance of Ukrainian militants.
22:00 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 12, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
- a man born in 1965 was wounded.
n.p. Gorlovka:
Nikitovsky district:
- a woman born in 1970 was wounded.
As of 10:00 p.m., the total number of civilian casualties from VFU attacks on August 12, 2022 amounted to 15 people (three died, 12 injured), including one person from the previously liberated settlement. Vladimirovka. The information continues to flow.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Kuibyshevsky district:
- st. Stepanenko, 25 - apartment building;
- st. Krenkelya, 36 - a private residential building;
- st. Shchedrin, 2 - a private residential building, the gas pipeline was damaged.
Petrovsky district:
- st. Wagner, 15 - apartment building.
n.p. Gorlovka:
pos. Zaitsevo:
- as a result of shelling, PFM "Lepestok
Kirovsky district:
- st. Lidievskaya, 24 - apartment building.
Kievsky district:
- st. Svetlova, 22 - a non-residential building, a fire was recorded.
As of today, as of 22:00, the enemy fired 321 ammunition of various types, including the BM-21 Grad MLRS, as well as artillery ammunition with a caliber of 15mm5, 152mm and 122mm.
21:52 NA Commission on Frontline Regions rendered assistance to more than 52,000 citizens in six months
For half a year, representatives of the commission held 56 gatherings of citizens, 13 public receptions and six meetings with labor collectives. In total they were visited by more than 4000 people.
19:11 A powerful blow was delivered to a target in occupied Kramatorsk, a column of smoke over the hit object. Local residents write that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are based in this area.
18:08 It is reported that the assault on Dzerzhinsk has begun. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted artillery preparation in this direction all day long.
17:55 Prikhodko: Unfortunately, as a result of the shelling of the city by Ukrainian militants in the village of Novogorlovka on the street. Tramway, 15 killed a civilian.
17:30 On August 15, a trial of five foreigners who fought for Ukraine is expected in the DPR.
17:22 Ukrainian troops fired at the Stirol chemical concern in Gorlovka (DNR). A fire started in the area.
17:20 As a result of hostilities, part of Donetsk was again left without power supply. In total, 180 transformer substations have been de-energized throughout the city. 27,900 subscribers in the Kirovsky, Leninsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of the city were left without electricity.
17:00 Since the very morning, Donbass is again under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine today. The blows fell on three mines at once: on the garage cooperative near the mine named after Kalinin, where, as a result, a fire broke out in the DOTEKHSNAB warehouse; aimed strikes de-energized the mine named after A.F. Zasyadko, where more than a hundred miners were blocked, but successfully raised to the surface; the third was the mine named after V.I. Lenin in Makeevka - here a canteen worker was injured, she was hospitalized in traumatology, and a master of the gas control service.
In addition, as a result of the shelling of Donetsk, there is a dead person - in the area of a house 20 along Gruzinskaya Street; two residents of the village of Aleksandrovka in Kuibyshev district of the city were injured. Nursery-garden No. 191 for children with speech impairment was fired here. Right now, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are attacking the Chernogvardeisky district of Makeevka, where 615 subscribers have been de-energized as a result of damage to the infrastructure.
16:37 Billboards with the image of the first DPR Alexander Zakharchenko appeared on the streets of the city of Raduzhny in the Tyumen region.
16:16 As a result of today's shelling of the VFU in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, two people were killed and two more civilians were injured.
16:07 In the DPR, 136 people were killed in a week, 589 were injured.
16:05 In the Kuibyshev region, as a result of the shelling, the following destructions were recorded:
- st. Coal, 11: the glazing, the fence, the car are damaged.
- st. Coal, 9: damaged glazing, fence.
16:00 In the Kirovsky district, as a result of a direct hit by VFU rounds, a private residential building on the street. Kollontai, 14 completely destroyed. In houses No. 9, 11 and 12, glazing, roofs and fences were damaged.
15:30 The minimum pension in the DPR and LPR has been increased to 10,000 rubles since July 1. The document establishes that from July 1 to December 31, 2022, the amount of the minimum pension payment, including in the event of the loss of a breadwinner, for each disabled family member, is 10,000 rubles.
15:08 Senior officer of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine, head of the combat training support group of the 142nd training center of the SSO of Ukraine (military unit A2772, Berdichev), Major Dmitry Padalko, was liquidated on August 7 by Russian troops in the Donbass.
14:13 Two workers of the Makiivka mine named after Lenin werewounded by the fire of Ukrainian militants The victims received the necessary medical care, there is no danger to their lives.
14:09 The Government of the LPR has set the minimum pension for residents of the Republic in the amount of 10,000 rubles. Recalculation of pensions will be made from July 1, 2022.
14:07 As a result of the shelling of Gorlovka by the armed formations of Ukraine, damage to residential buildings of varying degrees was additionally recorded at the following addresses:
settlement Bayrak, st. Astakhova, 42;
settlement Mashzavod im. Kirov:
st. Shchetinina, 77, 81, st. Korsunskaya, 57, 61, 70.
14:06 All the miners of the mine. Zasyadko in Donetsk, which remained underground due to shelling, were raised to the surface 30 minutes ago. There were no casualties.
14:05 As a result of the shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district, the MBDOU "Nursery-garden of a compensating type for children with speech impairment No. 191 in Donetsk" on the street. Zoological, 19. A direct hit by VFU rounds destroyed the roof and ceiling between the 1st and 2nd floors.
13:24 Two companies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine deserted from under Peski.
Against the background of the intensification of Russia's actions near Donetsk, there are reports of a sharp undermining of the moral and psychological state of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that held the defense in this area. So, on August 10, two companies from the 56th Brigade of the Ukrainian army arbitrarily decided to leave their combat positions.
13:00 VFU continues shelling the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka using 155mm NATO artillery.
12:32 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 12, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kalininsky district (Sigova st., 2 "a"):
(https://t.me/online_dnr_sckk/15406) ??- men born in 1963, 1964 were wounded.
Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
- de-energized (https://t.me/minuie/3552) 275 transformer substations, 33,604 subscribers without power supply.
Kievsky district:
(https://t.me/online_dnr_sckk/15399) - st. Verstovskogo 24 - a private residential building;
- the mine is de-energized. Zasyadko (VPS No. 1 trunk No. 2) there are 109 people underground.
Kuibyshevsky district:
(https://t.me/online_dnr_sckk/15402) - st. Town planners, 37 - a private residential building.
Kalininsky district:
(https://t.me/online_dnr_sckk/15406) ??- st. Sigova, 2 "a", 6 - ignition of the warehouse "DONTEHSNAB".
12:31 A lumber warehouse is on fire in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk
It was his poisonous black smoke that was mistaken for the ignition of the mine. Kalinin.
Now firefighters are fighting the fire, but due to strong winds, flammable materials inside and the lack of water in the city, the situation is not yet on the side of the special services.
12:18 Captured soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine asked Ramzan Kadyrov to save Ukraine.
Muslim Alkhazurov, a Chechen volunteer participating in the liberation of the DPR, said that the situation in Peski was successfully controlled by Russian units. He also showed another group of Ukrainian soldiers from the 56th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, taken prisoner in the Pesok area.
12:05 Thousands of people from Bashkiria are participating in the battles for Donbass. The guys, as always, are ready to stand as a wall for Russian statehood under any geopolitical circumstances. As you know, the Head of Bashkiria, Radiy Khabirov, was the first of the Russian governors to visit Donbass, he formed the two largest volunteer battalions among the regions. Therefore, in the Donbass and among the Bashkir fighters, he is respected.
11:33 From 11:00 under fire of VFU Kyiv district of Donetsk city
11:13 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of August 12, 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:
--up to 50 personnel;
--six armored personnel carriers;
--two artillery installations;
--four units of special automotive equipment;
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 11, they cleared more than 6 hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of the settlements of LYSICHANSKOE and BOROVSKOE. The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, are delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas. Representatives of the Popular Front, with the support of the NM of the LPR, delivered humanitarian kits and building materials for residents of the village. BOROVSKY.
Also, the Cossacks of the All-Great Don Army, together with the NM of the LPR, delivered more than 15 tons of humanitarian aid to residents of the settlement. Pervomaisk, Toshkovka and Gorskoye.
11:04 The situation in the village of Peski in the Donetsk direction is successfully controlled by Russian units - the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.
10:53 By the end of August, the Russian Federation plans to supply 100 ambulances to the DPR, and 83 to the LPR. In total, Russia plans to supply more than 380 ambulances to the LPR, DPR and the liberated territories of Zaporozhye, Kherson and Kharkiv regions.
This was stated by Deputy Director of the Department of Emergency Medical Assistance of the Ministry of Health Natalya Markaryan.
10:51 The mine named after Zasiadko in Donetsk is again de-energized as a result of shelling, 109 people are underground.
10:50 According to updated information, as a result of the hit of VFU rounds, the DOTEHSNAB warehouse caught fire on the street. Sigova, 2a in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk. Special services are on the scene.
10:43 APU got into a garage cooperative near the Kalinin mine.
10:33 A total of 129,000 sq.m. will appear in Mariupol next year of new housing. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Yevgeny Solntsev.
10:33 Ukrainian militants fired at the Kalininsky district of Donetsk from positions in Orlovka using artillery of 155mm caliber, under fire the area of ??the mine named after Kalinin, warehouses "Dontekh" on Sigova, 2a.
10:06 Donetsk mine Zasiadko is de-energized again due to shelling, 109 miners underground
A similar situation occurred on Thursday afternoon. By the evening the coal enterprise has earned in a regular mode.
09:40 Over the past 24 hours, the Mission reported 72 facts of firing by the AFU. In the Donetsk direction, the enemy used - BM-27 Uragan rocket artillery, artillery 155mm, 152mm and 122mm, and mortars 120mm.
On Yasinovatsky - artillery 155mm, 152mm and 122mm. On Gorlovsky - BM-27 Uragan rocket artillery", BM-21 rocket artillery, artillery 152mm, 122mm, mortars 120mm Having fired 452 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of thirteen settlements of the Republic: the capital city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts), Golmovsky, Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Central City and Kalininsky districts), Novobakhmutovka, Zaitsevo, Panteleymonovka, Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district) , Yasinovataya, Mineralnoe, Veseloe, Novonikolaevka, Staromikhaylovka, Yelenovka. Over the past day, information was received about the death of four civilians in Staromikhailivka and Gorlovka.
Wounds of varying severity were received by seven civilians in the Kirovsky, Petrovsky, Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya, Gorlovka.
A total of 47 housing constructions were damaged in Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka, Gorlovka, Zaitsevo, Aleksandrovka, Yasinovataya, as well as seven civil infrastructure facilities.
09:07 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Rozovka - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: fired 10 mines in 120mm caliber.
09:05 The Ukrainian Armed Forces leave Nagornoye and take all their weapons with them after the significant successes of the People's Militia fighters - Andrey Marochko, representative of the NM LPR. He also added that Ukrainian fighters are retreating to Soledar.
08:50 In the morning, they report the retreat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Nagorny (near the Soledar-Lysichansk highway, between Belogorovka and Berestov).
08:30 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Valentinovka - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: fired 8 mines in 120mm caliber.
08:00 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kirov district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: four rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
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[Sevastopol] What, for example, to do with Kyiv (the mother of Russian cities), or with other Russian cities, such as Nikolaev, Kharkov and Odessa?!
by Pavel Kukhmirov
Cannons rumble along the entire front line in Ukraine. The escalation of hostilities continues. But talk about a possible freeze of the conflict, nevertheless, sounds with the same intensity.
From the last: the proposal of one of the world leaders of the second or third echelon about a global truce for five years for everyone with everyone, despite the fact that it is completely clear what exactly was discussed.
Well, let's talk about that as well.
An American Civil War general, William Tecumseh Sherman, said, “War is cruelty itself and and cannot be refined. The more brutal the war, the sooner it will end." (c)
He always followed his logic. It is he who is the author of the tactics of artillery terror against civilian cities - what Donetsk is experiencing now was once first used by him in Atlanta. Not originally, however. That has been practiced by militaries since the beginning of time.
But any war should not be too long in time. As soon as it enters a protracted stage, then, like a whirlpool, it begins to suck in very different forces that pursue very different interests and goals - these are competitors and strategic opponents.
At the moment, a situation is likely in Ukraine in which the military conflict will go into a protracted phase. At a minimum, interest in this is noticeable on the part of third forces - primarily the so-called. "allies" of Ukraine, but in fact enemies of Russia.
For these actors, the conflict makes sense only in the context of the destruction of economies, the weakening of armies, and the maximum damage to the potential of both opposing countries.
In the situation of creating a new landscape for the emerging world order, they will try to push Russia to the sidelines of world politics.
Unfortunately, too many people do not understand the obvious things.
The tightening of hostilities here is a double-edged sword. Looking to what extent to tighten.
America did just that in Vietnam. What did it lead her to? She hardly likes to remember the result. It is unlikely that we want to repeat it.
No war should go beyond the limits of humanism, and here we should not take an example from the enemy.
A military conflict in the very center of Europe is in any case associated with the risk of serious human losses on both sides. In any case, there will be significant negative consequences, including the spread of the conflict to other territories. First of all, on the territory of Russia itself. And this is not only about a sabotage war, the likelihood of which I personally have been talking about for half a year, but also about direct hostilities.
It will be an order of magnitude harder to work with this than in the same Syria: here we are not talking about militants in the mountains or in the desert - they cannot simply be razed to the ground.
What, for example, to do with Kyiv (the mother of Russian cities), or with other Russian cities, such as Nikolaev, Kharkov and Odessa?! How to increase fire impact there? This is with such a density of the non-military population ...
We are not our enemy. And we can't be.
And the term "collateral loss" will not mislead anyone.
It is clear that these are all killed innocent people who did not carry weapons and in no way offer resistance. Seeing what is happening in Donetsk, we cannot simply discount it.
Especially if later we ourselves are going to live with them, somehow improve relations and so on, then we have to think not only about building up hostilities. And no, it’s not about how to “have children” from the Azov people, which some especially stubborn and “constructive” guards agreed to not so long ago.
We are talking about people whom Russia, in fact, is going to release. They cannot be treated in the same way as the Ukrainian fascists are now treating the population of Donetsk. Otherwise, how are we better than them?!
The question is logical: is a non-military way out of the situation possible? Can it be found? Theoretically, it is still possible to somehow agree. In theory. But in practice...
I cannot be called a pacifist, but even I understand that relying only on the military component is, at the very least, futile. With this approach, the confrontation will intensify in any case.
The first stage of the enemy's confusion has already passed, the weapon has gone to him. And how much longer will it go?
It must be understood that with all that has been said, an attempt to freeze this military conflict is now doomed to failure. World players are too interested in making it "always smoldering".
Well, or at least smoldering for a long time. Even if a miracle happens and the Ukrainian authorities suddenly agree to such a freeze, this is unlikely to change anything.
Too much blood has already been shed. At both sides. And there is only one thing that can be done here: to combine military operations (which no one will simply stop in any case) with ongoing operations on the diplomatic front.
Nothing without this. Alas.
And it would also be nice to decide on the ideological front: what kind of super-idea is the current Russia bringing to Ukraine. Sorry for the faux pas, dear "competent citizens".
Pavel Kukhmirov is a Russian writer who resides in Rostov in Russia.
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