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[Vesti] There are fierce battles in the village of Peski in the Donetsk region, but it is still controlled by the Ukrainian military, despite the claims of the Russian military about the capture.
This was announced by the chairman of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavel Kirilenko on the air of the information telethon, commenting on the information about how the Russians have established control over Peski.
"The settlement of Peski is controlled by the Ukrainian armed forces. Yes, it is very hot in the indicated settlement, but additional measures have been taken by the professional command to ensure that the enemy's plans do not materialize ," he said.
According to Kirilenko, there is also a huge amount of shelling along the entire front line.
Thus, the military of the Russian Federation wants to bypass Avdievka with the help of the settlement of Peski in order to implement a further offensive.
"The plans of the enemy are known, so additional measures are being taken to stop him ," the head of the UVA said.
He added that the Russian military is destroying Avdiivka, where there is not a single surviving building for quite a long period of time.
[Vesti] Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the President's Office, does not rule out that the Russian military will nevertheless go on the offensive in the Nikolaev direction. In his opinion, this is suicidal, but the adviser notes that the Russian command has more than once issued precisely such commands, meaningless from the point of view of the military.
As Arestovich notes, "the enemy group, which is quite serious in the Novaya Kakhovka area, there are about a dozen - maybe fifteen BTGs." "The question is where they will throw it. To strengthen the Kherson direction, or to strengthen the Zaporozhye direction - this is an open question, so we'll see. There, somewhere, two or three BTGs were brought to the right bank of Kherson, the paratroopers entered and partly motorized riflemen. And they began they are actions that many would consider an attack on Nikolaev, but something seems to me that this can’t even be called an action yet. strike in another," said the adviser.
In general, in the south, according to him, “Russian troops are concentrating on the exit from the Crimea, where they have a small number of BTGs that can go both to Melitopol and Kherson. "Let's see where they will be strengthened," Arestovich said.
As for our counter-offensive in the south, according to Arestovich, the Russians "have one more grouping, its task is to at least stop our advance in the area of the Nikolaev-Kherson highway, where we came quite close."
"This is Posad-Pokrovsk, and they are very worried, because Kherson is already visible from here . They plan to keep the defense there. In addition, they are very worried about our bridgeheads located off the coast of Ingulets. They want to occupy it. In general, they are going to fight," said the adviser. According to him, in general, there are about 30 BTGs in the theater of operations in the south.
And this is practically all that the Russians have left, Arestovich notes. And in the Donetsk region, only mercenaries from the unrecognized "LDNR" remained to fight. “They are not pulling the entire front. The madness that is happening now from Avdievka to Marinka, all these desperate attacks by Peskov and so on, is because the front has been completely given over to the so-called "DNR" and "LNR", there are no Russians there. They are killing themselves about our fortifications that we have been creating there for eight years. The result may be that in some areas they will advance a maximum of several hundred meters, and end physically. Moscow stupidly writes them off," says the adviser.
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[Korrespondent] 23:39 Zelensky announced a "significant aggravation" of the situation around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and criticized Amnesty International: "Despite the fact that Russian shelling of a nuclear power plant is one of the most dangerous crimes against Ukrainians and all Europeans, against the right to life of every person, for some reason then there is no report and even a simple message from Amnesty International about it. Very eloquent silence, which once again indicates the manipulative selectivity of this organization."
23:30 Zelensky said in an evening video message that this week the Armed Forces of Ukraine and intelligence have achieved "strong results" in destroying the logistics of the Russian army, the rear bases of the occupiers. The president also stressed that the Russian army would not change its tactics: “The invaders know that they are losing to the Ukrainians in direct battles, inferior in skill, and therefore the enemy relies on artillery and all-out shelling. They are trying to destroy everything in front of them and go to ruin".
According to Zelensky, a total of 1,060 settlements have already been liberated, and the vast majority of them require significant restoration work. That is why, according to him, one of the most important areas for August and September is the implementation of the Fast Recovery Plan - what needs to be done on the territory liberated from the enemy.
22:51 The joint coordinating center, as part of a food deal, allowed the release on Sunday, August 7, of four ships with food from Chernomorsk and Odessa, Russian media write.
22:33 2,000 residents were evacuated from the Donetsk region in a week, Irina Vereshchuk said. According to the minister, people are being evacuated to housing prepared for them in the Kirovograd, Poltava and Khmelnytsky regions. Upon arrival, they are provided with a cash payment of UAH 2,000 for adults and UAH 3,000 for children and the disabled. These payments will be made every month. Also, evacuees can count on funds from international organizations.
22:19 The Russian military is shelling the ZNPP in order to destroy its infrastructure and disconnect it from the energy system of Ukraine, Energoatom says: "Acts of nuclear terrorism at the Zaporizhzhya NPP - its artillery shelling - are aimed at destroying the infrastructure of the station, damaging all power lines through which electricity is supplied to energy system of Ukraine, de-energization of the south of the country".
The company is confident that the shelling of the station is highly likely to continue, and this can be prevented by the coordinated actions of security organizations, in particular the UN, the IAEA and WANO, as well as the constant pressure on Russia from the international community.
22:11 Western countries are concerned about the deepening of Turkey's ties with Russia, writes the Financial Times. Six Western officials told the publication they were concerned about a promise made at a meeting in Sochi by Putin and Erdogan to expand their cooperation in trade and energy. The West does not exclude any negative actions if Turkey gets too close to Russia.
21:50 In the Sumy region today, about 200 "arrivals" were recorded in a day - the Russians fired at the territories of the Esman, Glukhov, Burin, Shalygin, Belopol, Nikolaev communities, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.
20:49 Dry cargo ship FULMAR S arrived at the port of Chornomorsk, Infrastructure Minister Alexander Kubrakov said: "For our part, we are doing everything possible so that our ports can receive and process much more ships. In particular, we plan to reach the level of at least 3-5 ships per day. Our goal is to reach a monthly transshipment volume in the ports of Odessa of 3 million tons of agricultural products."
20:30 In Nikolaev, where there is a curfew until Monday, they are looking for collaborators. As the head of the regional council, Anna Zamazeeva, said, all residents of the city are being tested. Departure is allowed for those from whom tickets were purchased in advance. Residents are checked by the relevant authorities in all residential buildings and apartments.
20:18 IAEA chief Rafael Grossi spoke about the risk of a nuclear catastrophe after the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant: "I am extremely concerned about yesterday's shelling of Europe's largest nuclear power plant, which underlines the real risk of a nuclear catastrophe that could threaten public health and the environment in Ukraine and beyond" .
According to Grossi, military actions that threaten the safety of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant "are completely unacceptable and must be prevented at all costs."
20:15 The Russians brought weapons and explosives to the Zaporozhye NPP , Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said on the air of the telethon. Also, according to him, the invaders mined a number of communications - gas supply, electricity and water supply. According to Yusov, this is done before the "imminent counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
19:09 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the offensive actions of the Russian invaders in the Slavyansk, Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions, the General Staff said in the evening summary .
18:05 The Turkish dry cargo ship FULMAR S is approaching the commercial seaport of Chornomorsk - the first ship since February 24, said Sergey Bratchuk, speaker of the Odesa OVA.
17:41 North Macedonia handed over tanks and planes to Ukraine, Podolyak said: "A friend in need is known. It doesn't matter what size your country or GDP, what matters is your heart. Many nations today show more courage than half of the G20. Like the North Macedonia, giving Ukraine a shoulder in the form of tanks and planes. We will never forget that."
17:13 Zelensky established a new award for the defense of Ukraine, which will be awarded not only to military personnel, but also to civilians, including volunteers and foreign citizens who have made a significant contribution to strengthening the defense of Ukraine.
16:29 Cars of residents of the Kherson region who have received Russian citizenship will be given state registration numbers with the code 184, Russian media report, citing a representative of the traffic police.
16:26 Russian propagandists report that the collaborator, "deputy head of the administration" of Nova Kakhovka Vitaly Gura, who was assassinated today, died on the way to Crimea.
15:48 A second vessel arrived at the port of Istanbul along the grain corridor. The Navistar ship is carrying 33,000 tons of corn from Odessa. After inspecting the vessel at the port of Istanbul, the cargo will go to the port of destination, Hurriyet reports.
15:25 Podolyak said that the Zaporozhye NPP should be transferred under the control of a special commission: “This Saturday morning in many European cities became possible because yesterday the Zaporizhzhya NPP miraculously did not take off into the air. Russia seized the station and is staging dangerous provocations. demand that Russia withdraw from the nuclear power plant and transfer it under the control of a special commission.
14:59 Borrell called on the Russian Federation to let international observers into the Zaporozhye NPP: "The EU condemns Russia's military activities around the Zaporizhzhya NPP. This is a serious and irresponsible violation of nuclear safety rules and another example of Russia's disregard for international norms. The IAEA must have access."
Earlier, Energoatom reported that the Ukrainian side does not want to let IAEA representatives into the Zaporizhzhia NPP, since this is how the organization, in which Russia has significant influence, is going to "legitimize the stay of the occupiers there and, in fact, approve all their actions."
14:15 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that during the counter-battery fight in the Kharkiv region, "the Ukrainian platoon of the MLRS Alder and American HIMARS" was allegedly destroyed.
13:58 In Mariupol, the invaders are gathering prison cells on the stage of the chamber philharmonic society. In September, they plan to hold a show trial against the defenders of Ukraine, Mayor Vadim Boychenko said: "The Russian invaders continue to disregard all international norms. They continue to multiply war crimes, demonstrating disregard for the entire civilized world. I appeal to the international community, the UN and the Red Cross to intervene in the situation so that the rules for the treatment of prisoners of war work. We must do everything so that our defenders return to Ukraine alive and prevent a second Yelenovka in Mariupol."
13:26 In the center of occupied Berdyansk, an explosion was heard near the building of the city police department, the Center for Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. According to local publics, the quarter was cordoned off by Russian troops, the explosion was clearly audible throughout the central part of the city.
13:15 The head of the Donetsk OVA, Pavel Kirilenko, denied the information about the capture of Pesok near Donetsk, as stated by the occupiers. According to him, the village remains under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: "I clearly know what I'm talking about - yes, it's very difficult in Pisky, but the command took additional measures so that the enemy's plans were not implemented." Kirilenko added that the command is aware of the enemy’s plans to capture Avdiivka from the south, part of which should be control over Pesky, and is taking countermeasures.
13:09 Erdogan said that he offered Putin to hold his meeting with Zelensky in Turkey.
13:06 Russian media report an assassination attempt in the occupied Novaya Kakhovka on "deputy head of administration" Vitaly Guru. He was allegedly shot with a Makarov pistol. According to sources, Gura is in a serious condition in the hospital.
12:19 SBU liquidated the Russian intelligence network, which collected intelligence about the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Slavyansk, Kramatorsk and the Pokrovsky district of Donbass. Six local residents recruited by the special services of the Russian Federation transmitted data through specially created Internet platforms in the form of coordinates on electronic maps with confirming photos and videos.
11:37 Danilov in an interview with TRK Kiev urged to be patient in the issue of the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: "Let's be calm about these things when it happens. The military knows their job, they know when they need to start, and most importantly - as quickly, with as much as possible to do a useful thing for our country with fewer losses: to liberate our territories from the occupier."
According to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, the so-called couch experts do not have information about the real situation. At the same time, Danilov recalled that the Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions had already been liberated from the invaders. He stressed that "we must be patient and see it all with our own eyes."
10:53 The Russians launched a missile attack on Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, at night. A five-story residential building was damaged, seven people were rescued from the rubble and from blocked apartments, said Pavel Kirillenko, head of the Donetsk OVA.
10:22 British intelligence predicts that Russia's war with Ukraine is about to enter a new phase, when the fiercest fighting will move to a front line stretching approximately 350 km southwest from Zaporozhye to Kherson, parallel to the Dnieper River. Now Russian forces are concentrating in the south in anticipation of a Ukrainian counteroffensive or in preparation for a possible offensive.
Russia is moving equipment and weapons from the Donbass to the southwest. Equipment is being moved to Crimea from the occupied Melitopol, Berdyansk, Mariupol, from the mainland of Russia through the Kerch bridge. Battalion-tactical groups of between 800 and 1,000 men have been deployed to Crimea and will almost certainly be used to support Russian troops in the Kherson region, analysts say.
So, on August 2, a new BTG was transferred to the Crimea, and the BTG of the eastern group of troops is also being redeployed. Most likely, in the coming days they will be sent to the Kherson region, intelligence predicts. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces are increasingly focusing their strikes on bridges, ammunition depots and railroad tracks in the southern regions. The targets include a strategically important railroad siding to try to influence Russia's ability to replenish resources.
09:40 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 6. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.
personnel - about 41,900 (+250) people liquidated,
tanks - 1802 (+10),
armored combat vehicles - 4051 (+19),
artillery systems - 955 (+5),
MLRS - 260 (+0),
air defense systems - 127 (+4),
aircraft - 223 (+0),
helicopters - 191 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 744 (+2),
cruise missiles - 182 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2970 (+6),
special equipment - 85 (+2).
09:34 The Russians fired last night at the highway transporting hydrogen to the ZNPP, said the head of the Zaporizhia OVA Alexander Starukh. There was a fire, there is no information about the victims. Also, as a result of damage to power lines, the 4th power unit of the station was disconnected from the power system and transferred to the reserve.
09:30 The occupiers fired at Kharkiv with rockets fired from Russian Belgorod. Only civilian infrastructure was hit, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. In particular, the Sloboda and Industrialny districts were affected. There was also a missile attack on the settlement of the Kharkov region. There are no victims or injured. According to the military, several missiles did not reach Ukraine, exploding on the territory of the Russian Federation, and several more missiles shot down the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the region during the day, two people were injured from shelling and hospitalized.
09:24 Russians fired at Nikolaev at night, two people are wounded, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported. Also, as a result of yesterday's shelling of the Ship District of the city, one person died, 21 were injured.
09:21 The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit two command posts of the 76th Airborne Assault Division and the 49th Army in Chernobaevka, as well as the Russians’ command post in Bruskinskoye and the accumulation of equipment in Oleshki. In addition, Ukrainian troops destroyed six ammunition depots in the Beryslav and Kherson regions, OK Pivden reports.
09:16 Russia pulled together 25 thousand military men to the south of Ukraine to try to surround Nikolaev, writes The Times. At the same time, 10,000 military personnel are located on the western bank of the Dnieper, southeast of Nikolaev, which makes the offensive possible. The reason for such actions is the statements about the counteroffensive and the successful advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the front 2 km away from Nikolaev. An offensive may also be necessary for Russia to put the bridges across the Dnieper at Kherson out of HIMARS' reach. At the same time, experts state that ferry crossings will not help the occupiers to replace deliveries by road, and using pontoon bridges is very risky.
08:41 The Russian army at night fired at the Nikopol district from Gradov, from the barrel artillery - the Krivoy Rog district of the Dnepropetrovsk region, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko. Residential areas were damaged. As a result, three people were injured, residential buildings, a kindergarten and a children's art house were damaged. The gas pipeline, water supply and electricity network were put out of action.
In the Krivoy Rog region, the enemy hit the Zelenodolsk community. In Maryanskoe, a power line was broken, part of the village was left without electricity. Previously, no people were hurt.
08:37 The Russians may be mining the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in anticipation of the future offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writes The Insider. According to sources of the publication, military trucks allegedly with explosives drove into the engine rooms of several power units.
08:10 In the Donetsk region, as a result of Russian shelling, five civilians per day were killed - two in Experienced, one each in Avdeevka, Soledar and Pervomaisky. Another 14 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
07:59 Russian occupiers once again went on the offensive in the Avdeevsky and Bakhmut directions. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the enemy’s offensive in the directions of Yakovlevka-Vershina, Kodema-Zaitsevo and Lozovoye-Nevelskoye, the General Staff said in a morning report .
05:11 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that Russian troops are likely to continue to use positions around the ZNPP to shell Nikopol from the opposite side of the Kakhovka reservoir. The British Ministry of Defense also believes that Russian troops use facilities at the ZNPP and in the city of Energodar as a refuge, where they rest and protect their equipment from Ukrainian strikes, given the nuclear power plant's protective status.
Also, ISW experts report that Russian troops conducted unsuccessful ground assaults on settlements south of Bakhmut and unsuccessfully tried to advance into Lozovoe, Kherson region, probably targeting the Ukrainian bridgehead on the Ingulets River. In addition, the Russians carried out several limited ground attacks north, northwest and southwest of Donetsk. Russian and Ukrainian forces have exchanged heavy artillery fire in Pisky, an indication that the Russians are unlikely to gain full control of Pisky, according to ISW analysts.
00:14 The European Commission has developed a new project of the already promised financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 8 billion euros: 5 billion will be given in the form of loans, 3 billion in the form of non-repayable grants, writes Politico. There are no deadlines yet, but the European Commission is aiming to get approval from the European Parliament and EU countries in September so that payments can begin in October.
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[RIA] Soviet military theorists of the 1930s said, "Tanks don't fight tanks." It was assumed that the task of heavy armored vehicles with powerful guns was exclusively to support infantry, destroy field fortifications and personnel. But time has shown that everything is different. These are now "universal soldiers" capable of performing any combat mission. About the work of the tankmen of the 1st Army Corps of the DPR army - in the report of RIA Novosti.
"DO NOT SHOOT THE AREA"
The Kyiv region in the north-west of Donetsk is being shelled by Ukrainian artillery with particular ferocity. It is closest to Avdievka and Pesky, settlements where the Armed Forces of Ukraine have set up a powerful fortified area and concentrated a serious combined-arms group.
From here to the front - just a couple of kilometers. There is a rattle of submachine guns and machine guns, the howl of mortar mines, a short staccato of automatic grenade launchers. And the tankers hit the enemy positions with direct fire.
We slow down at the headquarters of the tank battalion of the 1st Slavic Brigade, carefully disguised in green. The military sternly warn: shoot equipment only "big" so that buildings, lampposts, fences do not get into the frame - any elements of the landscape by which you can "copy" the position. It is no secret that Ukrainian intelligence is actively monitoring Russian media and social networks. And there have already been cases when the Donetsk military "arrived" because of the carelessness of photojournalists and videographers.
For the same reason, the tankers agree to give interviews only in balaclavas - many of them have relatives left in the territories of Donbass controlled by Kyiv.
“Although Donetsk has been pouring with rain for several days, the fighting does not stop,” says the deputy commander of the tank battalion.
"Just yesterday we were counterattacked. We were met with fire, the infantry joined in, they hit them in the teeth. On the whole, we are moving forward, slowly but surely. The goal is to push the VSE troops away from Donetsk so that shelling of peaceful areas will stop."
DANGEROUS "STUGNA"
According to the officer, they have already managed to break into the first line of defense in the Avdiivka direction. Soldiers of the 1st brigade took trophies. The deputy battalion commander demonstrates the American M67 offensive grenade - the Pentagon sent several thousand of these. In addition, the infantry captured several Western ATGMs and an Mk40 automatic heavy grenade launcher. "Not enough, of course, but thanks to our foreign suppliers," the officer grins.
Western weapons are highly valued by the military, but the same ATGMs at the front have become much less than a few months ago. At the same time, according to the tankers, the Ukrainian Stugna is much more dangerous than the American Javelins and the British NLAW. The operator controls this complex remotely, from a remote control, he does not need to be directly near the installation. And the armor penetration is enough to destroy the tank.
"This causes a lot of trouble," admits the deputy battalion commander.
"But Ukrainians are extremely reluctant to enter tank duels. They are more used to hitting from afar, stealthily. Their tanks are good, with Western electronics, modern radio stations. I can only remember one episode. Their "sixty-fours" (T-64. - Ed.) flew into the position of our tank.
Apparently, the crew was frightened of their own courage and did not open fire."
TANK CAROUSEL
Tanks operate on the principle of a carousel. From a camouflaged shelter, invisible to the air reconnaissance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the vehicle drives at full speed to the firing line. Fires four or five shots and returns to its original position at full speed. Immediately after that, another tank comes into action, from a different position. Exit to the line, short work, retreat. The meaning of this tactic is a constant fire impact from different points, without being exposed to retaliatory fire.
"Their own equipment helps us to accurately hit targets," explains the tank commander with the call sign Chuta.
"Our T-64 is captured, they took it back in the spring in the Zaporozhye direction. The car is good, it doesn’t fail. An excellent western thermal imager, we can even see the enemy for many kilometers at night. We mainly work with high-explosive fragmentation. This is the most effective projectile against fortifications. We don’t even take armor-piercing ones with us. Quadcopters help a lot - they correct the fire."
In the spring, he had another tank - they knocked out in the Avdeevsky direction. The driver died, Chuta was wounded in the head. He was treated in the hospital for a long time and returned to the front - "more motivated."
The other day, the commander of a tank platoon, Arsen, was nominated for the title of "Hero of the DPR". From Ramenskoye near Moscow, a lawyer by education. I came to Donbass in 2019 as a volunteer. A few weeks ago, his unit was ordered to occupy a key height near Donetsk, from which the droneunits corrected their fire. The T-72 was equipped with a minesweeper and moved in the forefront, shooting anti-tank "surprises".
The car was hit several times, the turret jammed. But the tank did not leave the battle, continuing to pave the way for the infantry. The height was occupied with minimal losses. Colleagues say: if not for Arsen, the attack would have bogged down. Assault groups would simply be interrupted by artillery. The observation post at the dominant height allowed the DPR army to gain an advantage in a significant sector of the front.
At the same time, he is one of many Donetsk servicemen who joined the army without military service experience. The skills acquired in the military sports club near Moscow helped. And here for three years he didn’t get out of the training grounds, until he mastered the T-72 to perfection.
He received his baptism of fire in the Mariupol direction. His platoon stormed Granite. He admits: "It was scary."
Now there are no such emotions - only calm self-confidence. Saying goodbye to journalists, Arsen leaves for his unit, casually throwing in the end: "Be there, guys, I'm at work."
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[KavkazUzel] A resident of Cherkessk, who was detained on suspicion of involvement in the "Right Sector"
...a Ukrainian nationalist group located politically somewhere to the right of center. How far right depends on who you ask...
and the preparation of terrorist attacks, was arrested until October 4.
Somewhere in the Caucasus...
The "Caucasian Knot" wrote that the FSB reported on the detention of a man who was preparing a terrorist act in Cherkessk. During a search, a cache with two improvised explosive devices with a capacity of about 3 kg of TNT each, components for making IEDs, schemes of approaches to the buildings of the prosecutor's office and the military enlistment office, correspondence with members of the "Right Sector" were found, the department reported on August 5.
The city court of Cherkessk arrested for two months - until October 4 - a supporter of the extremist "Right Sector" banned in the Russian Federation, which was preparing terrorist attacks, Interfax reported today.
Earlier, TASS published a video of the suspect 's detention. As follows from the recording, the security forces were waiting in the car. when the suspect approaches a private home. after that they jumped out of the car and threw him to the ground. "I don't know what happened, guys?" the suspect said as several security forces handcuffed him.
Further, the video shows footage in which the detainee tells how he planned to carry out an "operation in the city of Cherkessk." "You were going to commit a terrorist attack?" asks his voice - over. The suspect answered in the affirmative, noting that he was planning a terrorist act in the prosecutor's office and the military registration and enlistment office. He added that after the terrorist attack he had to take the train Nevinnomyssk - Belgorod, and in Belgorod he "should have been taken to the Right Sector," follows from a video posted on the agency's website on August 5.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:46 The United States is preparing a new tranche of military assistance to Ukraine.
Reuters reporters report that the United States plans to allocate about $1 billion.
What will the funds allocated be used for?
🔹Replenishment of ammunition for MLRS HIMARS and SAM NASAMS
🔹50 M-113 armored personnel carriers converted to medical vehicles.
The document has not yet been signed, Biden is expected to announce it next week.
20:55 Destruction of three Ukrainian tanks. 19:59 The head of the IAEA, Grossi, said he was concerned about the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
18:52 The nationalists of Ukraine again fired at peaceful Energodar from artillery. On thevideo demonstrated the damage to the roof of one of the garages, on the example of which it is obvious that the artillery shell was fired by the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They fired from foreign weapons: on the fragments of the projectile there is a marking, which is indicated in Latin letters.
According to the flight path, it is clear that the Nazis of Kyiv were aiming at the electrical substation.
17:58 Covering groups of Ukrainian tanks by artillery of the 10th Brigade.
16:50 Ukrainian troops fired on the surroundings of two settlements in the Glushkovsky district - the village of Korovyakovka and the Otruba farm, the governor of the Kursk region said.
The Russian military suppressed the points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with return fire, Roman Starovoit added.
15:56 In Kherson, the traffic police MREO has opened, they will issue Russian-style car numbers with the region code 184, as well as change a Ukrainian-style driver's license.
According to the representative of the traffic police of Russia, citizens who have already been issued a Russian passport can receive updated rights. However, if a person has handed over a Ukrainian passport, but has not yet received a Russian document, then he will be issued license plates with the coat of arms of the Kherson region.
14:52 It became known that during the fighting near Marinka was destroyed commander tank battalion of the Ukrainian 54th Mechanized Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Garyan. He died in hospital from his wounds on 24 July.
13:53 Russian Defense Ministry briefing:
▫️The Russian Armed Forces hit the temporary deployment center of the 46th Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Destroyed over 400 nationalists;
▫️As a result of the strike on the positions of the 105th Battalion of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, more than 70 nationalists were killed and about 150 were injured;
▫️The Russian Aerospace Forces hit the stronghold of the formation of the "Foreign Legion," more than 80 foreign mercenaries and 11 units of special equipment were destroyed;
▫️The military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the 59th Motorized Infantry and 61st Infantry Jaeger brigades, as well as the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, refused to carry out the order to attack, leave their positions and desert;
▫️The command post of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade was hit, two depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition were destroyed;
▫️A fuel depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with more than 50,000 tons of diesel fuel for military equipment of the operational group of troops "Dnepr" was destroyed;
▫️A platoon of MLRS "Alder" and "HIMARS" was struck;
▫️Suppressed: five platoons of the Grad MLRS, three platoons of the Gvozdika self-propelled guns, an artillery platoon of Giacint-B guns and four platoons of D-30 howitzers;
▫️Shot down two Su-25, eight drones.
12:44 It became known that as a result of a mine explosion eliminated battalion commander of the Ukrainian 25th Airborne Brigade, Major Vitaliy Bokhanok. He hit a mine on 25 July and died in hospital 4 days later.
11:54 The Pskov region will take patronage over the Berislavsky district of the Kherson region, said the governor of the region, Mikhail Vedernikov.
10:46 APU threw strategic heights that covered Artyomovsk and retreated to the city. This is a strategic height, with the loss of which the Kyiv security forces were forced to retreat into the city itself.
Why this happened is not clear, since most of the trenches are intact and the Ukrainian army could defend itself here for quite a long time. Nevertheless, they retreated. Now the fighting is already going directly for the city itself. They won’t be able to keep it for long, because it’s precisely these heights that allow them to control the situation and keep the Ukrainian army at gunpoint.
10:45 SBU detained a man for transferring the coordinates of the monument to Stepan Bandera in Lviv to representatives of the DPR and calling for a missile attack on him - media
09:31 Bulgaria secretly sent 4,200 tons of weapons to Ukraine through Poland. And made such a statement. about. Minister of Economy of Bulgaria Aleksander Mihaylov, Nova reports.
02:28 The Russian army inflicted a fire defeat on positions in the Nikopol area, from where the Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling Energodar every day.
0:43 Powerful missile strikes were carried out on targets in Kharkov and outside the city. Two explosions thundered in the Industrial District
0:07 Local residents report attacks on the Daryevsky bridge across the Ingulets, which is located north of Kherson.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:16 A civilian died as a result of the shelling of Alchevsk by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 21:15 More than a dozen residential high-rise buildings in Alchevsk were damaged during the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"The city administration has taken measures aimed at accommodating people whose housing has been damaged, we will place them in our educational institution," the head of the city explained.
20:16 AFU shelled Alchevsk, more than 10 people, including 4 children, were injured.
"Direct hit in a nine-story apartment building. At the moment, the fire: the eighth, ninth floor. Previously, we have 10 victims of varying severity, including four children, one child is in intensive care," said the head of the city, Albert Apshev.
19:35 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 19.30 08/06/2022
Over the current day, according to information from the DPR JCCC, the enemy fired more than 150 rounds from Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars.
The fire was fired at the areas of ten settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, two civilians were killed and six were injured. Sixteen residential buildings and four 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 in the performance of military duty in the struggle for independence, ten defenders of the Donetsk People's Republic were killed and 23 were injured. We express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
19:20 Alchevsk now. VFU attacked a residential building.
18:43 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Rozovka - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: fired five mines in 120mm caliber;
— n.p. Zaitsevo (northern) - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): seven mines fired in 120mm caliber;
-- n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): nine rounds fired caliber 122mm.
18:04 Footage of demining residential areas in Mariupol. At present, specialists of the combined detachment of the International Mine Action Center of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are working on requests from local residents.
17:29 The People's Front, with the support of the NM of the LPR, delivered food packages for the residents of Severodonetsk, as well as building materials for the restoration of the village. Borovskoe.
17:27 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Lastochkino - n.p. Yakovlevka: seven rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
17:24 In Donetsk, an 87-year-old pensioner stepped on a "petal" mine - a woman can be left without both legs. In the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, an elderly woman stepped on a “petal” mine, which tore off one of her ankles. The pensioner was hospitalized with serious injuries.
17:21 As a result of the shelling of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, at the following addresses: st. Ivan Susanin, st. Dmitry Donskoy, st. Pavel Kolodin, st. Biryuzov discovered mines "Petal".
16:26 In July, the Pension Fund appointed and recalculated the pensions of almost 4,400 residents of the LPR.
"In July 2022, the institutions of the Pension Fund of the Lugansk People’s Republic assigned 2,405 pensions, 1,982 pension recalculations were carried out, including taking into account wages and insurance experience acquired after the appointment of a pension," the fund clarified.
16:16 Arrival at the lane. Compatriots in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
16:11 Resident of Vladimirovka near Soledar told how the Ukrainian security forces beat the village in order to expel the local residents and occupy their homes.
16:09 Servicemen of the rifle battalion 1135 of the DPR army, together with units of the RF Armed Forces, have taken full control of a farm in the south of Maryinka. Earlier, fire was fired from it at Aleksandrovka and the Petrovsky district. In addition, the control of this point complicates the delivery of ammunition for units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the south of Maryinka.
16:05 Fighting continues in the Bakhmut area and in the city. Distributed in local publics a photo of a pedestrian bridge near the bus station, blown up in the last hours. Russian sources claim that it was blown up by the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the retreat, Ukrainian ones that it was destroyed during Russian shelling.
16:01 Investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation examined the place of shelling of a passenger bus in Donetsk by the forces of the Ukrainian armed formations of the MLRS.
The bus came under fire from the Ukrainian army on August 5 in the Kievsky district of Donetsk, killing three people, and five more were injured, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported.
15:57 APU launched a rocket into a residential building in Donetsk - a woman was injured.
Today, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are inflicting massive rocket and artillery strikes on Donetsk. Rocket artillery BM-21 hitin a high-rise building on Chelyuskintsev street. The explosion was so powerful that the load-bearing wall cracked, the rocket destroyed one of the apartments and, breaking through the ceiling, flew down to the floor.
15:51 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): nine rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): seven rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
15:50 The Ukrainian military is inflicting chaotic strikes from the Grad MLRS on residential areas and infrastructure in Donetsk, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.
In the Kievsky district of the city on Chelyuskintsev Street - a direct hit on the apartment on the 7th floor. Luckily, the owner was at work at the time. A direct hit destroyed a plumbing warehouse along Shchorsa Street, firefighters are now eliminating the fire. Currently, shelling continues. Reports RIA News.
15:30 "They threw me through deceit," a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told that he did not want to fight.
14:24 "We are Russians and everything should be one. We are not Ukraine. We never had it," The head of the medical service of the NM battalion of the LPR with the call sign “Masha” spoke about the work of a military medic, field romance and explained the unity of Donbass and Russia.
"When my child cried for the first time under fire, then I realized that I would go. My parents fully supported my decision," the servicewoman said.
13:52 Arrivals of more artillery were recorded in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
This was announced by the mayor of the city Alexei Kulemzin.
"They descend on red parachutes, at a height of about 50 m from the ground they explode. During the explosion, small striking elements scatter," he specified.
13:37 APU was thrown under the feet of civilians PFM-1 in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, a lot of “petals” were recorded along the street. Gogol.
13:00 The main large industrial facilities in Mariupol have been demined, work is underway in residential areas, the International Mine Action Center of the RF Armed Forces reported.
12:36 Head of Gorlovka Administration Ivan Prikhodko reports: in the photo, a residential building damaged as a result of armed aggression by Ukrainian neo-Nazis in the Gorlovka village of Kuibyshev, located at the address: per. Tunguska, 6.
12:35 Work continues on the search for spontaneous burials and the extraction of the remains of civilians in Rubizhne. This was reported by the public organization “Let's not forget! We won't forgive!" in your Telegram channel. The field team of the Interdepartmental Working Group on the search for graves of victims of Ukrainian aggression, their identification and perpetuation of memory in Rubizhne recovered the remains of 63 civilians. First of all, work is carried out at socially significant facilities: schools and kindergartens.
12:28 Cleanup in Peski by soldiers of the 11th Regiment of the DPR army.
12:13 Ukrainian militants fired at the private sector in Pervomaisk with incendiary rounds. There were no reports of casualties.
11:51 As a result of reconnaissance and search work, more than ten hidden positions of the VFU were revealed over the past day in the zone of responsibility of the NM of the LPR.
Target coordinates have already been transferred to artillery units for strikes. This was stated in the defense department of the Republic.
11:46 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kyiv district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): nine rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Avdievka - Donetsk (Kyiv district): 20 missiles were fired from the BM-21 "Grad".
11:41 AFU fired at the liberated part of the village of Peski in the morning with rounds from the BM-21 rocket artillery with banned mines Petal.
This is reported by RT correspondent from the spot. Now the sappers of the People's Militia of the DPR are engaged in demining the settlement.
11:38 As a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk on the street. A woman born in 1964 died in her house
11:37 Headquarters TerO DPR reports:
Ukrainian Nazis launched a missile attack on the Kuibyshevsky district of the city, scattering prohibited anti-personnel mines PMF-1 "Petal" of pressure action. Local residents found a lot of mines that were dropped during the shelling of the MLRS of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
PMF-1 found:
- st. Korean;
- st. Tumanyan;
- st. Narva.
11:03 Gunners 2 AK send The Armed Forces of Ukraine have instructions on how to leave their positions correctly, the People's Militia of the LPR reported.
11:01 JCCC DPR recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): eight rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
-- settlement Novgorodskoe - settlement Novobakhmutovka: fired eight mines in 120mm caliber.
11:01 Soledar. An example of the fortified positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that our troops have to storm /RT/.
10:30 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation on 08/06/2022
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 450 rounds from BM-27 Uragan rocket artillery and BM-21 multiple launch rocket systems, 155, 152 and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars.
The fire was fired at the districts of thirteen settlements of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, four civilians were killed and twenty-eight were injured. Twenty-five residential buildings and three 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, three M-777 howitzers, one tank and one truck. Three enemy firing points were suppressed in the areas of the settlement. Avdeevka, Kamyshevka and Pervomayskoe.
Currently, a set of works is underway to clear anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1C).
10:15 AFU fired at a school on Krasnoznamennaya Street in Donetsk, details about the victims are being specified - the mayor of the city of Kulemzin
10:05 As a result of the shelling of the village of Kuibyshev (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka) from Ukrainian militants on the street. Tallinn wounded a civilian.
10:00 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of 08/06/2022
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 43 personnel;
-two tanks;
-four armored personnel carriers;
-seven units of special automotive equipment;
-three 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 5, they cleared more than 12 hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of Lisichansky and Maloryazantsevo settlements.
The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, are delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas.
09:31 In the area of the Donetsk railway station, there is a strong fire as a result of a shell hit by the Nazis.
09:27 Ukrainian militants launched a missile attack on the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, scattering prohibited anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Petal".
09:05 This morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at Metallist, Dolomitnoe and Golmovsky in the DPR with 155mm caliber rounds.
This was reported by the representative office of the DPR in the JCCC. There are no reports of damage or possible casualties yet.
Earlier, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the republic stated that over the past day, at least five people had died from shelling, and another 31 were injured.
08:13 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Kleshcheevka - n.p. Metalist: fired five rounds with a caliber of 155mm;
— n.p. Kleshcheevka - n.p. Dolomite: fired twwo rounds with a caliber of 155mm;
— n.p. Nikolaevka Second - n.p. Golmovsky: seven rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Nikolaevka Second - n.p. Golmovsky: three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
07:27 After 06:00, the DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the direction:
— n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Golmovsky: six rounds of 122mm caliber were fired.
07:11 Strikes on Artemovsk from the very morning. The battle for one of the key cities of Ukrainian defense continues
07:03 Soldiers of the 11th Regiment of the DPR carry out a final cleansing of the village of Sands from the remnants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, mines and stretch marks, continuing to liberate their native land.
04:49 After the missile strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Makiivka, in the Gornyatsky district, a fire broke out in an ammunition depot, explosions of ammunition are thundering.
02:06 Reactive artillery of allied forces is working on enemy firing points from which the Armed Forces of Ukraine strike at Donetsk.
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[REGNUM] The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced plans to leave Ukrainian ports of four dry cargo ships with grain on August 7.
According to the Turkish Ministry of National Defense, this became possible “as a result of contacts between Minister Hulusi Akar and intensive work and coordination at the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul.”
As REGNUM reported , the Russian armed forces have created and continue to provide two maritime humanitarian corridors for the safe movement of ships. Detailed information on the functioning of the maritime humanitarian corridors is transmitted daily every 15 minutes via VHF radio on 14 and 16 international channels in English and Russian.
[REGNUM] The Panamanian-flagged cargo ship Navistar has been cleared for further movement after being checked near Istanbul, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Aug. 6.
On August 5, the ships Polarnet, Navistar and Rojen left Odessa and Chornomorsk through the maritime humanitarian corridor - three previously blocked ships with grain. In total, they will transport over 58 thousand tons of corn. Navistar, carrying 33 thousand tons of corn, is moving to Ireland.
“The check carried out by representatives of the SKC has been successfully completed, the dry cargo ship Navistar, which transports 33 thousand tons of corn to Ireland, is allowed to proceed further,” the defense department of the republic said.
On July 2, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the UN signed agreements in Istanbul on lifting restrictions on the supply of Russian products for export and on Russia's assistance in the export of Ukrainian grain.
Recall, on July 22, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the UN signed an agreement in Istanbul on lifting restrictions on the supply of Russian products for export and on Russia's assistance in the export of Ukrainian grain. The deal involves the export of Ukrainian grain, food and fertilizer across the Black Sea from three ports, including Odessa.
[REGNUM] The dry cargo ship Navistar, loaded with 33,000 tons of corn, which left the port of Odessa, reached the port in Istanbul. This was reported on August 6 by the Turkish Ministry of Defense.
A Panamanian-flagged ship is bound for Ireland. It anchored at a designated location in northern Istanbul, the Turkish ministry said on Twitter.
The cargo ship will inspect the Joint Coordination Center.
As REGNUM reported , three previously blocked ships with grain Polarnet, Navistar and Rojen left Odessa and Chernomorsk on August 5 through the maritime humanitarian corridor. In total, they will transport over 58 thousand tons of corn.
The second caravan of 🛳s have sailed from Ukrainian ports. 4 bulk carriers MUSTAFA NECATI, STAR HELENA, GLORY & RIVA WIND have almost 170,000 tons of agricultural products on board. pic.twitter.com/foPeXMQFzA
Commentary by Russia military journalist Boris Rozhin in italics
[ColonelCassad] Actual text for residents of Donetsk and the liberated territories, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine are actively mining with anti-personnel mines of the Petal type.
The Petal Problem
In this material, I will not touch on violations of conventions, treachery and ethics in the use of PFM-1 "Petal" mines by the enemy, cries about the deceit and meanness of the enemy, these are all "talks in favor of the poor." It is especially surprising to hear this from the military, and what did you actually expect, that the enemy would fight honestly ???!!!
But this is poetry, here I will only touch on technical issues, briefly, so that it would be clear to a non-specialist.
Recently, in the network, there are some attractions of unprecedented dementia and courage to clear these mines.
They drive over them with armored vehicles, damaging gooses and asphalt, throwing tires, bricks at them, hitting them with a stick, shooting from a machine gun ...
Well, the classic movie idiocy:
So, what is this mine and how to mine it correctly and safely.
Introductory part:
PFM-1 anti-personnel mine, high-explosive, pressure action. The mine does not hit the victim with fragments (the body is soft polyethylene), with the exception of secondary ones, formed by the material with which it comes into contact during the explosion, asphalt, concrete, stone, metal. The defeat is inflicted due to brisance, i.e. crushing the limb that clicked on the mine.
Designed to disable enemy personnel. A person is injured at the moment of stepping with the foot (pressing with the hand) on the target sensor, which is the ENTIRE area of the semi-soft polyethylene container with liquid explosive VS-6D. The photo shows a thicker part of the mine, as thick as a finger and a "wing", which is just a piece of plastic. The application of the load on this very wing is completely safe. But pressing on the "thick" part, with a force of 5-25 kg, causes an explosion. Yes, for those who like to pick it up - the liquid explosive inside is TOXIC!
The mine has no anti-recovery devices and is formally non-disposable. Those. does not explode when trying to lift it, change its position in space. The main thing is not to apply a load to the thick part of the mine.
It is installed ONLY by means of remote mining from cassettes. Those. the mine is stored in a cassette (there are several types of cassettes, they may not visually differ from each other in any way except for the marking) in the transport (safe) position, the transfer to the combat position begins at the moment the cassette is fired. On the descending part of the flight path, mines are pushed out of the hull by a squib. The transfer to the combat position ends 1-10 minutes after the mine touches the surface.
It is technically impossible to bring a mine (hundreds of pieces) safely in your pocket, in a backpack, and then manually transfer them to a combat position.
Since the mine is stored in cassettes, and the cassettes are in containers of different capacities, a lot of them spill out onto the surface at once, usually tens, hundreds, thousands of pieces. And sow the area from hundreds of square meters to tens of thousands o
f square meters. The color of the mine can be any shade of green or brown.
There is another option PFM-1C, with self-destruction in 1-40 hours.
IMPORTANT!!!
PFM-1S looks no different from PFM-1, which DOES NOT HAVE a self-destruct device. Neither color nor size. PFM-1S may or may not have a "C" marking on the wing, the wing may be damaged, covered in mud, hidden by something.
This is important for understanding demining operations. Because, you can raise a mine by the wing and at that moment, according to the law of meanness, the self-liquidator will work.
The main part:
1. Since the "Petal" is installed (read scattered) ONLY by means of remote mining using MLRS, aviation, a portable mining kit. Then, as a rule, mines just lie on the surface, openly. Difficulty of visual detection only in dense vegetation, heavily littered terrain, or when mines lie on the surface for a very long time and are covered with dust, snow, and fallen leaves.
2. When a PFM is found, if you are a civilian or a non-specialist, simply mark the location of the mine with an easily visible at any time of the day and difficult to move landmark / sign. Be careful! If you found one PFM, then there are a lot of them around, most likely. The discovery of one is an occasion to let others know and increase attention, since there are a lot of them around.
Report the find to specially authorized people. Keep children away from mines, they have an "interesting" shape and attract the attention of children.
3. If you were involved in demining, you don’t need to shoot every “Petal” like a moron and do with them everything that I wrote about above and what the Internet and TG channels are littered with. You expose yourself and others to ricochets from gunfire or injury from secondary fragmentation when mines explode on hard ground.
Take any plastic bottle with a capacity of 2 liters, preferably 5 liters, cut it off "under the scoop". From improvised materials, wood, for example, you make a handle-holder 2-2.5 m long, attach it to a scoop from a plastic bottle by sticking a plastic bottle into the neck and tightly fixing it with plastic ties and tape. NOT steel screws! You get such an impromptu scoop, light and without dangerous secondary fragments even when the PFM explodes.
With the help of this scoop, you collect PFM on the ground, taking them to pre-determined, safe places for collection, where they will then be destroyed / taken out by sappers. It would be nice to have SIBZ (BZh, helmet) and goggles on yourself, ordinary construction glasses will do. It's enough. It is not necessary to use shovels with metal bayonets and holders, if, according to the law of meanness, it is at the moment of carrying that the self-liquidator will work or, by pulling on the PFM, press it with a hard bayonet of the shovel and an explosion will occur, the metal of the shovel can injure you. It's useless. You can use spatulas with bayonets made of thin three-layer plywood, as instructed, but in my opinion, in our time, it is easier to find a plastic bottle in the DB zone than plywood.
P.S.
Yes, to advisers who say that you need high-quality shoes, but you don’t need to lace them up, or you need to put on sneakers and then you’ll definitely be saved ... Put on everything that you advise and walk around PFM-1. Under the record. And then we'll talk.
Be literate in engineering and may not only strength be with you, but also mind;)
And yes, in the order of tediousness. Mining the streets of a populated city with Petals to kill civilians is a war crime. To date, 24 people have been blown up by such mines in Donetsk. One of them has died.
#1
The Russians dropped similar mines disguised as toys in Afghanistan.
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#2
/\ Rob, the articles I read noted that the Afghan kids learned that it was "fun for all ages" to grab the PFM-1 "butterfly" mine by the sail like tail and throw it at rocks. So, no, it wasn't a perfidious Soviet boobytrap except in the minds of journalists.
#3
These deadly matryoshkas
make me extremely giddy.
Dadgum Rooshians and
their deadly perfidy!
I have to open them,
each one! I must know!
If this is the one that
Yuri has rigged to blow! 💥
[Al Ahram] Amnesty sparked outrage in Ukraine when it released a report on Thursday accusing the military of endangering civilians by establishing bases in schools and hospitals, and launching counterattacks from heavily populated areas.
"If you don't live in a country invaded by occupiers who are tearing it to pieces, you probably don't understand what it's like to condemn an army of defenders," Amnesty's Oksana Pokalchuk said on social media, announcing her resignation late Friday.
"And there are no words in any language that can convey this to someone who has not experienced this pain."
Pokalchuk said she had tried to warn Amnesty's big shotship that the report was one-sided and failed to take into account the position of Ukraine's defence ministry, but she was ignored.
"As a result, the organization unintentionally put out a statement that sounded like support for Russian narratives. Striving to protect civilians, this research instead became a tool of Russian propaganda."
Amnesty listed incidents in which Ukrainian forces appeared to have exposed civilians to danger in 19 towns and villages in the Kharkiv, Donbas and Mykolaiv regions.
"We have documented a pattern of Ukrainian forces putting civilians at risk and violating the laws of war when they operate in populated areas," Amnesty secretary general Agnes Callamard said.
"Being in a defensive position does not exempt the Ukrainian military from respecting international humanitarian law."
Ukraine's government pushed back hard, with Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba branding the allegations "unfair" and Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov calling the report a "perversion".
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the rights group had tried to "amnesty the terrorist state and shift the responsibility from the aggressor to the victim."
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#2
...True. However, the Ukrainians have been using them for months. They operate on the same frequencies. Chances that the Ukrainians could hijack a Russian model and use it against them?
#3
Every one could have a unique control ID. But then you could do that with votes. Can't have that...
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Got to remember the Ukraine and Russia are the land of hackers. Given that the Russians have not been able to hack the Ukrainians equipment by any measurable amount, but the Ukrainians have been hacking the Russians comm and the like, I'd be very careful of giving them an opportunity.
Text taken from a Telegram post by by A.Yu. Drobinin, Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on medium-term and long-term changes and priorities in Russia's foreign policy. [ColonelCassad] It so happened that our country is again experiencing a turning point in its more than a thousand-year history. We have to deal with the aggressive reaction of some external players to absolutely justified actions to protect vital interests in the western direction. A man-made crisis of European security and the entire international order, formed as a result of the Second World War, arose.
#1
It is logical to start with the most fateful process - the formation of a multipolar world order.
But even if that's true there's no guarantee that Russia will be one of the poles.
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Our ability to play a unifying role and create an intercivilizational "network" of priority partners over the next decade will determine not only Russia's foreign policy positions, but also the stability of the entire system of international relations.
A Russian jackboot stamping on the face of humanity forever! Turn the 'Imperialistic Hubris dial' to twelve (12) because eleven(11) just is not enough!
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[ColonelCassad] It so happened that our country is again experiencing a turning point in its more than a thousand-year history. We have to deal with the aggressive reaction of some external players to absolutely justified actions to protect vital interests in the western direction. A man-made crisis of European security and the entire international order, formed as a result of the Second World War, arose.
