UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Facing massive public pressure, Uvalde’s top school official has recommended the firing of the school district police chief who has been blamed for the botched law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting nearly two months ago that killed two teachers and 19 students.
The South Texas city’s school board announced Wednesday that it will consider firing Chief Pete Arredondo at a special meeting Saturday. Arredondo has been accused by state officials of making several critical mistakes during the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
School officials have previously resisted calls to fire Arredondo. The announcement comes two days after a meeting where the school board members were lambasted for more than three hours by members of the public, who accused them of not implementing basic security at Robb, of not being transparent about what happened and of failing to hold Arredondo to account for his actions.
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Watched 13 hours last night [again!]. Was amazed at the similarities of failed protocol, policy, management, attitude and 'fish in a barrel' mentalities.
[NYPOST] A Florida babysitter burned a young child with a hot pot as a "form of discipline," authorities said Wednesday.
Jennifer Nicole Posey, 29, admitted to burning a 10-year-old to "teach the child a lesson" on June 26 while caring for the youngster and two other kids, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
Posey, of Sun City Center, made the victim instant ramen soup on a stovetop before the 10-year-old pretended to spill the hot broth on one of the other children, deputies said.
"In an attempt to teach the child a lesson, Posey took a hot pot, which had been used to heat the ramen approximately two minutes prior, and pressed it against the victim’s arm," sheriff’s officials said in a statement.
The child was left with a burn roughly 4 inches long. Posey, who was arrested Tuesday for aggravated child abuse, has confessed to detectives to doling out the punishment, authorities said. The victim was not hospitalized and was treated with at-home remedies.
"Children will be children, but an adult should know better than to use such great physical punishment to try to correct their bad behavior," Sheriff Chad Chronister said. "This suspect’s actions were intentional, unacceptable and she will now face the consequences for inflicting unnecessary pain on a helpless child."
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[NYPOST] A 76-year-old was punched in the back of the head by a woman who spewed an anti-Asian statement at her in East Harlem in an unprovoked attack Wednesday morning, cops said.
"I hate Koreans!" the attacker yelled as she punched the woman in the head with a closed fist around 10:45 a.m. at 112th Street and Third Avenue, cops said.
Cops arrived and arrested the attacker, police said. Charges against her were pending and her name wasn’t immediately released.
The victim refused medical treatment.
Hate crimes were up 12.6% so far this year, to 348 from 309 in the same period last year, according to the most recent NYPD data released Monday.
The city has seen a rise in hate crimes against Asian and Jewish Americans in recent years.
Up-to-date statistics for those groups weren’t immediately available.
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There is a distinct lack of curiosity in too many NY Post articles.
[Breitbart] The Buchenwald concentration camp memorial says that seven trees dedicated to the memory of victims of the Nazi camp in eastern Germany have been chopped down.
The foundation that runs the memorial tweeted on Wednesday that the trees near the site apparently were attacked the previous day.
It posted pictures showing the trees severed about halfway up the trunk, and said it was "appalled at the deliberate attack on remembrance."
The foundation said that it had filed a complaint to police.
One of the trees was dedicated to children killed at Buchenwald and the others to six prisoners at the camp. The trees were part of a project called "1,000 beeches" and were planted on a route outside the actual camp along which prisoners were taken.
The Buchenwald concentration camp was established in 1937.
More than 56,000 of the 280,000 inmates held at Buchenwald and its satellite camps were killed by the Nazis or died as a result of hunger, illness or medical experiments before the camp’s liberation on April 11, 1945.
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Disqusting
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Lack of teaching history combined with leftist propaganda leads to the cultural rot we see now.
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The Americans + NATO + Israel are the ones pushing and financing fascism, nazism and jihadism worldwide for geopolitical reasons today. Fascist organizations are condoned and protected in the USA (antifa blm) our FBI and the local police was the one shielding and protecting this bunch during the summer of 2020.
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pushing and financing fascism, nazism and jihadism worldwide
As we see from the article, it is not just facism, nazism, and jihadism, but also unregulated logging.
[G&G] Few hatters build truly custom pieces the way Shorty Koger does anymore. Her brass and cast-iron machines are at least as old as her parapeted 1930s-era saloon-style storefront in the Oklahoma City stockyards, where they sit, hissing and steaming and bobbing with rich felt. For one, the equipment hardly exists anymore—much less anyone who knows how to use it. "It’s hard to find somebody to make a hat," says Koger, buttoned up to her chin in a Western shirt, her own tan cowboy hat expertly perched. "This whole business is a lost art."
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I got my cowboy hat at Arizona Hatters in Tucson, but it's true: If you want a real cowboy hat, you have to go to a real cowboy hat shop like the one in this story.
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[NYPOST] She wanted to spice up her unfaithful boyfriend’s sex life — and did so with peppery chili oil.Self-crowned "spoiled trophy wife" Augustah Hubble is now being hailed the "petty queen" of social media after virally revealing that she injected her ex’s condoms with habanero oil when she discovered he’d been cheating with her close friend.
But the vengeful vixen’s wrath didn’t stop at peppering the creep’s "community penis."
She also married his dad.
"That time I caught him cheating with my friend so I injected habanero oil in his condoms," bragged Hubble, 29, from Houston in the captions of her trending testimonial.
"He came home like the dog with his tail between his legs," she continued in the text of the video, which fetched more than 64,200 views. "[I] offered to put ice on it, and used frozen habanero ice cubes I made."
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Post headline: The craziest face
In this paper is not Asia G----,
Cuz there isn't a snap,
Just a list of xir crap.
["Spayed reporter sez newshound plays ace!"]
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Had a bad time after some delicious fresh made Mexican street salsa [tomatoes, habaneros, onions, burro wagon board cut and ground by hand with a mortar and pestle].
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I am surprised at her success using a hypo and injecting fluid into the package, while not sticking a hole in the condom... which would cause it to split.
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Imagine my Biden incontinence face when I realized I'd accidentally challenged Dron. As if. Just waving vaguely at the eternal struggle between trans and "other" women, was all.
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Whatever habanero is, I think it shall become a recurrent snarky reference. As in,'he has been habaneroed'. Or, 'time to wake up and smell the habanero!' 🥳
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Me woman, she 'alf a Scotch bonnet.
Mon, look mighty jaunty upon it!
Now start fe get 'ot.
"It cool down?"
"Maybe not."
So me chop, an' me glad dat me done it.
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In the old country as young we used to put the glochids of prickly pears in the public bathrooms toilet paper…..
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Cue gritos por Mexican crooners.
"Some scratched at our glochids... algunas,"
Sings boychik of Pskov,
"But most just burned 'em off
And went riding in search of the tunas."
At one point, the habanero (100,000 to 350,000 Scoville heat units or SHU) held the crown as the world’s hottest chili pepper, but don’t let the fact that certain chilies have passed it by fool you into underestimating it. This is a seriously hot pepper. And unlike many of the hotter chilies, there’s quite a bit of flavor to go along with the extra-hot kick. it has a unique, citrus-like taste with a subtle hint of smoke that makes it very popular in hot sauces, powders, and rubs. If you can handle the heat, this is a fun culinary chili to play with in the kitchen.
Zenobia F, a little friendly competition is good for the soul. Imagine if Salieri had liked young Wolfie Mozart instead of otherwise...
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fwiw, capsaicin, the chemical responsible for the 'hot', is used for treatment of pain. In fact, an over the counter product, Pain Block, has a roll on that does this.
If you use capsaicin to, for example, relieve knee pain, don't go into a hot tub for at least 12 hours or you will feel a nasty burn.
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is used for treatment of pain.
It’s a counterirritant, which is a fascinating concept otherwise appliable to war and diplomacy. Or any negotiation, really, if one is clever enough to carry it off. ;-)
[THEHILL] Three major organizations that promote and manage the sport of quidditch announced on Tuesday they are changing the name of the game to quadball, partly to distance themselves from "Harry Potter" author and quidditch creator J.K. Rowling.
The International Quidditch Association (IQA) and US Quidditch (USQ), which are governing bodies for the sport, joined Major League Quidditch (MLQ), a semi-professional league with 16 teams in the U.S. and Canada, in announcing the official name change.
Quadball, which refers to the number of balls on the field as well as the number of positions, garnered enthusiastic support among the sport’s community in surveys, according to the groups.
IQA, USQ and MLQ made the decision to rebrand for two reasons. One was to distance themselves from Rowling, who has made several comments criticized as transphobic.
The second was to trademark a unique name because film and media production company Warner Bros. owns the trademark for "quidditch."
In the U.S., both the USQ and MLQ will own the trademark for "quadball." USQ is transitioning immediately to change its organizational name to swap out quidditch for quadball, while MLQ will officially adopt quadball into its name next month.
USQ Executive Director Mary Kimball said quadball has grown significantly and the organizations were "committed to continuing to push quadball forward."
"In less than 20 years, our sport has grown from a few dozen college students in rural Vermont to a global phenomenon with thousands of players, semi-pro leagues and international championships," Kimball said in a statement.
Both USQ and MLQ filed to change the name back in December after polling both players and fans on the idea.
The IQA expects to enter into a license agreement to use "quadball" and will adopt the term into its name in the near future
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J.K. Rowling, is not wrong.
The name 'Quadball may just spell the end of 'Quadball' as an official sport as well as the end of the organizations themselves.
Trannies are mentally ill prople
I doubt that Warner Bros can keep the trade mark on the word 'Quidditch' anyway as they don't seem to use it for anything.
The organizations should stay out of social issues and just focus on the sport instead.
[NYPOST] A wildfire fueled by gale-force winds raged in the mountainous region of Penteli near Athens on Wednesday morning, burning homes and prompting authorities to order the evacuation of at least nine areas and a hospital.
Thick clouds of smoke darkened the sky over Mount Penteli where the fire broke out around 2:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, some 16 miles north of central Athens.
There were no reports of injuries, the fire brigade said.
About 485 firefighters and 120 fire engines were deployed to try to tame the blaze, which was burning on several fronts. More than seven helicopters and planes were dumping water on the flames, though they had halted operations during the night for safety reasons.
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Alena Analeigh Wicker, 13, was accepted into the University of Alabama's Heersink School of Medicine class of 2024 in June
Her acceptance makes her the youngest black student ever accepted to medical school
She is currently finishing up a pair of degrees in biological sciences at Oakwood University and Arizona State University, after graduating from high school at 12
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Planned Parenthood is probably gnashing their teeth. This girl should have been aborted, not adopted! (according to their philosophy)
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The mythical "black Einstein" cannot be aborted, only shot by a rayciss white cop.
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Once upon a time, I would find this story heartwarming. But the last half decade has turned me into a cynical old bastard and cynicism is the rule of the day. Ask yourself, given the current political climate, would you want to be the one to give this prodigy a B- on the Organic Chemistry exam?
Having worn glasses from a young age, I doubt anyone deliberately takes a power nap face down on a book wearing their glasses. Falling asleep during homework, I can see. That the caption says "Alena takes a power nap while working her way through some figures and calculations" makes me think someone is selling something.
“We’ve helped, I’ve helped, get this country through a pandemic and help save another country from barbarism. And frankly, that’s enough to be going on. Mission largely accomplished,” he said.
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The Chinese have all the right in the world to “influence” the Latin Americans.
Tanks to China at least they have the excuse and chance to kick the gringos maricones and traviesos out of their countries.
All of you have to understand the entire world do not want American culture or influence. America is sick and revolting to all.
Americans for decades created wars and poverty in there.
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Then move, "Los Angeles resident"
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If the rest of the world doesn’t want it, Aca Joe, they should stop buying or copying our hip-hop, rock’n’roll, jazz, Blues, blue jeans, baseball caps, and movies. They should also stop trying to move here.
It’s really quite simple, but they won’t do it.
You also didn’t do it, my dear. You could have retired to Acapulco or Costa Rica or Bonaire instead of your little corner of heaven-with-girlfriend in California. No matter what your head might say, your heart knows better and drove you to vote with your feet.
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If the rest of the world doesn’t want it, Aca Joe, they should stop buying or copying our hip-hop, rock’n’roll, jazz, Blues, blue jeans, baseball caps, and movies. They should also stop trying to move here.
First, in my case regarding music I don’t listen to the trash.
The rest of the world if you travel care less about rap, rock and roll
and especially blues. Just because an American band played in another country doesn’t mean that the entire country love that music. Contrary to the rest of the world American music managers have always sabotaged any attempt to foreign music to enter the USA, and that is a fact told to me by my old friend Bob Greemberg, one of the biggest music executives in Los Angeles, now defunct.
Regarding the jeans story… 99.9 % of jeans in the world are made outside the USA , and no one considers jeans as an American pants
As for myself ever in my life I have used jeans or followed baseball
I dress Brioni or custom made by Italian tailors and I do not follow any sport
Third, I owned and payed all my investment in here.
From investments generated in another country.
Thank you and now have a nice day.
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I owned and payed all my investment in here.
From investments generated in another country.
I assumed as much, just as I assume you are not a narco-gangster, unlike some of your countrymen who have settled in this country.. Nonetheless, you have chosen to live in this country you claim is so horrible, when Spain, for instance, would be overjoyed to have you settle there, bringing your work ethic and business sense... not to mention the earnings you made in another country. Italy would sell you an entire village for a euro if you would settle there — why did you choose America instead?
But you are necessarily not typical of Mexicans or non-Americans in general, given what you have done and where you have done it.
No entire country loves any one thing, but the fact is that many American bands and movies make much of their profits overseas, well beyond the possibility that it’s a few novelty acts. This has become their music, not just America’s. It’s just that it was America’s first. Mr. Wife and I regularly go to the International Blues Competition in Memphis, Tennessee, where every year a significant number of competitors are sent by Blues societies from all over the world, and many years at least one of them makes it to the final round. And since getting past the first round requires creating original songs, it is clear these bands are not merely acquiring a repertoire of American music, but have absorbed it and made it their own, forsaking local and regional musical styles.
Ditto for blue jeans. It isn’t who makes the things now, it’s where the fashion was established, and why the rest of the world adopted them as their own in preference to local styles.
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assumed as much, just as I assume you are not a narco-gangster, unlike some of your countrymen who have settled in this country.
Are you serious? Maybe you need to know that the peoples that you call Mexican gangsters , living and prospering in here , are vetted and protected by the scum in the Cia
Plus I remember you California for many peoples,including myself IS part of Mexico! it was stolen long time ago, and will be back
So I do not consider California as part of USA!
And so millions and millions of California Latino
Molon labe, dear boy. Though it is telling that the lot of you have not done so.
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I'm a businessman
from Tenochtitlan.
No one could teach
me nothin'!
A totally clever,
and riveting man!
For years I pushed
rivets into denim.
From Fresno to sea!
California will be free!
We'll never need
American money!
Burritos and clothes,
is all people need.
They'll have as many
as can fit inside a gunny!
[IsraelTimes] ICAO investigation concludes that authorities in Minsk used false threat as excuse to ground plane and arrest dissident journalist, endangering airliner.
The United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... agency in charge of investigating the diversion of a Ryanair flight by Belarus last year announced Tuesday it has completed its review, dismissing a claimed Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, bomb threat as a ruse and once again pointing the finger at the "unlawful" actions carried out by Minsk.
On May 23, 2021, a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was forced to land in Minsk, with Belarusian authorities arresting dissident journalist, Roman Protasevich, and his partner, Sofia Sapega, who were on board. Belarussian authorities claimed that Hamas had threatened to blow up the plane, a claim denied by the terror group.
"The ICAO Council concluded its discussions yesterday on the May 2021 incident in Belarus airspace involving Ryanair Flight FR4978, condemning the actions of the Government of Belarus in committing an act of unlawful interference," the International Civil Aviation Organization said in a statement.
The investigation was extended in early January to establish certain "missing facts" and examine new information.
The Montreal-based ICAO studied audio recordings of the Minsk air traffic controller who was monitoring the affected flight.
The agency said that the bomb threat used as excuse to divert the aircraft was "deliberately false and endangered its safety."
"The threat was communicated to the flight crew upon the instructions of senior government officials of Belarus," it added.
Ryanair said Belarusian flight controllers told the pilots there was a bomb threat against the jetliner and ordered it to land in Minsk. The Belarusian military scrambled a MiG-29 fighter jet in an apparent attempt to encourage the crew to comply with the flight controllers’ orders.
Belarus transport officials later claimed the country had received a bomb threat claiming to be from Hamas that threatened to blow up the plane unless Israel halted military operations in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... . The claim was regarded as dubious as Hamas and Israel had ceased fighting two days earlier.
The statement from ICAO added that the council representative of Russia — a close ally of Minsk — had "expressed his State’s strong objection to identifying Belarus as the source of the unlawful interference which took place."
It said that the council, made up of 36 countries, had asked its president to pass the findings of the investigation on to UN Secretary-General António Guterres ...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years... The ICAO’s mission is to enact the rules governing global civil air transport, but it has no power to impose sanctions.
In the event of a proven violation of international rules, its role is to provide support for any countries wishing to pronounce condemnations or apply sanctions, in accordance with the reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel... Convention on International Civil Aviation, the institution said.
Last month, Sapega asked for a pardon from Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko after being sentenced to six years in prison for "inciting social hatred" and "illegal collection of personal data."
Protasevich is currently under house arrest pending trial.
The Russian-installed administration in the partially occupied Ukrainian region of #Zaporizhzhia says that #Ukraine has conducted a drone strike on a #nuclear power station there, but the reactor was undamaged.https://t.co/0z9HNaq4Op
Ukraine needs to win this war as soon as possible because the Russians are increasingly targeting Ukrainian civilians as well as economic targets. Russia responded to the recent use of GMLRS guided rockets on ammo and fuel storage sites by replacing some of the lost sites with ones built in residential areas. Russia also parked a large number next to a Ukrainian nuclear power plant to discourage Ukrainian attack on them.
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Building in the picture looks like an apartment block. Not doubting there's a nuke plant there too, just sayin that in the picture right there ain't no containment structure.
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If Russia says it, you should know by now it's a lie. The ignorant ass Russians like they did at Chernobyl, have invaded another nuclear plant:
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Javelin is not a Ukrainian weapon. However, the reports on the Ukrainian weapon (don't remember the name) are that it is effective plus it can be setup to be remotely operated. Keeping the crew safer.
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In this war business killing is the highest currency ,American trained and armed Ukrops are too lightweight
Ukraine showed to the world on how retrograde and inferior the American and Nato weapons are.
Exemplified in HIMARS myth, no single weapon system can "win" a war .
O group alone has 5-6 times more guns than the whole Ukraine as a nation got - good luck to counter it
But the ziombis still repeating ukros are winning. LOL
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[Korrespondent] 23:26 The European Union has allocated another 500 million euros to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Borrell said.
23:22 The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, and the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, warned Iran against helping Russia in the war against Ukraine. In particular, they warned Iran against supplying UAVs to Russia. "I don't think it's a good idea that Iran is supplying UAVs or other weapons systems that are being commented on in the Russian media. And we'll see where it all goes," Milli said.
23:06 Reznikov, after a meeting in the Ramstein format, said that representatives of a number of countries stated in plain text that there was and would not be any "weariness" from the war in Ukraine: "Many partners are ready to train our soldiers. This is an opportunity to get a high-quality reserve that will master Western weapons and equipment, and will create conditions for increasing the volume of support."
22:57 The export of Ukrainian grain will pass through three ports - Odessa, Yuzhny and Chornomorsk and without the participation of the Russian Federation, Rustem Umerov, a member of the Ukrainian delegation at the negotiations on the grain issue, said in a comment to Suspіlny: "There should be no Russian ships in our waters. We will not "We trust them. Even if they sign an agreement with the UN. This is an aggressor country, and until they retreat to their borders, they cannot be trusted. But along these corridors, we have developed a mechanism where there will be no control of these vessels at sea. There will only be a monitoring group to work with their mandate, and they will check that there are no weapons in these courts."
22:29 Zelensky said in an evening video message that Russia is testing in Ukraine something that can be used against other countries: "When we turn to our partners with this or that request, with this or that advice or demand, this is based on the experience of Ukraine - on what we have already experienced. Russia is testing in Ukraine everything that can be applied against other European countries. It began with gas wars, and ended with a full-scale invasion, missile terror and burned cities of Ukraine. whoever is greater, we must ensure a tangible common victory over Russia in Ukraine. The sooner this is done, the less losses and suffering will be suffered by all European families, all European countries."
22:22 Zelensky, in an evening video message, spoke about the agreements on air defense: "The name HIMARS has become almost native for our people - just like before Javelin or NLAW, like Stugna or Neptune. And it is obvious that the next equally significant name will appear from modern air defense systems that we request from partners. Representatives of our state have not stopped working for a day to get effective air defense, and we have certain agreements on this matter, there are certain successes that allow us to destroy part of the missiles, but we need a completely different speed and scale protection."
21:53 Reznikov commented on the results of the meeting in the Ramstein format: "By agreement with colleagues, we are keeping the intrigue on the lion's share of existing and new aid packages, which include the supply of weapons, ammunition, training of our soldiers and much more. First, the enemy will feel them on the battlefield. Positive The signal of the meeting is the new commitments of the partners, which concern land, sea and sky."
21:19 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, said that the Donbass is not yet lost to Ukraine, there will be long-term hostilities: "The answer to your question about whether the Donbass is lost is no, it is not lost yet ".
21:16 The fourth international meeting in the Ramstein format has already taken place - negotiations on military support for Ukraine. More details - in the material Results of the new Ramstein .
21:12 The circle of Ukraine's allies is expanding, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said at a briefing following the meeting in the Ramstein-4 format, which this time was held online. As the special correspondent said on the air of the telethon, at the meeting, the allied countries agreed on the functionality: someone provides weapons, someone repairs them, someone trains Ukrainian soldiers. Austin himself announced the signing by Biden of the 16th support package for Ukraine, which will include coastal defense equipment, including for protecting Serpents' Island and preventing enemy landings near Odessa, and other types of weapons and ammunition.
Referring to several high-ranking sources, the special correspondent said that the system of control over the supply of weapons to Ukraine was discussed, but this was not an attempt to control, but an initiative of the Ukrainian side.
20:36 Is Ukraine guaranteed the support of the West if in the future it rejects the terms of a truce with the Russian Federation with the loss of territories? What role will gas prices play in this? Such issues were discussed by experts from Germany. More details - in the material How long will Western assistance last .
20:19 The United States, together with its allies, is providing Ukraine with more than 20 HIMARS MLRS, of which 12 have already been transferred, a Pentagon spokesman said at a briefing. Also, according to General Mark Milli, the United States has already trained 200 Ukrainian military personnel to work on HIMARS. The crew of one HIMARS is three people.
The Pentagon spokesman specified that the range of the MLRS, which the United States is transferring to Ukraine, is 80 km.
20:04 The dismissals of Venediktova and Bakanov will not be the last, Danilov said on the air of the telethon: "There were certain names, but I prefer to work with documents. Most likely, these were not the last dismissals, we will still see certain processes."
19:58 Olena Zelenskaya became the first wife of a foreign president in the history of the US Congress to speak in it, a special correspondent said on the air of the telethon. The First Lady of Ukraine thanked the United States for the allocated billions and called for more weapons for Ukraine's struggle "for our common values of human life." During her speech, photos of children and families affected by Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities were shown. According to the correspondent, congressmen, leaving after Zelenskaya's speech, said that Ukraine really needed more weapons.
19:42 Kuleba, after Lavrov’s words about changing the “geographical tasks” of the war in Ukraine, called on the world to strengthen sanctions against the Russian Federation and speed up the supply of weapons to Kiev: “The recognition of the Russian Foreign Minister in dreams of seizing more Ukrainian land proves: Russia rejects diplomacy and is focused on war and terror. The Russians want blood, not negotiations. I call on all partners to strengthen sanctions against the Russian Federation and accelerate the supply of weapons to Ukraine."
19:35 Lithuania will soon hand over additional M113 and M577 armored personnel carriers, as well as ammunition, to Ukraine, Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said. In addition, according to him, Lithuania proposes to organize large-scale military training for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In particular, the country is ready to train military police and demining specialists. Also, the Lithuanian army will contribute to the training of Ukrainian personnel in the UK, sending instructors there.
19:17 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the assault in four directions, fighting continues in the area of Berestovoye and on the outskirts of the Uglegorsk TPP. The enemy continues to try to capture Bakhmut, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the evening summary .
19:08 The International Criminal Court is preparing to charge Russia with crimes in Ukraine this winter, writes Bloomberg, citing its sources.
18:37 The West is building up military support for Ukraine. HIMARS have already become a real horror for the occupiers, but now you can hear more and more often about the supply of F-15 and F-16 fighters to Ukraine, which can completely change the nature of the war. The related supply bill has already passed the US House of Representatives. More details - in the material F-16 for Ukraine .
18:24 Zaluzhny said that he had discussed with the Commander-in-Chief of the Joint Armed Forces of NATO and the United States in Europe, Christopher Cavoli, the interaction of Ukrainian and NATO officers at the headquarters level: "Europe is going through difficult times, but now its history is being written. What it will be depends largely on from our cooperation."
17:40 Rolls Royce will restore the destroyed hospital in the village of Khukhra, Sumy region, BBC reports with reference to the Ministry of Health. The hospital was completely destroyed as a result of a direct missile hit, at that moment there were no doctors and patients in it. Part of the funds for the restoration will be raised by Rolls Royce employees, and the rest will be allocated by the company itself. The construction is expected to take six months and cost $440,000.
17:26 The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the Antonovsky bridge twice during the day, which connects Russian-occupied Kherson with the districts of the Kherson region on the left bank of the Dnieper, adjacent to the occupied Crimea. Antonovsky bridge is of great strategic importance for the Russian army. Read more in the material Cauldron for the occupiers .
17:21 Permanent representatives of the EU countries approved the seventh package of sanctions against the Russian Federation , it included a ban on the supply of Russian gold, said Lithuanian representative to the EU Raimundos Karoblis. Also included in the new package are more than 50 individuals and legal entities, including politicians and the military. In addition, new export control measures and freezing of Sberbank's assets are envisaged.
17:08 US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that the hostilities in Ukraine are at a decisive stage , and the West will continue to look for ways to provide long-term military assistance to Kiev: "We are talking about a decisive stage in the conflict. Therefore, our collective support for Ukraine is of vital importance, it must be urgent. Russia thinks it can outlast Ukraine, outlast us. But this is just the most recent of Russia's miscalculations."
17:05 The Estonian Parliament adopted amendments to the legislation, which give the government the right to deprive foreigners of Estonian citizenship at its own discretion. In particular, this applies to people who will go to fight in Ukraine on the side of the Russian Federation. At the same time, those who defend the independence of Ukraine as part of the Ukrainian defense forces will not be deprived of their citizenship, since this does not threaten the national security of Estonia.
16:57 Against the backdrop of criticism of non-compliance with the agreements, the German government confirmed that the so-called circular exchange of tanks with Poland will take place, writes Der Spiegel. "There can be no talk of a disruption," the deputy speaker of the government said. Negotiations are currently underway at the level of specialists. The government hopes that a solution will be found.
16:55 Zelensky held a telephone conversation with President of the European Council Charles Michel, during which he discussed the situation at the front, a new package of sanctions against the Russian Federation and the financial needs of Ukraine, the press service of the Presidential Office reports.
16:19 The Russians shelled a village in the Esman community of the Sumy region. According to the head of the OVA, Dmitry Zhivitsky, one shell hit a public toilet, another one hit a church.
15:54 Yermak commented on the delivery of additional HIMARS: "We will receive four more HIMARS. But that's not all."
15:43 On July 13, Russian dry cargo ships Matros Koshka and Matros Pozynych planned to enter the Lebanese port of Beirut with 54,000 tons of stolen Ukrainian grain. However, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Lebanese authorities forbade their unloading, so the ships were redirected to Syria, to the ports of Latakia and Tartus. In the future, it is planned to deliver Ukrainian grain from Syrian territory by trucks to other countries of the Middle East and North Africa.
The invaders are also trying to resume the work of the seaport in Mariupol: first of all, it is planned to establish a connection with Rostov-on-Don for the export of Ukrainian metal. However, the failure of the Russians to ensure the supply of electricity for the operation of the port remains a significant problem.
15:36 US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that Washington will transfer four more HIMARS systems to Kiev - taking into account new deliveries, Ukraine will have a total of 16 such systems.
15:24 International creditors have agreed to defer the payment of Ukraine's debt on Eurobonds. According to their statement, quoted by Reuters, they agreed to a suspension of Ukraine's debt service from August 1, 2022 until the end of 2023, with the possibility of a year extension.
Earlier, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a resolution on a two-year delay in the payment of external debts. The document provides that the maturity date of the bonds is postponed for a period of 24 months from the respective final maturity date of the bonds.
15:10 Turkey expects to sign a memorandum on grain at a meeting this week, Erdogan said.
14:42 The European Commission has officially proposed a plan to reduce gas consumption in Europe by 15% until next spring. The department emphasizes that all consumers, including the population, industry, and government bodies, should take measures to save gas. The European Commission, in turn, undertakes to accelerate the work on diversifying gas supplies.
14:23 Information from the front is closed by 90%, Danilov said in an interview with Ukrainian Radio. According to him, these data are "extremely sensitive" and their leakage can lead to losses in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council also added that when the Ukrainian troops attack, "especially from the weapons that we have recently begun to receive from our partners," we must bear in mind that "the rashists have opened a hunt for these weapons." At the same time, Danilov assured that to date, not a single weapon "due to the fault of our military or for some media or other things has been destroyed by the enemy."
14:01 Zelensky, in his first interview for the Latin American media, criticized the neutral position of the President of Brazil: “I don’t think that when there is a war in the world, you can be neutral. Remember the Second World War. There were leaders who were initially neutral. This allowed fascism to eat half of Europe, and then go further and capture all of Europe."
In a conversation with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Zelensky told him that one should not take the position of a mediator, because in this case there are no two sides to the conflict, but Russia is fighting against Ukraine: "They are on our territory - we did not meet in the middle. One country seized part of our territory eight years ago. Many wanted to mediate or remain neutral, and this allowed the Russian Federation to launch a second wave of capture."
13:57 NABU and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense removed another Ukrainian military from the occupation in the south of the country. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, since February 24, the Main Intelligence Directorate, together with colleagues from other departments, has carried out more than ten successful operations to evacuate the civilian population, military personnel and their families, representatives of executive bodies, as well as material assets of state importance from the occupied territories.
13:44 Lavrov said that the geographical tasks of the "special operation" have changed - now it is not only the "DPR" and "LPR", but also "a number of other territories." At the same time, he added that "if the West supplies Kyiv with long-range weapons, the geographical objectives of the special operation in Ukraine will move even further."
13:23 The US authorities have included the Russian Federation in the list of countries that have a "policy or practice" of human trafficking, forced labor, or whose security forces use children as soldiers, writes Reuters. For the first time, a new section appeared in the US State Department's annual report on trafficking in persons - Trafficking in persons, which is sponsored by the state.
13:14 USAID will provide additional humanitarian assistance to Ukraine for $169 million. With this money, Ukrainians will be provided with food, shelter, water, hygiene products and medical care.
13:09 The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a $4.5 billion grant from the IBRD and the International Development Association. The funds will be used to support public spending to ensure sustainable public administration in Ukraine.
12:43 Foreign Ministers of the Czech Republic and Austria Jan Lipavsky and Alexander Shallenberg arrived in Ukraine.
12:28 Danilov announced "high-profile news" about some influential people who disappeared from the media space after February 24: "Now we cannot report to the public about everyone, but what our counterintelligence is doing, and especially lately, is impressive."
12:25 The defense forces with precise strikes destroyed the enemy command post, which held positions behind the Antonovsky bridge, said the adviser to the head of the Kherson Regional Military District Serhiy Khlan. He also said that the smoke in Novaya Kakhovka was the result of the BC and military unit where the occupiers were stationed in the warehouse. According to the adviser, the joint actions of the Resistance Movement and the army eliminated strongholds, manpower, warehouses with ammunition and armored vehicles of the Russians - "now there is panic."
In addition, Khlan said that Russian propaganda in Nova Kakhovka filmed a video about the distribution of Russian passports - 5-6 people came there who had never been seen before. The locals are sure that these are "guest performers" from the Crimea.
12:14 Lavrov said that "in the current situation, it makes no sense to negotiate with Ukraine." According to him, "the Ukrainians will not be allowed to negotiate until the Americans decide that they have scandalized enough." The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry also stressed that at the beginning of the Russian invasion, the Ukrainian side requested negotiations, but then the West "began to persuade" Ukraine to "victory on the battlefield." According to Lavrov, "the United States and Great Britain, by arming Ukraine, want to push Russia against Europe."
12:01 Visiting the beaches of Odessa and the region is still prohibited, said the speaker of the Odessa OVA Sergey Bratchuk. According to him, everything is mined, and from the sea it regularly "brings" surprises in the form of Russian mines. "The danger is huge, and the danger during rocket attacks is added," Bratchuk explained.
11:39 In Lazurny, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the ultra-modern Russian radar station 48Ya6-K1 Podlet, the command of the Ground Forces reported.
11:15 As a result of enemy shelling of the Kharkiv region over the past day, one person was killed, seven were injured, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said. In particular, one person died in the Izyum region, and five residents of the Kharkov region were injured, one each in Chuguevsky and Bogodukhovsky.
11:03 Latvian President Egils Levits said in an interview with RTVI that he would support amendments to the law on the deprivation of citizenship of supporters of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. He believes that the Russians who live in Latvia and support Russian aggression are "outside the democratic spectrum." According to the President, a neutral position in this situation is impossible.
10:49 The EU will offer member countries to reduce gas consumption by 15% from August due to the threat of stopping supplies from Russia, writes Bloomberg.
10:28 The US and its allies are considering training Ukrainian pilots on a long-term basis, US Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Brown told Reuters. According to him, Kyiv may need help in the formation of the Air Force, however, although negotiations are underway, there are no concrete decisions on the training of pilots yet.
10:26 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whom Putin met in Tehran, supported Russia's invasion of Ukraine: "War is an unkind, difficult issue, and Iran does not approve of ordinary people suffering from it, but in the case of Ukraine, If the Russian Federation had not taken the initiative, the other side would have started the war on its own initiative." According to him, "if NATO had not been stopped in Ukraine, then he would have started the same war in Crimea."
10:21 Aksenov, in an interview with the Russian RBC, said that the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions would become subjects of the Russian Federation, and promised them the same conditions for "integration" that Crimea had.
10:19 Antonovsky bridge in Kherson, which is being shelled for the second day in a row, will be closed to traffic, said "deputy head of the Kherson administration" Kirill Stremousov: "We will find other ways to cross to Kherson, the city will not remain without communication with the left bank."
10:17 As a result of the morning shelling by the occupiers of the Saltovsky district of Kharkov, three people were killed, including a boy of 13 years old, another person was injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
10:11 The Ukrainian military explored and demined the territories and underground fortifications of the Serpent Island. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, during the operation, samples of enemy weapons and equipment were discovered and seized: guidance and control systems, Orlan-10 UAVs, MANPADS systems, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, small arms, combat logs, personal documents of the Russian military, electronic media .
The Ukrainian flag was installed on the island instead of the "tricolor", in addition, a Ukrainian cat was found and evacuated to the controlled territory, which lived for several months in the occupation.
09:49 The Russians fired mortars at the Shostka district of the Sumy region in the morning, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. He promised to give details later.
09:30 The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, announced an enemy strike on one of the districts of Kharkov, according to preliminary information, there are victims.
09:17 The "authorities" of the occupied Kherson region said that Ukrainian troops fired 12 missiles from the HIMARS MLRS on the Antonovsky bridge in Kherson, "part of the missiles were intercepted by air defense, there are damages."
Meanwhile, local publics write that today, at about 4:30, explosions were heard again in the area of the bridge across the Dnieper in the village of Antonovka, Kherson region. After the explosions, a column of smoke rose over the bridge.
09:12 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of July 20. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut direction.
personnel - about 38,750 (+200) people liquidated,
tanks - 1700 (+9),
armored combat vehicles - 3905 (+13),
artillery systems - 856 (+5),
MLRS - 250 (+2),
air defense systems - 113 (+0),
aircraft - 221 (+1),
helicopters - 188 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 703 (+10),
cruise missiles - 167 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2775 (+8),
special equipment - 70 (+0).
09:05 Shoigu inspected the Russian group of troops West, participating in the "special military operation" in Ukraine, and gave instructions on "further increasing the efficiency of destroying drones over the border areas with Russia, as well as strict suppression, taking into account the receipt of new means of counter-battery combat, shelling nationalists of the residential areas of the liberated settlements".
09:02 Syria has decided to break off diplomatic relations with Ukraine in accordance with the principle of reciprocity, SANA quotes the country's Foreign Minister.
08:57 In the Nikolaev area yesterday in the afternoon Russians fired at the villages of Mirnoe, Zorya and Kotlyarovo of the Shevchenkovsky community therefore residential houses suffered and there was an ignition of fields with grain, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported. The village of Liman of the Galitsinov community also suffered, there was a fire of residential and country houses. In the Bashtansky district, the remnants of the harvest caught fire due to shelling. At night, the village of Bereznegovatoe came under shelling, as a result of which eight houses were damaged, two people were rescued from the rubble.
08:48 British intelligence considers control over the crossings across the Dnieper a key factor in the outcome of hostilities in the Kherson region. Yesterday, the "authorities" of occupied Kherson reported that Ukrainian forces had attacked the Antonovsky bridge across the Dnieper. It is highly likely that the bridge will be usable, but it is a key vulnerability for Russian forces, analysts say.
The Antonovsky Bridge is one of two Dnieper crossing points where Russia can supply or withdraw its troops to the territory it has occupied west of the river. This zone includes Kherson, which has political and symbolic significance for Russia. There, the course of the Dnieper is a natural barrier, the width of the waterway is about 1000 m.
08:42 In the United States, Ukrainians were awarded the Dissident Human Rights Award for courage in defending human rights. The ceremony took place at the Memorial to the Victims of Communism in Washington DC. The award for the entire Ukrainian people was received by First Lady Olena Zelenska.
08:38 The United States, amid the threat of Russia and China, is developing a satellite system for tracking hypersonic weapons and intends to put 28 satellites into orbit by 2025, writes AP. The Pentagon has already announced $1.3 billion worth of contracts. The agency recalled that China last year tested a hypersonic missile, and Russia used such weapons to strike at the territory of Ukraine.
08:33 In the controlled territory of the Donetsk region, five civilians were killed over the past day from Russian shelling - two in Krasnopolye, one each in Kramatorsk, Soledar and Avdeevka. Another 16 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:14 In the Luhansk region, the occupiers hit Belogorovka several times late in the evening from the Grad MLRS, the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai reports. According to him, the enemy is throwing into battle the recently mobilized residents of the occupied settlements of the Luhansk region. Despite the dense artillery and rocket pressure, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding their positions.
Gaidai noted that the invaders are aimed at storming Bakhmut, and therefore arrange terror in the settlements located on the outskirts of the city. On the border of the regions over the past day, the Russians launched seven missile strikes, three mortar attacks, carried out two attacks using cannon artillery and two more with rocket support.
08:01 In the Zaporizhia region, more than 400 people are held captive by the invaders, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh. According to him, the Russians demand money from the relatives of the prisoners for their return and thus earn money.
07:45 Russian troops are trying to attack Bakhmut and capture the Uglegorsk TPP. The Russians also launched an air strike near Verkhnekamensky and Avdeevka, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report . In the Black Sea, outside the base points, there are three Russian carriers of Caliber cruise missiles.
07:26 The Russians fired at a residential area in Nikopol from Gradov, firing more than 30 rockets. Previously, two people died, nine were injured, six of them were hospitalized, including four children, said the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. Three private houses were destroyed by shelling, about ten were damaged. Rescuers continue to dismantle the rubble and find out the extent of the destruction. Undetonated ammunition is scattered around the city, pyrotechnicians are working.
05:58 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) warns that Putin may threaten with nuclear weapons to deter the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the occupied Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk and Lugansk regions. After the annexation, Putin could say, directly or indirectly, that Russian doctrine allowing the use of nuclear weapons to defend Russian territory applies to the newly annexed territories, analysts say. Such actions threaten Ukraine and its partners with a nuclear attack if Ukrainian counteroffensives to liberate Russian-occupied territory continue, the ISW warned.
At the same time, experts remind that Russia's previous hints about Moscow's readiness to use nuclear weapons turned out to be empty. Ukraine and Western partners are left with an increasingly narrow window of opportunity to support a Ukrainian counter-offensive into Ukraine's occupied territories until Russia annexes them, analysts say.
04:37 Russia turned to the UN Secretary General with a request to assist in the closure of the Peacemaker: "We ask you to take the necessary steps to draw the attention of the Ukrainian authorities to the criminal activities of the Peacemaker project and force them to close it." Moscow said that "including children and teenagers become victims of the project." At the same time, Russia has already raised this issue twice in letters to the former head of UNICEF, but to no avail.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:05 In Nikolaev, the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine equipped a stronghold in the building of the clinic (Pogranichnaya St.), a large number of military equipment was placed in the immediate vicinity of the institution, while the evacuation of residents of nearby houses was not carried out. 21:12 The veteran of the Great Patriotic War received the first Russian passport in Energodar.
20:17 The fire at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was extinguished, 11 people injured due to the attacks were taken to the hospital, said Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the regional administration.
18:07 Near Kharkov, the German mercenary Daniel Gerliani with the call sign "Himalaya" was eliminated. The National Law University named after Yaroslav the Wise (Kharkov) reports that the German citizen studied at the faculty of the prosecutor's office and joined the ranks of the Azov SOF at the beginning of the special operation. The mercenary died on June 3, but the death was only announced now.
17:41 During the attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, 11 employees were injured, four of them are now in serious condition. This was reported in the press service of Energodar.
17:40 A referendum on the entry of the Zaporozhye region into the Russian Federation will be held despite attacks from the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the CAA. The safety of residents is provided by Russia, added Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the military-civilian administration of the Zaporozhye region.
17:35 And more about the dead mercenaries. In Ukrainian social networks, they report the destruction of a certain Canadian mercenary who came to wave the flag (and not only) in Ukraine.
17:00 The Belgorod governor announced a new shelling of the village of Nekhoteevka from the side of Ukraine, a local resident was killed.
15:47 Ukrainian attack drones attacked the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, RIA Novosti was told in the regional administration.
14:17 In the Kherson region, the Russian air defense is being regrouped, because of the attacks of the Kyiv regime - the deputy head of the VGA Stremousov.
13:32 The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed a US-made Harpoon missile launcher in the Odessa region, the Russian Defense Ministry reports. Also, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a precision strike on a marines station in the Odessa region, where reservists were being trained, more than 200 soldiers were destroyed.
13:30 Humanitarian aid from Sevastopol arrived in Melitopol. Cars with food packages were unloaded in the center of United Russia. Food, medicines, hygiene products and other necessary things were delivered to the St. Savvinsky Monastery. Sevastopol is the patronage territory for Melitopol and the Melitopol region. The patron cities help to restore the infrastructure of the region, repair schools, hospitals, kindergartens and roads.
Tver, Novgorod and Penza regions also help the Zaporozhye region.
13:20 In the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, accomplices of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the Russian Guard were detained. Grenades, guns and cartridges were confiscated from four detainees.
13:11 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (07/20/2022). The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation in Ukraine:
In the area of the settlement Usatovo, Odessa region, the high-precision weapon of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the launcher of the US-made Harpoon missile system.
Sea-based high-precision long-range weapons hit the temporary deployment point of the 35th Marine Brigade in the village of Dachnoye, Odessa region, where reservists for the Armed Forces of Ukraine were trained. More than 200 personnel were destroyed, as well as over ten units of foreign-made military equipment.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery hit in a day: seven command posts, including units of the 63rd Mechanized and 61st Infantry brigades in the areas of the settlements of Yavkino, Bereznegovatoe, Visunsk, Kaluga of the Nikolaev region, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade in the Verkhnekamenskoye region of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as the 92nd Mechanized Brigade in the Dolzhik region of the Kharkov region.
Eight warehouses with rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition were destroyed in the districts of Paraskoviyivka, Konstantinovka, Artyomovsk of the Donetsk People's Republic, Novovorontsovka in the Kherson region and Ternovatoe in the Zaporozhye region, as well as two fuel depots of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kurakhovo region of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In addition, in the Vasilenkovo districts of the Kharkiv region, as well as Novoraysk, Krasnoselskoe, Stepnoye, Taras Shevchenko of the Kherson region, nine shells of the Uragan multiple launch rocket system were intercepted.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 259 aircraft, 143 helicopters, 1,572 unmanned aerial vehicles, 356 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,135 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 760 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,166 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 4,410 units of special military vehicles.
11:18 The National Guard of Ukraine detained accomplices of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
11:12 "Our military and border guards suppressed the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the border of the Rylsky district with return fire. There were no casualties. However, due to damage to the power lines, three settlements remain without electricity. Repair crews went to the site, we will try to restore power supply as soon as possible," Roman Starovoitov, Governor of the Kursk Region.
11:10 Vessels with Ukrainian grain will start sailing before the start of mine clearance in the Black Sea, safe routes have already been determined - source
11:08 The border checkpoint Krupets in the Kursk region is practically destroyed as a result of the morning artillery fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:26 Governor of the Kursk region Starovoit: Ukraine is shelling the border areas of the Rylsk region.
"Under enemy fire, the border checkpoint Krupets. In the village of Gorodishche, power lines are damaged, there is no electricity here. The shelling continues," the governor wrote in his TG channel.
09:23 Sergei Shoigu inspected the Zapad group of troops participating in a special military operation in Ukraine:
At the command post, the Minister of Defense listened to the report of the commander of the group, Lieutenant General Andrei Sychevy, on the current situation and the combat missions being carried out in the area of responsibility.
Shoigu gave instructions on further increasing the efficiency of destroying enemy unmanned aerial vehicles over the border areas with Russia, as well as strict suppression, taking into account the arrival of new counter-battery weapons, shelling by nationalists of residential areas of liberated settlements.
09:00 Shoigu instructed to strictly suppress the shelling by nationalists of residential areas of liberated settlements in Ukraine and in the Donbass - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
08:53 Syria breaks off diplomatic relations with Ukraine in response to a similar decision by Kyiv. It is reported by the agency SANA. Earlier, the Syrian Foreign Ministry announced the recognition of the independence of the DPR and LPR.
08:52 EMERCOM of Russia delivered another batch of humanitarian aid to Melitopol.
Everything is already in stock.
08:50 The Russian air defense system intercepted ten missiles fired by the Armed Forces of Ukraine at Kherson - authorities.
08:10 Zrada came from where they did not expect. The Ukrainian media began to "blur" the symbols of Azov in the stories.
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Latest denazification efforts in Ukraine by our Russian friends. Gonna be a hard time facing God for the people who treat harmless people like this or support it, IMO:
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:08 In Toretsk (Tereshkova St.) and Druzhkovka (Donskoy Kvartal St.) of the Donetsk People's Republic, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are stationed in the buildings of medical dispensaries, weapons and ammunition depots are located, and armored vehicles, artillery and MLRS are located on the territories adjacent to medical facilities. 21:48 AFU shelled the Kirovsky district of Donetsk
Ukrainian militants from positions in Krasnogorovka launched an artillery strike on the Kirovsky district of the city, using 152mm caliber on residential areas.
21:38 Ukrainian militants wounded civilians in Nikolsky
VFU dropped explosives from a UAV on civilians in the Nikolsky Volnovakha district. A man and a woman were injured. The injured were taken to the Dokuchaevsk hospital.
17:55 The DPR reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 30 unguided aircraft missiles at Shirokaya Balka - JCCC.
17:17 Additional information was received through the operational lines of the DPR JCCC about the death of a civilian - a man as a result of the shelling of the VFU n.p. Alexandrovka at the address: st. School, 164. The personal details of the deceased are being established.
Donetsk, Petrovsky district:
- st. Karnavalnaya, 60, 83 - private residential buildings.
n.p. Gorlovka, the village of Shirokaya Balka:
- st. Dam, 154 - a fire was recorded.
As of today, as of 17:15, the enemy fired 263 ammunition of various types, including the BM-21 Grad MLRS (https://t.me/online_dnr_sckk/14376), as well as artillery ammunition with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm.
17:12 In Mariupol, in the coming days, a commission will begin work to control prices for socially significant essential food products. This was announced by the deputy head of the city administration Evgeny Bodyagin.
17:10 As a result of the aggression of the Ukronazis, a fire broke out in the house at the address: st. Dam, 154, which is in the village of Shirokaya Balka, Central City District of Gorlovka. Firefighters are working to put out the fire.
16:57 Effects of shelling by Ukrainian militants of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, as a result of which a civilian was killed.
15:26 Tribunal over Ukrainian war criminals will be held after the complete liberation of the DPR. This was stated by RIA Novosti, the chairman of the committee on criminal and administrative legislation of the People's Council of the DPR Elena Shishkina.
13:40 The Ukrainian military almost completely left Seversk, the People's Militia of the LPR reported.
14:55 Ukrainian militants attacked a school in Oleksandrivka
The school on the street was hit. Lenin in the village. Oleksandrivka, Petrovsky district of Donetsk, a number of housing constructions nearby were also damaged, windows were broken in the local administration.
14:53 VFU killed a civilian in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk
Ukrainian militants fired at the village of Trudovskaya mine, where on the street. The innovators killed a civilian.
13:06 Vladimir Putin in a conversation with a participant of the "Big Change" from Donetsk about the restoration of Donbass:
"Our entire country will help the LPR and DPR and your peers and adults in these territories. We all have good months, weeks and years ahead of us to put everything in order. But we will definitely do it!" the president said.
13:02 Eyewitnesses report arrivals in the Kyiv district of Donetsk near the Zasyadko mine. Information about the destruction and casualties is being specified.
12:17 Information about civilian casualties as a result of shelling VFU of the Kalininsky district, n.p. Gorlovka:
- a man born in 1969 died.
Wounded:
– child (boy) born in 2012;
- man born in 1960
Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kyiv district:
- st. Eremenko, 26/3 - a private residential building; the gas pipeline was also damaged;
— 64/8, Kievskiy Ave. — multi-apartment residential building.
Kirovsky district:
- st. Ivan Susanin, 35 "a" - Donetsk penal colony.
n.p. Staromikhaylovka:
- st. Ivana Marchenko, 105, 107, 109, 111, 112, 114, 116, 118 - private residential buildings.
n.p. Gorlovka:
Central city area:
- st. Kuznetsova-Zuboreva, 10 "a", 10 "b" - private residential buildings;
- st. Chernyshevsky, 8, 21, 23 - apartment buildings.
Kalininsky district:
- st. Boris Makukha, 38 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Boris Makukhi, 44, 55, 59, 65 - private residential buildings;
- st. Verkhoyanskaya, 8, 47 - private residential buildings;
- st. Kalashnikova, 71 - a private residential building;
- st. Shvydkogo, 61, 69 - private residential buildings;
- the 110 kV line is de-energized, 19 transformer substations are de-energized, about 6,500 subscribers are without power supply.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
11:33 Leps sent humanitarian aid to maternity hospitals in Donetsk.
11:17 As of July 20, 2022, on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, a group of troops of the DPR and LPR, with fire support from the RF Armed Forces, liberated 255 settlements, including Berestovoe.
11:15 Attention! Disinformation! Ukrainian channels and publics on social networks are spreading disinformation about an urgent evacuation along humanitarian corridors to the Donetsk People's Republic.
The occupation authorities of Kyiv announced the start of collecting applications from the population about their desire to leave for the DPR. Thus, the Ukrainian special services continue to collect detailed information about the remaining local population disloyal to Kyiv.
11:02 During the 154 days of the escalation of hostilities in the DPR, 259 civilians were killed, more than 2,700 were injured. Informs the DPR representation in the JCCC.
10:45 All teachers in schools in the liberated territories of the DPR will be provided with jobs. By September 1, teachers will have completed the necessary refresher courses.
09:42 According to updated data, as a result of shelling of the VFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, 1 person was killed and four more civilians were injured, including a child born in 2012.
09:33 Report about arrivals in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
09:14 In the central market of Kramatorsk, locals see a large number of foreigners in military uniform who come for provisions. Among themselves, they speak Polish, English, Spanish and other languages. Foreigners were transferred to the city or brought recently. Most likely, foreign fighters were pulled up for reinforcement and placed somewhere near the center of Kramatorsk.
08:46 Russian military sappers have discovered and defused more than 72,000 explosive objects in the Donbass since the start of the special operation, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, said on Tuesday.
08:36 A civilian was killed during the shelling of Gorlovka, the mayor of the city said
08:32 Gorlovka has been under targeted fire from Ukrainian armed groups since the very morning. As a result of an enemy attack in the village of the machine-building plant. S. M. Kirov (Central City district of Gorlovka) recorded numerous destruction of the housing stock.
In a two-story house at the address: st. Kuznetsova-Zubarev, 10a, windows were broken, entrance doors were broken, the heating system was broken, the roof was damaged. In the house at the address: st. Kuznetsova-Zubarev, 10b damaged windows, roofing, doors. Damaged houses at the following addresses: st. Chernyshevsky, 23/3, Chernyshevsky, 23/2.
08:09 Humanitarian service in remote areas of Lisichansk. The Russian military delivered more than 10 tons of food and hygiene products.
08:02 Military DPR near Donetsk with the help of ATGM "Competition" destroyed American howitzer M777 spotter.
08:00 In the early morning, Ukrainian fighters fired at the Kyiv district of Donetsk, as a result of which a window block, a door and a gas pipeline in a house on the street were damaged. Eremenko, 26/3.
Oh dear — so much for his short, glorious war. And a reminder to beware of unplanned for secondary and tertiary consequences, also known as The Unexpected.
[MSN] Russian President Vladimir Putin could be facing another war front, this time on his own turf, as one Chechen battalion prepares a second offensive against Moscow, a spokesman for the volunteer fighting force in Ukraine said.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, volunteer Chechen forces joined the fight in support of Kyiv – fueling the flames to a long-held animus towards not only Russia, but Putin.
"We know the enemy’s positions, where Russian military bases are," spokesman for the Sheikh Mansur Battalion, Islam Belokiev, said in a video message obtained by Fox News Digital this week while announcing a plan to once again fight for Chechen independence. "We have divided the Chechen Republic of Icheriya
...in the Rantburg archives and elsewhere as Ichkeria, because transliterations are so often more interesting than one would expect. Following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the so-called Chechen Republic of Ichkeria evolved into the Al Qaeda-linked Caucasus Emirate, which is naturally banned in Russia, the umbrella group for the jihadi organizations in the North Caucasus. Russia has been hunting down the jihadis of Caucasian Emirate for three decades. They subsequently swore allegiance to ISIS under the name Caucasus Province. Thousands made hijra to the ISIS caliphate in Syria, others were adopted by Turkey — that whole Turkic peoples thingy. Most famously, the Tsarnaev brothers blew up the Boston Marathon for them. Possibly this CRI merely shares a name without sharing the jihadi ideology...
into three fronts and 16 sectors."
Chechen resistance to Russian rule dates back centuries and calls for independence began more than 30 years ago following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Broad autonomy was granted under a peace treaty signed by then Russian President Boris Yeltsin after a brutal war devastated the republic from 1994-1996.
However, disdain for Putin and a decade of war broke out after he voided the treaty and launched a deadly military campaign in 1999 after he was appointed prime minister by then President Boris Yeltsin.
In an infamous speech that was a prelude his presidential rise, Putin said, "We will pursue the terrorists everywhere. If we catch them on the toilet, we will wipe them out in the outhouse."
Earthy for effect, I suspect, for an earthy people. One imagines he does the perfect gentleman just as well...
An estimated 160,000 people were killed in both campaigns, though exact figures remain unclear.
At least two volunteer Chechen battalions, including veteran soldiers from both the first and second Chechen wars, have taken up arms against Russia in Ukraine, including the Sheikh Mansur Battalion and the Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion.
Both groups have been vocal in denouncing the leader of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, who was appointed to the post in 2007 by Putin and has brutally backed his war efforts against Kyiv.
Chechens fighting on both sides of this war, Cossacks, ditto, and so too Ukrainians. Not to mention a measure of disunity back home in Russia. Interesting times for Vladimir Vladimirovich.
A spokesman for the Sheikh Mansur Battalion said the resistance group had divided Chechnya into three sectors and claimed to have begun working with local populations "to uncover the enemy troop movements, type of transport, type of armaments, number of troops and quantity of weapons."
Fox News could not independently verify the claims, but Russia expert and former intelligence officer in Russian doctrine and strategy for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Rebekah Koffler, said it could serve as a strategy to distract Putin’s war effort in Ukraine.
"The possibility of them taking advantage of Putin’s forces being tied up in Ukraine to assert their independence is very plausible," she explained.
It is unclear if the Chechen volunteer forces are strategizing with Kyiv by creating a second front, but Koffler noted that even if a second front is not fully launched in Chechnya it could still strain Putin’s forces.
It would "at least make Putin and the Russians believe that they will have to divert their attention and take eyes off Ukraine, so Ukrainians could launch a counter-offensive," she said. "That’s very clever." Ichkeria
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More wishful writing than information or news, is always a sign of psychological anxiety, that is very bad for people health.
….. and for that reasons Aca Joe is here to cure you.
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[NYPOST] Demand for mortgages crashed to a multi-decade low last week as prospective homebuyers contend with surging inflation and rising interest rates, data released on Wednesday showed.
The volume of mortgage loan applications sank 6.3% for the week ending on July 15 compared to one week earlier, according to the latest weekly survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association. The index measuring activity dropped to its lowest level since 2000.
Refinance applications also declined by 4% compared to the previous week and have fallen by 80% compared to the same week one year ago, the survey found.
"Purchase activity declined for both conventional and government loans, as the weakening economic outlook, high inflation, and persistent affordability challenges are impacting buyer demand," said Joel Kan, associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting at the Mortgage Bankers Association.
"The decline in recent purchase applications aligns with slower homebuilding activity due to reduced buyer traffic and ongoing building material shortages and higher costs," Kan added.
The MBA’s purchase index, which measures the volume of applications for mortgages to buy homes, fell 7% week-over-week and 19% year-over-year.
The downtick in mortgage demand coincided with a surge in interest rates, which have nearly doubled since January as the Federal Reserve hikes its benchmark rate to combat inflation. While the Fed rate does not directly impact mortgages, all forms of borrowing are becoming more expensive on the expectation of tightened economic policy.
The average contract interest rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances jumped to 5.82% last week, up from 5.74% the previous week. The same mortgage had a 3.11% rate during the same week one year earlier.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] Due to a signal about the discovery of a suspicious object similar to a floating mine in the Bulgarian Black Sea, the Resolute corvette and the helicopter of the Bulgarian Navy were sent to the specified region. This was reported on July 20 by the Sofia newspaper Fakty.
According to preliminary data, the incident occurred on July 19 near the Bulgarian port of Varna, when the captain of a passenger ship sailing under the Italian flag reported "an object resembling a mine." During the verification work, Bulgarian sailors recorded several unknown objects in the corresponding square.
Work in the region continues.
Recall that earlier in Sofia they did not rule out the possibility of dozens of Ukrainian sea mines appearing in Bulgarian territorial waters.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[NYPOST] A Florida babysitter burned a young child with a hot pot as a "form of discipline," authorities said Wednesday.
...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years...
