#1
That stood not for guns nor Katyushas
Nor Red Army rapine nor Roosha's
Escape without trial
For erecting such piles...
Sure, and I am an Irish Confucius!
[Yahoo] Ten days after the sudden death of an outspoken Kremlin critic in Washington, D.C., was deemed a "suicide" in the press, friends of Dan Rapoport fear there are nefarious forces at play to make sure the truth stays buried.
Rapoport, 52, was found dead in front of a lavish apartment building on the evening of Aug. 14 by police officers said to be responding to reports of a "jumper," according to a preliminary police report. Though the report notes he fell to his death in the early evening hours, they said there were no known witnesses, despite the building’s location in a bustling area right across from a popular hotel.
Eerily, he died in the exact same manner as his former business partner, Sergei Tkachenko, who plunged to his death from a Moscow apartment building in 2017.
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[DonRF] Yesterday, 24.08, the Russian Aerospace Forces became more active. Attacks were made on Zaporozhye (8-9 missiles, outskirts), Mirgorod - an air base, aircraft were hit, Shepetovka (railway infrastructure facilities), Dnepropetrovsk region (railway station).
In addition, standard strikes were carried out - objects in Nikolaev and the enemy artillery maneuvering zone, from where fire was fired at the ZNPP, were hit. Rocket artillery hit military facilities in Krivoy Rog. It can be stated that for the first time in a long time, the Russian Aerospace Forces delivered massive effective strikes against enemy targets. What does this time strikes infrastructural and with a qualitative definition of targets.
The enemy carried out regular shelling of Donbass:
Over the past day, from 08:00 on August 24 to 08:00 on August 25, four people were killed and 14 more civilians were injured.
Among the wounded, two children were injured as a result of shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic. Energodar (ZaES) and Novaya Kakhovka (hydroelectric power station) were also attacked.
Heavy fighting is going on on the Donbass front for what was Maryinka. According to our reports, the city has been cleared by 75 percent, in fact, we have the second edition of Popasna, the point where the grinding of forces takes place, until the moment who will be bled earlier. At the moment, there is still no turning point in our direction, although the enemy is suffering serious losses, still compensating for the lack of shells by the mobilized. In other areas - no change. We have little infantry.
Variable positional battles are going on in the North. In the Kharkov direction, something similar to Minsk is observed. Each rotation of the enemy leads to offensive attempts and increased shelling. After suffering losses, the enemy sharply reduces activity ... until the next rotation. In the South, after the occupation of the village of Blagodatnoye in the Nikolaev region, no change. Artillery duels with superiority of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
In the rear, attempts were noted yesterday to hold meetings of relatives of those mobilized in Kyiv, Zhitomir and Poltava. The organizers of the rallies were identified by the Ukrainian SBU (like Russian FSB) and arrested for high treason.
All further attempts, and there will be more of them, with an increase in the number of losses, will be stopped in a similar way. In general, internal terror and tightening of the screws on the territory of the UGIL is growing with a trend towards maximum tightening closer to winter.
Arms supplies from the West are also on the rise, it was announced yesterday :
New arms supplies from the US to Ukraine will begin in the next few months, US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl said at a briefing on August 24. The new assistance package is designed for $3 billion. Deliveries within its framework will begin in the next few months;
on the whole, a heavy positional confrontation continues with a tendency to activate our side. caused by the threat of a humanitarian catastrophe in the DPR in winter due to problems with water and damage to infrastructure.
Also, constant strikes against critically dangerous facilities in the South require the expansion of the security zone. The near future will show whether yesterday's blows were a one-time event or whether it was decided to take the confrontation to a higher level.
#5
I've never staged an atrocity, but if I were going to do something to spoil Ukrainian Independence Day, it would be much more dramatic than blowing up a train in a small rural village.
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Yeah, but this is the Russians we're talking about. They can barely stage a play.
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Hey Russian Jews scumbags ! Fake news disinformation
Train carrying Ukrainian Nazi combatants flattened by Russian allied forces in #Dnipropetrovsk Oblast #Dnipro #Odessa #
Rantburg is a propaganda site.
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Acca, give us a link, you can post propaganda here too!
#9
I've never staged an atrocity, but if I were going to do something to spoil Ukrainian Independence Day, it would be much more dramatic than blowing up a train in a small rural village.
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Some stills were extracted from the video showing one section of the train (right side of the train) loaded with what appeared to be military vehicles.
The side not shown in the video (left side) shrouded by smoke shows a passenger section of the train which was destroyed, and presumably set afire by the missile strike.
#16
I’m free for tea and conspiracies every Wednesday from two until five, DarthVader. We welcome all fellow travelers and Zionist sympathizers, no matter their personal faith.
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[LB] In the past day, the occupiers were forced to retreat six times.
by Iryna Gamalii
The night before Independence Day was restless in Luhansk region. Population centers of Luhansk region and fortifications of Ukrainian troops on the border of Luhansk region and Donetsk region withstood three missile strikes and one attack from the air.
Serhii Gaidai , the head of the Luhansk OVA , reported this in Telegram.
It is noted that the Russians shelled the area 13 times with barrel artillery, and another 17 times with multiple rocket launchers. Mortars were used five times. Six times the occupiers were forced to retreat when they tried to attack.
"Half a year - invincible. The occupiers have not been able to announce the capture of Luhansk Oblast, because the fighting is still going on in the small territory of the region. Our fighters keep defense even on Independence Day . You can see that the last two months the Russians lacked significant achievements. Because every region had time to prepare while the enemy was being slowed down in the east. Many of us lost our homes, but we saved our country," emphasized Serhiy Gaidai.
We will remind you that the enemy continues to focus its efforts on establishing full control over the territory of Donetsk region, maintaining the captured districts of Kherson, part of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya and Mykolaiv regions, and restoring the combat capability of units that have suffered losses. Air and missile strikes by the occupiers on civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine continue - the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine asks Ukrainians not to ignore air warning signals.
[LB] The occupiers do not stop shelling Donetsk region.
by Iryna Gamalii
The head of Donetsk OVA spoke about the dead and wounded over the past day
Consequences of shelling in Donetsk region.
Last day, the Russian military killed one civilian of the Donetsk region, two people were injured.
Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk OVA, reported this in Telegram.
"On August 23, the Russians killed one civilian of Donetsk region - in Bakhmut. Two more people were injured," the report said.
Currently, it is impossible to establish the exact number of victims in Mariupol and Volnovas.
We will remind you that the enemy continues to focus its efforts on establishing full control over the territory of Donetsk region, maintaining the captured districts of Kherson, part of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya and Mykolaiv regions, and restoring the combat capability of units that have suffered losses.
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[Vesti] In Ukraine, on Wednesday, August 24, Russian air and missile strikes on military and civilian targets continue . " Today is a day especially rich in air raid alerts ," the operational summary of the General Staff reads as of 18:00 on Wednesday.
In the Volynsky, Polessky and Seversky directions, the situation remains without significant changes. At the last, the enemy fired from the cannon artillery at the areas of the settlements of Tolstodubovo, Shevchenkovo and Zapselye of the Sumy region.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy carried out shelling from cannon and rocket artillery in a number of districts of Kharkov, Svetlichny, Slatiny, Russian Tishki and twenty other settlements. Engaged aviation for strikes near Verkhniy Saltov, Prishib, Rubezhnoye and Odnorobovka.
In the Slavic direction , the enemy shelled the areas of Slavyansk, Dolina, Brazhkovka, Bogorodichnoye, Krasnopolye, Konstantinovka and Dibrovnoye from cannon and rocket artillery. He made an unsuccessful offensive attempt in the direction of Novaya Dmitrovka.
In the Kramatorsk direction , artillery shelling was recorded near Seversk, Grigorievka, Disputed, Ivano-Daryevka and Verkhnekamensky.
In the Bakhmut direction , the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Bakhmut, Soledar, Veselaya Dolina, Bakhmutskoye, Mayorsk, Shumy, Zaitsevo, Vasyukovka, Kodema, Belogorovka and Yakovlevka were subjected to enemy shelling. With air strikes, the enemy tried to destroy important objects in the areas of Soledar and Bakhmut. The Russians tried to improve the tactical situation in the directions of the settlements of Soledar, Bakhmutskoye and Kodema, but were rebuffed and retreated.
In the Avdievka direction , the enemy used cannon artillery and multiple rocket launchers for shelling near Avdeevka, Alexandropol, Popronoye, Vodyanoye, Novobakhmutovka, Krasnogorovka and Nevelskoye. The enemy inflicted air strikes on the settlements of Marinka, Alexandropol and Vodyanoye. With offensive and assault actions, once again the Russians tried to establish control over the settlements of Peski and Nevelskoye, but "unsuccessfully , they traditionally suffered losses and retreated," the General Staff emphasized.
In the Novopavlovsky direction , enemy air strikes were recorded not far from Vladimirovka, Pavlovka and Novomayorsky. The Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled the enemy's offensive in the directions of the settlements of Peremoga, Novomikhailovka, Pavlovka and Velyka Novoselka.
In the Zaporizhia direction, the enemy fired cannon and rocket artillery at the areas of Novopol, Maly Shcherbakov, Orekhov and fifteen other settlements. Enemy aircraft hit the territory near Novoselka, Poltavka, Novopol and Dorozhnyanka.
The enemy ship grouping in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas continues to carry out the tasks of blocking civilian navigation in the northwestern part of the Black Sea and destroying military installations and infrastructure elements deep in Ukraine.
In the Yuzhnobuzhsky direction, the enemy, in order to contain our troops, fired at all territories on the line of confrontation. Engaged aviation for strikes on areas of settlements Trudolyubovka, Andreevka, Potemkino, Aleksandrovka, Lozovoye, Bolshoye Artakovo and Belaya Krinitsa. He made an unsuccessful offensive attempt in the direction of Nikolaevka . Ukrainian soldiers inflicted losses on the enemy and pushed back.
August 24 is the 182nd day of the war between Russia and Ukraine . Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
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[Korrespondent] 23:28 As a result of a missile attack on the Chaplino station in the Dnipropetrovsk region, 22 people have already died , five of them were burned in the car; an 11-year-old child died. Search and rescue operations at the railway station continue, Zelensky said in an evening address.
23:01 Putin has not given up on his strategic goals of taking over most of Ukraine and overthrowing the Kiev regime, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl said. He also said that the Pentagon considers the supply of GMLRS guided missiles to Ukraine, which are used with the help of the M270 MLRS and M142 HIMARS, to be the highest priority.
22:23 According to the UN, 11.5 million Ukrainians have left the country since the beginning of the war, while almost 5 million have returned to Ukraine since February 28.
21:36 Zaporizhia NPP should become an object of civilian infrastructure, Secretary General Antonio Guterres said at a meeting of the UN Security Council. He also urged to organize a visit of the IAEA mission to the station as soon as possible. In addition, the Secretary General said that "the mission studying the incident in Yelenovka must have safe access to all places and persons without restrictions and without interference." The International Committee of the Red Cross should also have access to all prisoners of war, Guterres stressed.
21:25 In Mirgorod, Poltava region, Russian troops fired at a military airfield today, the equipment on it was damaged, the press center of the 831st tactical aviation brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
21:23 Zelensky said at a meeting of the UN Security Council that the Russians hit a railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region - at least 15 people were killed, about 50 more were injured. The missile hit passenger cars at the Chaplino station.
21:20 The head of the Khmelnytsky OVA, Serhiy Gamaly, said that the Russians launched two missile attacks on the critical infrastructure of the Shepetovsky district this afternoon. Windows and doors were smashed in neighboring houses, there is no information about the victims yet.
21:17 Russia may announce "referendums" in the occupied Ukrainian territories as early as this week, said John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council: "The Russian leadership has instructed officials to begin preparations for holding fictitious referenda. In fact, we see Russia's announcement of the first or more referendums before the end of this week."
21:10 Another sign appeared on the Alley of Courage in Kiev - with the name of Boris Johnson.
21:06 In the afternoon, the invaders launched a large-scale missile attack on the Sinelnikovsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region. One of the missiles hit a private house, killing a child born in 2011. The shelling of a civilian infrastructure facility was also recorded, said the chairman of the regional council, Nikolai Lukashuk.
20:51 Zelensky, during his speech at a meeting of the UN Security Council, said that only Ukraine's victory over Russia would stop its aggression against other countries: "If Russia is not stopped now by Ukraine's victory, then all these killers may eventually come to other countries in Europe, Asia , Africa, Latin America".
The President also proposed holding the Summit of the Future under the auspices of the UN next year in Kyiv: "UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres wants to organize the Summit of the Future next year. We support this initiative and reaffirm that in order to build our common future, it is necessary to leave in the dustbin of history what did not allow humanity to live in peace, namely, aggression, colonial ambitions.
In turn, Russia's representative to the UN, Vasily Nebeznya, said that the Russian Federation is counting on resolving the conflict in Ukraine through negotiations. He also stressed that Russia is ready to provide the IAEA delegation with security guarantees in the event of a visit to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and will seek from the UN "unambiguous assessments" of the situation around the plant.
20:38 Borrell said that in the long term, one should think about security guarantees for Ukraine in order to prevent a recurrence of the war in the future.
20:33 Russian aggressors on the Independence Day of Ukraine more actively than usual stormed the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine not only in the Donbass, but also in the southern regions, the General Staff reports in the evening summary .
20:18 Neither the Ukrainians nor the leaders of the Western world doubt that Russia will lose in the war it unleashed against Ukraine. About where such confidence comes from - in the material Results of six months of the war .
19:46 The Pentagon told what will be included in the new package of military assistance to Ukraine for 2.98 billion dollars:
six additional NASAMS air defense systems with ammunition;
up to 245,000 shells for 155 mm artillery;
up to 65,000 shells for 120-mm mortars;
up to 24 anti-artillery radars;
unmanned aircraft systems Puma and ancillary equipment for UAS Scan Eagle systems;
VAMPIRE anti-drone systems;
missile systems with laser guidance;
funding for training, maintenance and support.
19:19 Johnson said that peace talks between Ukraine and Russia at the moment could be a disaster for the whole world: "There is a certain logic in the position in which we find ourselves, because now there are no negotiations, no proposals. Putin does not offer negotiations , and even if there was such an offer, I don't see under what circumstances the Ukrainians would agree to these negotiations."
19:07 Zelensky awarded Johnson the Order of Freedom - this is the highest award that a foreigner can receive in Ukraine. "This award fully reflects what Boris has done and is doing for our country," Zelensky said.
19:01 The invaders are trying to complete their infantry units at the expense of specialists from the missile forces and military sailors. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, the strategic missile forces are recruiting personnel who will voluntarily express a desire to take part in the war against Ukraine. As of August 22, only 1% of the total number of required personnel expressed such a desire.
The commanders of formations and units of the marine corps of the RF Armed Forces complain that the use of their military for other purposes leads to the loss of the capabilities necessary for them to perform tasks during amphibious operations. As a result of combat use as motorized rifle units, they suffer significant losses in personnel.
18:43 In Mariupol, the invaders continue to prepare for the trial of the defenders of Azovstal. According to the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko, the quarter with the Philharmonic building, where special cages were built, was closed by the Russian military for the second day in a row. Yesterday workers at the Philharmonic were ordered not to go to work. In the morning, three buses drove up to the building, accompanied by five KAMAZ trucks with military personnel.
At the same time, public groups controlled by the occupying authorities in Mariupol reported that the Philharmonic was mined and at least one explosive device was found. “This information, referring to “my source in the Philharmonic, saw it for sure,” is similar to preparing the information space for another provocation by Russians with the participation of our defenders. Actual mining under tight security measures in the Philharmonic building and nearby is simply impossible,” Andryushchenko stressed.
18:08 Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said on Sky News that Russian tourists pose a threat to the country's security. According to her, the Estonian authorities do not have the ability to check all the tourists who come from the Russian Federation, and this is a problem. Kallas again called for a complete ban on Russian citizens from entering the EU countries, since tourists are mainly from Moscow and St. Petersburg, which means they "can put pressure on the Kremlin."
17:43 Zelensky will speak today via video link at a meeting of the UN Security Council dedicated to Ukraine. The representative of the Russian Federation tried to speak out against, citing the fact that participation by video link is not provided, but the Security Council, with 13 votes in favor, decided to invite the President of Ukraine. Only the representative of the Russian Federation voted against, China abstained, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
17:40 The head of the Khmelnytsky OVA, Serhiy Gamaly, announced missile strikes in the region.
17:33 OK Pivden reports that along the Crimean coast behind Cape Tarkhankut, ten Russian ships and boats are hiding from Ukrainian attacks. Of these, four are carriers of Kalibr-type missiles, including a submarine with almost 30 missiles at the ready.
17:15 Serhiy Prytula showed what Bayraktars look like, for which Ukrainians have collected 600 million hryvnias. Baykar made a gift for Independence Day and decorated them with embroidery.
17:09 The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the bridge near the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. “Clearly on target again,” wrote Serhiy Khlan, adviser to the head of the Kherson OVA.
16:55 Johnson announced the provision of a new $63.7 million military aid package to Ukraine, which will include 850 microdrones. The office of the head of the British government noted that the new aid package from London will help improve early warning capabilities.
16:36 Boris Johnson visited Ukraine on Independence Day:
16:19 In the Chernihiv region around 15:30, Ukrainian air defense shot down an enemy drone, OK Pivnich reported.
16:17 Pope Francis called Daria Dugin "an innocent victim of the war." Ukrainian Ambassador to the Vatican Andriy Yurash answered his statement: “Today’s speech of the Pope disappointed and made us think about many things: one cannot speak in the same categories about the aggressor and the victim, the rapist and the raped; how can one of the ideologists of Russian imperialism be called an innocent victim? She was killed Russians as a sacred sacrifice and is now on the shield of war."
16:14 Putin instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to pay 10,000 rubles at a time to the parents of students aged 6 to 18 in the "DPR", "LPR", occupied Zaporozhye, Kharkiv and Kherson regions.
16:11 In the Vinnitsa region, Ukrainian air defense destroyed an enemy air object, said the head of the OVA, Serhiy Borzov.
15:47 The National Guard announced that it "detained" two employees of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, "cooperating with the Ukrainian military."
15:44 Podolyak called Lukashenka's behavior clowning: "It seems that Lukashenka really believes that the world does not notice his active participation in crimes against Ukraine. Therefore, he cynically wishes for a "peaceful sky", firing deadly missiles at us. This clowning is soaked in blood, fixed and will be have concrete consequences. Right after the fall of the barbarian Russian empire."
15:38 Ukraine has destroyed $16.6 billion worth of Russian military equipment in six months, Forbes calculated. The greatest loss of the invaders was the cruiser Moskva worth $750 million. The Russians' second most expensive loss was an $86 million Il-76 large landing aircraft shot down by air defense forces in late February over Vasilkovo, Kyiv region.
15:24 World leaders and representatives of foreign states, in their congratulations on the occasion of Ukraine's Independence Day, admire the courage of the Ukrainian people and promise to continue to support them "for as long as it takes." More details - in the material World congratulates Ukraine .
15:10 In the occupied Lugansk region, 55% of men were forcibly mobilized, and the mobilization process continues, Vereshchuk said on the air of the telethon. For those who have not yet been mobilized, she advised them to evacuate and flee in any way, because "it will not work to sit out" - the occupiers attract even minors into their ranks. And for those who have already been forcibly mobilized, the only way out is to lay down their arms and not fight against the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
14:49 Biden congratulated Ukraine on Independence Day and announced the allocation of a new $ 2.98 billion military aid package: "This is the largest tranche of security assistance to date: approximately $ 2.98 billion in the form of weapons and equipment that will be provided under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative to enable Ukraine to acquire air defense systems, artillery systems and munitions, anti-missile unmanned aerial systems and radars so that it can continue to defend itself in the long term."
14:35 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi met in Istanbul with the head of Rosatom Alexei Likhachev. According to the Russian side, the key topic of the meeting was the situation at the Zaporozhye NPP. Rosatom said Russia was ready to "arrange the logistics" for the IAEA mission to the station.
14:04 Danilov, in an interview with Gazeta Wyborcza, said that Putin wants to rest, seeing that the Russians are "burning out", but he will not give up his goal: "You must understand that Vladimir Putin put everything on one card - the card of war with Ukraine. Hope that he will stop and not try to bring it to its logical end is self-deception."
13:55 Ukrposhta has issued a block stamp and an envelope called Vilni, Nezlamni, Neperemozhni on Independence Day , General Director Igor Smilyansky said.
13:41 The ECHR has ordered Russia to respect the rights of Ukrainian prisoners of war. According to the Ministry of Justice, on August 23, the ECHR urgently considered Ukraine's petition on Russia's observance of the rights of the captured defenders of Ukraine and adopted an appropriate decision.
13:07 Ukraine on Independence Day will receive a $3 billion non-refundable grant from the United States, Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko said: "The funds will come through the mechanism of the World Bank. Grant assistance is a significant gift to our country on Ukraine's Independence Day."
13:03 There is no threat of a ground operation from Belarus, Andrei Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, said in an interview with the Belarusian opposition newspaper Nexta. According to him, the Ukrainian authorities are working out different scenarios, including an invasion from Belarus. Although Belarus is already participating in the war, providing its airfields for air strikes on Ukrainian settlements, repairing Russian military equipment and recruiting Belarusians to participate in direct hostilities against Ukraine.
12:56 Portuguese Foreign Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho announced that he had arrived on a visit to Ukraine: "I have the honor to be in Kiev on this day, when they celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine, which Russia wanted and could not destroy. I bring a message of solidarity , political, military, financial and humanitarian support of Portugal to Ukraine".
12:53 The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation promised to pay 1 million rubles for assistance in the detention of commanders Azov Nemichev and Velichko, who allegedly tortured the Russian military.
12:42 Russians attacked Mirgorod, Poltava region, with air-to-ground missiles, probably X-22, according to the 831st tactical aviation brigade. Missiles hit military infrastructure, the fire continues. The number of victims and the scale of destruction are being specified.
12:17 Russian media write that in the suburbs of the occupied Melitopol, an explosive device went off on one of the power lines, a support pole was damaged.
12:15 In many cities of Ukraine, another wave of reports about "mining" has begun today. Speaker of the Odesa OVA Serhiy Bratchuk warns that this is an element of a hybrid information war: "The enemy is trying to sow panic in this way. He not only fires missiles at Ukrainian cities, but can also arrange provocations."
12:11 Ukraine won the first stage of negotiations with Russia and will win in the end, Arakhamia said on the air of the telethon: "At the first stage, we definitely won, even they admit it. Now we are in the second stage. We are now on a break. Why are we on pause? Because it depends completely, directly on the success of our Armed Forces. As soon as there are successes, I think we will win the second stage as well."
12:06 Today, the occupiers fired cluster munitions at the village of Malaya Danilovka in the Kharkiv region. Private houses and infrastructure were damaged, two civilians were injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Also, right now the enemy is shelling the city of Dergachi from artillery.
12:02 UAF shot down an enemy missile over the Cherkasy region, said the head of the UVA Igor Taburets.
11:41 The SBU prevented the FSB from organizing staged "protest actions" in Ukraine on Independence Day. The Russians planned to use relatives of the Ukrainian military to aggravate the socio-political situation in the Kyiv, Zhytomyr and Poltava regions. According to the plan of the enemy intelligence services, the "protesters" were to actively criticize and condemn the military command of Ukraine, and the organizers planned to film it. The organizers of the pseudo-actions were supposed to be former members of the NGO Journalists Stremousova.
11:37 Each large family in the evacuation will receive a laptop for teaching children, Irina Vereshchuk said on the air of the telethon.
11:29 In order to save the bridge across the Kerch Strait, Russia must withdraw its troops from Crimea, NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov said in an interview with Gazeta Wyborcza. He emphasized that the Crimean bridge is a military facility, since the Russians are transferring equipment and personnel through it: “Therefore, this facility is subject to destruction. There is nothing surprising in this. But Putin has a chance to save this facility if he withdraws troops from Crimea through this bridge".
11:24 The Washington Post writes that on the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion, Yermak received a call from Putin's deputy chief of staff, Dmitry Kozak, who said that it was time for the Ukrainians to surrender. Yermak cursed Kozak and hung up.
Two days later, on February 26, Reznikov had a conversation with his Belarusian "colleague" Viktor Khrenin (who assured on February 22 that there would be no offensive from the territory of Belarus). The Belarusian minister said he was delivering a message from his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu: "If Ukraine signs the act of surrender, the invasion will stop." Reznikov replied that he was ready to accept capitulation from the Russian side.
11:21 Great Britain and Norway will transfer to Ukraine a batch of Teledyne Flir Black Hornet microdrones designed for reconnaissance at short distances, Reuters writes. The total cost of the package will be about $9 million. Drones will be used for reconnaissance and target identification.
11:18 The head of the Poltava OVA, Dmitry Lunin, said that the Russians launched four missile attacks on the infrastructure of Mirgorod.
11:11 "Mayor" of Donetsk Kulemzin announced a direct hit of an allegedly Ukrainian projectile in the Galaktika store in the Kirovsky district.
10:38 Shoigu said that the slowdown in the offensive during the "special operation" in Ukraine is "a conscious decision, due to the desire to minimize civilian casualties." At the same time, he added that "the operation is going according to plan, all tasks will be completed," and the supply of weapons to Ukraine by the United States and its allies "multiply the number of victims and prolongs the military conflict."
10:17 Zaluzhny congratulated the Ukrainians and told what Independence means:
10:04 In the Zaporozhye region, a car was blown up, in which the "head" of Mikhailovka Ivan Sushko, appointed by the Russians, was located. According to Vladimir Rogov, a member of the "main administration council" of the occupied Zaporozhye region, Sushko was wounded due to the explosion, he was taken to the hospital in critical condition, but could not be saved.
10:02 Last night, the Russians fired at the Shevchenkovsky district of Kharkov, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Residential buildings were damaged, two people were injured. The village of Dokuchaevskoye, Rogan community, was also fired upon, without casualties. During the day, the enemy massively shelled Tsirkuny, one person was wounded.
09:58 Russians early in the morning fired at the New Bug of the Nikolaev area. A fire broke out on the roof of a two-story residential building, several more houses were damaged. Nine people were injured, including two children, said the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim. Also, the Bereznegovatskaya community was shelled at night, information about the victims is being specified.
09:55 British intelligence writes that the Russian offensive in the Donbas is progressing minimally, and Russia expects a major Ukrainian counterattack. Operationally, Russia is experiencing a shortage of ammunition, vehicles and personnel. Morale has also declined in many parts of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, and there are problems in the army. Russia's diplomatic power has dwindled and its long-term economic outlook is grim. Six months later, it is clear that the war proved costly and strategically detrimental to Russia.
09:38 Zelensky congratulated Ukrainians on Independence Day:
09:36 The Russian army fired at night on three districts of the Dnepropetrovsk region - Dneprovsky, Nikopol and Krivoy Rog. The enemy hit the Dnieper region with two X-22 missiles, a fire broke out. Information about the dead and injured is being investigated, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. Two people were wounded in Marganets, Nikopol district.
09:31 In the Donetsk region over the past day, one civilian died from Russian shelling - in Bakhmut. Two more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:28 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 24th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.
personnel - about 45,700 (+150) people liquidated,
tanks - 1924 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 4243 (+5),
artillery systems - 1036 (+3),
MLRS - 266 (+0),
air defense systems - 147 (+1),
aircraft - 234 (+0),
helicopters - 199 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 819 (+2),
cruise missiles - 196 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 3160 (+10),
special equipment - 99 (+0).
09:04 Lukashenka congratulated the people of Ukraine on Independence Day, wished "a peaceful sky, tolerance, courage, strength and success in restoring a decent life." "I am convinced that today's contradictions will not be able to destroy the centuries-old foundation of sincere good-neighborly relations between the peoples of the two countries. Belarus will continue to stand for the preservation of harmony, the development of friendly mutually respectful contacts at all levels," Lukashenka said.
08:43 The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, showed how members of the 305th air port squadron at the McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst base are loading military aid, which is sent to Ukraine.
08:20 Every decision to issue visas to Russians should be made on an individual basis and take into account "political aspects," said Anita Hipper, spokesperson for the European Commission: "This should be done by Member States. They should evaluate each visa application in accordance with the political aspects, internal security or international relations".
07:55 The Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy and forced them to retreat in the Slavic direction, the General Staff said in the morning report .
07:02 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that the commanders of Russian military groups in Ukraine report directly to Putin, bypassing the Russian Defense Ministry and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov. In addition, analysts do not rule out that Shoigu lost Putin's trust after the initial phase of the "special operation."
Russian authorities are deploying security forces in the Luhansk region, likely in response to declining support for the war and growing reluctance to fight among Lugansk residents. Such deployments divert these forces from operations elsewhere in Ukraine, likely contributing to Russia's broader failure to turn limited tactical gains into operational gains, ISW notes.
Also, analysts do not rule out that the Russians held a "fake event" with the shelling of the center of Donetsk to justify attacks on Ukrainian government buildings on Ukraine's Independence Day.
During the day, the occupying forces carried out limited ground attacks northeast and south of Bakhmut, on the northwestern outskirts of Donetsk and southwest of Donetsk. Russian troops have achieved limited success east of Nikolaev and in the northwest of the Kherson region. In the Kherson region, Ukrainian troops continued to strike Russian military assets and ground communications.
02:15 Russia is using the ZNPP as a springboard for waging war, US Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Richard Mills said at a meeting of the Security Council. Mills said that only Putin and members of the Russian delegation can explain why Russia believes it can redraw international borders by force in violation of the UN Charter. And only Putin and his people can answer for the atrocities that they committed against the Ukrainian people.
At the meeting of the UN Security Council, most countries announced a threat from the Russian Federation. Representatives of a number of states believe that there is no reason for the presence of Russian troops at a nuclear facility and supported the creation of a demilitarized zone, which will allow the IAEA mission to conduct an objective assessment of the situation at the ZNPP.
01:44 The Russians fired at Zaporizhia, rockets hit the infrastructure facilities of the Shevchenko region and not far from the Kommunarsky region. According to preliminary data, there are no casualties, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
00:19 Liz Truss, when asked about how she would feel if the situation required her to press the "nuclear button", said that she would do it: "I think this is an important duty of the prime minister. I ready to do it."
00:07 Reznikov said in an interview with CNN that Ukraine has already crossed the line when one could expect a "worst-case scenario" for the development of a war with Russia. Now, he says, Ukraine is on the verge of a "new phase" of the war because it is launching a counteroffensive in a different direction: "We are in the process of stabilizing the battlefield with a small movement of units, and we have created a lot of good deterrents there."
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:51 According to incoming reports, several planes of the 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force were destroyed at the airfield in Mirgorod today. It is armed with the remaining Su-27 fighters and several L-39 Albatross light attack aircraft.
Several unnamed vehicles were destroyed or damaged - most likely it is the Su-27. There were also significant numbers of dead and wounded. In addition, the airfield infrastructure and various wheeled vehicles were damaged. 22:19 Today in the Ugledar direction, the Ukrainians tried to counterattack twice. The battle was hosted by the Mining Division in cooperation with the Allied Forces. We have no losses, but the enemy is not so rosy, his losses are one tank, two vehicles, two mortar crews, as well as two platoons of deceased personnel..
21:30 Russia has circulated in the Security Council and the UN General Assembly photographic evidence of Ukraine's shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, said Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vasyl Nebenzya.
“I want to show you a photo of the destruction on the territory of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We have a whole collection of such photographic evidence, we distributed it this morning as official documents of the Security Council and the UN General Assembly,” he said, showing several photos taken at the station.
20:44 Today, the action "Independence Day from Ukraine" was held in Tokmok. As part of the campaign, Ukrainian symbols and irrelevant announcements were removed from information stands in the city.
19:47 Today, the action "Independence Day from Ukraine" was held in Tokmok. As part of the campaign, Ukrainian symbols and outdated announcements were removed from information stands in the city
18:47 Alexander Busko is a lieutenant colonel of the Main Intelligence Directorate, one of the most vile and terrorist Ukrainian structures. Liquidated Russian Army in the NVO zone.
17:38 Local sources report an arrival in Shepetovka, Khmelnytsky region. There is a large Shepetovsky repair plant in the city, serving the needs of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex.
17:36 Any actions that may endanger the physical security of the ZNPP are unacceptable. Nuclear power plant safety must be guaranteed - UN Secretary General Guterres.
17:22 Oleg Sapalenko, who was considered the right hand of the founder of Ukrainian nationalist regiment AzovAndrey Biletsky and was a militant of the Ukrainian nationalist battalion Kraken, was sent to Bandera on the letter near Kharkov. Prior to this, the Banderite lived in Kharkov and served in the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
17:10 Air defense worked over the Chernihiv region. There are also reports of explosions in Rivne.
16:11 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, some of the shells have reached the target, but nothing threatens the infrastructure, the authorities said.
16:05 Putin instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to pay 10,000 rubles at a time to the parents of students aged 6 to 18 in the Zaporozhye, Kharkiv and Kherson regions.
15:42 The Russian Guard detained two employees of the Zaporozhye NPP who collaborated with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
14:56 Novaya Kakhovka is again under the attack of VFU.
14:21 Residents of the city of Pologi (Zaporozhye region) repainted the stele in the colors of the Russian flag.
According to them, in this way they celebrated the “Independence Day from Ukraine”.
The tricolor appeared from the direction of the city of Orekhov, which is now under Ukrainian control.
13:50 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu took part in a meeting of defense ministers of the SCO member states. The main thing:
Arms supplies to Ukraine from the West increase the number of victims, prolong the military conflict on the territory of this country.
Attempts continue to influence Russia's partners in order to isolate it.
The independent course of the SCO member states in solving problems of regional and global security is an example for the whole world.
The collective West, led by the United States, is exerting unprecedented pressure on independent countries, using blackmail and disinformation.
The role of the SCO as a new center of power is growing against the backdrop of a turbulent international situation.
13:05 Half of the company fled, half died. The senior lieutenant from the 212th Ukrainian Volunteer Battalion is very satisfied that remained alive after being captured.
12:25 Ukrainian saboteurs blew up a power line in the suburbs of Melitopol.
An explosive device went off on one of the power lines in the suburbs of Melitopol, one of the support poles was damaged, the power supply was not interrupted, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.
12:18 A member of the Zaporizhia VGA Rogov: a civilian Enerhodar, wounded during the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, died.
12:17 State Duma Deputy Artem Turov, who oversees the mission of the United Russia party in the Kharkiv region, handed over the first membership cards to the residents of the region.
11:30 The need for a special military operation in Ukraine was dictated by real threats from Kyiv to the residents of Donbass, and subsequently to Russia, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
“From Kyiv, which refused to comply with the Minsk agreements, there was a real threat to the residents of Donbass, and in the future, to the Russian Federation. Understanding this led to the need for a special military operation in Ukraine,” said Sergei Shoigu, speaking at a meeting of defense ministers of the SCO member states.
11:22 Series missile strikes inflicted on the Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd and Sumy regions. According to "Come and See", the RF Armed Forces are striking at the infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “Air defense works in the Kirovograd region. Powerful arrivals are also in the Sumy and Dnepropetrovsk regions, ”said the source of the channel. "Independence Day" of Ukraine passes as it should.
11:21 Shoigu: A tough sanctions and information war has been unleashed against Russia today. And the conflict in Ukraine has become just another pretext for this. The stated goal of the US and its collaborators is the strategic attrition of Russia to eliminate competition and warn other states pursuing an independent foreign policy.
The West, led by Washington, refused to take into account our concerns about mutual security guarantees. Ukraine was chosen as an instrument of a hybrid war against Russia. From Kyiv came a real threat to the inhabitants of Donbass, and in the long term - to Russia. Understanding this led to the need for a special operation. It goes according to plan, all tasks will be completed. We strictly adhere to the norms of humanitarian law.
The strikes are carried out with high-precision weapons at the military infrastructure of the armed forces of Ukraine - command posts, airfields, warehouses, fortified areas, objects of the military-industrial complex. At the same time, everything is done to avoid casualties among civilians.
11:20 Report about explosions in the Cherkasy and Kharkiv regions.
11:19 Report on arrivals in the Sumy region, as well as on a military facility in the Mirgorod region (probably worked out at the airfield - four explosions) in the Poltava region. Explosions are also reported in the Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov regions.
10:33 The supply of arms to Ukraine by the United States and its allies is multiplying the number of victims, prolonging the military conflict on the territory of this country - Shoigu.
10:27 Shoigu said that the NMD is going according to plan, and the pace of the offensive is deliberately slowing down in order to minimize civilian casualties.
10:00 As a result of the terrorist attack, Ivan Sushko, head of the VGA in the village of Mikhailovka, Zaporozhye region, was killed. The explosive device was planted under the car seat. Sushko was taken to the hospital in critical condition, where he died.
09:02 Six months since the start of SVO
On February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine. Today there is a full scale war going on. The war is not with the Ukrainian State (UG), far from it, so you should not expect a quick victory. But do not hesitate, victory will definitely be ours, as it has been more than once!
Here is a list of countries that finance the Ukrainian terrorist regime, which means the death of civilians in Donbass and the former Ukraine. It is they who benefit from the war "to the last Ukrainian."
08:05 Crimea will have to become part of Ukrainian territory again if an agreement is signed between Russia and Ukraine - the official representative of the President of Turkey, Ibrahim Kalyn, in an interview with CNN.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:18 Ukrainian militants plan to blow up a water station in the DPR and blame the Russian troops for this, more than 12 thousand people may be left without water, the Russian Defense Ministry said. 23:09 Russian sappers neutralized more than 590,000 explosive objects in the DPR and LPR.
22:40 Over the past day, without the participation of the Ukrainian side, more than 25,300 people were evacuated to Russia from dangerous regions of Ukraine and the republics of Donbass.
22:32 Russian Aerospace Forces with a precision strike destroyed about 80 Ukrainian nationalists of the 72nd Brigade in the Konstantinovka region in the DPR, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
22:21 As a result of the shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk on the street. Lesia Ukrainka were scattered mines-petals.
20:58 Additional information has been received about damage in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
- as a result of shelling on the street. Dargomyzhsky scattered PFM "Petal".
Kievsky district:
- st. Eremenko, 3 - a private residential building;
- st. Michurinskaya, 5 - a fire was recorded in a private residential building.
Gorlovka:
Central City district:
- st. Chkalova, 37 - a private residential building;
- st. Druzhkovskaya, 27 - a private residential building;
- st. International - the car is damaged.
n.p. Makeevka:
Chervonogvardeisky district:
- st. Zalesskaya, 51 — flaring of a low-pressure gas pipeline.
Information about the consequences of shelling and remote mining of the cities of the Republic continues to come.
19:46 According to the JCCC, at 19:00, the Kyiv district of Donetsk again came under fire from Ukrainian fascists. 5 rounds of the NATO sample with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
19:08 According to the operational data of the JCCC, tonight as a result of the shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk from the BM-27 Uragan rocket systems (two missiles were fired), anti-personnel high-explosive mines Petal were scattered along the streets of Lesya Ukrainka and Pobediteley. Mines may also be located in other areas of the city.
19:00 AFU scattered prohibited mines PFM-1 on the street. Dargomyzhsky in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
18:22 In the near future, Phoenix will completely switch to the Russian code +7949. In this case, the old code +38071 will be completely deleted.
17:46 Verkhnekalmiusskaya filtration station will be stopped at 20:00. The stop is due to the low water level in the end section of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal. "Water of Donbass" recommends residents of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka to make a supply of water.
17:35 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
16:04 Putin instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to pay 10,000 rubles at a time to parents of students aged 6 to 18 in the DPR and LPR.
16:03 There were also several reports about the mining of various objects in Donetsk. At the moment, eyewitnesses report the evacuation of the Caravan on Donskoy as well.
16:00 It is reported that there have been reports of mining of the Continent shopping center in Donetsk. There is an evacuation.
15:46 In the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, as a result of the hit of Ukrainian rounds, the following destruction was recorded:
- a direct hit on school No. 116, as well as Avtoprom LLC - the second floor of the building was completely destroyed;
- damaged glazing and fence of a private household.
15:27 Zelensky said: “Ukraine sees the end of the war. We used to talk about peace, now we talk about victory.” Zelensky often perceives the situation inadequately. As Erdogan said, he is often given false information. Therefore, we often see such emotional exclamations and manifestations. Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin on Soloviev Live appreciated inadequate statements and Zelensky's condition.
15:02 The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on Gorlovka and the village of Zaitsevo: in 15 minutes they fired 14 rounds and mines, and also used unguided aircraft missiles from ground launchers.
13:31 Exactly eight years ago, August 24, 2014 militia conducted hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war in the center of Donetsk.
12:47 In Mariupol, the first traffic light has started working.
12:10 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 24, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Aleksandrovka:
- a man born in 1963 died.
n.p. Gorlovka:
- a man born in 1972 died.
- wounded men born in 1983, 1983, 1998
Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kirovsky district:
- st. Zheleznogorskaya, 7 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Shutova, 20 - MBOU "School No. 69;
- st. Shutova, 28 "a" - MUP AGD "DONELEKTROAVTOTRANS";
- a direct hit in the Galaktika shopping center with subsequent ignition of the entire retail area.
Information about the victims among employees and visitors of the shopping center is being specified.
n.p. Gorlovka:
- st. Chkalova, 28, 39 - private residential buildings;
- st. Zaslonova, 8, 10 - private residential buildings;
- st. Aviation, 1, 2 - private residential buildings;
- st. Boevaya, 29 - a private residential building;
- st. Oktyabrskaya, 35, 37 - private residential buildings;
- the high-voltage line 35 kV was damaged, 32 transformer substations were de-energized. Without power supply, the villages of Krasny Partizan, Taganrog post, Panteleymonovka.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
12:03 VFU shelling the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka
Ukrainian militants from positions in Orlovka are shelling residential areas of the Chervonogvardeisky district of the city using 155mm NATO artillery.
11:55 Fire was detected from the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Ozaryanovka - n.p. Zaitsevo: 27 mines fired in 120mm caliber.
11:43 Subdivisions of the 100th brigade of the People's Militia of the DPR are moving towards Nevelskoye from Staromikhaylovka. In the fields south of the village, the Armed Forces of Ukraine set up well-fortified strongholds with long-term firing points. Before the start of the assault on enemy positions, a long artillery preparation is carried out. Artillery fire is corrected from the air.
11:25 As a result of the shelling of the city of Rovenki using the Tochka-U tactical missile system (one missile), the administrative building and production facilities ATP-10956 were destroyed, five passenger buses and six trucks were damaged. The premises of the MREO of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR in the city of Rovenki were damaged. According to preliminary information, two people died, the removal of rubble and the search for victims continues by the forces of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR - Representative Office of the LPR in the JCCC.
11:24 Kulemzin: Unfortunately, a man born in 1963, who was wounded in the village of Aleksandrovka, died in the hospital. During the shelling of the town of Staromikhaylovka, two private houses were damaged: the glazing was broken and the roof was damaged.
11:11 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Ozaryanovka - n.p. Zaitsevo: fired eight8 mines in 120mm caliber.
10:58 As a result of the shelling of the VFU on the street. Lenin in Aleksandrovka, a man died.
10:57 As a result of the shelling of the VFU on the street. Chkalov, a man died in Gorlovka.
10:25 Direct hit to the Galaxy store in the Shiroky microdistrict. Information about the victims and the extent of damage is being specified.
09:54 The rest of the major cities of the Republic will be liberated very soon, we are preparing to provide people with everything they need - Denis Pushilin on the air of Solovyov LIVE.
09:52 We have been morally prepared for the referendum since 2014, organizationally too. So far, our main concentration is aimed at the liberation of the entire territory of the Donetsk People's Republic - the Head of the DPR on the air of Solovyov LIVE.
09:49 At the moment, we have already prepared several places for the tribunal. All war criminals will be brought to justice. It is important for us that the world knows about these crimes - Denis Pushilin on the air of Solovyov LIVE.
09:47 Ukraine has become a terrorist state in every sense - the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin on the air of Solovyov LIVE.
09:14 A total of 124 transformer substations are de-energized in the DPR. 7,818 household subscribers remain without electricity.
08:50 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of the settlement. Marinka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): seven mines were fired with a caliber of 120mm.
08:41 As a result of shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a high-voltage line of 35 kV was damaged. 32 transformer substations are de-energized. Without electricity, the villages of Krasny Partizan, the Taganrog Post, the urban-type settlement of Panteleimonovka-Prikhodko.
08:35 From the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, shelling was recorded on the settlement. Rovenki with the use of the Tochka-U tactical missile system (one missile). Information about the victims and damage is being specified - Representation of the Luhansk People's Republic in the JCCC.
08:25 On the evening of August 23, Ukrainian punishers also continued shelling Donetsk. According to the JCCC, the Armed Forces of Ukraine opened fire on peaceful neighborhoods:
Kuibyshevsky district - three rounds with a caliber of 152mm were fired;
Kirovsky district - three rounds with a caliber of 152mm were fired;
Kievsky district - five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:02 Under fire In the Central City district of Gorlovka. According to operational information on the street. Petrovsky was wounded by another civilian.
08:00 Shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:
n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Zaitsevo: five rounds of 122mm caliber were fired.
n.p. Friendship - n.p. Gorlovka (Central city district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
This is a brief explication of Soviet and US intelligence activities between 1960 and 1980. The text is long, so the translated article has been published on one of my blogs.
A brief introduction:
[CHERNARUSIANNARCOWARS] This study focuses on the activities of Soviet intelligence in Asia in the second half of the Cold War, which was the result of a global confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States. The article focuses on the US Central Intelligence Agency as the main object of foreign counterintelligence of the First Main Directorate of the KGB, as well as the activities of the CIA and various cover-ups that it used during this period in Asian countries.
If the first half of the Cold War (1949-1954) was marked by active subversive activities of the US and British intelligence services, which secretly sent their agents to the territory of the USSR by air, sea and land, then the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan fell on its second half.
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Commentary presumably from the Telegram channel of Yuri Barbashov
Passage in italics belong to Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Interesting material about what is happening in the front-line town of Snigirevka in the Nikolaevsky direction, from which factual information rarely comes. The enemy had previously tried to advance on Snigirevka, but failed and now there is a fairly stable front. WHAT'S GOING ON IN SNIGIREVKA
As it became clear from the previous news on the channel, having plunged into the problems of the liberated part of the Nikolaev region much deeper than journalistic interest, the author emerged from this immersion as the head of the Civil Military Administration of the Snigirevsky district, formed as part of the Kherson region.
And already in a new capacity, I had to take on the solution of the problems of the region, in which for five months there has been no civil authority, no electricity, no water supply, no centralized food supplies, and the vast majority of the population has no means of subsistence.
In the two weeks since the start of work on the creation of the administration, that is, the governing body of the district, something has been done.
First of all, it was necessary to legally formalize the transition of the territories of the Snigirevsky district of the Nikolaev region to the subordination of the Kherson administration. It is precisely because the districts belonging to the Nikolaev region were outside the structure of the administrative administration that is being formed in the liberated territories that the social and humanitarian situation in them has reached such a deplorable state.
There were simply no governing bodies that would be responsible for the situation and solving the problems of the population in these territories. The decision to transfer these areas to the jurisdiction of the Kherson military-civilian administration was worked out long ago. And in this situation, it is the only correct one. But the implementation of this decision, due to the ups and downs of wartime, faced objective difficulties.
In addition to internal organizational problems and wartime excesses, difficulties arose in establishing cooperation with the local population. The withdrawal of Russian troops from the northern and part of the southern territories of Ukraine did not allow people to be convinced that these areas would not be abandoned either.
Intimidation on the part of the Ukrainian regime with reprisals against those who dare to cooperate with the Russian authorities, personal terror against employees of the military-civilian administrations, threats to relatives located in the territory controlled by Kyiv, sabotage by employees of the Ukrainian public sector, constant announcements and attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack In this direction, frenzied, brain-burning Ukrainian propaganda created significant problems with the trust of the population and the selection of personnel for work in the administration. Therefore, in fact, I had to take up this matter myself.
With the very energetic and effective assistance of the leadership of the Military-Civil Administration of the Kherson region, all legal and administrative procedures for the creation and registration of the Snigirevskaya VGA were completed in the shortest possible time.
Suffice it to say that the next morning after the start of the legal registration of the new administrative entity in Snigirevka, the payment of pensions began.
All residents of the district who have reached retirement age or retired have the opportunity to receive a pension again. Currently, they are paid 10,000 rubles each, which is many times more than most of them received under Ukraine.
At the moment, more than 800 pensioners of Snigirevka and neighboring villages have been re-registered and received pensions for June. For the issuance of pensions, it is required to re-create a register of pensioners, register all those entitled to receive it, and organize the issuance in time so as not to create queues.
The process is hampered by a lack of personnel with experience in working with money, but the personnel formation of the CAA is proceeding in parallel and it is planned to start paying social benefits in the near future. The list of categories of people eligible for benefits is very extensive. There are payments for the disabled, payments for children, support for people who are obviously in a difficult situation. All of them will also be paid 10 thousand rubles.
By the way, only one of the Ukrainian telegram channels, which paid attention to the fact of the formation and start of work of the CAA in the Snigirevsky district, decided to write that Russia began to pay pensions to the local residents. And even then they could not do without lies about the fact that pensioners are allegedly forced to sign papers on their consent to participate in the referendum and some blank sheets.
It is not required to sign any other documents, except for confirming the correctness of the information entered in the register and the statement of receipt of money.
At the same time, it was possible to normalize the process of delivering food assistance to the population of the region.
For two weeks, the Kherson VGA has already sent three batches of products to Snigirevka for distribution among the population. In addition, more than one and a half thousand individual sets of food aid were provided by the Kherson Center for Humanitarian Aid to the United Russia party. The Kherson administration asked us for a general need for products for distribution among the population and expresses its readiness to fully satisfy it.
Now the task of organizing the timely distribution of this assistance with our own efforts and means, in accordance with the established reporting rules, is being solved.
The most acute problem of the region during all five months of anarchy was and remains the lack of electricity supply, and, accordingly, centralized water supply.
From the first day after the administrative annexation of the Snigirevsky district to the Kherson region, the CAA and the Government of the region took up the solution of this issue. To date, power supply has already been restored in the southern part of the district. The repair of intra-city and settlement networks is being carried out, the power supply of the entire district will be restored in a very short time.
Preparatory work is underway for the restoration of social facilities damaged by shelling, damage assessment and budgeting.
The collection of applications from residents about damage to private and apartment buildings has begun. They will also be repaired as soon as possible, and mainly local residents will be employed in these works.
Preparations are underway for the start of the heating season, repair of boiler houses and heating systems at social facilities has been launched.
Preparations are underway for the start of the school year. All children will be provided with textbooks, and teachers with methodological materials for new programs. There is a program for the transition to Russian as the language of instruction in schools. Meals for younger students are free. Restrictions on obtaining a complete secondary education, introduced in Ukraine, are no longer there.
Almost everything that is already being done to normalize the situation in the Snigirevsky district, all the positive changes and achievements are largely the merit of the Kherson Military Civil Administration of the region. Having taken control of an area with an incredibly difficult situation, a huge number of problems and a line of contact running right through its territory, they literally embraced it with their care, like a lost and, to the joy of a found child.
The volume of unresolved questions and problems is enormous. As well as the list of urgent tasks assigned to us by the Kherson VGA. But, most importantly, for almost all acute problematic issues, a solution path is clearly defined. It remains only to pass it.
It is only necessary to create, in parallel with the formation of the district management body, all the structures, enterprises and organizations managed by it, which were previously at the district level in state and municipal subordination, departments of state bodies of the district, city and village levels.
A kind of constructor "Build Russia in a separate area." As a "bonus" - the front line, passing directly through the district and along the outskirts of the district center.
So far, all this has to be done in the absence of communication and the Internet. But with the huge, selfless, energetic assistance of people who sincerely empathize and root for the success of the cause. Why save them, Lord!
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Confusing having so many cities or areas having the same name. No matter. Currently Volodymyr and his cronies are selling lands or whatever value to privation interests. Take the money and run.
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.
[Yahoo] Ten days after the sudden death of an outspoken Kremlin critic in Washington, D.C., was deemed a "suicide" in the press, friends of Dan Rapoport fear there are nefarious forces at play to make sure the truth stays buried.
