[DailyStar] A shocking video showing a Russian mercenary brandishing what he claims is the skull of a Ukrainian soldier killed in the battle for Azovstal iron and steel works has sparked outrage online.
The man, identified as pro-Putin fighter Igor Mangushev, called for the deaths of the Ukrainian population in a frenzied rant on stage.
The chilling video was shared by Ukrainian journalist Denys Kazanskyy and The Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security under the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine.
In the video, which features captioned translations, Mangushev said: "We don't care how many we have to kill them. If we were at war with people we could make peace with them"
"But we are at war with the idea," Mangushev continued, "so all bearers of an idea must be killed like this guy," he said
He described Ukraine as an anti-Russian state and added: "There can be no peace. We must de-Ukrainise Ukraine".
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A sane nation would pull this guy off the line, give him a public trial, and punish him as appropriate.
But I suspect this guy's Wagner Group, and saying exactly what Putin wants him to say.
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He is saying exactly what Russians think about Ukrainians. They want to do a genocide, their Army is just too incompetent for them to succeed.
Sooner Russia itself ceases to exist and is broken into tiny parts, safer for the decent part of humanity. I am not convinced ISIS would be worse as an empire than Russia is.
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No mercy to Russia from St Petersburg to the Kamchatka peninsula. It needs to cease to exist, only the European parts are even ethnic Russians, the rest are colonial serfs and they're massacring those robots in Ukraine right now.
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Combination of Jew hatred, traitor, accusation, fraud conspiracy. The usual troll spew on somebody else's site
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Note: #3 was not spamcopped. It was mocking in anticipation of #2 being spamcopped due to known crossing-the-line-shit
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#12, Thanks for the heads up. I had it in mind to make a couple sarcastic comments at the bottom of the article.
But I do enjoy the hate, not the anti Jew stuff.
[LB] These are advanced units that operate in the first line of offensive troops.
by Yuriy Korogodskyi
Approximately 4.5-5 thousand mercenaries of the "Wagner group" are fighting in Ukraine. They are used for assault operations in Donbas.
Are they making a difference?
This was reported by the representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Vadym Skibitskyi, informs RBC-Ukraine.
"According to our calculations, there are approximately 4.5-5 thousand of them. They currently work in certain directions, in the first line. They are like assault squads. Besides, they work in the most threatening directions. We saw their work in Lysychansk, in the direction Popasna - Bakhmut. These are advanced units that operate in the first line of offensive troops," he said.
According to him, those people who have combat experience, who have appropriate training and served in the armed forces of the Russian Federation are selected. As a rule, this is an officer's staff.
"And there are people there who can really perform psychologically, emotionally, and physically the most difficult tasks. These are not regular armed forces - they are of a slightly higher level," the representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Ministry of Defense noted.
Skibitsky reported that there are mercenaries from other countries on the territory of Ukraine, but they are few.
"It was announced there that a whole legion would be created in Syria, that apparently many mercenaries want to leave Africa. They exist, but these groups are not numerous. They also operate under the auspices of "Wagner". Therefore, we do not yet see the active use of foreign mercenaries. There are there are people from Syria, from African states, from other countries, but these are not such numerous units as the Russians announced," he said.
We will remind you that "Wagner" PMC actively and openly recruits mercenaries from 27 out of more than 80 subjects of Russia. This is done through street banners and recruiters.
In August, the explosion of a Ukrainian rocket in Popasnaya probably killed more than a hundred fighters of the "Wagner" PMC , including the deputy head of the unit.
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There seem to be over seven BTGs of Russian PMCs operating in Ukraine. Western MSM lumps them all together under the moniker of “Wagner”. There are also Moran and Enot for instance. It’ll be very interesting when this exercise is completed to read how they were integrated in the C3I and logistics structure of the Russian army for optimal efficiency
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...I suspect the Wagner gentlemen are staying quite cozy and out of direct fire. After all, it's hard to spend that boodle if yer dead - better the poor dumb Ivans die for the Rodina.
Mike
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^ Actually the PMC groups seem to be used as assault shock troops if you follow how they are deployed
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Pity that the Masters of the Universe(tm) let this Ukraine mess get so out of hand. Otherwise, the PMCs could be off doing something useful like pacifying African hard boys.
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[Vesti] The attacks of the Russian army in the Donbass are being undertaken in order to delay the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russia fears a major Ukrainian counteroffensive.
This was reported by the British Ministry of Defense on Twitter .
As noted in the message, over the past five days, the intensity of Russian attacks on the Donetsk direction of Donbass has increased. To the north of Donetsk, fierce fighting is going on in the area of the cities of Seversk and Bakhmut.
According to British intelligence, Russian forces advanced towards the center of the village of Peski, near the Donetsk airport. Overall, however, Russian forces have made few territorial gains.
There is a real possibility that Russia has stepped up its efforts in Donbas in an attempt to draw off or tie up additional Ukrainian units amid rumors that Ukraine is planning a major counter-offensive.
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Russian major buildup occurring now but projected counter Ukrainian offensives always speculation but neadles to say big losses using arms of vastly inferior tools. Reality is best shown here.
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Glenn Eric Andre Diesen (born 1979) is a Norwegian political scientist[1] who is known as a regular commentator on Russia Today (RT). He has been widely criticized for allegedly promoting Russian propaganda by Scandinavian media, Russia experts in the West and other academics.[2][3][4][5][6][7] (Wiki)
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Alexander Mercouris is a former Brit lawyer who was disbarred (or as the Brits say, "struck off the list") for forging a judge's signature in order to deceive a client. He attributes that unfortunate event to mental illness, here. "The result was a rapid descent into what I have no hesitation today in calling madness. I became increasingly delusional and detached from reality. I began to fantasise wildly, and disastrously I began to involve other people in my fantasies."
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Diesen spoke very little in this presentation. Lengthy presentation where one might say Diesen was merely a mod. Alexander a British non military fellow in England but originally from Greece. Ritter; an American, presents a clear picture how Ukraine has lost already from a military mind. Russia is in no rush. Slow methodical gains with few Russian lives lost. Whereas Ukrainian lives lost accelerating.
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But, Dale, you agree with my recitation of Mercouris' background? Disbarred lawyer with a history of "madness"?
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When in the public theater we are always reminded of our past sometimes real sometimes fictitious. Seeing several posts I have observed an intelligent individual who has moved on with his life while others feel his posts are of a compromised individual. Be that as it may while we are graced by the Biden administrations world class intellectual excellence.
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#5 I politely disagree. Medical treatment for his disorder only exacerbated his condition. Even Rudy was disbarred in New York. So I prefer to believe he has fully recovered. The past is a flaw but a flaw overcome. I believe people can change their lives. I have seen no faults in his Ukraine analysis myself.
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With regard to Mr. Ritter, Dale, a few months back I wrote the following (comment #8):
While conceding that the gentleman in question is reasonably bright, highly trained, and connected internationally, we remember when he resigned from the UN because they were not aggressive enough in taking away Saddam Hussein’s WMDs, then turned on President George W. Bush for aggressively separating Saddam Hussein from same by removing him from controlling Iraq. His illegal fondness for underage females is merely a metaphor for the entire poisoned tree that each of his statements is the poisoned fruit of. Not to mention that such actions are prime blackmail material, and so we cannot judge how much of what he says when in anti-America mode is actually his own evaluation, and how much has been required of him by inimical forces.
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[Korrespondent] 10:13 pm The US will accelerate the production of HIMARS, said Deputy Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Supply William LaPlante: "As we continue to provide security assistance to Ukraine, we are working with industry to accelerate the production of critical weapons and systems."
22:01 The IAEA has formed the composition of the mission, which next week should visit the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, writes The New York Times. It included the head of the IAEA and 13 experts from mostly neutral countries. At the same time, neither the United States, nor Great Britain, nor other countries providing military support to Ukraine will be represented in the mission.
21:18 Collaborator Andrei Ryzhkov, who called himself the "head of police", was found hanged in the occupied Mykhailivka, Zaporizhzhya region, Ukrinform reports, citing the Zaporizhia Regional Police Department. The deceased was once a Ukrainian border guard, after the occupation he himself turned to the invaders and offered himself as a "police chief." On August 24, Gauleiter Mikhailovka Ivan Sushko died as a result of a car explosion.
20:47 Today, Russians from the MLRS fired at the city of Zolochiv, Bogodukhovsky district, and the village of Donets, Izyumsky district, Kharkiv region. In Zolochiv, a shell hit a residential building, one person was killed, and one person was wounded in Donets, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
20:23 Slovakia has signed an agreement under which the Czech Republic and Poland will guard its skies as Bratislava decommissions its Soviet MiG-29s, potentially allowing their transfer to Ukraine. Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nagy said that Bratislava is ready to send planes to Ukraine, but an agreement has not yet been reached.
19:55 The command of the Russian troops postpones the rotation of advanced units for an indefinite period due to heavy losses. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to repel the attempts of the occupiers to attack in the east, in the south the enemy is firing, the General Staff reports in the evening report .
19:36 Russia may try to create crises in Europe - for example, by sending a large number of migrants to the borders of the EU. Either he can plan terrorist attacks on infrastructure facilities in order to come to some kind of negotiating position, or seek other benefits for himself, Podolyak said in an interview with The Hill.
The adviser to the head of the Presidential Office emphasized that President Zelensky is unequivocally against negotiations with Moscow, and Ukrainian society is also unshakable. Therefore, in his opinion, if Putin fails to engage Kyiv in such negotiations, he is likely to focus on a war of attrition, expecting a decrease in international support for Ukraine.
19:05 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov announced an enemy attack on the Shevchenko district of the city. A cassette Hurricane hit the territory of one of the enterprises, there were no casualties and no fire.
18:28 Russia is deploying a newly formed third army corps to the border with Ukraine, according to the Conflict Intelligence Team, citing photos and videos of the transportation of Russian military equipment by rail. We are talking about the Buk anti-aircraft complex, the T-80BV and T-90M tanks. According to analysts, the transportation of the Buk complexes indicates the transfer of a large formation - the entire third corps, or at least its combat-ready part. The formation of the third army corps in Mulin was first announced by Ukrainian intelligence.
It is not yet known exactly where exactly the Russian command plans to attract the forces of the corps, but the final point of the corps echelons is closest to the Donetsk and Zaporozhye sectors of the front.
18:03 Through the international representation of the Red Cross, the bodies of 541 dead defenders were returned to Ukraine, Oleg Kotenko, Commissioner for Missing Persons under Special Circumstances, said. Of these, 428 bodies were delivered from Mariupol, of which more than 300 were defenders of Azovstal.
Kotenko said that Ukraine is handing over to the Russian side the locations where there are dead defenders: “They have to pick them up, and then we carry out exchanges. But the Russian Federation does not always want to go to the war zone, although a regime of silence is declared. "They took the bodies of our guys. Due to the huge losses of personnel, the Russians cannot cope with their dead."
17:30 Russia plans to increase the number of troops in Ukraine by another 90 thousand people, Vadim Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. According to him, now 160,000 military men are already "occupied" here, not counting the National Guard. The Russians are increasing their mobilization reserves by bringing in the so-called volunteer and reserve battalions.
15:48 Putin signed a decree on the right of citizens of the "DPR", "LPR" and Ukraine to stay in the Russian Federation without time limits, subject to fingerprinting, photography and medical examination. Also, citizens of the "LPR", "DPR" and Ukraine have the right to carry out labor activities in the Russian Federation without a work permit or a patent. In addition, Putin signed a decree on social payments to citizens who "forced to leave" the "DNR", "LNR" and Ukraine and arrived in the Russian Federation, including pensioners, disabled people, pregnant women.
15:44 Putin instructed to provide armed guards in the schools of the "DPR", "LPR" and other occupied Ukrainian territories from September 1, the administration of the Russian president reported.
15:31 Ukrainian air defense has worked in Zaporozhye, said the head of the City Council Anatoly Kurtev.
15:03 An Associated Press reporter who visited the village of Chaplino found no evidence that Ukrainian servicemen were among the dead from the Russian missile attack. "A train station is generally a civilian target and should not be the target of an attack," said Jennifer Trahan, a professor at New York University's Center for Global Issues. If civilians were the target of the attack, the attack could be regarded as a war crime.
14:37 The Cabinet of Ministers allowed sailors to cross the border only with the consent of the territorial recruitment center. Men who are crew members of sea and river vessels and continue to work on ships will be allowed to travel abroad. As well as students (cadets) of educational institutions who must undergo practical training on board.
14:06 The military contingent of the Russian Federation stationed in Kazakhstan refuses to return to their places of permanent deployment. The formal reason is the lack of special air transport, which is fully involved in the war with Ukraine. In reality, the military does not want to replenish the composition of the occupation contingent, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. However, the command of the Russian Federation does not abandon its intention to completely withdraw the troops from the territory of Kazakhstan, introduced there during the suppression of the January rallies against the current government. This is about a thousand servicemen with full weapons and equipment, who are now deployed near critical infrastructure.
Also, the Russian Federation almost completely withdrew its military contingents with weapons and equipment from the territory of Tajikistan and Armenia to participate in the war against Ukraine.
13:40 This autumn will be a decisive period in the war, Vadim Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine: "The decisive period will be just autumn. If we talk about natural and climatic conditions, this is September-October. Bad weather will go , November, winter, but the hostilities will continue... Therefore, in any case, the winter period will also be difficult, because there will be harassing hostilities in order to keep the Armed Forces of Ukraine on their toes.The second is the factor of energy resources, which will definitely be used Russia in order to destabilize our internal situation, and against this background they will prepare for the spring, the resumption of powerful hostilities."
At the same time, Skibitsky expressed hope that the measures planned by Ukraine would be successful, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine would frustrate Russia's plans for further occupation and for the Donetsk region.
12:44 Great Britain will send six underwater drones to Ukraine as military assistance to search for mines in the water and on the shore, the country's Ministry of Defense said. The type of drones is not specified.
12:19 In Russia, no more than 45% of those missiles that were before the start of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine remained in Russia, Vadym Skibitsky, a representative of the Ukrainian military intelligence, said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine: "The situation with the Iskanders is especially difficult. There are generally about 20% left from what it was, or maybe even less.The difficult situation with the same Calibers is a fairly effective missile, but their number is not so large, so they use these X-22s and S-300s in the ground version.But these stocks run out."
As for the Daggers, according to Skibitsky, there are only 30-40 of them in Russia. These are the samples that first entered service. They did not go into mass production, the Russians used them to demonstrate strength to Ukraine and its partners.
11:43 Russia is transferring a new batch of heavy military equipment to Crimea - it was noticed near the Crimean bridge, Krym.Realii writes. Among the equipment, in particular: T-72 and T-80 tanks; 152 mm and 122 mm 2S19 Msta-S and Gvozdika; infantry fighting vehicles, trucks, including those based on rocket tractors, fuel tanks; engineering machines.
11:17 Special services of the Russian Federation are torturing employees of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in order to force them not to tell anything to the IAEA inspectors about the security risks at the plant. The ZNPP workers themselves told The Telegraph about this. As one of the Ukrainian nuclear scientists noted, an atmosphere of fear now reigns at the station: "We are alarmed by a possible visit of representatives of the IAEA. Because the Russians will arrange provocations and then blame Ukraine for this. It seems that this is what they are planning to do."
The Russians are preparing various provocations on the eve of the IAEA mission. In particular, according to ZNPP workers, the occupiers plan to minimize the presence of Ukrainian personnel and place several Russian representatives in each room of the control center, “who will shout loudly that they were waiting for ‘liberation’ from the regime in Kyiv.”
Russian occupiers arrest Ukrainian personnel, send them "to the basement". "People come back from these 'talks' in the basement and don't say a word at all. It won't be a surprise if during the mission's visit they suddenly start saying what they were told," the source added.
10:43 During a special meeting, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Dmitry Bulgakov ordered to hide the facts of explosions at ammunition depots and military facilities in Crimea in any way, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. In cases where information about the destruction of military facilities becomes known to the public, in order to prevent even greater panic, the occupiers will talk about the negligence of certain officials, whose names have already been established and who will be held accountable. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, thousands of Russians are trying to urgently leave the territory of Crimea after a series of explosions at military facilities.
10:16 Problematic heating season 2022-2023 will not affect European support for Ukraine, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said: "The West is united. You see NATO stronger than ever. And we will make sure that our partners in Ukraine had what they needed to fight for their freedom and sovereignty."
09:39 British intelligence writes that over the past five days, the intensity of attacks in the Donetsk direction has probably increased. To the north of Donetsk there are fierce battles in the area of the cities of Seversk and Bakhmut. The invaders seem to have moved into the center of the village of Peski, which is not far from the Donetsk airport. Overall, however, Russian forces have made few territorial gains.
There is a real possibility that Russia has stepped up its efforts in the Donbas in an attempt to bring in additional Ukrainian units amid rumors that Ukraine is planning a major counteroffensive, analysts say.
09:12 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 27. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.
personnel - about 46,500 (+250) people liquidated,
tanks - 1939 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 4254 (+3),
artillery systems - 1045 (+5),
MLRS - 274 (+2),
air defense systems - 148 (+0),
aircraft - 234 (+0),
helicopters - 202 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 836 (+2),
cruise missiles - 196 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 3165 (+3),
special equipment - 99 (+0).
08:39 Since the start of the grain corridor on August 1, more than 1 million tons of agricultural products have already been exported from Ukrainian ports. According to the press service of the Administration of Sea Ports of Ukraine, 44 ships left the unblocked Ukrainian ports of Odessa, Chornomorsk and Yuzhny, their destinations are 15 countries of the world.
08:34 In the Donetsk region over the past day, two civilians died from Russian shelling - in Bakhmut. Another 12 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:10 The enemy made an attempt to improve the tactical situation in the directions of the settlements of Soledar, Zaitsevo and Mayorsk. Didn't have any success and left. In the Volyn and Polesye directions, the Russian military continues to build up the forces and means of electronic intelligence, the General Staff reports in the morning report .
07:43 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russians hit the Nikopol district seven times at night and three times in the Krivoy Rog district, there were no casualties, the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko said.
07:30 In the Kherson region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed two enemy ammunition depots: one in the Engineering area, one in the Chernobaevka area, OK Pivden reported. Also, Ukrainian tactical aviation hit the enemy air defense facilities in Kherson, a stronghold, a congestion of manpower and equipment in Novopetrivka and Olgino.
07:01 As a result of a night rocket attack on the center of Kharkiv, a historic building was damaged - the house of the merchant Adam Piotrovsky, which was restored several years ago. A school in the center of Kharkiv also suffered, Mayor Igor Terekhov said.
05:16 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that Russia is redeploying military equipment from Crimea after the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and is also strengthening air defense on the peninsula.
Analysts also believe that the Russian occupation authorities are unlikely to be able to hold "referendums" before September 11 due to "frictions" in the occupation administrations and guerrilla attacks. All evidence suggests that the Russian authorities are seeking to give the appearance of local support and participation ahead of "referendums" to present them as widely supported initiatives, but are facing persistent setbacks that are delaying annexation attempts.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces have carried out limited ground attacks southwest of Izyum, northeast and south of Bakhmut, and on the northwestern outskirts of Donetsk. Ukrainian forces continued to shell Russian land lines and military infrastructure in the Kherson region supporting operations on the western bank of the Dnieper.
05:01 In the occupied village of Kamenka, Pologovsky district, Zaporozhye region, Russians fired at residential buildings. It is known about five dead, including two children of eight and two years old. There may still be people under the rubble, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
In addition, at night the enemy struck another blow at Zaporozhye and the Zaporozhye region, attacking infrastructure facilities in the Shevchenkovsky district of the city and near the regional center. There is no information about the victims yet, the data is being specified.
02:54 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov announced a rocket attack on the central part of the city in Osnovyansky and Kievsky districts. Previously without victims and victims.
02:33 The Pentagon announced that it has signed a $ 182 million contract with Raytheon Missiles & Defense for the purchase of NASAMS short and medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems for Ukraine.
01:45 The war between Russia and Ukraine will end at the negotiating table, but only after the Russian Federation suffers significant tactical losses at the front, Podolyak said in an interview with Helsingin Sanomat.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:05 Armed Forces of Ukraine dealt another blow to Nova Kakhovka in Kherson region, air defense destroyed a significant number of missiles - head of the regional military administration 20:08 Electricity went out in the Kherson region. Kherson, New Kakhovka remained without electricity. The water pumps have stopped working.
19:02 In Ukraine destroyed two more mercenaries from Transcaucasia
It became known about two more killed mercenaries who fought on the side of the Kyiv regime. In the region of Kramatorsk, Gela Gogia was liquidated. This is at least 19 killed Georgian mercenaries who fought on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In addition, Azerbaijani Huseynov Said Vasif Oglu was eliminated in the Nikolaev direction.
18:16 Ukrainian 56th brigadecontinues to undermine combat capability at the front. On August 21, after a military clash with the DPR servicemen, in which the 56th Brigade lost more than twenty people (of which about ten were irretrievable), a real riot arose in several units of the brigade. More than 150 people refused to obey the orders of higher headquarters. The situation is aggravated by the fact that the brigade itself is now understaffed with recently mobilized citizens who do not have the proper level of training and are not motivated to fight.
18:16 Abandoned positions APU near Krasnogorovka.
17:01 In Kyivopeneda mural dedicated to the "Ghost of Kyiv" - the pilot who, as the rumor went, shot down dozens of Russian aircraft in the first weeks of the war.
At the same time, at the end of April, the command of the Air Force admitted that there had never been any “ghost of Kyiv”.
There was no ghost, but there is a mural.
16:12 The authorities of Kherson have prepared all schools for the academic year, which will work from September 1, said the head of the military-civilian administration of the city Alexander Kobets.
All Kherson schools, which are preparing to accept students in the new academic year, will be filled according to the standards - 27 people per class.
15:07 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announces the destruction of a large ammunition depot of the Ukrainian 44th Artillery Brigade near the village of Preobrazhenka (Dnipropetrovsk region) with missiles for US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems and shells for American M777 howitzers
15:07 Ukrainian troops fired at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant three times in a day, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.
A total of 17 shells were fired, four hit the roof of special building No. 1, where 168 assemblies with American nuclear fuel are stored.
Ten more shells exploded 30 meters from the storage of spent nuclear fuel, three - in the area of special building No. 2, where the storage unit for fresh nuclear fuel and the storage of solid radioactive waste are located.
The radiation situation at nuclear power plants remains normal.
15:07 Two power units of the ZNPP (5th and 6th) produce electricity, which is now supplied on both sides of the Dnieper - both to the liberated territories and to those controlled by Kyiv, Rogov, a representative of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, told RIA Novosti
14:10 Today in the village of Mikhailovka, Zaporozhye region said goodbye with the Head of the CAA Ivan Sushko, who died in a terrorist attack.
14:10 Russian Defense Ministry showed footage of a counterbattery fight during a special operation.
According to the department, four platoons of the Grad MLRS in the DPR and the Nikolaev region, as well as three platoons of self-propelled guns Gvozdika, were suppressed.
13:07 Russian Defense Ministry briefing:
- The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed more than 40% of the personnel of one of the battalions of the Ukrainian 63rd Mechanized Brigade in the Nikolaev region;
- More than 200 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed as a result of successful actions of the allied forces in the Kharkov direction;
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant three times over the past day;
- Four shells of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the roof of the ZNPP special building No. 1, where elements with American nuclear fuel are stored;
— The radiation situation at the Zaporozhye NPP remains normal;
— The Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling the ZNPP from the Marganets region in the Dnipropetrovsk region, where the American M777 howitzer was identified and destroyed;
- Russian air defense shot down seven Ukrainian UAVs, intercepted a Tochka-U missile and eighteen US-made MLRS HIMARS shells;
- More than 130 militants were killed while trying to force the Ingulets River in the Lozovoye area in the Kherson region.
12:14 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation is investigating the circumstances of the explosion in Berdyansk near the health center, where the deputy head of the city traffic police died.
The department also noted that, in addition, due to the shelling of the village of Kuibyshevo, Zaporozhye region, by the armed formations of Ukraine, several people were killed.
11:11 Since 2014, the SBU has been massively recruiting Ukrainians who often traveled to Russia. They were forced to collect data on the military of the Russian Federation.
An employee of the Russian law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti about this: "They were forced to collect data on the movement of Russian troops in Crimea, to transmit the coordinates of the deployment and the number of Russian units, as well as significant objects on the Crimean peninsula."
The victims, according to him, were taxi drivers, carriers and people visiting relatives. The SBU blackmailed them under any pretext. He added that the recruitment scheme is still in operation.
A resident of the Kherson region, Sergei Dyachuk, told in a video recorded back in the spring during his arrest how and why he was connected with the special service.
11:11 One million tons of agricultural products were exported from three Ukrainian ports along the grain corridor, Zelensky said.
10:30 Civilians were killed and injured after the APU hit a residential building in Kuibyshev
Now the administration of the settlement is assisting in accommodating people and providing food. There is also a liquidation of the consequences of the incident.
"They are ugly and ugly. The military did not live here, there are no military facilities nearby, they purposefully hit civilians. According to preliminary data, two children died: two and eight years old," said Sergey Yurchenko, deputy head of the Kuibyshev administration.
10:30 Ukrainian troops launched 20 artillery strikes on Energodar on Saturday morning, five of them on the territory of the nuclear power plant, city officials report.
10:15 Ukrainian troops are currently shelling Enerhodar, the authorities of the Zaporozhye region report
09:36 At night, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched a number of missile blows on military installations in Kharkov and Zaporozhye.
08:01 Combat work of the crews of the Niobium radar stations
The system monitors the situation in the sky at a distance of 400 kilometers. Hundreds of objects are monitored simultaneously, helpingAir defense to repel militant attackswhich use drones, multiple launch rocket systems and Tochka-U ballistic missiles.
07:59 Trade union leaders of Kherson region and Crimea signed a cooperation agreement
An agreement on cooperation was signed in Simferopol between the Federation of Trade Unions of the Kherson Region and the Federation of Trade Unions of Crimea.
04:47 Kherson region has great agricultural and industrial potential, and if it joins the Russian Federation, it will not be a freeloader - head of the Kakhovka military-civilian administration Vladimir Leontiev TASS
According to him, about 80-85 percent of the region's gross domestic product is related to agriculture, with agro-processing and growing crops, "but industrial enterprises are also being launched now."
02:59 A series of missile attacks on Kharkov. The mayor of the city reported on the rocket attack:
“The central part of the city in Osnovyansky and Kievsky districts is under attack. No casualties or injured previously."
01:55 Loud in Zaporozhye! It is reported that numerous explosions are heard in the regional center.
01:29 Personnel destruction: The militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine turned the school into a fortified point in the Nikolaevsky direction. Such a positional warrior has been going south for many months.
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Denazification happening a few times a week now in the occupied areas by Ukraine partisans:
https://twitter.com/lilygrutcher/status/1563981739831197697
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:17 During the shelling of the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a resident of the village of Zaitsevo in the DPR was wounded, the press service of the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reports on August 27 in its Telegram channel.
“The militants wounded a civilian in Zaitsevo. Take care of yourself and your family, try not to leave the house without unnecessary need, ”the DPR headquarters noted.
21:43 Arrivals to the territory of the Stirol plant in Horlivka are reported 20:55 In Stakhanovcontinueto eliminate the consequences of the strike of Ukrainian troops from the MLRS HIMARS. The bodies of three dead were recovered from under the rubble. Mine rescuers are on site.
19:30 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR.
Over the current day, according to information from the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired more than 170 rounds of ammunition from tanks, cannon artillery with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm, as well as 120mm mortars.
The artillery was fired at the areas of seven settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, one civilian was killed and nine were injured. Nine housing constructions and four civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about the injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
The complex of works on the clearance of anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1S) is ongoing.
We regret to inform you that while performing military duty in the struggle for independence, eight defenders of the Donetsk People's Republic died and fourteen were injured.
18:56 Shelling on Boss now. Video: PE Donetsk
18:22 International festival in support of Donbass and against NATO takes place in Germany.
Berlin hosts the international festival of the German newspaper Unsere Zeit. It is attended by several thousand people from Germany and delegations from more than 20 countries, including Vietnam, China and Cuba. Festival participants oppose NATO, demand peace with Russia and China, declare solidarity with the DPR and LPR.
18:17 Under aimed fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Gorlovsky village of Zaitsevo.
17:47 Russian sappers continue to neutralize "dangerous gifts" of Ukrainians at Azovmash
Before surrendering, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the national battalions mined many places at the Azovmash plant. Now our sappers, among other things, are demining the bunker, the last center of resistance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at this enterprise. How does this happentoldcorr. iz.ru Rodion Severyanov:
"A huge amount of abandoned uniforms and streamers were found here. The nationalists knew that our fighters would come here and left a huge number of mines."
17:34 As a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a fire was recorded between the Kalininskaya CEP near the railway tracks. The shelling continues, Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko said.
17:21 As a result of the shelling of the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka, the village of Solidarity was partially de-energized by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Without electricity 1,000 subscribers. Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko reports.
16:55 During the cleansing of Lisichansk, Ukrainian cells continue to be located.
In one of the liberated buildings "Brave" discovered lots of Nazi literature and teaching aids. At the same time, Akhamay Volunteer regiment volunteers opened the lair of another Nazi in Lisichansk.
16:43 Anti-fascist forum "Young Guard. Generation Z" was held in the urban-type settlement of Uspenka, Lutuginsky district.
The event was attended by youth activists of the LPR, Kursk and Ulyanovsk regions. They discussed the signs of fascism, methods of combating it, as well as ways to recognize fakes and the role of the Young Guard public organization in the development of the youth policy of the LNR.
16:22 The LPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired five rounds with a caliber of 152mm.
16:14 Effects of shelling by Ukrainian militants st. Cherepanovs in the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka, as a result of which one person was killed and four more civilians were injured.
16:00 Donbass fighters hit an important target in the Avdievka direction: the military commander showed the destruction of the AFU warehouse
Today, artillery dominates the fronts of the NMD, which has become the main means of destruction. One of the symbols of the firepower of the allied forces is the Grad multiple launch rocket systems, the correspondent of "People's News" reports from the scene.
15:36 The Armed Forces of Ukraine again fired at the territory of the Stirol plant in Horlivka - two garages are on fire.
This was announced by the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko. He added that firefighters had already left the place.
15:09 Kalininsky district of Gorlovka under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Shell explosions are reported near the village of Rumyantsevo.
15:06 The LPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv region): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Friendship - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of mine named after Izotov): four rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Friendship - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): four rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Ozaryanovka - n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): eight rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - n.p. Staromikhaylivka: seven rounds fired with a caliber of 122mm;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
15:00 Under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine turned outfield hospital for residents from the liberated territories of the LPR.
14:34 Donetsk is on fire. A fire is recorded in the direction of the Kalinin mine in the Kalininsky district of the capital of the DPR.
14:07 Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, fire due to shelling.
14:04 Social networks report that something is on fire in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk.
13:29 Consequences of the morning shelling of Donetsk. The blow was inflicted on Pushkin Boulevard, the Technical University, and residential courtyards. There are no military installations in the area.
13:12 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): four rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
12:56 As part of the counter-battery fight, it was suppressed: four platoons of Grad multiple launch rocket systems in the areas of the settlements of Paraskovievka, Adamovka, Zvanovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Barmashovo of the Nikolaev region and three platoons of 2S1 122mm self propelled artillery "Gvozdika" self-propelled artillery installations in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Privolye Donetsk People's Republic and Visunsk, Mykolaiv region. Also in the areas of the settlements of Orekhovo, Vesyoloye and Nikolaevka of the Donetsk People's Republic, three platoons of Giacint-B 203mm towed howitzers were suppressed at firing positions.
The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Malinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. In addition, a self-propelled launcher of the Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed in the Grigorovka area.
12:21 DPR is ready to give the body of mercenary Joshua Jones to his relatives for subsequent burial.
11:59 A resident of Lisichansk consciously escaped from the ranks of the Ukrainian army, thereby did not deprive himself of his family and future.
11:32 Shelling of Armed Forces of Ukraine on residential buildings on Davydenko and Cherepanovy streets in Makeyevka.
11:30 Another American mercenary was killed, though not by us, but by our own while fleeing from positions, reporter Rudenko reports.
In the area of the settlement of Yegorovka, during the capture of Nazi positions by the military of the 1st Army Corps, the body of a murdered mercenary from the United States, Alan Joshua Jones, born in 1998, who lived before arriving in Ukraine in the state of Tennessee, was discovered.
"When examining the body, the mercenary was mined. And the most interesting thing is that after demining and a detailed examination of the corpse, it turned out that it was shot by their own Ukrainian Nazis. Then they tried to destroy the body, but did not have time because the offensive of our forces was swift," Rudenko expressed this opinion.
11:28 Very powerful arrivals Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
11:25Donetsk Lt. Colonel Eduard about the morning shelling of the center of Donetsk.Video:reporter Rudenko.
11:14 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Ozaryanovka - n.p. Zaitsevo: fired eight mines in 120mm caliber;
— n.p. Dawn - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
-- n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeivka (Kirovsky district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
11:03 LPR artillery calls Ukrainian militants in Artyomovsk to stop senseless hostilities.
Soldiers of the 2nd Motorized Rifle Brigade of the LPR, using self-propelled guns 2S1 122mm self propelled gun "Gvozdika" and propaganda rounds, appeal to the Ukrainian military, urging them to voluntarily surrender and leave the occupied regions of the DPR, providing security guarantees.
10:35 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 10.30 08.27.2022
The Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which are not military targets.
Over the past day, according to the information of the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired 309 rounds of ammunition from the BM-21 Grad 122mm rockedt artillery launcher and BM-27 Uragan 220mm MLRS, 155, 152 and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars .
The artillery was fired at the districts of thirteen settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, eight civilians were injured. Forty-nine housing constructions and nine civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed enemy weapons and military equipment: an artillery mount, two UAVs, five pieces of armored and special equipment. Losses among the enemy personnel amounted to more than 20 nationalists.
Currently, a set of works is underway to clear anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1C).
10:23 As a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a civilian of the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka was wounded. Wounded by A.V.V. born on May 12, 1962 received on st. Zinina. At the moment, the victim is in surgery at the City Hospital No. 2 in Gorlovka, where he is receiving qualified medical care. It is reported by Ivan Prikhodko.
10:15 Lisichansk authorities plan to reopen eight schools, six kindergartens and institutions of additional education by September 1
10:00 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of August 27, 2022
Over the past 24 hours, during the active offensive operations of the units of the People's Militia of the LPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment. Destroyed:
-up to 60 personnel;
-four armored personnel carriers;
-eight units of special automotive equipment;
The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements. Over the past day, the armed formations of Ukraine fired at the settlement. Stakhanov using American-made M142 HIMARS MLRS, firing 10 missiles. As a result of the shelling, four multi-apartment residential buildings were damaged and the Donbass hotel was destroyed.
Peaceful life is being restored in the territories of the Lugansk People's Republic liberated from Ukrainian nationalists: engineering and sapper units of the People's Militia of the LPR continue demining. During August 26, they cleared more than 4 hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of Pshenichnoye and Varvarovka settlements.
The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, are delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas. Thus, the Cossacks of the All-Great Don Army, with the support of the People's Militia of the LPR, delivered humanitarian aid to the city of Lisichansk.
09:32 Effects of shelling of the 8th Corps of DonNTU. In the direction of arrival, fire was fired from the west, the area of Krasnogorovka-Maryanka.
09:20 In the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, in the early morning, a resident of the village of Lozovoe, born in 1958, suffered from a mine "Petal".
09:18 Artillery of the allied forces destroys the Armed Forces of Ukraine in New York
Soldiers of the 1st battalion of the NM DPRstrikeat enemy positions in the Novgorodsky (New York) area from a 100mm anti-tank gun MT-12 "Rapier".
09:14 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): four rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
-07:55 — n.p. Kleshcheevka - n.p. Zaitsevo: 4 rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Leninsky district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 rounds of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Verkhnetoretskoye: five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - n.p. Staromikhaylovka: six rounds fired caliber 122mm;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 mines were fired with a caliber of 120mm.
08:51 At about 5:15 am, the Ukrainians attacked Pushkin Boulevard in Donetsk.
The meaning of this strike is not clear. In the square where NATO rounds fell, there is an administration that was destroyed by HIMARS missiles a few days ago, the Shakhtar sports palace, a hotel where journalists mostly live, and residential buildings.
There are no military facilities, the administration is damaged and does not work, at five in the morning, of course, the gym is also closed. It remains only, as a clear target, journalists living in the Park Inn hotel and civilians. About itreportedreporter Rudenko.
08:14 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Friendship - n.p. Gorlovka (Central - urban area): fired six rounds of 152mm caliber;
-- n.p. Orlovka — n.p. Donetsk (Voroshilovsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): four rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Kleshcheevka - n.p. Zaitsevo: four rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Leninsky district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
07:33 APU subjected shelling of the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as a result of which multiple damage to houses was recorded. Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko reports.
07:00 Summary of the Luhansk People’s Republic Representation in the JCCC for the past 24 hours, August 26.
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, shelling was recorded on the settlement. Stakhanov using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (in total, 10 missiles of the M31 GMLRS type were fired by the enemy). As a result of the shelling, 4 multi-apartment residential buildings were damaged and the Donbass hotel was destroyed. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
06:52 Consequences of the morning shelling in Pushkin Boulevard in the Voroshilovsky district of the city of Donetsk.
06:34 Arrivals in the center of Donetsk this morning (Administration of the head of the DPR, Voroshilovsky district, landmark Pushkin Blvd.)
06:25 AFU shelled the center of Donetsk with 5 rounds 155mm, the rounds flew near the administration of the head of the DPR and the hotel "Park inn"https://t.me/swodki/153799
02:03 Funnel from arrival at RSC Olimpiyskiy in Donetsk. Depth is about 3 meters.
01:39 Combat work of the Malka artillery mount in the Artyomovsk direction in the DPR.
A representative of the People's Militia of the Republic told RT correspondent Khaled al-Jabburi that the allied forces continue to gradually advance deep into the territories occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Enemy positions firstshelledpropaganda rounds calling for surrender. If the enemy does not listen, he will be destroyed.
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[REGNUM] The fighters of the Polish PMC
...for those like me who have forgotten, PMC in this context means private military company, like the Wagner Group...
made an attempt to attack the military personnel of the RF Armed Forces in Krasny Liman. However, the opponents failed to achieve their goal - the Kuban Cossack detachment repelled the enemy attack. This was announced in his telegram channel by a military journalist, founder of the telegram channel WarGonzo Semyon Pegov .
“A group of militants, among whom, judging by the interceptions and shouts during close combat, were mostly Poles, tried to capture the stronghold of the Russian army in the vicinity of Krasny Liman,” the military commander wrote.
Volunteer Cossacks captured trophies, including foreign-made grenade launchers.
REGNUM reminds that the grouping of troops of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, with the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, liberated the city of Krasny Liman from the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the end of May 2022.
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Aren't these the same people who warned us for the last five months or so that Poland was going to take over the Western Ukraine in a Molotov-Ribbentroff style invasion?
#2
I think that was meant to be the Polish army, Snowy Thing, whereas these are just volunteers from Poland that the Russian side accuses of being mercenaries.
Commentary by Russian blogger Donetsk
[DonRF] Six months have passed. Some preliminary conclusions can be drawn already now, although, by and large, they were made long ago, but are not in demand. The problem with military thought is that there have been no major wars since Korea. And that, by and large, was a kind of continuation of the Second World War. But there was a desire to win with small forces and high technologies. The only European conflict before the NWO was the Yugoslav War, and if we look at the events of 1999, we get: During this operation, NATO aircraft made over 20,000 sorties, using about 37,000 munitions, including guided missiles (AGM-142 "Popay", AGM-130, AGM-154, AGM-84 SLAM, AGM-86C , AGM-86 ALCM), guided bombs (GBU-31, GBU-37), as well as UGM-109 cruise missiles (version BGM-109), which were fired by the Royal Navy from submarine torpedo tubes
So what? The result was somewhat ... ambiguous:
the Slatina airfield in Pristina was attacked 47 times (a total of 720 missiles and bombs were dropped), the Batajnica airfield (north of Belgrade) 38 times (620 missiles and bombs), the Ponikve airfield 37 times (700 missiles and bombs)
As a result, the air bases were not destroyed, and the losses of the Yugoslav Armed Forces were minimal. Even the Air Force was not completely knocked out. Even the air defense was not destroyed. The ground troops suffered little. The self-evident conclusion is that in a confrontation with a developed country that is more or less ready to fight, it is possible to win only by aircraft and missiles, but only if the enemy has a small territory and does not have modern air defense and external support. So superiority in air and missiles is never a panacea, and missile and air force strikes do not guarantee victory.
The satellite constellation is also there - the most powerful network of NATO satellites and the use of AWACS aircraft did not allow seeing EVERYTHING. In principle, Yugoslavia fell only because there was no hope at all. And the economy collapsed. NATO did not dare to launch a ground operation.
There is also an opposite example - air defense. That in 1991, from the SCUD, that during the attacks of the Arabs on the Iron Dome of the Israelis, it was proved that there is no absolute air defense.
Basically. Air defense can be deceived, overloaded, bypassed ... Russian special military operation showed a similar picture - at least two militant tricks got into the media - launching Hurricanes and then HIMARS, forcing air defense to intercept Hurricanes, and launching two U Points at the same time.
In any case, neither the air defense, but the Ukrainian government has a powerful one, and even partially modernized, nor the missile strikes themselves gave the expected effect. Yes, it hurts, yes, it hurts. And that's all. Even the destruction of bridges in the Kherson region did not lead to the interruption of logistics. Bridges, of course, must be destroyed, this makes deliveries difficult, but does not interrupt. Modern armed forces have options for quickly building crossings and quickly repairing bridges.
Similarly, tanks are beautiful and powerful vehicles, you can play biathlon with them, you can arrange parades. But gathered in huge columns and trying to cosplay blitzkriegs and deep operations of the war, they become expendable in the conditions of saturation of the enemy with light and easy-to-handle anti-tank weapons. This does not mean that tanks are not needed, but the time for deep operations is gone. It left because the tanks of that war were relatively cheap consumables, by the way, like tankers with pilots, and they were accompanied by a huge amount of infantry.
And now ... the growth in the value of human life (objective in conditions of low birth rates and the complexity of technology, which makes people valuable specialists) has led to the degradation of the infantry. It is the infantry that we lack. It is the infantry, despite the large number of poorly trained and trained, from the mobilized does not help them.
Just because the infantry needs a lot and needs to be well-trained, with experienced command personnel, with modern PPE and provided with communications and tactical-level UAVs to the maximum. This infantry must work closely with tanks, receive intelligence data promptly, and artillery and the Air Force must work entirely in its interests. And whoever creates such infantry first will win. And there should be a lot. Lots of.
And missile strikes will not bring victory. And the expectation that someone will freeze / rebel without a Big Mac and Cola will not bring either. And there are no super tactics either. Ukrainian government can commit dozens more terrorist attacks, we can (at the suggestion of hotheads) bomb them into the Stone Age, this will not give anything significant. The picture will be beautiful, yes. The infantry will give, with its planned increase and full training. But when was it different?
Infantry won all the wars one way or another, and iron served only as tools. And only in the amazing time after the Cold War, they began to rely more on iron than on people, forgetting that "only that territory is yours over which the eggs of your infantryman hang." And I repeated this phrase and I will repeat it. People fight with the help of iron, and these people must be provided with everything, numerous and seriously motivated. The problem is that we don't have much of it. Fortunately, they rely on captured random men, with poor training.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] 1. Avdievka.
Positional battles in the industrial zone and north of the village along the Avdeevka-Konstantinovka highway. There has been no significant progress in recent days. The artillery of the Avdievka group continues shelling Donetsk and other settlements.
The fighting at the Donetsk airport is in a positional vein. Opytnoye - completely under the enemy. Fights with the aim of advancing to Opytnoye have not yet yielded decisive results.
2. Peski.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the army of the DPR are entrenched in the occupied fortified area and are methodically pushing the enemy away from the outskirts of Peski from the nearest forest plantations, although the enemy continues to claim that he is still fighting for Peski.
He has already lost the main fortifications here. Our troops are applying pressure in the direction of Pervomaisky and Nevelskoye (there is a slight advance) and in the direction of Vodyany, with the aim of advancing towards the Orlovka-Avdeevka highway and trying to take them under fire control from the south. The enemy understands this, so he fortifies himself in Vodyany, transfers reserves to Orlovka in case of an unfavorable development of events. The main advance of our troops in this direction becomes possible mainly due to the overwhelming artillery destruction of enemy positions, which in a significant part of cases ensures the success of the assault groups.
3. Marinka.
There is little progress in the village. The enemy is holding the western part of the settlement behind a waste heap and has not yet demonstrated readiness to withdraw. The current activity of assault groups and the factor of artillery destruction of enemy positions is still not enough to knock the enemy out of positions.
Attempts to advance south of Maryinka between Maryinka and Novomikhailovka have so far not given decisive results.
4. Ugledar.
On the outskirts of Novomikhailovka - positional battles, as in the Shevchenkovo area. Pavlovka is still under the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Ugledar-Marinka road has not yet been cut. The enemy periodically makes counterattacks with forces up to 1-2 companies, but to no avail. Positional tendencies continue to dominate.
5. Artemovsk.
The main battles were for the Zaitsevo-Kodema line. Zaitsevo (not to be confused with the captured Gorlovsky Zaitsevo) is still under the enemy, the fighting is on the near approaches, but ours have not yet entered the village itself. Kodema is partially covered by our troops, the fighting has moved to the village itself, although it is too early to talk about control, the enemy is stubbornly resisting. Attempts to counterattack the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not lead to success and ended in losses without any results.
On the outskirts of Artemovsk - no change. It has not yet been possible to advance to the Artyomovsk-Soledar road.
Regular strikes against concentrations and locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemovsk, in the area of Chasov Yar and other settlements. The artillery group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in addition to supporting the troops, continues to launch missile strikes on the territory of the DPR and LPR.
6. Soledar.
Fighting in the industrial zone to the west of the Knauf plant and in the area of the quarry, from where the APU was ousted. The enemy is stubbornly defending himself and is clearly counting on a long-term defense of the western part of Soledar. The assault on Bakhmutsky continues, but the village has not yet been taken.
To the north of Soledar - battles near Belogorovka and Yakovlevka (not yet completely taken).
In the Seversk area, as a whole, there are no changes - the battles at Serebryanka, Grigorovka, Verkhnekamensky, Ivano-Daryevka. The Seversk-Soledar highway is still under enemy control.
7. Slavyansk.
Here tendencies to positionality triumph. In addition to a slight advance in the area of Bogorodichny, the last days were marked by fighting near the ruins of Mazanovka. Attempts to counterattack the Armed Forces of Ukraine ended in heavy losses for them. Here the front has stabilized.
The Russian Armed Forces continue to strike at concentrations of troops in the Slavyansko-Kramatorsk agglomeration and at the communications of the Donbass group, the most striking evidence of which was the destruction of a train with reservists in the Chaplino area (more than 200 - KIAs), whom the enemy tried to pass off as "civilians".
8. Izyum.
In the area of Kurulka and Bolshaya Kamyshevakhi - in general, no changes. The mutual activity of the DRG parties in the forests and the lack of forces on both sides keep the positional front, which was formed back in April-May, unchanged. Attempts by the RF Armed Forces to achieve tactical success in the Gusarovka area and advance in the direction of Barvenkovo and the Barvenkovo-Slavyansk highway did not produce decisive results.
9. Kharkov.
Fighting near the village of Udy in the direction of Zolochiv. The enemy reinforced this direction with reserves after the withdrawal last week. Fighting at Dementievka, south of Borshcheva in the direction of Cherkassy Tishok. The enemy continues shelling the border settlements of the Russian Federation.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflict regular strikes on Kharkov, Chuguev, in the Zolochev area. Despite recent tactical shifts in favor of the RF Armed Forces, positional tendencies dominate here.
10. Zaporozhye.
On the line Kamenskoye-Orekhov-Gulyaipole-Velikaya Novoselovka - without significant changes. The activity of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the area of Gulyaipol and Velikaya Novoselovka, as well as the activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Ravnopol, did not bring success to the parties.
The enemy is shelling Energodar and the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant - Ukraine has actually disconnected itself from one of the main sources of generation. In response to the shelling of the ZNPP, the RF Armed Forces delivered strikes against targets in the area of Nikopol and Marganets. It is expected that the head of the IAEA will soon arrive at ZNPP, but they do not expect much from this visit.
Preparations for a referendum on the annexation of the liberated territories to Russia have officially started in Zaporozhye, which forces the Zelensky gang to speed up terrorist attacks in order to disrupt the referendum. Nuclear blackmail around the ZNPP is also aimed at disrupting the referendum, which should ensure the irreversibility of Ukraine's loss of the next territories.
11. Nikolaev.
After the defeat of the enemy in the battles for Blagodatnoye and the occupation of the settlement by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the enemy sat on the defensive. Our troops continue to probe the enemy defenses near the Kherson-Nikolaev highway, expand the control zone on the coast near Aleksandrovka in the direction of Golitsyno. Our troops have good tactical progress, but they should not be confused with a full-fledged attack on Nikolaev. There is also no attack on Kherson, it was actually thwarted by the Russian Armed Forces in mid-August and now remains only in outdated propaganda clichés.
12. Krivoy Rog.
The enemy continues unsuccessful attempts to gain a foothold in the bridgehead in the area of Belogorka and Andreevka, where he has already suffered heavy losses in people and equipment. The terrain here is not conducive to the offensive activity of the parties, and the RF Armed Forces, taking advantage of the advantage in artillery, regularly inflict serious losses on the enemy in manpower during attempts to attack by forces of reservists and Volkssturm.
The front on the Ingulets River was never able to provide the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the necessary foothold for an attack on Berislav. Similarly, repeated attempts at attacks in the Vysokopolye and Potemkino regions ended in failure. The front here is quite stable.
The enemy continues shelling bridges across the Dnieper. Arrivals on the Antonovsky bridge and the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station are regular. Despite numerous blows, the enemy has not yet been able to bring down the supports and spans, but he has done a fair amount of holes in the bridges. Missile strikes on the positions of the RF Armed Forces in Kherson and Nova Kakhovka continue.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation regularly strike at Nikolaev and the rear of the Krivoy Rog grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13. Dzerzhinsk, Odessa, Sumy - no significant changes.
[NYPOST] A beautiful jewelry designer who criss-crossed Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... for 10 years was actually a Russian spy who infiltrated NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... by charming and seducing commanders.
She was known as Maria Adela Kuhfeldt Rivera but her real name was Olga Kolobova, and she was a spy working on behalf of Russia’s GRU foreign intelligence service, according to the investigative site Bellingcat, which used photo-matching software to out her.
Rivera took up residence in Rome, Malta and Gay Paree before making Naples, Italia, her home base. She owned a jewelry boutique and talked her way into the city’s international party scene, including soirees and balls attended by NATO officers, the outlet reported.
Colonel Sheila Bryant, then inspector general of the US Naval Forces in Europa and Africa, was suspicious of Maria Adela’s story, Bellingcat said.
She told colleagues to "limit access" to highly confidential military information around her.
Suddenly, in 2018, Maria Adela left for Moscow — and her friends in Europe haven’t seen her since. Bellingcat theorized she had her cover blown in some way by outside intelligence services.
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[IsraelTimes] Israeli intelligence firm says air defense system’s battery loaded onto Russian ship bound for Black Sea port; Israel reportedly struck nearby on Thursday
Russia has shipped its advanced S-300 air defense system in Syria back home amid its invasion of Ukraine, an Israeli satellite intelligence firm said Friday.
ImageSat International (ISI) published images showing that the S-300 system stationed near the city of Masyaf in northwestern Syria had been taken apart in recent weeks. It had been in the area for several years.
The system’s radar was taken to Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base in western Syria, and the S-300 battery was taken to the port of Tartus where it was loaded onto a Russian ship bound for the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, according to ISI.
The firm said the ship was expected to dock in the Russian port city on Friday.
ISI assessed that the battery was transferred back to Russia in order to strengthen its air defenses, which have reportedly been damaged amid the fighting in Ukraine, which Moscow invaded in February.
In 2018, Russia provided the advanced S-300 air defense system to Syria’s military free of charge, transferring three battalions with eight launchers each to the Assad regime despite strenuous objections from Israel and the US.
Syria’s S-300 batteries are operated by the Russian military and cannot be fired without their approval.
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.
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