Snash Shairt9621 also submitted an article on the subject, commenting Someone went after the man who may have pushed Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine.
[AA] A car belonging to the daughter of famous Russian political scientist and philosopher Alexander Dugin exploded late Saturday in Moscow, according to media reports.
Darya Dugina’s car exploded on Mozhayskoye highway around 9.45 p.m. local time, with witnesses claiming the blast rocked the vehicle in the middle of the road and scattered debris.
Preliminary reports said she died instantly. The elder Dugin has arrived at the scene, according to a video on social media.
There is no official confirmation or information on the cause of the explosion.
It is unclear if the explosion was an assassination attempt targeting her father, who has been described as the “brain” of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Darya Dugina, like her father, was engaged in journalism, philosophy and political science.
Daughter of Alexander Dugin (“Putin’s brain”) was reportedly killed in a car bomb near Bolshiye Vyazemy, Moscow region. The target was allegedly Alexander himself but he decided at the last moment to go into another car.
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Interesting messaging dilemma for the Russians. If they say the Ukrainians did it, they're conceding that the Ukrainians can conduct targeted assassinations in the middle of Moscow. If they say Russian dissidents did it, they conceding that active and effective dissent exists. English-language Tass says nothing about it, so I assume they're still working on the narrative. Maybe she was smoking while the gas cap was open?
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Third option is it's a crime syndicate sending Putin a message
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And of course: Name one Russian who we know is responsible for political assassinations. Starts with a "V".
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It will be interesting to see how this gross error is reciprocated. That’ll provide insight on which entity selected the target. Not a good time to be on Hunter Bidens security detail - sympathy for the poor guys that drew that assignment under any circumstances
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] 18 civilian objects were destroyed or damaged.
by Iryna Gamalii
During the day, police officers documented 17 Russian shellings in the Donetsk region . The occupiers killed and wounded civilians, destroyed residential buildings, a playground and a utility company.
This is reported by the website of the National Police in the Donetsk region.
"The enemy opened fire on 11 settlements - the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Toretsk, Kostyantynivka, the town of Velyka Novosilka, Pivdenne, the villages of Dachne, Paraskoviivka, Karlivka, Orlivka, Halytsynivka. The occupiers launched airstrikes with unguided missiles, fired from S-300 air defense systems, "Uragan" artillery anti-aircraft missile system," the message says.
A total of 18 civilian objects were destroyed and damaged - 10 houses, a playground, a dormitory, a coke-chemical plant, a utility company, warehouses, cars.
Criminal proceedings have been initiated under Article 438 (violation of the laws and customs of war) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
With the help of the police, 569 people were evacuated, since the beginning of mandatory evacuation - more than 8,000, including 1,528 - children, 388 - people with disabilities.
We will remind you that last day the Armed Forces repelled seven enemy attacks in Donbas and did not allow a single breakthrough.
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[Vesti] In the Volyn and Polesye directions , formations of the strike force of the troops of Belarus and the Russian Federation were not found on the border of our state. However, the threat of missile and air strikes by the enemy from the territory and airspace of Belarus continues to persist. This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff as of 18.00 Saturday, August 20.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy continues to hold individual units from the Western Military District in the border areas of the Bryansk and Kursk regions in order to tie down the actions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine. The Russian invaders fired mortars at the units of our troops in the border areas of the Chernihiv and Sumy regions.
In the Kharkov direction , the enemy is concentrating his main efforts on holding the occupied positions. He carried out shelling from cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Karasivka, Velikiye Prokhody, Chernyaki, Peschanoe and Pechenegy. The enemy launched air strikes - near Prudyanka and Verkhny Saltov and conducted aerial reconnaissance not far from Russian Tishki and Zolochev.
In the Slavyansk direction , the enemy is concentrating his main efforts on the resumption of offensive operations. He carried out shelling from cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Aseevka, Gusarovka, Chepil, Protopopovka and Dovgenkoe. Launched an airstrike near Zaliman. The invaders fought offensive battles in the directions of Brazhkovka - Novodmitrovka, Suligovka - Novodmitrovka, Brazhkovka - Vernopolye and Dovgenkoe - Kurulka . As a result, our soldiers inflicted losses on the enemy and threw him back.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy continues offensive operations and concentrates its main efforts on the Bakhmut direction . So, in the Kramatorsk direction , he carried out shelling from cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of Kramatorsk, Razdolevka, Spirna, Zvonovka and Raygorodok. Inflicted an air strike near Ivano-Daryevka. The invaders tried to attack in the directions of Spirne - Ivano-Daryevka and Nikolaevka - Vyemka, without success.
In the Bakhmut direction , shelling from tanks, cannon artillery and multiple launch rocket systems was recorded near Mayorsk, Vesela Dolina, Bakhmut, Kodema and Belogorovka. In addition, the enemy launched air strikes on the areas of the last three settlements. By offensive and assault actions, the invaders tried to improve the tactical situation in the directions of Stryapovka - Soledar, Pokrovskoye - Bakhmutskoye, Pokrovskoye - Bakhmut, Vershina - Zaitsevo, Vershina - Kodema, Maiskoye - Zaitsevo, Maiskoye - Kodema, Semigorye - Zaitsevo. It did not work out, the Russians received a tough rebuff.
In the Avdeevka direction, the enemy fired from tanks and artillery of various types near Avdeevka, Kurakhovo, Krasnogorovka, Sukha Balka and Nevelskoye. Inflicted air strikes near Vodiane and Marinka. He led unsuccessful offensive battles in the directions of Gorlovka - Mayorsk, Spartak - Poprosnoye, Donetsk - Sands, Staromikhaylovka - Pervomayskoye .
In the Novopavlovsky direction , the enemy fired at the areas of the settlements of Pavlovka, Elizavetovka, Novoselka, Ugledar and Novomikhailovka. He led an offensive battle in the direction of Blagodatnoe - Zolotaya Niva, did not have success , retreated.
In the Zaporozhye direction , the enemy is trying to prevent the advance of the Defense Forces units. He carried out shelling from tanks, cannon artillery and MLRS in the areas of the settlements of Velikomikhaylovka, Shevchenko, Gulyaipolskoye, Shevchenkovskoye, Novoandreevka, Novopol, Olgovskoye, Shcherbaki, Burlatskoye and Stepnoe. Enemy aircraft operated in the areas of Belogorye, Zheleznodorozhny, Maly Shcherbakov and Malaya Tokmachka.
In the Yuzhnobuzhsk direction , the enemy is concentrating his main efforts on maintaining the occupied areas and holding down the actions of the Defense Forces. He is trying to improve the tactical situation in the Nikolaevsky direction . He carried out shelling from tanks and artillery of various sizes near Nikolaev, Ukrainka, Aleksandrovka and fifteen other settlements. Inflicted an air strike near Olgino. Leads an offensive in the direction of Vasilki - Blagodatnoye.
The enemy ship grouping in readiness for use contains two carriers of sea-based cruise missiles of the Caliber type.
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[Korrespondent] 22:05 Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov said in an interview with Ukrinform that Ukraine received 100 drones for the Army of drones capable of flying over long distances. To fully cover the state border and the front line, the same amount is needed.
22:01 The occupiers extended the "short-term weekend" for the Ukrainian personnel of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. Unlike the previous order, now this also applies to operational duty officers, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports. At the same time, the duration of the "weekend" is not specified. In the meantime, some of the representatives of Rosatom were returned to the station. Also, a contingent of Russian troops and a large number of weapons and ammunition remain at the ZNPP.
Intelligence believes that such measures may indicate the intention of the occupiers to disconnect the station from Ukrainian electrical networks and power - the so-called "zero". In this case, the station will remain without power supply for a certain period of time - emergency power supply will be provided by diesel substations. This creates a potential hazard, as the likelihood of critical situations increases.
21:56 The "Governor" of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said that air defense systems had again worked in the city.
21:52 The curfew time is changing in Kharkiv. From August 22, it will last from 19:00 to 07:00 the next day. And on Independence Day, the curfew will last from 19:00 Tuesday, August 23, until 7:00 Thursday, August 25. "Independence Day is about our DNA. This is what we have defended, we are defending and will continue to defend. We will not give the enemy a chance for any provocations. Therefore, on the holiday of our independence, we will be as vigilant as possible," Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
21:48 Mikhail Ulyanov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to International Organizations in Vienna, commenting on Zelensky's tweet thanking the United States for another military aid package, wrote: "No mercy for the Ukrainian population." Subsequently, he deleted this tweet and explained that his words were misinterpreted, because he meant that it was the Americans and the Ukrainian authorities who did not spare the Ukrainian population.
In turn, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that it requires Austria to expel Ulyanov from the country. Podolyak stated that this tweet was a call for the genocide of the Ukrainian people. Later, the Austrian Foreign Ministry announced that it had summoned the Russian envoy on Sunday, August 21. The department stressed that they were outraged by his "inhuman statements."
21:36 In an evening video message, Zelensky announced next week important negotiations and visits by "true friends of Ukraine": "We are actively preparing for the new week, which is very important for all of us, for our state. Ahead is the day of our flag, the day of our independence. Ahead - honoring the memory of veterans of the war for the freedom of Ukraine. Ahead - the Crimean platform - this year is really special. This year, literally in the air of Crimea, one can feel that the occupation there is temporary, and Ukraine is returning."
At the same time, the President noted that this week "Russia may try to do something particularly nasty, especially cruel": "We have such an enemy. But in any other week in these six months, Russia has done the same cruel."
20:48 Aksyonov commented on the activation of air defense in the Crimea: "There are no mass situations in Crimea and there will not be, I have no doubt about it. But we must remember that there is a confrontation, the NATO bloc is against us."
20:43 The Ministry of Health published advice on iodine prophylaxis in the event of an aviation accident:
20:36 The Ministry of Defense of Belarus and the government of the Russian Federation signed fixed-term contracts for the repair of aviation equipment. In particular, employees of the 558th aircraft repair plant in Baranovichi periodically go on business trips as part of "field teams" to repair aircraft at the 121st aircraft repair plant (the territory of the Kubinka airbase). According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, the work is mainly carried out on MiG-29 aircraft and their modifications. Belarusian specialists are carrying out work on removal from storage and reactivation for further use in the war against Ukraine.
19:18 In the Saltovsky district of Kharkiv, under the rubble of a hostel destroyed by Russian missiles, the bodies of three more dead were found, the city council said. Thus, the total number of deaths increased to 24 people: 18 people died in one hostel, and six in the second.
19:12 The Russians are trying to improve the tactical situation in the Nikolaevsky direction, they are attacking in the direction of Vasilki-Blagodatnoe. At the same time, in the Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Bakhmut, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsk directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the offensive actions of the occupiers, the General Staff said in an evening summary .
17:56 The state of health of the "head of administration" of the occupied Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo, has improved significantly, he is on the mend, the "administration" said.
17:30 For 20 days of operation of the grain corridor, 670 thousand tons of agricultural products were taken out of Ukraine on 27 ships, the Ministry of Infrastructure reported.
It’s better than nothing, for sure. But how much does Ukraine usually have shipped by this time of year?
17:11 The first ten ships with Ukrainian grain arrived safely at their destination, said the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
16:49 The number of wounded as a result of the shelling in Voznesensk has increased to 12 people, the mayor of the city Yevgeny Velichko said. He warned of the possibility of more rocket attacks and urged local residents not to move around the city unnecessarily.
16:33 Member of the British Parliament Tobias Ellwood said that any deliberate damage to the Ukrainian nuclear reactor with a possible radiation leak would be a violation of Article 5 of NATO. Adam Kinzinger, a member of the US House of Representatives, agreed with him, who also said that "any leak will kill people in NATO countries, this is automatically Article 5."
16:27 In Mariupol, an attempt was made on Gauleiter Konstantin Ivashchenko, Mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko said. "Unfortunately, not very successful so far. But this is only the beginning," he wrote, without specifying the details.
16:20 The biggest problem for the occupiers is the massive refusal to participate in the war by the command staff of the airborne forces. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, even contract soldiers, who were urgently given officer ranks, refuse to go to positions from platoon commander to battalion commander. Due to the massive refusal of paratrooper officers to participate in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, the command of the airborne troops of the Russian Federation decided to appoint contract servicemen to officer positions without officer ranks and experience in combat operations.
15:38 In Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, ten Russian passports were issued to local residents, Russian media write.
15:27 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that on July 31, the Russian military, who were in the Zaporozhye region, were taken to a military hospital with signs of poisoning - they were allegedly poisoned by the Ukrainian side with botulinum toxin type "B". An additional investigation is also underway into the poisoning of "the head of the interim administration" of the occupied Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo, with chemical warfare agents, the ministry said.
15:06 Yermak said that Zelensky and his administration consider the effective use of weapons "not only as a top priority, but also as a sacred duty that we have to the Ukrainian people." That is why the president has introduced levels of control and accountability to ensure oversight of Western aid. On an intergovernmental basis, the President and his team of advisers meet regularly with representatives of the countries providing this assistance and report on where and how this assistance is being used.
“The government is also organizing briefings for relevant congressional committees on oversight of security assistance, and we are working closely with the newly arrived US Defense Attaché, Brigadier General Garrick M. Harmon. Rest assured, he will have an unprecedented level of access and support from the administration. Volodymyr Zelensky. Ukraine must win and will win, as history teaches us that ideological aggressors like Russia do not stop in Crimea. They go to Kyiv until they are stopped," the head of the Presidential Office wrote.
14:17 As a result of a rocket attack on a five-story house and private houses in Voznesensk of the Nikolaev region, nine people were injured, four of them were children from 3 to 17 years old. All the children are in serious condition, one girl has lost an eye, said Vitaly Kim, head of the OVA.
14:02 Lithuania will transfer two more batches of military aid to Ukraine, Minister of Defense Arvydas Anusauskas said: "Since the beginning of the war, 28 batches of military support have been sent to Ukraine from Latvia. The 29th and 30th batches are already being prepared! In the near future I will talk about what they include."
13:34 Estonian President Alar Karis said that he took part in weaving camouflage nets for the Armed Forces of Ukraine together with his team. In total, Estonian volunteers have already woven 9,000 square meters. m nets. "We can all do something to help Ukraine win," he wrote.
13:02 In Voznesensk of the Nikolaev area the rocket has got to a five-storeyed residential building, the military commandant's office reports. According to preliminary data, there are casualties.
12:57 Due to the capture of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by the Russians, 25,000 tablets of potassium iodide, a drug that can protect the thyroid gland from the accumulation of radioisotopes of iodine in the event of contamination of the area as a result of an accident at nuclear reactors, were brought to Energodar, Mayor Dmitry Orlov said. At the same time, he stressed that the radiation background at the industrial site and directly in the city is currently within the norm and not exceeded, it is not necessary to take the drug for prevention in advance - only on command, in case of a really confirmed danger.
12:31 The war in Ukraine has entered "operational stagnation," writes CNN, citing Western officials. Both sides were unable to take the advantage of combat potential to influence the course of the war. The offensive in the Donbass has slowed down, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to restore the strength of the Russian army.
11:55 On August 19, the ports of Odessa accepted seven ships for loading agricultural products, the Administration of the Sea Ports of Ukraine reported on Facebook. So, the port of Chornomorsk has moored the bulk carriers ANDAN TORLAK, FILYOZ and MARANTA, the port of Odessa has started loading GANOSAYA and KUBROSLI Y, and MOHAMAD Y is waiting in line, as is the tanker FOYLE, which is in the roadstead of the Yuzhny port.
11:37 A new video has been released on the UNITED24.Media platform about how the world depends on Ukrainian industrial products. Due to the Russian invasion, all branches of Ukrainian industry have suffered losses, and this affects the whole world. The shortage of neon for the manufacture of microchips, the lack of Ukrainian parts for the production of cars, the lack of Azovstal products are just the beginning of a series of problems for the global industry.
10:58 US First Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale Adeyemo, at a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Yunus Elitash, voiced Washington's concern that Russian organizations and individuals are trying to use Turkey to evade sanctions.
10:56 British intelligence reports that the situation at the front has practically not changed in recent weeks, and the initiative in the coming months will pass to the side that can create an offensive grouping. Thus, last week there were minimal changes along the front line, and it is unlikely that the situation will change next week. Russian forces at the moment are likely only prepared for limited localized attacks, rarely involving more than a company of troops, analysts say.
10:53 Both candidates for the premiership of Britain - Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss - said that Putin should not be allowed to attend the G20 summit in Bali.
10:47 In the village of Shevchenkivske, Zaporizhia region, as a result of enemy shelling, an eight-year-old child was seriously injured, two more adults were injured of moderate severity, the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh said.
10:44 Two more ships with Ukrainian grain left the port of Chornomorsk, according to the Turkish Ministry of Defense.
10:39 Aksyonov said that in the Western Crimea "the air defense system worked, the target was hit, there were no casualties or damage." Meanwhile, local publics write about explosions over the village of Zaozernoe (a suburb of Yevpatoriya), as well as in Bakhchisarai and the village. Dairy Saki region. In addition, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation reported a fire near Sochi International Airport, where garages were burning.
10:34 The Russians fired four Caliber missiles in the Dnepropetrovsk region - all were shot down by Ukrainian air defense, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
10:16 In the village of Lotikovo, Slavyanoserbsky district, Luhansk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit a large repair base of Russians. About 50 occupiers and 100 pieces of equipment were destroyed, the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said.
09:48 The positions of the Russian military have weakened and they have no progress on the battlefield in Ukraine, a senior US Department of Defense official said at a closed briefing for journalists: "You see the complete lack of progress of the Russians on the battlefield. They bear these losses and cannot move forward" .
Also, a Pentagon spokesman commented on the latest events in Crimea: "I don't have a general assessment of the impact of recent attacks, especially on the airfield, but we see the overall picture that Russian forces are much more vulnerable. We see the movement of Russian troops to protect their vulnerabilities."
09:31 "Governor" of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev "specified" that the drone was still shot down right above the fleet headquarters, after which it fell on the roof and caught fire.
09:23 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 20. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.
personnel - about 44,900 (+200) people liquidated,
tanks - 1907 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 4212 (+17),
artillery systems - 1018 (+2),
MLRS - 266 (+0),
air defense systems - 141 (+0),
aircraft - 234 (+0),
helicopters - 197 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 803 (+8),
cruise missiles - 190 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 3137 (+7),
special equipment - 97 (+3).
09:17 Tonight Russians fired at Nikolaev with S-300 rockets. Preliminary no casualties, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
09:11 "Governor" of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev said that a drone flew into the roof of the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. It was not shot down, although they worked on the bay with small arms. There are no victims.
09:03 In the Donetsk region over the past day, seven civilians were killed from enemy shelling - four in Bakhmut, one each in Druzhba, Konstantinovka and Severny. Another 13 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:46 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian army fired at the Nikopol and Krivoy Rog districts at night, people were not injured, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko.
08:31 In the Krasnopol community of the Sumy region, the head of the regional Association of Farmers and Private Landowners, deputy of the district council Ivan Deineka, died, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. He was transporting crops in a truck, he had to pull off the road to miss an oncoming car. On the side of the road, Deineka's truck ran into a mine, the driver died on the spot.
08:00 In the Kharkiv, Slavyansk, Bakhmut, Novopavlovsk directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the assaults of the Russians and pushed the enemy back, the General Staff reports in the morning report .
06:26 Tonight, powerful explosions thundered in Melitopol - according to preliminary data, at the Russian military base near the airfield, which the occupiers are once again trying to restore, the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov said. Collaborators immediately reported to the Russian Federation that their air defense had worked.
05:11 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that the Russian Federation is significantly strengthening security measures in Crimea, which indicates the growing concern of the Russian authorities and the civilian population about the threat of Ukrainian strikes on rear areas that were previously considered safe. Analysts note that the Ukrainian strikes resonate in the Russian information space, "despite the fact that these reports were most likely inflated." Thus, Russian sources mainly reported and disseminated false or exaggerated reports, which indicates a panic in the Russian Federation.
The situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant on August 19 remained relatively unchanged, despite Russian statements that Ukrainian forces would stage a provocation at the plant.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces have made limited ground attacks north of Kharkov, southwest and southeast of Izyum, east of Seversk, and south and east of Bakhmut. They also carried out numerous unsuccessful ground assaults on settlements in the southern direction. Meanwhile, Russia continues to form regional "volunteer" units and is likely to deploy many of them to Kherson and southern Ukraine as part of the 3rd Army Corps.
03:19 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov announced missile attacks on critical infrastructure facilities in the Nemyshlyansky district and in the suburbs. Previously without victims and victims.
01:55 The White House said that Zelensky should participate in the G20 summit if Putin comes there. According to the White House National Security Council, President Biden believes that Putin should not attend the G-20, but if he does attend the meeting, then Zelensky should also attend.
01:37 S&P raised Ukraine's long-term foreign currency rating to "CCC+" from "SD".
01:14 The total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine under the Biden administration exceeded $10 billion, Blinken said. At the same time, he assured that Biden was determined "to support the people of Ukraine in protecting their country from Russian aggression for as long as it takes."
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[RIA Novosti] Volodymyr Rogov, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, said that Ukrainian troops used chemical weapons at the suggestion of Western intelligence services.
"Zelensky's regime committed flagrant war crimes with the encouragement and encouragement of Western intelligence services, primarily the British and US intelligence services, without which no important decisions are made at the front," he told RIA Novosti.
According to the official, the Kiev authorities were preparing for the use of chemical weapons, requesting a large batch of bioprotection suits, radiation-chemical reconnaissance vehicles, decontamination and laboratory control vehicles from the NATO bloc back in February.
"This urgent delivery to Ukraine was connected with the preparation of a provocation. Along with the provocations around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, this is all part of the Anglo-Saxons' plan to draw Russia into a full-scale military conflict with NATO countries and economic confrontation with the Western world," Rogov emphasized.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Ukraine used poisonous substances against the Russian military in the Zaporozhye region.
In the body of military personnel, they found the presence of an organic poison of artificial origin - botulinum toxin type "B".
During the special operation, the Russian military took control of the Azov part of the Zaporozhye Oblast and the entire Kherson Oblast, occupying major cities such as Kherson , Melitopol and Berdyansk , and cutting off Ukraine from the Sea of Azov . New administrations have been formed in both regions, Russian TV channels and radio stations are broadcasting, trade and transport links with Crimea are being restored. Local authorities have announced plans to become part of Russia.
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Botulinum toxin (aka Botox) is an extremely potent neurotoxin. It is produced in the wild by a common anaerobic (hates oxygen) bacterium. A common source is Aunt Millie's improperly-canned green beans.
A number of people have messed about with botulinum as a bio-weapon, including those Japanese nutters, Aum Shinrikyo. Drawbacks to botulinum as a weapon are that it needs to be ingested or inhaled, and it does not take effect for a day or so. Not at all like fast-acting nerve agents that work in minutes.
It could be a Ukrainian stunt, but I would bet on a good old-fashioned food poisoning as the cause. A little public health detective work would clear this up - assuming anyone wanted it cleared up.
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Russia doesn't want it cleared up -- they can use it for propaganda, and the most likely culprit is poorly prepared rations. The Russians used canned foods in their ration packs.
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Day 178 of the Invasion and some Quartermaster accidentally serves contaminated canned food from the an old pallet of stored food... Yeah, I find that more plausible than BioWar.
The Russians yelling "Murder!" about it and blaming the Ukrainians I find even more probable.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:16 Serial production of Zircon hypersonic missiles begins in the Russian Federation, - Shoigu.
They are nuclear missiles with a flight speed of up to 12,000 km/h. At that speed, a rocket could reach London in about five minutes. Also continues the production of hypersonic "Daggers"
23:10 Special operation, August 20. The main thing:
- Ukrainian troops tried to strike at Melitopol, air defense worked, RIA Novosti correspondent reports;
- In Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, local residents were issued the first 10 Russian passports;
- An assassination attempt on the mayor of Mariupol was made at the entrance to the city zoo;
- One of the units of the Ukrainian troops surrendered in the village of Zaitsevo in full force, said the NM of the DPR;
- Ukraine used poisonous substances against the Russian military in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported;
- Ukrainian security forces launched an artillery strike with the help of Western long-range weapons at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the Energodar administration said.
21:11 The Western media have acknowledged the fact that a counterattack on Kherson is not possible. After several months of statements by Ukrainian officials that in a few weeks we will begin to liberate the occupied territories, there was a severe disappointment.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not have such resources, and all statements were empty PR, the purpose of which is to manipulate the attention of Ukrainians. Only if the Ukrainians got used to such “promises”, then in the West everyone realized the real situation, what could play against Ukraine in the future — the Resident telegram channel. 20:13 The Ukrainian military launched an artillery strike on the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
19:31 Meanwhile, in the Crimea, the air defense worked again. The activity of enemy drones in the direction of Crimea has obviously increased.
17:38 The state of health of the head of the administration of the Kherson region The balance has improved, it is on the mend - the authorities of the region.
17:06 Return to the Motherland - residents of Kharkov comment on the receipt of Russian passports:
"A feeling of peace and strength, a connection to something more. Returning home is when you reunite with your parents from a long trip,' Maxim Gubin, a resident of the Kharkiv region, shared his feelings.
15:26 New statement of the Russian Defense Ministry:
The Russian military, who performed tasks in the Zaporozhye region, were taken to the hospital with signs of severe poisoning;
Zelensky's regime authorized terrorist attacks with the use of chemical agents against the Russian military
Botulinum toxin type "B" was used against the RF Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye region;
Russian military doctors confirmed the presence of an artificial poison in the body of hospitalized servicemen.
15:23 In Limassol, Cyprus, an action was held in honor of the Russian flag: a 53-meter tricolor in the form of Z and V symbols was unfurled on the seashore.
15:12 A series of explosions in Crimea. Air defense is working right now. APU tried to shell the Crimean bridge. On the peninsula air raid alert. There are downed missiles.
12:16 In the Zaporozhye region, about 6 thousand Russian passports have been issued, more than 26,000 applications have been submitted, the head of the CAA said.
11:15 In the Kherson region, local residents were detained, who helped the Armed Forces of Ukraine direct HIMARS missiles at the railway station and the village of Brilevka. The shelling killed seven people, including children. The gunners of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were brought to Brilyovka for an investigative experiment and a meeting with the relatives of the victims. It turned out that they knew each other - the gunner was from a village adjacent to Brilevka, and his girlfriend, also detained, was from Brilevka itself.
11:10 The decision to conduct a special military operation was made due to unacceptable threats to Russia's security created by Kyiv Sergei Shoigu
11:02 Special talk about neo-Nazism in Ukraine. Kyiv officially declared itself the heir and successor of the Ukrainian nationalists. Verkhovna Rada proclaimed OUN UPA fighters for independence - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
10:26 Explosions are reported in Nikolaev The information is being specified.
10:00 An air defense system went off in Western Crimea. The target is hit. There were no casualties or damage. Our military clearly, professionally and efficiently carry out their tasks. I ask everyone to remain calm and trust only official information - Head of Crimea Aksyonov.
09:50 In the Kharkiv region, as a result of an airborne strike on the positions of the Kraken national formation, more than 100 militants were destroyed, including up to 20 American mercenaries - the Russian Ministry of Defense.
09:30 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine on August 20:
Near the settlement of Andreevka, Kharkiv region, as a result of a high-precision weapon strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces on the combat positions of the Kraken nationalist formation and a unit of foreign mercenaries, more than a hundred militants, including up to 20 American mercenaries, were killed.
The battalion of the 110th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was almost completely destroyed by the strikes of the operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the settlement of Velikomikhaylovka, Dnepropetrovsk region, the losses of which amounted to at least two hundred nationalists killed and more than 150 wounded.
As a result of fire strikes on the combat positions of the tank battalion of the 28th Mechanized Brigade in the area of the settlement of Kiselevka, Mykolaiv region, as well as the 212th Rifle Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Apostolovo region of the Dnipropetrovsk region, the total irretrievable losses of the enemy amounted to more than 200 people.
Up to 130 militants and eight units of special vehicles were destroyed by a ground-based high-precision weapon strike at the area of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the 27th Battalion of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the north of Kharkov.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery continue to strike at military facilities on the territory of Ukraine.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 267 aircraft, 148 helicopters, 1,776 unmanned aerial vehicles, 367 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,354 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 809 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,320 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 4,969 units of special military vehicles.
08:40 Greece, Cyprus, together with Portugal opposed the ban on the entry of Russians into the EU.
08:04 Head of Kharkov Igor Terekhov informs about missile strikes on critical infrastructure in different parts of the city. Ukrainian channels publish a video of one of these arrivals.
08:00 In the meantime, an air alert has been announced throughout Ukraine.
#1
This man makes Rasputin look perfectly normal and he's who has convinced Putin to do the insanely harmful things he is doing to Ukraine and his own nation. His daughter was murdered last night in Moscow, probably were aiming at him.
Key point here is who did that? IF it was a siloviki led thing, it's the beginning of the end for Putin's state. They are not going to sit still and watch him weaken Russia like this:
#5
I can't do an interpretation of the Russian below, I assume the English speaker is not making stuff up.
IF that is accurate, this man is no different than Martin Heidegger, just replace Jew to Ukrainian. How strong within Russia's zeitgeist does this exist? I see similar statements on Russian State TV at times.
https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1561269947497578496
#6
"the speed at which the Russian forces advance shows they are not in a rush, but rather, are disarming Ukraine, as stated at the outset of this military operation, it may seem slow, but it is thorough" I agree local support being cultivated as well.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:16 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC, on August 20, additional information was received about civilian casualties as a result of shelling of the cities of the Republic by the AFU:
Donetsk:
Kievsky district:
- a man born in 1950 died.
n.p. Vladimirovka (included in the area of ??responsibility of the administration of the Starobeshevsky district):
- a woman, born in 1953, died.
As of 10:00 p.m., the total number of civilian casualties from AFU attacks on August 20, 2022 amounted to 11 people, including one child (two died, 9 injured), including one person from the previously liberated settlement. Vladimirovka. The information continues to flow.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kievsky district:
- st. Karmalyuka, 16, 18 - private residential buildings;
- st. Buslaeva, 30 - apartment building.
n.p. Gorlovka: - st. Bluchera, 6 - a private residential building; - st. Chernyakhovsky, 7 - a private residential building.
n.p. Yelenovka:
- he is. Krupskaya, 30, 30 "a", 31 - private residential houses;
- he is. Lenina, 3 — administrative building of Yelenovskogo district "Avtodor";
- he is. Postovaya, 22 "b" - Church of the Rabbis Constantine and Elena.
As of today, as of 22:00, the enemy fired 229 different types of ammunition, including the BM-21 Grad MLRS, 80mm unguided aircraft rockets, and 155mm, 152mm and 122mm artillery ammunition.
21:53 VFU attacked the Kyiv region of Donetsk, a civilian was killed Ukrainian militants launched an artillery strike on the street. Buslaev, a man born in 1950 died in his apartment. 20:15 The former commandant of Lisichansk, after the occupation of the city by Ukrainian troops in 2014, was subjected to torture and repression by the SBU.
They beat him, broke his fingers, threatened to kill him and sell his organs, throw him into a mine pit, as the Nazis once threw members of the Young Guard.
18:30 A new intercity bus route Luhansk-Severodonetsk-Lugansk has been opened. Buses will depart daily from the Luhansk bus station at 7:00 and 14:00.
The point of arrival and departure of buses in Severodonetsk is located at the address: Khimikov Avenue, 36 (market).
Ticket price - 240 rubles.
17:40 The village of Severny in the Kuibyshev region came under fire. Residential and residential buildings were damaged. Information about the destruction and casualties is being specified.
17:00 Russia appreciates North Korea's decision to recognize the DPR and LPR and its strong support for the special operation in Ukraine - Russian Foreign Ministry.
16:44 The memorial at Saur-Mogila is planned to be opened on August 25. The restored Saur-Mogila memorial complex will be opened on August 25.
16:09 In Mariupol, they report an attempt on the life of the mayor of the city Konstantin Ivashchenko.
An explosive device was planted at the entrance to the Mariupol Zoo, and went off at the moment the official arrived. Ivashchenko was not injured. Sappers are working at the site of the explosion.
15:37 Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. Damage to the car of LLC Ecological Company Gromada while driving on a mine "Petal".
15:20 The northern part of the village of Zaitsevo has been liberated. For eight years, the Gorlovsky settlement was literally a line of demarcation: the northern part was occupied by the VFU, and the southern part by the NM of the DPR. The offensive continues towards Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
15:10 Repair of 225 apartment buildings, 94 educational facilities, 11 cultural facilities, eight healthcare facilities and many infrastructure facilities is planned in Donetsk - Head of the DPR.
15:02 In Lisichansk continues analysis blockages after the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukraine, as always, sought to strike at civilians, so it hit the ambulance station directly - directly at civilians and those who save their lives.
15:00 APU wounded a child in Donetsk. Ukrainian militants during the shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of the city wounded a girl born in 2018. on st. Yunokommunarskaya. The child was delivered to the RTC.
14:24 In the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, a garbage truck was blown up on a Ukrainian mine PFM-1 "Petal".
14:22 On the operational lines of the JCCC DPR for August 20 received additional information about civilian casualties as a result of shelling of the cities of the Republic by AFU:
Donetsk:
Kuibyshevsky district:
- a child (girl) born in 2018 was wounded.
Kirovsky district:
- wounded men born in 1994, 1979, 1985
Leninsky district:
- a man born in 1958 was wounded.
n.p. Gorlovka, Zaitsevo settlement:
- a woman born in 1937 was wounded.
Received additional information on damages as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kirovsky district:
- st. Dmitry Donskoy, 28 - a private residential building, a gas pipeline was damaged;
- st. Ivan Susanin, 35 - Donetsk penal colony No. 124.
Kuibyshevsky district:
- st. Yunokommunarskaya, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 - private residential buildings;
- he is. Svetlichnaya, 17 — PM mePetal"The garbage truck of the Ecological Company Gromada was blown up."
13:38 According to preliminary information, in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, a child was wounded as a result of shelling, houses of the private sector were destroyed. The information is being specified.
13:35 VFU wounded a civilian in the Leninsky district of Donetsk. During the shelling of the dacha cooperative "Prometheus" in the Leninsky district of Donetsk on the street. Verkhovinskaya, a man born in 1958 was wounded. Delivered to DokTMO.
13:10 As a result of the shelling of the village of Zaitsevo by Ukrainian punishers, an elderly civilian, born in 1937, was injured.
12:48 AFU continue shelling of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk
Ukrainian militants from positions in Krasnohorivka are shelling residential areas of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk using 155mm NATO artillery.
12:13 The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired six rockets from the 122mm BM-21 MLRS at the city of Gornyak.
11:47 According to eyewitnesses, the rounds of Ukrainian militants continue to fall in Kirov (Svoboda Square) and in Kuibyshev (microdistrict Gornyak) of the city of Donetsk.
11:18 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
n.p. Ceramic - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: four NAR 80mm were produced (without the use of aviation);
n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): eight rounds fired caliber 122mm.
10:22 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 20, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kirovsky district:
- as a result of a mine explosion PFM "Petal» wounded man born in 1955
As of 10:00 am on August 20, 46 cases of undermining civilians have already been registered in the Republic, incl. two children, I passed PFM «Petal". One of the injured died in the hospital.
Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka:
- st. Velikan, 39 - apartment building, damaged gas pipeline;
- st. Initiative, 12 - a private residential building.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
09:39 It is reported that Kodema has completely passed under the control of the Allied Forces.
09:32 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine on August 20:
In the areas of the settlements of Zvanovka and Paraskoviyivka of the Donetsk People's Republic, more than 200 personnel, two tanks and seven special vehicles were destroyed by high-precision air-launched missiles in the 3rd and 12th battalions of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Russian air defense systems destroyed six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Vrubovka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Novomikhailovka, Staromlynovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 267 aircraft, 148 helicopters, 1,776 unmanned aerial vehicles, 367 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,354 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 809 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,320 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 4,969 units of special military vehicles.
09:23 Fire was detected from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement of Kurdyumovka - the settlement of Kurdyumovka. Gorlovka: 5 rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
09:15 This morning, a man born in 1955 was injured by the detonation of the Petal mine in the courtyard of his own house in the Kirovsky district.
08:37 According to the JCCC, over the past day, on August 19, in the city of Donetsk, two people died from shelling - a man and a woman born in 1949 and 1951. - residents of the Kirovsky district, the village of Lozovoe.
08:35 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three rounds fired with a caliber of 152mm.
08:26 Work artillerymen of the 1st Army Corps of the DPR on enemy positions in the city of Avdievka. Artillerymen during the special operation turned into snipers, each shell flies exactly into a trench or a dugout.
08:00 Shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:
n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Zaytsevo (southern): six rounds of 122mm caliber were fired.
n.p. Friendship - n.p. Gorlovka: six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
[REGNUM] Air defense worked on Saturday evening on the Tarkhankut peninsula in the Crimea, near the village of Olenevka. Oleg Kryuchkov , adviser to the head of Crimea, wrote about this on August 20 in his telegram channel .
"Crimea. Olenevka. Two hours ago, an air defense system worked out in the vicinity, and public [b. Ukrainian SSR] began to write that tourists were leaving the peninsula and throw in an old video. I shot the same video in Olenevka at the Extreme Crimea festival two minutes ago , ”writes Kryuchkov.
He also posted a video clearly showing a concert with several hundred people in attendance.
[REGNUM] There is no airfield in Bakhchisarai, and therefore there could not have been any explosions allegedly carried out there by Kyiv militants. Oleg Kryuchkov , adviser to the head of Crimea on information policy, wrote about this on August 20 in his telegram channel.
“We observe information hygiene. We analyze the [Kyiv] stuffing service, check the photos. In Bakhchisarai, for example, there is no airfield, so nothing can explode there , ”he said in his message.
At the same time, earlier in a number of Kyiv media there were reports that explosions allegedly occurred at the airfield in Bakhchisarai.
As REGNUM reported , earlier it became known that in the DPR, 46 people were already injured as a result of the operation of anti-personnel mines of the PFM-1 "Petal" remote installation used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
A drone was shot down over the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea fleet in annexed Crimea on Saturday, a local official said.https://t.co/FwrDFCkA2K
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[REGNUM] Russian Investigative Committee Investigates Poisoning of Russian Military in Zaporozhye Region b. Ukrainian SSR. This was reported on August 20 in the official telegram channel of the RF IC.
"In addition, investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee will record, as part of the investigation in the Russian Investigative Committee of criminal cases on crimes of the Kiev regime, information published by the Russian Ministry of Defense about the detection of a poisonous substance in the body of servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces who performed tasks in the Zaporozhye region, delivered to the hospital," the appeal says.
Also, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation noted that investigators would record information about poisoning with chemical warfare agents of the head of the provisional administration of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
The referred to video is at the link. It is in Russian and on a Telegram application.
Residents of the Ukrainian village of Brilevka aimed artillery at the houses of their own villagers. Seven local residents were killed, including children. According to Google Earth, Brilevka is located in the steppe about 50 kilometres southeast of Kherson and 30 kilometres north of the Black Sea coast.
The curator from the Armed Forces of Ukraine will inform them that they just need to put down their phone with geolocation turned on and run.
The guides were detained. And this is what came out of it.
Watch the video in its entirety. The first half of the video is not so informative.
The beginning is reminiscent of the game of one actor, albeit performed by several Ukrainians, when they are filled with crocodile tears.
And when (the second part of the video) they met with the relatives of the victims, they really understood what awaited them. And they are facing the death penalty.
The gunners promised to atone for their guilt and asked their fellow villagers to forgive them. Relatives of the dead refused to forgive fellow villagers.
The whole point of Svidomo Ukrainianism is precisely this - to cynically kill the defenseless, and then beg on their knees for mercy...
They cry only because they were caught. Admittedly, 30 years of brainwashing is quite effective. They have a different generation of people. Their state is not cooperative, but this is not required - small-town Nazism and Russobia have sprung.
We can say that the gunners are somewhat lucky that they are still alive.
In Brilevka, apparently, a very high-profile case, the children died and all this immediately got on video.
The gunners were publicly taken, they staged a public "repentance", then there will be a trial. And the highest measure.
Journalists drew attention to the facial expressions of the Ukrainian president at a press conference after a meeting with Erdogan.
Zelensky cannot concentrate and focus his eyes.
Looks like a crazy psychiatrist in student medical films, plenty of them on YouTube. Some kind of hunted look, eyes run, disorientation.
A mentally ill person is at the helm of Ukraine. Zelinsky's condition is very reminiscent of the state of Adolf Hitler in the last months of his life.
Most likely, everything quickly became clear to Erdogan there, which is why the negotiations took only 40 minutes. And this is taking into account the time for protocol photos. Then they drew a line: they say we will negotiate when Russia withdraws to the borders on February 24th. That is, never.
Ukrainian TG report that Erdogan brought a message from Putin, in which a condition was set point-blank, in fact an ultimatum was put. If the Office of the President refuses to return to negotiations, then Russia will hold referendums in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, after which it will include them in Russia and will be ready to use nuclear weapons to protect its territories. That is Russian doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons.
Kyiv refused to negotiate.
It must be remembered that each subsequent proposal by Putin is always worse for his opponent than the previous one.
[Spiegel] Before the Russian attack he lived with his cat in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. When he wasn't acting, he wrote poetry and read nonfiction. When he tried to flee from the attacks on his city in the spring, he ran into Russian soldiers. Then, as has presumably happened to hundreds of thousands of his fellow citizens, he was deported to Russia.
According to a ruling from Moscow published on March 12, Ukrainians can be distributed to places ranging from the North Caucasus to the country's far east. Ukrainians seeking help registered in Perm near the Ural Mountains and even as far away as the Pacific island of Sakhalin in the east. "The Russians acted as if they were helping us," Krasnikov recounts, with astonishment in his voice.
He shares a cabin on the ship in Tallinn with two men, one of them an old school friend from Mariupol. He eats in the dining hall three times a day. Sometimes, he goes for a walk on the Isabelle, through the empty casino, past the duty-free store, where expensive cosmetics were once sold and the bags of refugees are piled up today. When he wants to leave the ship, he takes the elevator down and checks out with a boarding pass. But it's a manageable life compared to the odyssey that lies behind him.
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Is Putin trying to solve the population collapse of Russia with force immigration? Or is he just running a nation of war criminals?
Amazing the lengths he'll go to avoid giving the Russian people a reason to have kids voluntarily.
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Is Putin trying to solve the population collapse of Russia with force immigration?
I believe that’s part of it, Rob. And also to send Ukraine down the Darwinian spiral first, because the additions won’t be enough to save Russia.
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Russian rail cars loaded with tanks and equipment being sent into area. Massive production going on in Russia. If you may recall Russia out produced Germany during WW11. Massive shelling of( as I recall) 6,000 rounds a day. On open ground That shelling and air superiority would and is overwhelming Ukrainian ground forces. So locating Ukrainian troops in city centers and sabotage only effect counter attacks.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Three alleged Kremlin spies caught breaking into an arms factory in Albania are accused of spraying chemicals into the faces of the soldiers who stopped them.
Two men with Russian passports and one Ukrainian national, most likely from one of the country's Moscow-ruled breakaway republics, tried to enter the weapons factory tonight, the NATO country's ministry of defence explosively claimed.
It added: 'The officers who were guarding the plant reacted immediately, but during their efforts to stop the three foreign nationals, two of our soldiers were injured.'
Factory director Lorenc Zani confirmed there was a 'physical clash', at which point the defending soldiers were sprayed with the unknown material, Albanian Daily News reported.
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said the three individuals are 'suspected of espionage.'
Officers arrested the three men, with the Albanian soldiers now hospitalised with illnesses arising from the apparent chemical poisoning.
They are said to be in a stable condition.
The defense ministry said one of the arrested, identified only as a Russian national MZ, 24 years old, entered the plant's territory and was trying to take photos.
Two others, a Russian woman identified as ST, 33, and Ukrainian man FA, 25, were also arrested nearby.
Gramsh military base in central Albania is an unusual location for foreign 'tourists' to visit.
Albania's status as NATO member for more than a decade has raised eyebrows. It joined the western military alliance in 2009.
During communism, Gramsh was used to produce Russian AK-47 machine guns. According to the ministry's website, the plant today provides manufacturing services for the defense industry, without giving more details.
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