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Putin's missiles hit Vinnytsia city centre, sending Ukrainians diving for cover as blast kills 23 including three children
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Woman pulled over by police told them American laws don't apply to her
[WSB2] DULUTH, Ga. — A North Georgia woman is out on bond on several charges after she told police that America’s laws do not apply to her.

The officer said he saw the woman driving oddly and thought she might be drunk. He pulled her over and found himself in a very strange situation.

The driver claimed to be a member of the Nation of Moors with no need for American laws.

"Do you have your license with you?" the officer is heard asking the woman on police body cam video of the incident.

"I don’t have a license to drive a car," the woman told the officer.

The ID that the woman tossed at the officer identifies her as Joyce Marie from Blue Ridge. The ID was labeled an American Global ID and Liberty Pass, expiring in 177 years.
From the crazy cult end of the Moorish Sovereign Citizens movement, also known as the Indigenous Moors, who have the queer idea that they are the native people of North America and therefore entitled to ignore the laws and retake title to any property that catches their eye, which they’ve done with distressing regularity since the 1990s. Both the Indigenous Moors and the Nation of Islam split off from the Moorish Science Temple movement. The Nation of Moors is the final version of a cult founded by ex-convict Dwight York in New York City in the early 1970s as Ansar Pure Sufi, which sent out its members to sell nonsensical pamphlets and incense while Mr. York lived large on the proceeds and treated the females from large to small as his personal harem. About 500 members eventually built a commune on a country property in Georgia, where he was convicted by the feds in 2004 of everything short of mopery and dopery on the spaceways. Some clearly still believe.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/16/2022 03:31 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A Joe Biden Democrat.
Posted by: Black Charlie Slairt1430 || 07/16/2022 4:07 Comments || Top||

#2 
Sovereign / "Ethnic" nation groups, Half-Backs, Karen's/Daren's and far left types all started infecting Snellville, Duluth and Lawrenceville.

This is part of why we moved 3 times between 1994 and 2009.



Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/16/2022 8:48 Comments || Top||

#3  Fine. If American laws don't apply to you then neither do the protections. Immediately seize all property and throw her in jail. I imagine she'll have a "Brittney Griner" moment
Posted by: Warthog || 07/16/2022 9:00 Comments || Top||

#4  Works for me, Warthog. :-D
Posted by: Barbara || 07/16/2022 9:58 Comments || Top||

#5  Deport her to... somewhere else
Posted by: Frank G || 07/16/2022 10:33 Comments || Top||


#7  Then why does she accept US currency?
Posted by: magpie || 07/16/2022 10:47 Comments || Top||

#8  my favorite
Posted by: Beavis || 07/16/2022 12:49 Comments || Top||

#9  She probably takes donations through Venmo. Have an Abbot pick her up on the return trip. They can fit all her Nubian property in the bottom storage. Drop her over the California line. Tell her that Gavin sent a special invitation to her.
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/16/2022 12:51 Comments || Top||

#10  @Beavis thanks for the link.
Posted by: Too Old To Work || 07/16/2022 14:20 Comments || Top||

#11  Sovereign Citizen blah blah blah. Next!
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 07/16/2022 14:48 Comments || Top||

#12  The sovereign citizen complaint does not always end well.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/16/2022 14:58 Comments || Top||

#13  Deport her to Namibia and claim that she is a bad speller.
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/16/2022 15:29 Comments || Top||

#14  /\ You would do that to Namibia ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/16/2022 15:59 Comments || Top||

#15  B. I had a question for you yesterday, but O Club flagged me as spam. Are you familiar with Deon Meyer's South African crime novels?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/16/2022 16:00 Comments || Top||

#16  Yes, I am familiar with Meyer's writings. I do not enjoy fiction however. Perhaps I should be more inclusive and better read. I have a former Greek colleague and author who sends me alternative history stuff occasionally. I have no use for alternative history either. Sadly I find it hard to find the time for the reading I should be doing.

Texting a farmer friend the other day, I sent him a foto of a woodland view and cup of coffee on my deck. told him I was.... "taking a break."

His responce: "Taking a break from what?"

Time management, an obvious personal weakness.

* Meyer's website link gives some impressive local fotos as well as a listing of his numerous novels.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/16/2022 16:27 Comments || Top||


DEA Agents Seize Record 1 Million Fentanyl-Laced Pills in California
[Breitbart] The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced the record-breaking seizure of one million fake pills laced with fentanyl in Inglewood, California, on Thursday.

DEA agents executed a federal search warrant on July 5, which resulted in the seizure of one million fentanyl pills. The fentanyl-laced pills were linked to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel. Agents executed the search warrant after investigating the drug trafficking organization since May.

The recent bust is the largest amount of fentanyl pills DEA agents have seized in California thus far. The fake fentanyl pills were reportedly worth $15 to $20 million.

The fentanyl-laced pills would come into the country through the southern border and stay in southern California until “house managers” could distribute the pills to drug dealers in other areas.

Mexican cartels “are mass-producing illicit fentanyl and fake pills pressed with fentanyl in filthy, clandestine, unregulated labs,” according to the DEA. As a result, more than 107,000 Americans died due to drug overdoses last year, according to CDC data.

DEA offices in the greater Los Angeles area seized more than three million fentanyl pills last year. From January through April of this year, they have seized roughly 1.5 million fentanyl pills, which is a 64 percent increase over the same period in 2021.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/16/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  Arrest Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Posted by: Black Charlie Slairt1430 || 07/16/2022 0:42 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
LA Times report warns about 'environmental danger' in solar transition
[FoxNews] California has excess solar panel waste and limited means of disposal, The Times reported.

The Los Angeles Times published a report Thursday detailing the "environmental danger" of expired solar panels on the environment.

"California has been a pioneer in pushing for rooftop solar power, building up the largest solar market in the U.S.," the article began. "More than 20 years and 1.3 million rooftops later, the bill is coming due."
See: Preview of EV Battery expirations
The Times' Rachel Kisela reported that many solar panels that were purchased beginning in 2006, when the California government "showered subsidies on homeowners" to inspire a transition away from fossil fuels, are now reaching the end of their lifespan.

"Beginning in 2006, the state, focused on how to incentivize people to take up solar power, showered subsidies on homeowners who installed photovoltaic panels but had no comprehensive plan to dispose of them. Now, panels purchased under those programs are nearing the end of their 25-year lifecycle," Kisela reported.

The problem is, when solar panels end up in landfills, "components that contain toxic heavy metals such as selenium and cadmium can contaminate groundwater."

This is an example of how environmental policies can have unintended consequences. "The looming challenge over how to handle truckloads of contaminated waste illustrates how cutting-edge environmental policy can create unforeseen hazards down the road," she said.

The Times reported that "as California barreled ahead on its renewable-energy program, focusing on rebates and — more recently — a proposed solar tax, questions about how to handle the toxic waste that would accrue years later were never fully addressed."

"Now, both regulators and panel manufacturers are realizing that they don’t have the capacity to handle what comes next," she continued.

Toxic waste from solar panels is not just a Californian problem, but a problem nationwide. "About 140,000 panels are installed every day in the United States, and the solar industry is expected to quadruple in size between 2020 and 2030," Kisela said.

But there are difficulties surrounding disposal of solar panels: "Recycling solar panels isn’t a simple process. Highly specialized equipment and workers are needed to separate the aluminum frame and junction box from the panel without shattering it into glass shards."

"Specialized furnaces are used to heat panels to recover silicon. In most states, panels are classified as hazardous materials, which require expensive restrictions on packaging, transport and storage," she continued.

"A lack of consumer awareness about the toxicity of materials in the panels and how to dispose of them is part of the problem," Kisela wrote.

Courtesy of NoMoreBS, Yahoo concentrates on the recycling aspect: Turns Out, Solar Isn't Green at all - Except for the Chinese and their American Politicians
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/16/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "A lack of consumer awareness about the toxicity of materials in the panels and how to dispose of them is part of the problem,"

Intentionally, to spread their clean 'green' lies.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/16/2022 8:13 Comments || Top||

#2 

Who do we thank???

Yep! Earth Huggy 1st radical Liberal Democrat types.

BTW: How much $$$ Billion did the US Taxpayers give the Solar Power Panel manufactures and somehow $$ Millions made it back as (LSD) Campaign donations certain DC Swamp pockets in various ways?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/16/2022 8:55 Comments || Top||

#3  There's a cave complex I know of on Sonoma Coast, site of oldest known human inhabitance of NorCal (sorry Pomo, way before your time), so I have my next property already picked out.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 07/16/2022 10:20 Comments || Top||

#4  We subsidized the stupidity and will subsidize the cleanup. Sounds like our Ukraine policy.
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/16/2022 12:31 Comments || Top||

#5  We subsidized the stupidity and will subsidize the cleanup. Sounds like our Ukraine policy.
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/16/2022 12:31 Comments || Top||

#6  *Repeat line*
Posted by: Bobby || 07/16/2022 13:10 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
RNC launches program to prepare future voters for naturalization test in order to legally obtain US citizenship as a record number of illegal immigrants continue to surge at the border
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The Republican National Committee is launching the new 10-hour four-course Republican Civics Initiative training course in Doral, Florida on Thursday

  • Goal is to help permanent legal residents – and future potential voters – with the civics part of the naturalization test
    It’s a Welcome Wagon kind of thing — for legal immigrants.
  • Course launch comes after footage emerged Wednesday showing a huge mob of hundreds of migrants lined up crossing the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas

  • Nearly 26,000 migrants were apprehended by Texas-area Customs and Border Patrol agents in under a week and in May CBP encountered 239,416 migrants
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/16/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  Are those the funds that they promised to use for protecting elections?
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/16/2022 11:51 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Maidan Wardak Residents Build Self-Funded School
Very well done. But will girls get to go, too?
[ToloNews] Residents of the Sayed Abad district in Maidan Wardak province said that there is no school in the "Boghakai" neighborhood and that they have started building a school at their own expense for 5.1 million Afs.
"But we need 50.1 million Afs for insurance premiums"
According to the residents, most of the districts of the province do not have schools, and students have to walk a long distance to get to school.

"We have collected 100 Afs from each person, and those who now live in Iran, Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
and other countries have helped us too," said Haji Karim Dad, a resident of Maidan Wardak.

"The people of this area come here every day and take part in the construction of this school. The stone and sand were also brought by people," said Mohammad Basir, another resident of Maidan Wardak.

Some students who complained that the government officials do not pay attention to the lack of schools in the province said they are happy with the construction of this school.

"It takes hours to attend schools in this province, schools are far away from us, if this school is built for us, it will be very good for us," said Yasir Shah, a student.

"Schools are very far from our area, students are facing many problems," said Hasibullah, another student.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch shot Ike through the elbow. Take that, Ike! he yelled......
local officials of Maidan Wardak welcome the decision of the residents of the province, saying they are trying to provide educational opportunities for the remote districts of the province.

"We praise their sense that they are building a school with their own money, and we ... reassured them that they should let us know if they run into any difficulties," said Safiullah Rayed, director of the Information and Culture of Maidan Wardak.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/16/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  We praise their sense that they are building a school with their own money, and we ... reassured them that they should let us know if they run into any difficulties, and we'll have the ANP move in and absolutely kill them all! Pretentious bastards!
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/16/2022 8:12 Comments || Top||


Britain
British electricity helps keep the lights on in Europe: UK becomes net exporter for first time since 2017 as France shuts down record numbers of nuclear power plants
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Data from the National Grid shows that Britain has been piping over electricity to France, Belgium and the Netherlands via undersea cables each month since April.

The electricity shortfall in Europe has been put down to an unusual shutdown in French nuclear power stations, with half of its 56 reactors offline in May for maintenance, refueling or due to unexpected problems such as corrosion.

While the UK is usually a net importer of electricity to help balance its grid, British gas-fired power stations have taken advantage of increased shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) arriving from the US, Qatar and also Peru to generate more electricity for export.
Peru. PERU?
As much as 43 per cent of the UK's electricity comes from renewable sources such as wind and solar, but when the sun is not shining or the wind not blowing the country often needs to import to offset these times.

The last time the country was a net exporter on a monthly basis was in November 2017.

The government recently ordered the National Grid to keep open two coal-fired power plants that were due to be shuttered in September as the ongoing energy crisis sidelines efforts to generate green energy.

It is expected that the UK will continue to help France make up its shortfall in nuclear output for the rest of the year.

The grids of both countries talk on a 'continuous basis' and offer each other mutual support in times of stress, according to the head of the National Grid ESO, Fintan Slye.

Despite the UK's status as a net exporter of electricity, this is not expected to shield consumers from 'extreme pricing' and a reliance on coal could lead to some period of 'very tight margins' between supply and demand, Hewitt warned.

Cornwall Insight has predicted that gas and electricity bills for British households will rise 65 per cent to more than £3,200 a year in October and from there jump to over £3,360 in January.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/16/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nuclear power supplies 70% of France’s requirements yet half their plants are offline. Coincidentally Russia supplies 20% of their nuclear fuel. Shaping up to be “interesting times”
Posted by: Cloluck Bourbon1058 || 07/16/2022 9:33 Comments || Top||

#2  or due to unexpected problems such as corrosion.

I wonder if this is neutron corrosion or just plain vanilla corrosion?
Posted by: SteveS || 07/16/2022 10:20 Comments || Top||

#3  Eh. Rev it up; it'll work itself out.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/16/2022 11:26 Comments || Top||

#4  *shudder* swksvolFF, you are the stuff of nightmares.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/16/2022 12:11 Comments || Top||

#5  I think it would be good to check at this point what the terms are of Hillary’s uranium deal is. Possibly seizing our uranium back might make more sense than collecting yachts and soccer teams.
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/16/2022 12:27 Comments || Top||

#6  I'm just having a little fun thinking of the first few chapters of Foundation...but I could be:

There are a significant number of people in positions of power and influence who do not know that is a bad idea.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/16/2022 15:25 Comments || Top||

#7  I think it would be good to check at this point what the terms are of Hillary’s uranium deal is.

If we vacated the Uranium One/Rosatom deal, too many 'people' would lose money or possibly even be indicted.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 07/16/2022 15:35 Comments || Top||

#8  US and EU pressure on Norway to increase gas production is having labor issues at this time. Strike perhaps in two weeks for pay increases because of inflation. Then this "To make matters worse, news of two gas leaks at its Sleipner complex in the Norwegian North Sea has been reported. Owing to the leaks, Equinor (Energy Company) shut the giant production complex down, reducing Norway’s natural gas output just as it is trying to ramp up to meet European demand. Processes are reportedly expected to be normalised in a couple of days but the difficulties in repairing critical infrastructure could take months".
Posted by: Dale || 07/16/2022 17:32 Comments || Top||

#9  The obvious solution there is more Afghanis.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/16/2022 18:17 Comments || Top||

#10  Macrons solution to the energy shortage is to simply turn out the lights. That should go well https://summit.news/2022/07/15/macron-announces-street-lights-will-be-turned-off-in-response-to-energy-crisis/
Posted by: Cloluck Bourbon1058 || 07/16/2022 19:56 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
US will provide 'considerably' more work visas for Mexicans and Central Americans says Mexico's president after delivering 30-minute long statement with Biden in the Oval Office
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The U.S. made the agreement during talks in Washington this week

  • Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador met with Biden in the Oval Office Tuesday

  • Obrador spoke for more than 30 minutes, Biden spoke for about ten

  • The number will be 'considerably expanded,' Lopez Obrador said in a news conference
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/16/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  Obrador is the head of the MORENA political party that he created that means "Brown Skin". He is against the war on drugs and even though he wants American employers to employ Mexican workers he does not want those American companies in his country as "property owners".
Posted by: Black Charlie Slairt1430 || 07/16/2022 0:39 Comments || Top||

#2  Good to know. Thank you for explaining, Black Charlie Slairt1430.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/16/2022 9:00 Comments || Top||

#3  Bracero Program 2023
Posted by: Frank G || 07/16/2022 10:32 Comments || Top||

#4  Obrador will be selling the work VISAs in some fashion.
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/16/2022 11:49 Comments || Top||

#5  Again the silly question: Doesn't any of this require action by Congress? Especially after West Virginia vs. EPA?
Posted by: Tom || 07/16/2022 12:49 Comments || Top||

#6  Why? At the rate BLM and EPA are inventing regulations there won't be enough water to grow crops in the continental US...
Posted by: magpie || 07/16/2022 21:15 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russia launches drive for volunteer units and battalions
[UnderstandingWar] The Russian Federation has launched a large-scale drive to form volunteer battalions in the 85 "federal subjects" (or regions) that comprise the federation. Recruiting for some volunteer battalions began in June but has intensified in July, with new volunteer units being reported daily. The battalions apparently will consist of roughly 400 men each aged between 18 and 60. They will belong to various branches of service including motorized rifle, tank, and naval infantry, but also signals and logistics. Recruits are not required to have prior military service and will undergo only 30 days of training before deployment to Ukraine.
Cannon fodder.
This recruitment effort will likely be expensive if it comes close to meeting its targets. It appears that the Russian Ministry of Defense will pay the volunteers’ salaries while the "federal subjects" will pay their enlistment bonuses. Salaries generally start at roughly $3,000 per month per soldier or about $1.2 million per month per 400-man unit. Enlistment bonuses offered by at least some units appear to be roughly a month’s salary. If the effort generates 85 battalions each of 400 men it would bring an additional 34,000 volunteers into the fight at the cost of about $102 million per month in salary alone. Considering that the 30 days of training the volunteers will receive before entering combat will not produce combat-ready soldiers, that price is very high. The volunteers will receive veteran status and benefits if they serve in Ukraine, moreover, in addition to their salaries and bonuses, a commitment that will add to the Russian Federation budget for decades.

This drive will likely produce "soldiers" of lower quality than the normal conscripts in the Russian army at close to professional-soldier prices. It is a remarkable expedient that suggests that Russian President Vladimir Putin remains unwilling to compel his people to fight and unable to attract them to fight voluntarily without considerable incentives.
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/16/2022 11:13 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It also says something about the amount of casualties. Killing generations of sperm donors when your demographics aren't that hot would seem to negate anything they may seem to gain.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/16/2022 11:34 Comments || Top||

#2  A trenchant point, Procopius2k.

“Après moi, le déluge,” appears to be President Putin’s approach in this thing. One wonders if he really does have a deadly disease.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/16/2022 11:56 Comments || Top||

#3  Hopefully they played a lot of paintball. If your fat and stupid and the NCOs are making you walk point all the time, your girlfriend will have a big chunk of extra rubles to spend soon. Maybe that is a Russian Jodie.
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/16/2022 12:07 Comments || Top||

#4  This drive will likely produce "soldiers" of lower quality than the normal conscripts in the Russian army

Just like Macnamara's Morons.
Posted by: Penguin of the Desert || 07/16/2022 19:22 Comments || Top||


Russians again shell Bakhmut in Donetsk
by Oleksandr Kravchenko

[LB] A total of three shots were fired.

The occupying forces struck Bakhmut , Donetsk region, with the Uragan rocket salvo system.

This was reported by the press service of the National Police.

"Preliminarily, they fired one rocket at the central market , two more at a residential area," the police reported.

It is clarified that the market premises and shops were destroyed as a result of the shelling. In addition, the shock wave damaged the windows of a five-story building located nearby.

The policemen provided the victims with first aid and collected the evidence base of the war crime of the Russian Federation.

As a matter of fact, criminal proceedings have been opened under Article 438 (Violation of laws and customs of war) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

It will be recalled that earlier seven houses burned down due to the shelling of the private sector of Bakhmut with incendiary ammunition .

The invaders shelled Slovyansk in Donetsk region, there is a dead person

[LB] The number of wounded is being specified.

by Vera Perun


The invaders shelled Slovyansk in Donetsk region, there is a dead person

Russian invaders again shelled Slovyansk, which is in Donetsk region.

This was announced by the head of the Slovyansk City Center Vadim Lyakh.

"SMDs again, cluster shells again. There is a dead person. There are wounded," Lyakh said in his video message on Facebook.

He added that the number of injured is being determined.

Lyakh also called on residents to stay in shelters and not to go outside without an urgent need.

It will be recalled that the other day in the city, rescuers unblocked a man's house destroyed by the enemy's morning shelling from under the rubble.

Earlier, Vadym Lyakh said that due to constant shelling, the number of people willing to evacuate from Slovyansk had increased. 23,000 people remain in the city. The authorities ensure safe and free evacuation.

Posted by: badanov || 07/16/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


Chronology of the war in Ukraine: Friday, July 15
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Vesti] Briefly about the main things of the day
July 15 is the 142nd day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. In Donbas, the Russian Federation is resorting to limited ground attacks, but may soon launch a larger and more decisive offensive along the Slavyansk-Siversk-Bakhmut line. How soon this offensive will begin and where exactly it will be concentrated is still unclear. The leader of Chechnya, Ramazan Kadyrov, announced the transfer to Ukraine of one of the four battalions he formed.

Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .

7:50 am . Nikolaev region . More than 10 powerful explosions sounded in Nikolaev.

8:00 a.m. Dnipropetrovsk region. 3 districts were shelled. In the Sinelnikovsky district, a rocket hit a school - serious destruction, rescuers are clearing the rubble. In the Nikopol district, fuel caught fire due to shelling, and the fire was extinguished for several hours. In the Krivoy Rog district, the park zone of Zelenodolsk was shelled.

The July 14 missile attack on Vinnytsia was part of the Russian campaign to shell residential areas of Ukrainian cities, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv also suffered, according to a summary of the Institute for the Study of War over the past day. In the Donbas, the Russian Federation is resorting to limited ground attacks, but may soon launch a larger and more decisive offensive along the Slavyansk-Siversk-Bakhmut line. How soon this offensive will begin and where exactly it will be concentrated is still unclear. Chechen leader Ramazan Kadyrov announced the transfer to Ukraine of one of the four battalions he formed.

8:50 am . Vinnitsa region . As a result of the rocket attack on Vinnitsa, 23 people died , including 3 children, the bodies of two of them were not identified. Also, 11 adults cannot be identified. The mother of one of the dead girls survived, she was operated on and is in a difficult situation. In total, there are 73 victims in the hospital, 18 have disappeared without a trace.

9:00 a.m. A petition to ban the issuance of subpoenas at checkpoints, gas stations and the street has gained the required 25,000 signatures. Now the president must answer it.

Nikolaev region . The missile attack hit two universities in Nikolaev . Two people are known to have been injured.

9:20 am . Kharkov region . At night, Kharkov was again hit with a rocket attack . Two rockets "arrived" not far from an educational institution in the Kholodnogorsk region. The explosion damaged the facade of the building of the institution, smashed out the windows, destroyed the tram tracks opposite the educational building. Another rocket hit a courtyard near a school in the Industrial District, damaging the building. Initially, there were no victims or injured. In the Chuguevsky district, a 69-year-old woman was injured.

Donetsk region . In Konstantinovka, a rocket hit a 5-story building - and one wounded is known. The Cherkasy community was subjected to three shellings in a day : in Novonikolaevka, the administrative building was damaged, and in the Maidan, the Russian army used cluster munitions. Almost the entire community is de-energized, there is no mobile communication and the Internet. In the Maryinsky community, the private sector of Krasnogorovka came under fire - it is known about 1 dead and 1 wounded person. In the Svetlodar community, at night, the Russian army fired on the outskirts of Novoluganskoye, Kodema and Semigorye: 1 person was killed, 1 was wounded.

9:40 am . Ex-people's deputy from the "Servant of the People" Alexei Kovalev was given a measure of restraint in the form of detention and put on the wanted list. During the investigation, it was established that in early July of this year, Kovalev assumed the position of deputy chairman in the so-called. "administration of the Kherson region". He faces 15 years in prison or life.

10:40 am . Dnipropetrovsk region . The head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, showed the consequences of rocket attacks on the Sinelnikovsky district of the region, a local school was hit.

10:50 am . Nikolaev region . The number of injured as a result of the morning missile attack on Nikolaev increased to 4 . The rescue operation continues.

Sumy region . The territories of the Shalygin and Esman communities were fired from mortars. There were no casualties or damage.

11:20 am . Donetsk region . Shelling of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk is reported. The residential building was damaged. School No. 17 was also damaged as a result of the strike on Makiivka.

12:00 . British citizen Paul Ury died in captivity of the "DNR" . Their "ombudsman" says that the cause of death was "chronic illness and stress", and the UK was to blame for the death.

13:20 . Vinnitsa region . It was possible to identify the bodies of two more children who died during a rocket attack on Vinnitsa on July 14. One of the boys was being examined at the medical center, the second was waiting for his uncle in a parked car. In total, the bodies of 19 of the 23 dead have been identified so far. 80 injured remain in the hospital. The house of officers, in which there was an "arrival" will be demolished.

14:50 . Kyrylo Timoshenko, an adviser to the head of the OP, said that a woman who was seriously injured as a result of rocket attacks on Vinnitsa on July 15 still does not know that her child was killed as a result of shelling.

15:00 . Donetsk region . A rocket attack was carried out in Kramatorsk. First of all, there are no casualties.

18:40 The Ukrainian military successfully repulsed all the attacking attempts of the enemy. The main thing from the summary of the General Staff for the evening of July 15:

In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy used cannon and rocket artillery to shell the districts of Kharkov and the region.

Ukrainian soldiers again successfully repulsed the assault, during which the invaders tried to establish control over Bogorodichny.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy stepped up the use of aviation, cannon and rocket artillery in order to expand the temporarily occupied territory and reach the administrative border of the Donetsk region.

The occupiers tried to take control of the Bakhmut-Lysichansk section of the road. Conducted assault operations in the direction of Nagorny and Belogorovka. Ukrainian soldiers with fire stopped all these absurd attempts of the enemy and threw him back.

Also, the invaders made several unsuccessful attempts to improve their tactical position in the directions of Nikolaevka - Disputed, Mironovka - Uglegorskaya TPP and Vozrozhdeniye - Vershina. As a result, the invaders suffered losses and rolled back.

In the Kurakhovsky, Novopavlovsky and Zaporozhye directions, an attempt to improve the tactical situation in the directions Sladkoe - Vodyanoye, Vladimirovka - Vodyanoye, Egorovka - Pavlovka ended with significant losses for the Russian invaders. Under the fire of Ukrainian soldiers, the remnants of the enemy forces withdrew.

19:25 Russian troops attacked Bakhmut with a multiple launch rocket system "Hurricane". One rocket was fired at the central market, and two more at a residential area. As a result of the shelling, premises in the market and shops were destroyed, a nearby five-story building was damaged, and casualties are also reported .

19:50 There was a rocket attack in the Odessa region. As the speaker of the Odesa OVA Bratchuk noted, there were 3 missiles, one was shot down by the air defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There were no casualties.

20:00 The first MLRS systems of American MLRS M270 launchers arrived in Ukraine,Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said .

20:05 Air raid alert almost throughout Ukraine!

20:10 Slavyansk came under fire from the MLRS, which killed one person, said the mayor of the city Vadim Lyakh. There are also reports of shelling of Kramatorsk; so far no details.

UPD - at 20:25 an air raid alert was also sounded in previously uncovered regions (except for Kherson).

21:15 The head of the Poltava military administration, Dmitry Lunin, said that explosions had thundered in Kremenchug, and promised to give details later.

22:10 As a result of the enemy shelling of Kramatorsk, no one was killed about an hour ago, the head of the Donetsk Regional Military District, Pavel Kirilenko, said. This is the second shelling in a day, the first was in the morning, both shellings were from MLRS, the enemy was aiming at the very center of the city.

The head of the region notes that today the number of enemy shelling of the Donetsk region has increased, in particular, from the MLRS. So, as a result of the shelling of Slavyansk, one person was killed, another was wounded, in total, eight people were killed and 13 wounded in the region on that day. Alekskndrovskaya community, Bakhmut, Soledar were fired from MLRS: Avdeevka, Toretsk, Marinka, Krasnogorovka, which were fired around the clock, were subjected to rocket attacks.

22:30 In the Dnieper public, victims are reported as a result of the shelling of the city that has just ended. There is no official information yet, local residents are talking about fires in the city.

UPD 23:00 The head of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Valentin Reznichenko, said: rockets hit an industrial enterprise in Dnipro and along the street next to it. Previously, this Russian attack claimed the lives of at least three people, another 15 were injured. "We are investigating the scale of the destruction," he added.

23:10 President Zelensky addressed the Ukrainians. Read the text of the conversation here .

UPD 23:50 The head of the Dnepropetrovsk military administration, Reznichenko, clarified: theArmed Forces of Ukraine shot down four of the six and Russian missiles that attacked the Dnieper and the region in the evening.

Kirilenko reported the details of the shelling of Kramatorsk

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As previously reported, on Friday evening, July 15, the Russian military again fired on Bakhmut and Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region. According to Bakhmut, as reported by the police, six victims are known ; there "flew" through the market and residential buildings. In Kramatorsk, according to preliminary data, there were also no casualties, military head of the region Pavlo Kirilenko specified on Ukrainian television. According to him, no one died as a result of the enemy shelling of Kramatorsk.

He specified that this was the second shelling in a day, while the first one was in the morning. Both attacks were carried out from the MLRS, the enemy was aiming at the very center of the city. Kirilenko believes that the enemy is trying in this way to intimidate the population.

The head of the region also said that today the number of enemy shelling of the Donetsk region has increased. In particular, from the MLRS, as a result of the shelling of Slavyansk, one person was killed, another was injured, and in total in the region that day, eight people died and 13 were injured.

Kirilenko also said that evacuation continues in the region, on average, 500-550 people a day are taken to safer regions.

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#1  US to begin training Ukrainian pilots in F15/F16s.
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#2  That should make things interesting, Black Charlie Slairt1430. Does Ukraine have such things now, or are they likely to get some soonish?
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#3  Planes will probably will be supplied by NATO.
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: July 15th, 2022
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[Korrespondent] 23:18 As a result of Russian missile attacks on the Dnieper, three people were killed, according to preliminary information, 15 more were injured , said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. The missiles hit the industrial plant and the busy street next to it, he said.

23:16 The CEC stated that any attempts by the Russian occupiers to hold so-called "referendums" in the occupied territories will not have legal consequences, and personal sanctions must be applied to responsible Russians.

23:10 In Kharkiv, more than 200 km of heat supply systems are being shifted, Mayor Igor Terekhov said on the air of the telethon. According to him, about 80 km of main heat supply networks have already been transferred. Despite the destruction of urban infrastructure, "where there is even the slightest opportunity to turn on heat and hot water, this will be done, we are very attentive to this, on October 15 the city will be warm," Terekhov assured.

23:08 Mayor of Dnipro Boris Filatov said that due to missile strikes, there could be water shortages in the area of ​​Rabochaya Street and the Southern Machine-Building Plant.

23:06 Zelensky, in an evening video message, urged Ukrainians not to ignore air raid signals: "The invaders realize that we are gradually becoming stronger, and the goal of their terror is very simple - to put pressure on our society, intimidate people, inflict maximum damage on Ukrainian cities, while Russian terrorists are still able to do so. So I ask you: please do not ignore the air raid alerts now. Appropriate rules of conduct must be observed at all times, and especially at sites of public importance. Of course, we will come to the day when Russian terror becomes impossible. But for this still needs time. There is still a fight to be made."

23:03 In the sky over the Belotserkovsky district of the Kiev region, Ukrainian air defense shot down an enemy missile, said the head of the OVA Oleksiy Kuleba. There were no preliminary casualties or destruction, debris fell into the field.

23:01 The head of the Poltava OVA, Dmitry Lunin, said that in Kremenchug there were no hits by Russian missiles on objects, there were no damages and no casualties.

22:59 In Israel, cases of anti-Ukrainian rallies paid for by Russians have become more frequent, Ukrainian Ambassador Serhiy Korniychuk said. According to him, the actions are held in different municipalities and near the embassy building. The protesters call on the Israeli authorities not to provide military assistance to Ukraine.

22:30 As a result of a missile attack on the Dnieper, there may be water shortages for some time, Deputy Mayor of the city Mikhail Lysenko said.

22:27 As a result of today's shelling of the border areas of the Sumy region, one person was killed, seven were injured, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.

22:25 As a result of the enemy shelling of Kramatorsk about an hour ago, according to preliminary data, no one was killed, the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko said on the air of the telethon. He clarified that this was the second shelling in a day, the first was in the morning, both shellings were from MLRS. The enemy was aiming at the very center of the city.

The head of the OVA also said that today the number of attacks on the Donetsk region has increased. As a result of the shelling of Slavyansk, one person was killed, one was wounded; in total, eight people were killed in the region that day, and 13 were wounded. Alexandrovskaya bulk, Bakhmut, Soledar were fired from the MLRS, and were also subjected to rocket attacks. Avdeevka, Toretsk, Marinka, Krasnogorovka are shelled around the clock. The evacuation continues in the region - an average of 500-550 people per day are transported to safer regions.

22:15 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have enough forces and means to deter and prevent the advance of enemy forces, Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Nayev said on the air of the telethon: "We provide for various options for the enemy's actions, so we plan in advance and prepare everything necessary for a worthy meeting of the enemy. Accordingly, we are considering different scenarios and options for action." According to Naev, the defense is being strengthened in certain areas and a quick maneuver of forces and means is envisaged in case the situation changes.

22:12 Families of civilians killed and wounded as a result of the rocket attack on Vinnytsia will be paid 50 and 25 thousand hryvnias, respectively, said Mayor Sergei Morgunov.

21:53 Briton Paul Ury, who was held captive in the self-proclaimed "DPR", died on July 10. The militants said that he allegedly died "from illness and stress." The story of a volunteer from Britain - in the material Death in captivity .

21:44 Last month, Germany provided Ukraine with 1 billion euros of aid, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said on the air of the telethon. According to him, Ukraine's partners are now inclined to discuss sanctions as the cause of the crisis, so it is necessary to remind them that the crisis is caused by the aggression of the Russian Federation: "I hope for a wise decision by European leaders and for receiving macro-financial assistance before the end of the year in the volumes promised to us."

21:20 Russians fired at Bakhmut of Donetsk region from MLRS Hurricane today, shells hit the administration of the local market and shop buildings, wounded six civilians. In addition, about ten multi-storey and private houses were completely destroyed or damaged, cars burned down, the regional prosecutor's office reported.

21:15 The head of the Poltava OVA, Dmitry Lunin, announced explosions in Kremenchug.

21:14 The Russians shelled Slavyansk, one person died, the mayor of the city Vadim Lyakh said.

21:12 Media reports about explosions in the Dnieper, Mayor Boris Filatov urged residents not to leave their shelters.

21:01 Today, three Russian missiles attacked Odessa, one of them was shot down by air defense forces, said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko.

20:19 Residents of Krivoy Rog heard explosions in the evening - as the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council Nikolai Lukashuk said, it was shelling of the territories of the Nikolaev region on the border with Dnipropetrovsk.

20:17 The world press is increasingly supporting Ukraine's demands to recognize the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism. More details - in the material Western media about the attack on Vinnitsa .

20:02 The Russians have stepped up in the Donetsk direction - the enemy is using aircraft, cannon and rocket artillery. However, the Ukrainian military successfully repelled an assault attempt in several directions, the invaders were forced to retreat, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in an evening report . In particular, the Ukrainian soldiers again successfully repulsed the assault on Bogorodichny.

19:56 The Russian-appointed "head of administration" of the Zaporozhye region, Yevgeny Balitsky, said that he had signed a decree on eviction to the territory of Ukraine "for helping terrorists and radicals like the Right Sector."

19:29 In the mosques of Chechnya, men are recruited for the war in Ukraine. Imams during Friday sermons urge parishioners to go to the Akhmat battalions for 60,000 rubles. At the same time, they are told that they will not be sent to Ukraine, Ibragim Yangulbaev, the founder of the Chechen socio-political movement 1ADAT, said: "In this deceitful way, Kadyrov recruits volunteers to participate in the war against Ukraine. Only Kadyrovites and petty sycophants go there."

19:10 British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss blamed Russia for the death of Briton Paul Ury in the "DPR": "I am shocked to hear reports of the death of British medical aid worker Paul Ury while in Russian custody in Ukraine. Russia must bear full responsibility for that".

19:08 In the occupied part of the Kherson region, citizens will be held accountable "for discrediting the authorities of the Russian Federation" - the corresponding decree was signed by the "head of the CAA" Vladimir Saldo. Those deemed guilty are threatened with deportation from the region. Similar measures are announced by the "authorities" of the Zaporozhye region appointed by the Russians.

18:57 Reznikov said that the M270 systems arrived in Ukraine: "They will be a good company for the Hymars on the battlefield."

18:46 A monument to the Russian revolutionary Pyotr Zaporozhets has been dismantled in the White Church.

18:20 In Odessa, a man was blown up in the sea on an unknown explosive device - he went swimming despite the ban. His head was blown off by the explosion, OK Pivden reported.

18:17 In Vinnytsia, after a rocket attack, 197 victims asked for help, 11 people are still missing, Zelensky said.

17:50 After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, not only Ukrainians began to talk about the need for the collapse of the Russian Federation into several states. For example, the ex-president of Poland, Lech Walesa, said that the Russian population should be reduced to 50 million people. He is confident that "the dismemberment of today's Russia" will ensure global security. And in one of the committees of the US government, hearings on the division of the Russian Federation have already been held. More details in the material Decolonization of Russia .

17:46 In Nikolaev, from the Smerch MLRS, the Russians fired at a silicate plant, tourist recreation centers, a pedagogical university, a shipbuilding university, and residential areas of the city, OK Pivden reported. According to the command, three missile and three large landing ships continue to be located in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.

17:40 The Armed Forces of Ukraine, thanks to HIMARS, have already destroyed more than 30 logistics military facilities of the Russians, the speaker of the Ministry of Defense Alexander Motuzyanyk said on the air of the telethon. According to him, it is precisely because of this that the offensive potential of the Russian troops has been significantly reduced. Motuzyanyk also noted that Ukraine expects from lend-lease "a very positive effect, because it will be able to choose the types of weapons and military equipment that we will need at one time or another."

The speaker of the Ministry of Defense also said that Russian troops make only 30% of strikes on military targets in Ukraine, and the remaining 70% - on peaceful cities.

17:09 Reznikov, in an interview with the Ukrainian Air Force, said that the Ukrainian air defense forces shoot down up to 50% of the missiles fired. At the same time, he stressed that no one in the world can give 100% guarantees of protection against cruise and ballistic missiles - in Israel, for example, protection is guaranteed by 80%. The minister noted that Western partners are preparing to transfer two NASAMS air defense systems, but this is not enough.

17:04 According to a survey by the National Bank of Ukraine, enterprises in all areas are planning to reduce staff in the coming year - an average of 29%. Most of all, they plan to cut in the construction, mining industry and electricity and water supply. Least of all - in the agricultural sector.

17:01 Danilov said that in Russia "the flywheel of covert mobilization has been launched", the allowance for contract soldiers has been increased to $4,000, and so-called "volunteer battalions" are being created. He also confirmed that in Russia, prisoners convicted under criminal articles are recruited for service.

16:35 Reznikov said in an interview with BBC Ukraine that Kiev undertook not to hit Russian territory from American HIMARS. And answering the question of whether the obligation of the Ukrainian side extends to Crimea, the minister said: “I told [U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin] that we have enough strategic facilities in the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russians. To which he answered me: we understand you ".

16:33 The European Commission has proposed a new package of sanctions against Russia, including an embargo on the export of gold, said the head of the EC Ursula von der Leyen. The European Commission also proposed extending all existing anti-Russian sanctions until the end of January 2023.

16:30 Reznikov, in an interview with BBC Ukraine, expressed his conviction that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive aircraft from the West. According to him, this work is going "step by step". The minister recalled that in November 2021, the United States denied the possibility of providing Ukraine with long-range weapons, and now there are both MLRS and HIMARS at the front.

"There are two things that I am still fighting for - these are modern tanks and aircraft. Until we break through this moment. But I am convinced that we will succeed. For me today the answer "it is impossible" means that it is possible, only in the future. And there will be planes. The question is what. If someone thinks that the F-16 planes are the solution, then they are deeply mistaken. Our airfields are not ready for the F-16, there are nuances. Therefore, perhaps we need others aircraft. Not only the F-16s are good. There are other aircraft of the modern standard. For example, the Swedish-made Gripen," Reznikov said.

16:09 The "LPR" is preparing for a "referendum" on joining the Russian Federation - an organizational headquarters has already been created, said adviser to the head of the "republic" Marina Filippova.

16:07 Reznikov, in an interview with BBC Ukraine, called the issuance of subpoenas in the form of punishment "complete stupidity": "Sometimes this is done as a punishment for something - for example, breaking the speed limit - I'm definitely against it. I think that this is complete stupidity, because that serving the country and defending the country should definitely not be a punishment." The minister also recalled that the agenda does not mean automatic conscription into the army, but is an invitation to the recruitment center to clarify the current status of the conscript.

16:05 Germany opposes the easing of anti-Russian sanctions, as this will make the West more vulnerable to Russian blackmail, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock. According to her, the easing of sanctions for those who "severely" violate international law will be tantamount to an invitation to repeat the actions of the Russian Federation "to everyone who despises human rights, freedom and democracy."

16:03 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense has published a list of supposedly independent Telegram channels , the work of which is actually coordinated by the Kremlin through its special services.

15:57 At the Ukraine Accountability Conference in The Hague, 45 countries agreed to jointly coordinate the investigation of Russia's war crimes in Ukraine, as well as to ensure the responsibility of those responsible, Yermak said.

15:55 The Russian military is importing new military equipment, including missile systems, to the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP, said the head of Energoatom Petr Kotin.

15:41 Ukrainian pilots are planned to be trained to fly F-15 and F-16 fighters in the United States - such an amendment to the US defense budget bill for fiscal year 2023 was supported by the House of Representatives. It is planned to allocate $100 million for this, Yermak said.

15:39 Sanctions against Russia do not help Ukraine and destroy the EU economy, Orban said: "Initially, I thought that we shot ourselves in the foot, but now it is clear that the European economy has shot itself in the lungs and is suffocating." According to the Hungarian prime minister, Ukraine needs help, but the EU must reconsider its strategy, since the sanctions have not weakened Russia and have not brought the outcome of the war closer.

15:36 Kramatorsk was hit by a missile, the mayor of the city Alexander Goncharenko said. According to preliminary information, there are no victims.

15:34 The International Legion confirmed the death of British citizen Paul Uri, who was held captive by the "DNR". At the same time, the press service clarified that he was not a member of the International Legion and did not fight in Ukraine, but was an employee of the non-profit humanitarian organization Presidium Network.

15:32 Putin fired the director of Roskosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, and appointed former Deputy Prime Minister for Defense Industry Yuri Borisov instead. And Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade, has been appointed chief of the military-industrial complex instead of Borisov. Earlier, the media reported that they plan to hire Rogozin to work in Putin's administration and give him supervision over the occupied Donbass.

15:23 Reznikov said in an interview with BBC Ukraine that the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered the most losses in May, then up to 100 soldiers died per day, from 300 to 400 were injured: "The biggest peak of our losses was in May. When Mikhail Podolyak and the president spoke in June - they were meant." The Minister of Defense noted that at that time the advantage of the invaders was significant, especially in the Donetsk direction - the Russians used up to a thousand artillery shells per hour.

15:01 Zelensky ordered the Ukrainian army to recapture the south of the country. Military analysts from the United States told whether this task can be solved, what could interfere with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and what role the American weapons supplied to Kyiv play here. More details - in the material Battle of the will.

14:28 In Krakow, near the Russian embassy, ​​the Free Ukraine Square appeared. "This is our humble gesture, given the enormous strength and resilience of the Ukrainian people," said the head of the City Council, Rafal Komarevich.

14:06 A conference dedicated to prosecution for war crimes in Ukraine was held in the Netherlands. About what goals its participants set and what they agreed on - in the material Turning point .

14:04 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that during the negotiations on grain, measures were agreed that would exclude the use of sea routes for the transfer of weapons and "provocations". "In the near future, work on the formation of the final document of the Black Sea Initiative will be completed," - reported in Moscow.

14:02 The Israeli Defense Minister's office announced that it will give Ukraine an aid package that will include 1,500 helmets, 1,500 protective vests, hundreds of mine suits, 1,000 gas masks and dozens of hazardous substance filtration systems.

14:00 In one of the villages of the Koryukovsky district of the Chernihiv region, a mined enemy cache with ammunition was found. The border guards, together with the National Police and pyrotechnicians, discovered a cache of ammunition, the occupiers installed a trip wire in an abandoned building. The cache contained five hand grenades with fuses, more than 150 rounds of ammunition for a heavy machine gun, two anti-tank mines, as well as body armor and dry rations.

13:58 Yesterday, a car with occupants exploded on the central street of Severodonetsk. As the head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said, as a result, six Russians were injured, four of them in serious condition. According to Gaidai, dissatisfaction with the invaders is growing in the occupied territory, who only rob and persecute the local population.

13:55 Putin will hold an operational meeting with permanent members of the Security Council today, Peskov said.

13:52 Reznikov, in an interview with the Financial Times, said that Ukraine will receive HIMARS ammunition capable of hitting 300 km: "I think this is a phased movement. We give them proof that we can use HIMARS with accuracy, and we will get more longer and longer range." According to the minister, "this year we will see a counter-offensive campaign, and that it will be successful."

13:27 The Russians cannot break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in two settlements and reach the border of the Luhansk region, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, very heavy battles are going on there, but the enemy cannot break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, even despite the advantage in artillery.

13:09 Law enforcement officers have identified the bodies of two more children who died during a rocket attack on Vinnitsa - these are two boys of seven and eight years old, said the head of the National Police Igor Klymenko. According to him, one of the boys at the time of the attack was being examined at the medical center and died along with his mother. The second boy was waiting for his uncle in a parked car. In total, according to Klymenko, the bodies of 19 out of 23 dead have been identified so far.

In turn, the head of the Vinnitsa OVA, Sergei Borzov, said that 80 victims are still in hospitals, 11 people are considered missing. Borzov added that the House of Officers, which suffered as a result of the shelling, will be demolished, and the fate of the House of Life Yubileiny will be decided by an expert commission.

12:44 Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that they have scenarios of a "military state of emergency" to protect 150,000 Hungarians in Ukrainian Transcarpathia, but the authorities "would like to avoid such scenarios."

12:32 For a day across Nikolaev Russians have caused 31 rocket blow and 18 artillery. According to the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim, ten rockets hit universities, a private house and an apartment building. In addition, front-line villages are constantly shelled in the region, where it is difficult to count the affected facilities.

Kim also said that two people were injured from today's shelling of Nikolaev, they have moderate injuries.

12:21 Reznikov told the Financial Times that some of Ukraine's allies have already sent military representatives to the country to monitor the weapons provided to Kiev. He added that the Ukrainian government does not support Western concerns about the risks of arms smuggling, but recognizes the need to expand its weapons tracking systems.

Reznikov said that Ukraine has been using NATO weapons tracking software since 2019, which can be accessed by NATO allies as well. The system, currently only managed centrally, will be extended to the level of brigades and possibly battalions. Kyiv will consult with its partners on how far to deploy it, the minister added. The systems are equipped with GPS trackers, and the US can follow the movement of vehicles using satellites.

12:17 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that yesterday high-precision Caliber missiles hit the "garrison house of officers in Vinnitsa." Moscow claims that at that moment a meeting of the command of the Ukrainian Air Force with representatives of foreign arms suppliers was allegedly taking place there. "At the meeting, they discussed the transfer to the Ukrainian military of the next batch of aircraft, weapons of destruction and the organization of the repair of the Ukrainian aviation fleet. As a result of the strike, the meeting participants were destroyed," the Russian Defense Ministry said.

12:14 "DPR Ombudsman" reported that Briton Paul Ury, who was in captivity in the "DPR", who fought for Ukraine, died on July 10 "due to illness and stress." According to her, Uri was captured in April while trying to break through a checkpoint controlled by the "DPR" forces.

11:55 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense warns that the dissemination of information about a person who is in captivity can complicate the exchange process and harm the prisoner himself. Information about the significance of a person, his political views, place of service, previous work, relatives and friends provokes a picky attitude of the enemy. As a result, the requirements for the exchange of a particular person can be overestimated, and the process itself can be as complicated as possible.

In addition, the dissemination of information about the call signs, the military unit, the location of the unit, the circumstances of being captured poses a threat not only to the captive himself, but also to his combat brothers and the unit, the GUR emphasized.

11:37 The SBU exposed Russian agents, whose information about the placement of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the location of infrastructure facilities was used by the occupiers for recent missile attacks on Nikolaev and Bashtanka. Residents of the Nikolaev area appeared malefactors. The agents passed the collected information to their curator through the exhausted channels of closed communication.

11:24 The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation recognized the activities of the Bellingcat investigative group and The Insider as undesirable. Also included in this list is the Institute for Legal Initiative of Central and Eastern Europe.

11:15 As a result of the morning shelling of Nikolaev, the buildings of the Nikolaev National University and the National University of Shipbuilding were damaged, the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim said.

11:13 Since the invasion, Russia has inflicted 17,614 strikes on the territory of Ukraine, Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Yenin said on the air of the telethon. According to him, only about 300 strikes hit military facilities, the rest - on civilian infrastructure.

11:10 In Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, a residential five-story building was fired upon, windows were knocked out in the building, one person was injured, the OVA reported.

11:06 Germany will allocate another 2.4 billion euros for Ukrainian refugees this year. According to Labor Minister Hubertus Heil, about 800,000 people from Ukraine have found asylum in Germany, 30% of them are under 14 years old. At the same time, the number of unemployed in Germany increased over the past month - this is due to the fact that Ukrainian refugees are en masse registered in employment centers in Germany. This is a necessary requirement to receive social benefits and housing compensation.

10:59 a.m. The US House of Representatives passed the 2023 Defense Budget Bill, which provides for a total funding of $839 billion. The bill, which is yet to be passed by the Senate and signed by Biden, would provide $1 billion under the Ukraine Security Initiative.

The document also provides for the fight against dependence on Russian energy; requires oversight of the use of aid to Ukraine; involves quarterly briefings on efforts to replenish and restock tactical missiles provided to Ukraine; and also calls for reports on Russian atrocities in Ukraine, operations linked to Russian "filtration camps", and threats posed by the global food security crisis.

10:47 Belarus has defaulted on foreign debt obligations, as the Ministry of Finance made payments on Eurobonds in Belarusian rubles, Moody's reported.

10:31 The DPRK Foreign Ministry said that Ukraine "has no right to raise issues of sovereignty after joining the unjust and illegal actions of the United States that violated the sovereignty of Pyongyang." "We will continue to strengthen and develop friendship and cooperation with all countries that respect our sovereignty and treat us favorably, based on the principles of sovereign equality, non-interference in internal affairs and mutual respect," the ministry commented on the break in diplomatic relations with Kyiv after the recognition North Korea "LDNR".

10:14 On the sidelines of the G20 meeting, Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland accused the Russian delegation of condoning war crimes: "Not only generals commit war crimes, but also technocrats from the economy who allow war to occur and continue." She also said that war is now the biggest threat to the global economy.

09:55 As a result of morning shelling of Nikolaev two people are wounded, rockets got to educational institutions, the mayor of the city Alexander Senkevich reported.

09:47 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of July 15. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kramatorsk direction.

  • personnel - about 38,000 (+130) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 1672 (+5),

  • armored combat vehicles - 3866 (+14),

  • artillery systems - 842 (+2),

  • MLRS - 247 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 109 (+0),

  • aircraft - 220 (+1),

  • helicopters - 188 (+0),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 681 (+0),

  • cruise missiles - 155 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 15 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 2731 (+11),

  • special equipment - 67 (+0).

09:32 British intelligence believes that after the capture of Seversk, Bakhmut will become the target of the Russian Federation. At the moment, the entry of Russian forces to the outskirts of Seversk is not confirmed, but they continue to slowly move west. British intelligence points to attempts by the Russian Federation to strike at Zmeiny Island, and also writes about the forced deportation of Ukrainians and their ill-treatment in filtration camps.

09:23 At night, Russians launched a missile attack on Kharkov. Two rockets hit near an educational institution in Kholodnogorsk district, another rocket hit a courtyard near a school in Industrialny district. According to preliminary information, there are no victims or injured. One person was wounded in the Chuguevsky district, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.

08:56 As a result of a rocket attack on the center of Vinnitsa, 23 people were killed, including three children, the bodies of two of them have not been identified. Also, 11 adults cannot be identified, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Borzov. There are 73 injured in the hospital, 18 people are missing.

08:25 In Nikolaev in the morning on July 15 more than ten powerful explosions thundered, the mayor of the city Alexander Senkevich reported.

08:08 Russian troops are trying to advance towards Soledar and Bakhmut, and are also regrouping in order to resume the offensive in the direction of Seversk, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning summary .

08:05 On July 14, three civilians were killed in the controlled territory of the Donetsk region from Russian shelling - one each in Bakhmut, Ivangrad and Avdeevka. Seven more people were injured, said Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA.

07:39 In the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, fuel caught fire due to the shelling, fragments from Gradov and phosphorus ammunition were found at the site of the shelling, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. In the Krivoy Rog district, the enemy again fired cannon artillery at the park zone of Zelenodolsk, and in the Sinelnikovsky district, a rocket hit a school. Information about the dead and injured is being specified.

06:31 Three vessels left the port of Mariupol towards Rostov with a cargo of rolled metal. Four more ships and a tanker are leaving Rostov for Mariupol, possibly with military cargo, Piotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said.

06:23 EU High Representative for External Affairs Josep Borrell and European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janusz Lenarcic commented on the rocket attack on Vinnitsa: "This atrocity in Vinnitsa is the latest in a long series of brutal attacks aimed at civilian infrastructure. This is Russia's barbaric behavior, which completely tramples international humanitarian law must stop immediately."

06:10 Residents of Vinnytsia, who suffered from a missile attack, were settled in hotel rooms. According to preliminary data, about 50 residential buildings were partially destroyed or damaged, which were located near the epicenter of the explosion, said Mayor Sergei Morgunov.

05:54 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Russians are likely to launch a larger offensive along the Slavyansk-Seversk-Bakhmut line soon. At the same time, it is not yet known how this offensive will start or where it will be concentrated.

04:47 Canada has expanded sanctions against Russia. The sanctions included ferrous metallurgy, the production of finished metal products, computers, electronics, optics, electrical equipment and vehicles, as well as land transport, pipelines. Canada also banned the provision of a number of industrial services to the oil and gas, chemical and engineering sectors of the Russian industry.

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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief July 15th (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate.

Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 22:10 Britain transferred the first batch of M270 multiple launch rocket systems to Ukraine. Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov announced the arrival of the MLRS.

21:06 Air raid throughout Ukraine.

20:34 The head of the administration of the Zaporozhye region told RIA Novosti that he had signed a decree on eviction to Ukraine for helping terrorists and radicals like the Right Sector banned in the Russian Federation.

19:34 In the village. Prishib Zaporozhye region eliminated the problem of water supply

The administration of Mikhailovka allocated funds for the purchase of a deep-well pump to eliminate the problem of water supply.

18:30 Every third Ukrainian will be left without work in the coming year. This was reported by the National Bank of Ukraine with reference to a survey.

18:15 In the Kherson region, they will begin to prosecute for discrediting the authorities of the Russian Federation, violators will be expelled from the region - the decree of the head of the CAA.

17:30 Governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit announced a massive mortar attack on the border village of Dronovka in the Glushkovsky district.

17:18 The British Foreign Office summoned the Russian ambassador in connection with death Briton Paul Ury in the DPR - Reuters.

13:08 The infrastructure of the Zaporozhye region will be restored. Today, the repair of the Melitopol-Berdyansk road has begun. In terms of repair of 105 kilometers of the roadway.

At the site, milling of the old coating and strengthening of the base began.

11:06 The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Zaporozhye region informs about the prevention of a terrorist attack in Melitopol. A homemade bomb and 15 weapons were confiscated from a detained local resident. The purge of the Ukrainian bandit underground continues.

10:28 A petition demanding a ban on distributing subpoenas at gas stations, checkpoints and on the streets 77 days before the end of the collection of signatures gained the necessary 25,000 votes. Now Zelensky must consider it and give an answer.

10:24 In Melitopol, Vodokanal has completed emergency repairs on Profintern Street, 15. Water has been supplied to Profintern, Krasin and Dovzhenko streets.

08:58 The power line was damaged in Nekislitsa in the Bryansk region after the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There are no victims or injured. All emergency services are on site.

08:54 At least 10 arrivals at facilities in Nikolaev and its environs are reported.

08:08 In the Belgorod region, a quadrocopter dropped an improvised explosive device on the library building. This was announced by the governor of the region. Gladkov added that there were no casualties, there was some damage.

08:04 Governor of the Bryansk region Alexander Bogomaz reported on the shelling of the border village of Nekilitsy, Sevsky district, from the territory of Ukraine around 5 am. There were no casualties as a result of the incident.

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#1 
Don’t be an ass. But the tweet is sweet, so that can stay for a while.


https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1548252468877746178
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 07/16/2022 11:15 Comments || Top||

#2 
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 07/16/2022 12:56 Comments || Top||

#3  Erase posts all you want, Badanov, you Russian criminal. All the Russians committing war crimes will be caught eventually and executed, there will be no rest for the evil inside Russia:

I will report on each execution and we'll see if you end up being one, Ukraine has excellent HUMINT on your killers:

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1548375505040052227
Posted by: Flater Forkbeard8651 || 07/16/2022 14:57 Comments || Top||

#4  Badanov will not be in your war crimes dock Forkbeard.

Deal with it.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/16/2022 15:02 Comments || Top||

#5  Erase posts all you want, Badanov, you Russian criminal. All the Russians committing war crimes will be caught eventually and executed, there will be no rest for the evil inside Russia:

I will report on each execution and we'll see if you end up being one, Ukraine has excellent HUMINT on your killers:


You're out of your mind.
Posted by: badanov || 07/16/2022 15:02 Comments || Top||

#6  You know, if spittle was an actual form of ordnance, I believe the Ukraines would have won immediately.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/16/2022 15:04 Comments || Top||

#7  Alright, this is pathetic. Looks like he's fixated on badanov. Like that other asshole was on Skidmark and Fred. I'm guessing there's drug addiction involved too.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/16/2022 15:11 Comments || Top||

#8  #7 Alright, this is pathetic. Looks like he's fixated on badanov. Like that other asshole was on Skidmark and Fred. I'm guessing there's drug addiction involved too.

He has a hard-on for me, for sure.
Posted by: badanov || 07/16/2022 15:13 Comments || Top||

#9  ^ You sexy Russian criminal, you.

Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/16/2022 15:20 Comments || Top||

#10  There are rational explanations:

1- Forkbeard is really a Russian trying to make Ukrainians look bad, in which case we'd all have to agree that he's doing a hell of a good job.
2- Forkbeard is a senior member of the Biden administration, and Badanov has made The List.
3- Forkbeard is Hillary Clinton -- in which case we can't help you, Badanov.
Posted by: Matt || 07/16/2022 15:32 Comments || Top||

#11  The dude is trying to psych me out.
Posted by: badanov || 07/16/2022 15:33 Comments || Top||

#12  Ukraine and the Biden advisory are making a critical error in believing Putin was bluffing about nukes and MAD. Which is where these high hopes of 'russian war criminals' being tried are coming from.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/16/2022 15:45 Comments || Top||

#13  Ukraine was used as a wedge to get Trump. I hope DeSantis announces at inauguration that Ukraine is not America's concern, and we will send no money or arms there and all DoD and DoS employees' emails and files will be scanned for Ukraine involvement leading to removal from gummint service.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/16/2022 16:03 Comments || Top||

#14  Oh my lord, that man is funny! He’s making threats like a melodrama villain — all he needs is a mustache to twirl.

I’ll let our military people explain to dear little Flater Forkbeard8651 how the Geneva Conventions define war crimes, and how none of that applies to private citizens talking to each other in third countries on the other side of the world.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/16/2022 16:14 Comments || Top||

#15  FWIW as far as I’ve seen Putin doesn’t bluff. Another observation is that the first deal he offers is the best - subsequent ones are more skewed in Russia’s favor. Your mileage may vary
Posted by: Cloluck Bourbon1058 || 07/16/2022 17:36 Comments || Top||

#16  Hey; Badanov, You have an admirer. Dag nab it some people have all the fun.
Posted by: Dale || 07/16/2022 17:39 Comments || Top||

#17  ^yes #15. Putin will not stop until he hits the wall. Should he fail he is gone. Diplomats will only prolong the troubles.
Posted by: Dale || 07/16/2022 17:42 Comments || Top||

#18  Forky and the rest of the Beardlets should chip in and buy badanov one of those sexy Foreign Agent t-shirts.
Posted by: SteveS || 07/16/2022 17:57 Comments || Top||

#19 
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 07/16/2022 18:28 Comments || Top||

#20  #2 and #19. I squished your shit. Behave or be gone
Posted by: Frank G || 07/16/2022 19:22 Comments || Top||

#21  Dron,

Are you still "rootin' for Putin," as you said here back when the war started?

You're pro-Russia, right?
Most of lour fellow countrymen are pro-Russia. You are, correct?

btw have you read Putin's recent speech about the stupidity and incompetence of the West's leaders? It could have been written by any number of Western dissidents -- Hanson, Orban, Wilders, Le Pen, Derbyshire or any of the substack dissidents like Berenson, Malone, et al...

Have you read the speech?
What did you think of it?
Posted by: Slineling Clusong5031 || 07/16/2022 22:34 Comments || Top||


Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: July 15th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:59 Residents of Donetsk report shelling of the Kirovsky district, Tekstilshchik microdistrict - in the area of ​​​​st. Petrovsky, 119b (neighboring houses) shouting for an ambulance, there are wounded. An arrival to the parking lot in the area of ​​school 112 of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk was also recorded. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

21:36 Russian servicemen at the abandoned positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Lisichansk discovered an industrial marijuana farm.

19:15 As a result of today's shelling of the VFUin the Donetsk People's Republic, the death toll rose to three people, the wounded to 13.

18:07 In the LPR, a Headquarters will be created to hold a referendum on the accession of the LPR to the Russian Federation. Chairman of the People's Council of the LPR D. Miroshnichenko announced his intention to create a public headquarters for a referendum on the issue of joining Russia. This initiative was put forward by the public chamber of the republic.

18:05 Additional information was received through the operational lines of the DPR JCCC about civilian casualties as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:

Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
- a woman born in 1967 died.
- a woman born in 1935 was wounded.

Kirovsky district:
Injured:
— man born in 1974. ;
- woman born in 1973

n.p. Yakovlevka:
- a woman born in 1979 was wounded.

n.p. Yasinovataya:
- women born in 1947, 1951, 1954 and 1957 received injuries of varying severity.

Additional information was received about damage as a result of the shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:

Donetsk:
Kirovsky district:
- st. Biryuzova, 38 - apartment building;
- st. Lobachevsky, 6 - a private residential building.

Kievsky district:
- st. Yasnopolyanskaya, 5 - MBOU School No. 57.

Petrovsky district:
- st. Chernogorskaya, 2 - a private residential building was completely destroyed;
- st. Chernogorskaya, 2 "a" - a private residential building;
- st. Chernogorskaya, 9 - a private residential building.

n.p. Mineral:
- st. Lenina, 11 - a house fire was recorded.

n.p. Yasinovataya:
- without power supply 4023 subscribers.

Today, as of 18:00, the enemy fired 627 ammunition of various types, including the BM-21 Grad MLRS (https://t.me/online_dnr_sckk/14178), as well as artillery ammunition with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm.

17:28 As of 17:00, as a result of hostilities in the Petrovsky district, 15 transformer substations were disconnected. More than 1,000 subscribers remained without power supply in the villages of Shakhty No. 7, Shakhty No. 12, Trudovskie.

17:20 London has not officially addressed the Donetsk People's Republic about deceased mercenary, said DPR Foreign Minister Natalia Nikonorova.

17:10 In the Petrovsky district, a 55-year-old woman died from her injuries. Another woman born in 1935 with chopped wounds of both legs was taken to the hospital

17:05 Kulemzin: Information continues to come in about the consequences of today's shelling of the city. In the Kiev region, a GP hit was recorded on the sports ground of school No. 57 on the street. Yasnopolyanskaya, 5. No one was hurt. In the Petrovsky district, a residential building on the street. Chernogorskaya, 2 is completely destroyed, and in the neighboring - st. Chernogorskaya, 2a and 9 - the glazing and roof are damaged.

17:00 In total, 8,220 people, including 116 children, were killed during the period of Ukraine's armed aggression in Donbass. Reported in the office of the commissioner for human rights in the DPR.

16:15 In the LPR, they announced the creation of a headquarters for holding a referendum on the entry of the LPR into the Russian Federation.

15:53 ​​There is a dead person during the shelling of Donetsk. In the Petrovsky district, a civilian was killed by fragments of a Ukrainian shell. There are also wounded in Yakovlevka and Yasinovataya. The shelling doesn't stop.

15:20 The construction of a water conduit from the Khanzhenkovsky reservoir to the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal has been completed.

15:08 Promsvyazbank opened the first branches in the liberated territory of the LPR. In particular, we are talking about branches in Markovka and Melovoe. Four more new branches were also opened in Alchevsk, Zorinsk, Chervonopartizansk and Stakhanov.

15:02 Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR Alexei Kostrubitsky was awarded the title of Hero of the DPR.

14:37 VFU attacked the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. On st. Meteoritic one civilian was killed, another was injured.

14:35 The British Foreign Office is "urgently checking" reports of the death of a British mercenary in the DPR, Sky TV channel reports, citing the prime minister's office.

13:38 Volodin instructed to work out the issue of establishing lump-sum payments to the school of 10,000 rubles for the children of Donbass. The deputies also proposed to introduce in Russia the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Military Operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

13:20 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC, additional information was received about civilian casualties as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:

Donetsk: Kirovsky district:

- injured: man, born in 1974 and a woman born in 1988
- st. Biryuzova, 43 - apartment building;
- st. Korotchenko, 16 - a fire was recorded outbuildings;
- st. Petrovsky, 49 - a car caught fire.

Petrovsky district:

- st. Osoaviakhima, 13, 14 - apartment buildings;
- st. Shuiskaya, 4 - apartment building.

n.p. Yasinovataya:

- st. Babushkina, 67 - a direct hit in a private residential building.

13:10 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the following directions:

n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yakovlevka: eight shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired six shells of 122mm caliber.

13:06 According to updated information, Ukrainian artillerymen wounded civilians in the Kirov region:

- woman born in 1988 (Biryuzov St., 41) - chopped wound of the left knee from an explosive wave;
- a man born in 1974 (street Biryuzova, 35).

People were taken to the trauma department of hospital No. 24.

11:51 A massive artillery strike was inflicted on the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. The gas pipeline is on fire, three civilians are injured.

11:47 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the following directions:

n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: five rockets were fired from the BM-21 Grad and six shells of 122mm caliber;
n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six6 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad.

11:44 As a result of the shelling of the Petrovsky district in an apartment building on the street. Osoaviahima, 14 damaged glazing and roof, destroyed the inner wall.

11:37 An enemy shell hit on the street. Biryuzova, 43 in the Kirovsky district.

11:15 As a result of the next shelling, one of the Makeyevka schools was damaged. In the Sovetsky district, school No. 17 was damaged, which is located at: per. School, 17. According to preliminary information, 46 windows in the building were damaged after the air defense work.

11:13 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five shells of 155mm caliber were fired;
n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: 10 missiles fired from the BM-21 Grad.

11:11 According to the LPR army at 11:00:

1. The enemy withdraws from Seversk in small groups as part of the execution of a combat order for a covert withdrawal of troops.
2. Our troops have already entrenched themselves on the eastern outskirts of Seversk and are sweeping deep into the city.
3. The enemy is still offering patchy resistance.
4. A number of heights near Seversk are still controlled by opponents.
5. The Seversk-Soledar road has not yet been cut.

10:26 Rosgvardeytsy found documents in the Luhansk People's Republic that confirm mass desertion in the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

10:06 AFU attacked Horlivka, houses were damaged along the streets of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Botkin and Chernyakhovsky.

09:37 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement.

Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: five missiles fired from the BM-21 Grad.

09:28 APU leaves Seversk. @wargonzo sources report that the equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are leaving Seversk, moving through Zvanovka in the direction of Solidar.

09:24 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement.

Metalworker - n.p. Dolomite: fired 23 mines with a caliber of 120mm.

09:02 Over the past day, from 08:00 on July 14 to 08:00 on July 15, three people were killed and another 16 civilians were injured as a result of the shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.

09:00 In Mariupol, a full-scale construction has begun with the help of specialists from the Military Construction Complex of the Russian Ministry of Defense. By autumn, a new residential quarter, a medical center and schools will appear in the city.

08:48 There are already wounded civilians in the DPR. Under fire VFU Yasinovataya. A man born in 1953 suffered. multiple shrapnel wounds.

08:45 As a result of the night shelling of the village of Panteleymonovka by the armed formations of Ukraine, a number of residential buildings were damaged at the following addresses: st. Pervomayskaya, 93, 104, 110, 112.
As a result of a direct hit by an enemy shell, a house on the street was destroyed. May Day, 97.

08:42 At 8:15 shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk began.

08:25 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine shelling from the direction of N of the item is recorded. Artemovsk (Bakhmut) according to the settlement Stakhanov with the use of HIMARS MLRS (six missiles) - Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.

08:10 Stakhanov LPR. hit into warehouses, severe fires and explosions.

08:00 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Dolomite: fired 27 each 155mm shells.
n.p. Codema - n.p. Dolomite: fired 14 shells of 122mm caliber.
n.p. Semigorye - n.p. Dolomite: fired 39 mines in 120mm caliber.
n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: five shells of 122mm caliber, 10 rockets from the BM-21 Grad MLRS were fired.
n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Dolomite: fired 13 each 155mm shells.

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Russian regional MVD reports on a massacre of family of four
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[REGNUM] At the scene of the murder of a family with children in the Rostov region, police, investigators and forensic experts are working. Law enforcement officers are investigating the circumstances of the tragedy that happened in Novoshakhtinsk. This was reported to IA REGNUM by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia on July 15.

The bodies of four people were found in one of the apartments in the city today, July 15. At the scene, the work of the police is coordinated by the head of the Don department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Rostov region, Oleg Agarkov.

"At the moment, the police are carrying out all the necessary operational-search measures aimed at establishing and clarifying all the circumstances of the incident, as well as the search for persons involved in the crime," the department said.

IA REGNUM reported that, according to the preliminary version, people were shot from a hunting rifle. Presumably, the killer could be an acquaintance of the family. Three adults and a three-year-old boy died from gunshot wounds. The condition of the surviving girl, doctors assess as extremely serious.

Identity of the suspect in the murder of a family in the Rostov region has been established

[REGNUM] The Rostov police identified the alleged killer of the family and sent out an orientation. In Novoshakhtinsk, the "Interception" plan was announced.

As law enforcement officials suggest, a 36-year-old man is involved in the crime. He was familiar with the family. His search continues. It is possible that the motive for the murder was jealousy.

IA REGNUM recalls that the tragedy in Novoshakhtinsk became known today, July 15. According to the preliminary version, people were shot from a hunting rifle. Three adults and a three-year-old boy died from gunshot wounds. The condition of the surviving girl, doctors assess as extremely serious.

The family was dysfunctional and lived in one of the apartments of an abandoned house on Raboche-Krestyanskaya Street.

A criminal case has been opened on the fact of the murder.

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#1  Russian Ministry of Defense releases new official and direct accusations of the USA violation of the Nuremberg Code and more direct criminal evidence against Hunter Biden!

https://bioclandestine.substack.com/p/russian-ministry-of-defense-release?s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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ICR investigates the case of the genocide in the Bryansk region in 1941
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[REGNUM] The facts of the targeted mass destruction of civilians and prisoners of war by the Nazi invaders and their accomplices in the occupied territory of the Bryansk region were established by the Investigative Committee of Russia, a REGNUM correspondent was told on July 14 in the press service of the department.

The investigation is aware of the mass executions of the inhabitants of the village of Hatsun, when only in October 1941, on the orders of the fascist command, 318 civilians were killed, including 60 children aged from two to 10 years.

The transit camp for prisoners of war and the civilian population "Dulag-142" in Bryansk contained at least 80,000 people, 40,000 of whom were tortured and buried. One of the witnesses, who ended up in the camp in 1942 at the age of four with two sisters and a brother, told the investigators that they were kept in barracks in inhuman conditions, she was regularly taken blood. Other witnesses recall how they had to sleep on a cold concrete floor, and from 100 to 500 bodies of the dead were taken out of the camp daily.

"All the evidence collected and the facts established give the investigation reason to believe that these crimes are part of the plan of the Nazi invaders to exterminate the civilian population not only of individual settlements and regions, but of the entire Soviet people," the TFR said.

As REGNUM reported , the first open hearing in the case of the genocide of the Soviet people is taking place on July 14 in the Bryansk Regional Court.

BACKGROUND
On October 27, 2020, the Soletsky District Court of the Novgorod Region recognized as genocide the massacre of Soviet civilians by German invaders and their accomplices in the village of Zhestyanaya Gorka in 1942. More than 2,500 Soviet citizens from among the civilian population and prisoners of war of the Red Army became victims of the massacres. This is the first case of genocide in the history of Russia. The application was sent to the court by the Prosecutor's Office of the Novgorod Region on behalf of the Prosecutor General's Office.

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Cossacks join the volunteer detachment Kuban in the Donbass
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] More than 100 more Cossacks went to the area of ​​the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, joining the ranks of the Kuban detachment. This was reported to IA REGNUM by the press service of the All-Russian Cossack Society.

Before being sent to the Donbass, volunteers are trained in urban and forest combat, military cartography and other skills needed in a special military operation. Cossacks of the Kuban, Volga and Orenburg military Cossack societies will undergo combat coordination.

Having shown courage and courage, 52 Cossacks were killed during the SVO, more than 200 volunteers were injured.

Posted by: badanov || 07/16/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


Putin's missiles hit Vinnytsia city centre, sending Ukrainians diving for cover as blast kills 23 including three children
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Cyclists and pedestrians were thrown to the ground by yesterday's blast in Vinnytsia, video shows

  • Yesterday's Kalibr missile attack hit the city of 370,000 far from the Donbas frontline, killing 23

  • More than 100 people were injured in the inhumane attack by Putin's forces against civilians
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/16/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Posted by: Snosh Snaigum5255 || 07/16/2022 14:50 Comments || Top||

#2  Nekulturny. Really, Snosh Snaigum5255, why would you embarrass yourself like that?
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/16/2022 16:20 Comments || Top||

#3  ‘’Breaking news !!”
James Vasquez the famous American tiktok mercenary and venerated by the ranters in conservative journals got his ass beaten on a subway in the USA
https://t.me/intelslava/33177
Posted by: Aca Joe || 07/16/2022 16:26 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ Who? Also...

Deliverance! Z. shot him a bar
Right smack in the little red star.
A deathbed confession:
"I reckon you're guessin'
I'm not really here for the war."
[dueling balalaikas]
Posted by: Dino Hupaviting7892 || 07/16/2022 16:33 Comments || Top||

#5 
Posted by: Aca Joe || 07/16/2022 17:21 Comments || Top||

#6  As I recall, Tiktok is a wholly owned subsidiary of Red China’s spy bureau. Not that my information is all that interesting, but why would I let China have it for free?

As for you, Señor Joe, it’s time for you to go eat and drink expensive things. It won’t fill the whole where your soul should be, but clearly you don’t miss it.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/16/2022 17:47 Comments || Top||

#7  TikTok is a lawfully media company operating in the USA
With over 90 millions American users
Posted by: Aca Joe || 07/16/2022 17:54 Comments || Top||

#8  Hole, not whole. Sorry — I’m at a Blues festival, and got distracted.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/16/2022 17:54 Comments || Top||

#9 
Posted by: Aca Joe || 07/16/2022 17:56 Comments || Top||

#10  USSR Anthem Misheard - Youtube...
Posted by: magpie || 07/16/2022 17:58 Comments || Top||

#11  To Anachreon in Heaven
Talking about thieves……..

https://youtu.be/fU-aJ4lhFbU
Posted by: Aca Joe || 07/16/2022 18:14 Comments || Top||

#12  RE: #10
I have always loved that tune. Very dramatic. How nice that someone took the time to add subtitles! Thanks, magpie.
Posted by: SteveS || 07/16/2022 18:25 Comments || Top||

#13  #10

Pretty funneh.
Posted by: badanov || 07/16/2022 18:46 Comments || Top||

#14  #10 Well done
Posted by: Frank G || 07/16/2022 19:26 Comments || Top||

#15  You have memes. Russia has destroyed Ukraine, Russia has ruined the economies of the West and destroyed two core Western governments (UK and Italy), crippled a third (France) and us on track to make Biden a lame duck.

Russia has won the war and is uniting the leading non-western economies -- more than 60% of world GDP and more than 80% of population -- Russia us rallying the non-West to oppose and bring down the West.

The Germans, French and Italians will but tojerate this absurd bullshit from the pathetic little elites. Why do Americans cabs tojerate this shit?
Posted by: Slineling Clusong5031 || 07/16/2022 22:41 Comments || Top||

#16  My dear, we are grateful to have President Biden turned into a lame duck two years ahead of schedule.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/16/2022 23:13 Comments || Top||

#17 
Posted by: Aca Joe || 07/16/2022 23:28 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
Durham Requests 30 Subpoenas in Trial Against Dossier Source
[Epoch Times, paywall removed] Special counsel John Durham asked a federal court to send out 30 subpoenas for testimony in the pending trial against research analyst Igor Danchenko, who was the alleged main source for the discredited "Steele dossier" that targeted former President Donald Trump.

In a June 13 filing, Durham’s team said, "It is respectfully requested that the Clerk of said Court issue subpoenas as indicated below for appearance of said Court in Alexandria, Virginia ... to testify on behalf of the United States" on Oct. 11.

The judge in the case is U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga, who was appointed by former President George W. Bush in 2008.

Danchenko, who has pleaded not guilty, is charged with lying to the FBI. Durham alleges that he made five false statements to the FBI in connection to information he provided to former UK spy Christopher Steele, who was hired by an opposition research company on behalf of a law firm working for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.

"The FBI ultimately devoted substantial resources attempting to investigate and corroborate the allegations contained in" the dossier, including whether Danchenko’s sub-sources were reliable, the indictment states. The dossier and information provided by Danchenko "played a role in the FBI’s investigative decisions and in sworn representations that the FBI made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court throughout the relevant time period," according to last year’s complaint.
Posted by: Bobby || 07/16/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Durham Investigation is becoming a lifetime rice bowl for a host of people from DoJ and the EFFBEEYE. Feeding the decreasing number of true-believers that American justice and values will punish Deep State criminals has become a useful distraction for the Marxists as the long march continues. Hilda and her minions, who are more grifters and kleptocrats than actual Marxists, might be at risk, but Champ's devotees are untouchable above the NCO ranks.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 07/16/2022 11:29 Comments || Top||

#2  After the acquittal of Michael Sussmann, is there ay point to all this?
Posted by: Tom || 07/16/2022 12:52 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ No point Tom.

It's all kabuki theater.

Nothing will come of this at all.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 07/16/2022 23:46 Comments || Top||



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