Text: 🤡 Kharkiv police are looking for Ukrainians who fled to the EU through Interpol
The Kharkiv police, together with Interpol, began to enter into the database information about Ukrainians who fled to the EU countries. This was told by the head of the investigative department of the National Police in the Kharkiv region Sergey Bolvinov.
📝 “We are the first in Ukraine to test a scheme on how to prevent traitors from hiding in the civilized world,” Bolvinov wrote on social networks.
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🇺🇦Ukrainian soldiers are being taken to the front line under an armed escort and they are not issued machine guns until the very end:
"We were waiting for machine guns and first-aid kits yesterday. We are being taken under escort, an officer with a machine gun, damn it, in every bus. They are taken to Kremennaya through Kharkov, like convicts - without weapons, under guard, like the last mother****ers." https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/st...27414863904768
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🇺🇦 Armed Forces of Ukraine during the counter-offensive lost more than 26 thousand soldiers
During the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since June 4, 1244 Ukrainian tanks and other combat vehicles have already been destroyed, including 17 German Leopard tanks and 12 American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, as well as five French AMX wheeled tanks.
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Sappers mine the flanks of Artemovsk at night
Due to the constant attempts of Ukrainian fighters to break through to Russian positions, sappers-paratroopers have to update the minefields at the forefront of our defense every night.
Manually, meter by meter, the soldiers of the Tula Airborne Forces set up anti-tank and anti-personnel minefields to provide reliable protection for positions.
During the night, fighters can lay more than four hundred mines, on which Ukrainian units begin to blow up in the morning.
Some results of the work of sappers - at the end of the video
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The Russian army is advancing on Kupyansk, breaking through the enemy’s defenses near Liman the First
▪️ In the Liman Pervy - Sinkovka - Masyutovka area, heavy fighting is going on throughout the day, the fighters are reporting from the spot.
▪️ Our people crossed the railway and attacked the enemy's defenders.
▪️"Our guys are destroying the enemy behind a piece of iron," the fighters report.
▪️ Enemy resources confirm that Russian troops are on the offensive, using TOS-1A "Solntsepyok", artillery, aircraft and demining vehicles - Ur-77 "Serpent Gorynych".
▪️In the daily report of the Ministry of Defense, it was reported that operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of the Western Military District hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, incl. area n.p. Estuary First Kharkov region. http://t.me/RVvoenkor https://twitter.com/GeromanAT/status...92189199278081
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The Kremlin reported that Putin had a phone conversation with the President of South Africa.
Here's what they discussed:
The consideration of the African peace initiative regarding Ukraine will continue in connection with the "Russia-Africa" summit at the end of July.
The President of South Africa expressed gratitude to Putin for a constructive conversation regarding possible ways to resolve the situation surrounding Ukraine during his visit to St. Petersburg.
They agreed to hold a separate meeting at the summit to exchange views on bilateral and international agendas.
Putin informed the President of South Africa that the commitments to eliminate obstacles for the export of Russian food and fertilizers have not been fulfilled. The main goal of the grain deal, namely supplying grain to countries in need, including those in the African continent, has not been achieved.
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A powerful strike has been delivered against the concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces near Orehovo, from where the AFU are attempting to break through the Zaporozhye front.
Currently, the intensity of combat operations has decreased along the front line from Kopani to Rabotino to Verbovo.
The command of the AFU is regrouping its forces in preparation for new waves of assaults and occasionally sending units for reconnaissance missions.
Meanwhile, the Russian army is identifying AFU force accumulations and launching strikes against them.
The AFU's greatest activity is observed at the junction of the defense lines of the 291st and 70th regiments in the fields near Rabotino. Previously, the Ukrainians managed to establish positions in trenches here and continue to consolidate them.
The current battles have taken on a positional character. Howitzers, multiple rocket launch systems, mortars, tanks, infantry engage in mutual exchanges of fire, without escalating into large-scale combat actions.
Only posting this to see how far you can make it before you STOP watching. Mind-bogglingly bull**** from start to finish.
2 mins 45 secs
only morbid curiosity kept me going that long.... :/
15th July 2023 21:42
Ravenlocke
Re: WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia
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Serbia will provide Ukraine with humanitarian assistance to overcome the consequences of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, the website of the Serbian government reports.
Assistance includes, in particular, goods and medicines from the Republican Directorate of Commodity Reserves and goods from the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration.
Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a press conference on Friday that from the beginning of the war until about 2027, Ukraine will receive about €17 billion worth of weapons from Germany.
"Russia's aggressive war continues to affect our lives and worry all of us very much, which is why Germany is the second country after the United States in terms of military assistance provided to Kiev," Scholz said
Rhamaphosa is a deluded individual if he thinks he can make a difference in Ukraine. He has more than enough to do in his own country to fix the energy situation and unacceptable number of daily electricity blackouts, not to mention ongoing water shortages. It's freezing cold there atm and people are sitting in the dark without heating. :crazy:
:focus: with apologies for rant
16th July 2023 09:38
Rizotto
Re: WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia
Interesting that this is a poll commissioned in Ukraine by a US organization...
Ukrainians Unwilling to Resist Russia or Leave Cities – Survey
A recent US-commissioned poll has shown that Ukrainians are reluctant to fight against Russia and leave their cities, even if military tensions escalate.
The poll was carried out by the Ukrainian sociological group "Rating" in late June but commissioned by the US-based non-profit organization International Republican Institute (IRI) and funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
It found that the majority of Ukrainian citizens have not suffered any damage to their homes during the special operation; that residents do not intend to join the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) if the situation near their cities deteriorates nor plan to leave their homes.
Low Willingness to Resist
Rating surveyed 16,800 residents of 21 cities under Ukrainian control, including the Russian city of Zaporozhye.
When asked about their plans during escalating military tensions, the majority of respondents expressed their intent to stay in their cities. Only a small percentage showed a willingness to join the UAF and resist Russian troops, primarily from respondents in western Ukrainian cities less affected by the conflict.
Specifically, 6% in Kharkov, 8% in Odessa, Chernigov, and Zaporozhye, and 9% in Nikolayev plan to join the Ukrainian Army if tensions escalate. These study results differ from the information promoted by Ukrainian propaganda.
Problems With Bomb Shelters
The study also revealed widespread dissatisfaction with bomb shelters. In 18 out of 21 cities surveyed, the majority of respondents described their quality as "bad," "horrible," or "unavailable."
In the less affected western cities of Uzhgorod and Ivano-Frankovsk, "difficult to say" slightly outweighed the negative responses.
In Ternopol and Lutsk, two other western cities, the number of respondents who found it "difficult to answer" was equal to those who rated the shelters as "poor."
Similarly, in Odessa, the number of people unsure about the quality of bomb shelters was equal to those who rated them as "bad" or "terrible."
16th July 2023 10:51
Ravenlocke
Re: WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia
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Russia was the unequivocal good guy in the Syrian civil war, stepping in at the last moment to prevent the genocide our jihadist proxies were openly bragging was coming.
In Ukraine, perhaps there are no good guys, but the record shows clearly that a) from 2014-22 Russia tried to avoid a war, b) Russia had valid and obvious security concerns acknowledged by everyone from George Kennan to current CIA Director William Burns (those known Putin stooges), c) Ukraine was becoming a de facto NATO outpost and Russia invaded when they believed Ukraine would soon be too strong for them to prevent it, d) Russia has tried to avoid escalating the conflict by not going after Kiev or the Zelensky regime, not attacking weapons shipments and training centers outside of Ukraine, and not attacking international infrastructure in retaliation for NordStream. Meanwhile, what are our motivations for being involved? Hawks like
@LindseyGrahamSC
and
@DanCrenshawTX
will tell you plainly: we just want to see Russians die.
Russia was unequivocally in favor of peace according to the terms laid out in the Minsk agreements, which we acknowledged to be a cynical ploy to buy time. Putin and Zelensky had a draft deal in place to end the war early on, but we vetoed it. We say we’re defending democracy, but Ukraine’s elected leaders aren’t even allowed to choose for themselves whether to continue a war. All this while we have overwhelming evidence that the current US President was taking bribes from Ukrainian interests.
I don’t know if there are any good guys in the Ukraine war, but there is definitely a bad guy, and, just like in Syria, we’re it. I don’t like saying any of this. I’m a veteran and come from a family of veterans. I worked as a civilian engineer for the DOD. It’s in my blood to be a flag-waving Team America superfan. But after Serbia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Yemen, and now Ukraine, I just have to be honest about what we’ve become. And some will respond that there is no “we,” that our rulers don’t act in their name, but when the bill comes due for America, the collectors aren’t going to make that distinction.
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We need to give up our names. Because the names are Russian and therefore 'imperialist'’. A Ukrainian immigrant in Bulgaria complains about another mad policy of the Kiev Regime. Now they want to turn Russian-speaking people into Ukrainians by changing their names.
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🇷🇺 Russian troops repulsed the attack on the village of Staromayorskoye
📝 “It is reported about the tactical success of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction: the Ukrainian military captured the village of Staromayorskoye (north-east of Urozhainy). According to my information, this is not so, ”commissioner Sladkov said.
According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine made an attempt to capture the village of Staromayorskoye at night, but the attack was repulsed. At the moment, at 12:11 there are Russian forces.
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🇷🇺 Putin spoke about the fate of captured NATO equipment
📝 “We have a very effective technique. Take, for example, the T-90 "Proryv" tank - this is the best tank in the world. But the enemy also produces modern equipment. If there is an opportunity to look in and see what can be applied here, then why not,” Vladimir Putin said.
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🪖 PMC "Wagner" will become an addition to the regional grouping of the Union State on the territory of the Republic of Belarus
The introduction of Wagner PMC into the regional grouping is a significant step in the development of military cooperation between the two countries. This may lead to an increase in the defensive capabilities of the Belarusian-Russian alliance.
The enemy struck with "Grads" in the area of the central market of Shebekino
Governor V. Gladkov: "To my great sorrow, 1 person died - a woman was cycling along the sidewalk at the time of the shelling. The facade of the trade pavilion and two cars were damaged."
Ukrainian servicemen ambush civilians, kill them, and then hide their vehicle
More extraordinary footage this time from the grey zone near Ugledar.
A commentator has provided an analysis of what is being shown here, and it's another episode that gives one cause to empathy; whoever these civilians are it's unlikely their bodies may ever be recovered or worse still their fate discovered to anyone who may have known them :flower:
WARNING: both moving and horrifying in equal measure - we're spared gruesome close-up footage given the camera didn't zoom in.
