Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 **Media Thread** NO DISCUSSION #5

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Wagner Group claims it's halting recruitment 'indefinitely'. The Wagner Group claimed on July 30 that it had "indefinitely" suspended recruitment of new members as it possesses sufficiently "large personnel reserves."

The Wagner Group did not mention whether this decision extends to recruiting new members in Belarus where a significant number of the contractors are based at the moment.

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Monday morning. Regions of Ukraine are being shelled by the occupiers, who continue to terrorize peaceful cities and people. Kryvyi Rih, Kherson. Residential buildings, a university building, a crossroads were hit. Unfortunately, there are dead and wounded. There may be people under the rubble. My condolences to all those who have lost their loved ones because of Russian terror. Rescuers and all necessary services are on the ground and working. We are trying to save as many people as possible. I have already spoken to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Security Service of Ukraine. Deputy Head of the Presidential Office for Regional Policy Oleksiy Kuleba and the RSA heads are already dealing with the situation. In recent days, the enemy has been stubbornly attacking cities, city centers, shelling civilian objects and housing. But this terror will not frighten us or break us. We are working and saving our people.

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As a result of the #Russian attack on #KrivyiRih, 4 people were killed, 43 more were injured. Among the dead is a 10-year-old child.

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Southern Command: Russian logistics severely impacted by attacks on Crimean bridges. Ukraine's Southern Command spokesperson Natalia Humeniuk said the Russian military is suffering from major logistical issues after a July 17 explosion on the Crimean Bridge and a strike on the Chonhar Bridge on July 29.

Speaking on television on July 30, Humeniuk said that Russia is using amphibious assault ships to ferry equipment across the Kerch Strait since the bridge over the strait that connects the Crimean Peninsula with Russia's Krasnodar Oblast was damaged.

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Rescue operation has been ongoing in Kryvyi Rih since the morning, after 2 rus ballistic missiles struck a house and a university. The number of victims keeps growing. 5 bodies have already been discovered, including a 10 y.o. girl and her mother. 53 people were injured.

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Azov commanders who returned from Turkey will again take part in combat operations as part of the National Guard. This was announced by the commander of the National Guard of Ukraine, Oleksandr Pivnenko.

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Soldiers who spoke with the Kyiv Independent said that despite constant assaults, Russian troops have only advanced about 500 meters over the past two months – the distance of roughly five football fields. It's a push and pull, the soldiers say.

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Traffic jam situation at Chonhar bridge, hit by Ukraine on 29 July, is getting worse, according to Mariupol mayor Petro Andriushchenko. The crucial transport hub is essential for supplying Russian occupation troops in southern Ukraine

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ISW: Wagner may replace Russian military as Belarusian military's key training partner. The Wagner Group may be supplanting the Russian military as the Belarusian military's key training partner, the Institute for the Study of War said in their latest report.

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"He will die." Zelenskyy said about Putin's inability to withstand a long war in Ukraine

Putin will not be able to withstand another 10 years of war against Ukraine, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with Brazilian TV channel GloboNews.

Asked whether Ukraine could repeat the fate of Syria, where Russia has been waging a "proxy war" for almost 30 years, the president answered in the negative.

"Putin will not live that many years. At the rate he is fighting us, he did not fight in Syria. <...> He won't last. He'll be gone in 30 years, he'll die - that's perfectly understandable. But he won't last 10 years either. He is not the same person," Zelenskyy said.

In December, the head of state said that the war would end when Putin died. "The authoritarian regime, it is terrible. There is a great risk - can not all depend on one person. And that's why when one person leaves, the institutions stop. Such a time was in the Soviet Union. I think that when Putin is gone, it will be difficult for them. They will be involved in domestic politics, not foreign policy," Zelenskyy said.

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#Ukrainian children in occupied #Crimea will be forced to learn how to ‘defend’ #Russia and fight its war against #Ukraine #militarization #propaganda #StandWithUkraine #StopRussia #RussiaWarCrimes

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OSINT: Civilian vessels break Russian Black Sea blockade en route to Ukrainian ports. At least six civilian ships heading toward Ukrainian ports entered the Black Sea on July 30 despite the Russian blockade, based on naval tracking data.

OSINT investigator Markus Jonsson first reported on three civilian vessels – Ams1, Sahin 2, and Yilmaz Kaptan/Kudret Gezer, sailing from Israel, Greece, and Turkey/Georgia – heading across the Black Sea, "openly advertising destination Ukraine."

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The #UnitedStates has signed contracts with #Bulgaria and #SouthKorea for the supply of 155-mm ammunition to #Ukraine, writes the Financial Times. The US plans to increase the production of ammunition from 24 to 90 thousand shells per year.

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Radio Liberty publishes footage from Kharkiv vocational school, which was hit by the occupiers at night.

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Black Sea ships bound for Ukraine stop, turn around near Danube Delta. The six Black Sea vessels which previously headed toward Ukrainian ports have turned around or stopped near the Danube Delta, according to naval tracking data.

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In 2023 Ukraine increased ammunition production tenfold, but this is not enough—Minister of Strategic Industries Kamyshin Ukraine started producing artillery & mortar rounds in Sep.2022, partially on its territory &abroad, constantly increasing capacities https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/08/01/in-2023-ukraine-increased-ammunition-production-tenfold-but-this-is-not-enough-minister/

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AUG 1, 2023

Russia's war in Ukraine

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Russia says Ukraine again attempted a drone strike in Moscow on Tuesday targeting the exact same building that was hit on Sunday.

Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, have suggested that these attacks are meant to shatter any remaining sense of calm in the Russian capital.

"Moscow is rapidly getting used to a full-fledged war," said Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelensky.

In the early hours of Wednesday, Kyiv was met with a barrage of drone attacks.

Here's what else you need to know:

• Cross-border attacks: Both Ukraine and Russia reported assaults aimed at each other on Tuesday. Moscow said Kyiv again attempted a drone strike in its capital. Kyiv accused Russia of shelling a medical facility in the southern port city of Kherson, killing a doctor and wounding a nurse.
• Civilians caught in the crossfire: Two ballistic missiles struck the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih — Zelensky's hometown — on Monday, killing six people and wounding dozens more. Further south, in Kherson, Russian shelling on residential areas killed four people, a top adviser to Zelensky said. Local officials said Russia had intensified shelling on the city to provide cover for rotating troops.
• F-16 training concerns: The US is still waiting for European officials to submit a final plan for training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets, which the US will have to authorize before the program can actually begin this month, officials familiar with the matter told CNN.
• Ukrainian children in Russia: More than 700,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia since the beginning of the war, Russia's ombudsperson for children's rights said in a report published Monday. The report claims most of the minors arrived with parents or other relatives. The ombudswoman, Maria Lvova-Belova, and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have been accused by the International Criminal Court of the war crime of unlawful deportation and transfer of children during the war. The Hague issued arrest warrants for them in March.

 

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AUG 1, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: Poland to deploy more border troops after Belarus ‘violates airspace’; ‘drone shot down in Crimea’ – as it happened

Belarus rejected claims it violated airspace as ‘far-fetched’; Moscow-installed governor of Crimea says ‘UAV shot down in the Kara-Koba region’

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It’s 11pm in Kyiv. Here’s where we stand:

• Russian air defences shot down several drones targeting the Moscow region, the mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, with one hitting a tower that had also been struck on Sunday. The Russian defence ministry said two drones had been destroyed in the Odintsovo and Narofominsk districts near Moscow, and that a third was jammed and had crashed in the capital. The ministry blamed the attacks on Kyiv. No injuries were reported. Moscow’s Vnukovo airport was also temporarily shut and flights redirected.
• Russia also downed a drone in the Sevastopol district of Crimea, according to the local governor. Mikhail Razvozhaev wrote on Telegram: “A UAV was shot down in the Kara-Koba area. An explosion occurred on the ground. Grass and bushes caught fire. Fire brigades are already on site and have begun to put out the blaze.”
• Poland’s ministry of defence said it will increase the number of troops at its border with Belarus after two helicopters from Belarus violated Poland’s airspace on Tuesday. Poland’s military initially denied that helicopters with Belarusian insignia had crossed into Polish airspace, but by Tuesday evening, the defence ministry acknowledged there “was a violation of Polish airspace by two Belarusian helicopters that were carrying out training near the border”.
• The mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, said at least three drones had hit populated areas, one destroying two floors of a dormitory. Ihor Terekhov wrote on Telegram early on Tuesday: “A fire broke out and emergency services are attending. Details on casualties are being clarified.”
• Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the general staff of Russia’s armed forces, has visited troops in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, part of which is occupied by Russia and which it claims to have annexed. Gerasimov was one of the military figures repeatedly criticised by Yevgeny Prigozhin before the Wagner group’s aborted uprising.
• Ukraine thwarted an overnight attempt by a Russian saboteur group to cross its northern border, the interior minister, Ihor Klymenko, said. Serhiy Naev, commander of the joint forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said four armed people attempted to cross the border but were repelled by Ukrainian fire.

 

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Media: Wagner continues to recruit new fighters. The Wagner Group continues to recruit new mercenaries, the independent Russian news outlet Important Stories reported on Aug. 2, citing their investigative research.

The unnamed journalist found Telegram channels where Wagner volunteers reported that the private military company plans to resume recruitment in August. This is despite the group's own claim on July 30 that it had "indefinitely" suspended recruitment of new members.

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Baltic nations agree to disconnect from Russian power grid. Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia signed an agreement on Aug. 2 to disconnect from the Russian power system and connect to the European grid, the Lithuanian Energy Ministry announced.

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The first Ukrainian-made demining machine has been certified in Ukraine, according to Ukraine's Ministry of Economic Development The machine will disarm anti-personnel & anti-tank mines. So far, 2 such machines can be produced per month.

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First Lady Olena Zelenska says the cost of Ukrainian 'invincibility' is not just the lives of military and civilians but also the 'mental health of the entire nation.'

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Zelenskyy: Ukrainian pilots to start training on F-16 fighters in August Now we need to work hard with the countries that can transfer F16s to us after training. And you know which countries we are talking about, Zelenskyy said.

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ISW: Kremlin may be demanding silence over military failures in Ukraine. According to the ISW, "coverage of events in Crimea has created substantial tension in the Russian information space."

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AUG 3, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 526 of the invasion

Kyiv defended itself against eighth consecutive nightly drone attack; Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territory being forced to assume Russian citizenship, study finds

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• Kyiv defended itself against the eighth consecutive nightly drone attack early on Thursday morning, the Kyiv Regional Military Admistration (KMVA) said on Telegram. No damage was recorded in preliminary reports. The Ukrainian air force claimed to have shot down all 15 “Shahed” suicide drones launched overnight.
• Three civilians and four emergency service workers have been injured in a Russian strike on Kherson, according to Ukraine’s state broadcaster. Serhiy Kruk, the head of Ukraine’s state emergency service, posted to social media images of bloodied and injured emergency workers and damaged emergency equipment as a result of what Ukraine claims has been a “double tap” attack near a church.
• Russian forces have made no headway along the front lines, but are entrenched in heavily mined areas they control, making it difficult for Ukrainian troops to move east and south, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. Deputy Ukrainian Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Russian forces had “tried quite persistently to halt our advance in the Bakhmut sector. Without success”. Russian forces, she wrote on the Telegram messaging app, were beefing up reserves and equipment in three areas further north, where heavy fighting has also been reported in recent weeks.
• Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s security council, told Ukrainian national television on Wednesday that Russian forces had ample time in months of occupation to prepare defences and lay extensive minefields. “The number of mines on the territory that our troops have retaken is utterly mad. On average, there are three, four, five mines per square metre,” he said. Danilov restated assertions by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that the advances, while slower than hoped, could not be rushed as human lives were at stake. “No one can set deadlines for us, except ourselves... there is no fixed schedule,” he said.
• The UK’s Ministry of Defence has said Ukraine’s counteroffensive is being hindered by Ukraine’s plant life. In its daily intelligence briefing it noted “Undergrowth regrowing across the battlefields of southern Ukraine is likely one factor contributing to the generally slow progress of combat in the area. The predominately arable land in the combat zone has now been left fallow for 18 months, with the return of weeds and shrubs accelerating under the warm, damp summer conditions. The extra cover helps camouflage Russian defensive positions and makes defensive mine fields harder to clear.”
• Russia claims overnight it downed six drones in the Kaluga region, followed by another in the morning. “There are no consequences for people and infrastructure,” regional governor Vladislav Shapsha said. Kaluga region is to the south-west of Moscow region, and the north-east of Russia’s Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine.
• Ukrainians living in Russian-occupied territory are being forced to assume Russian citizenship or face retaliation, including possible deportation or detention, a new US report has said. Yale University researchers found that residents of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions were being targeted by a systematic effort to strip them of Ukrainian identity. Ukrainians who do not seek Russian citizenship “are subjected to threats, intimidation, restrictions on humanitarian aid and basic necessities, and possible detention or deportation, all designed to force them to become Russian citizens,” the report said.
• Fighters from Russia’s private Wagner mercenary force are being moved close to Nato’s eastern flank to destabilise the military alliance, Poland’s prime minister alleged on Thursday. Wagner soldiers have begun training with the Belarus national army, prompting Poland to start moving more than 1,000 troops closer to the border. On Tuesday it accused Belarus of violating its airspace with military helicopters. “We need to be aware that the number of provocations will rise,” Reuters reports Mateusz Morawiecki said after meeting Lithuanian president Gitanas Nausėda in eastern Poland.
• Russia has added Norway to its list of foreign states that have committed “unfriendly” acts against Russian diplomatic missions, news agencies reported on Thursday. Countries on the list are limited in the number of local staff they can hire in Russia, with Norway restricted to 27. Norway expelled 15 Russian diplomats in April for alleged spying, and Russia responded by ordering out 10 Norwegian diplomats.
• The European Union has warned developing countries that Russia is offering cheap grain “to create new dependencies by exacerbating economic vulnerabilities and global food insecurity,” according to a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell wrote to developing and Group of 20 countries on Monday to urge them to speak “with a clear and unified voice” to push Moscow to return to a deal that allowed the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain and to stop targeting Ukraine’s agricultural infrastructure.
• Ukraine’s prime minister Denys Shmyhal has said the country is considering the possibility of insuring ships going through a “grain corridor”.
• Russia attacked Ukraine’s main inland port across the Danube River from Romania, sending global food prices higher as it ramps up its use of force to prevent Ukraine from exporting grain. The attacks on Wednesday destroyed buildings in Izmail and halted ships as they prepared to arrive there to load up with Ukrainian grain in defiance of a de-facto blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports that Russia reimposed in mid-July. The Izmail port has since served as the main alternative route out of Ukraine for grain exports. Kyiv reportedly said the attacks damaged 40,000 tonnes of food products.
• The Ukrainian president has said Russia’s attacks on port infrastructure show Moscow is intent on creating a “global catastrophe” with a crisis in food markets, prices and supplies. “For the Russian state, this is not just a battle against our freedom and against our country,” Zelenskiy said on Wednesday in his nightly video address. “Moscow is waging a battle for a global catastrophe. In their madness, they need world food markets to collapse, they need a price crisis, they need disruptions in supplies.”
• Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, urged Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, to reopen talks on the failed Black Sea grain deal he helped broker last year.
• Zelenskiy said Wednesday he hoped a Ukraine “peace summit” could be held this autumn, and that this weekend’s talks in Saudi Arabia were a stepping stone towards that goal. He told Ukrainian diplomats in a speech published on the president’s website that almost 40 countries would be represented at the meeting in Jeddah on 5 and 6 August.

 

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Soldiers who spoke with the Kyiv Independent said that it has been a challenge to hold on with very few resources, but despite constant assaults, Russian troops have only advanced about 500 meters over the past two months.

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Blinken: Russia's war in Ukraine is 'assault on global food system.' U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized Moscow for withdrawing from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, emphasizing that "hunger must not be weaponized."

"Every member of this council, every member of the United Nations, should tell Moscow: enough. Enough using the Black Sea as blackmail; enough treating the world's most vulnerable people as leverage; enough of this unjustified, unconscionable war," said Blinken.

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Russian troops barrage Nikopol with heavy artillery. Russian forces attacked Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast two times on Aug. 3, using heavy artillery, Governor Serhii Lysak said on Telegram.

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Ukrainian forces use tricky tactics to strike Crimea, attacking a military base in Hvardiiske that becomes the seventh targeted Russian base in Crimea in a month

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Poland deployed helicopters to the border with Belarus and declared its readiness to use weapons

Poland decided to increase its military presence on the border with Belarus after Minsk's provocation with violation of the airspace of the republic on August 1.

In particular, the authorities have moved attack helicopters to Podlaskie Voivodeship, which will be based in two places in full readiness for immediate response.

According to Marek Sokolowski, deputy commander of the Polish Armed Forces General Command, the helicopters will be piloted by military personnel who have participated in missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. "They are very experienced. If something disturbing happens, they will not hesitate to use weapons," the general warned.

Head of the Ministry of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak said that in addition Poland would send Bystra radar stations to the border with Belarus, "which will significantly strengthen anti-aircraft and anti-missile operations."

He also recalled that AW 149 helicopters would soon be transferred to the 25th Air Cavalry Brigade. Apache helicopters will also be delivered to Poland soon.

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68yo Serhiy is a beekeper. When Russian troops occupied his village, they locked Serhiy with 9 adults & 9 children in a cellar. They survived for 2mo in a tiny room with no windows, heating or light. His home is in ruins. Only 2 of 42 beeswarms survived.

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UK Defense Ministry: Russia strikes Danube ports to halt shipping. Russia has conducted several drone strikes against Ukrainian ports on the Danube River in an attempt to halt international trading via these ports, the U.K. Defense Ministry reported on Aug. 4.

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White House: Russia seeks to buy more munitions from North Korea. Russia seeks to buy more munitions from North Korea for the war in Ukraine as Moscow grows increasingly dependent on foreign supplies, the AP reported on Aug. 3, citing U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby.

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Media: Russian Black Sea vessel damaged in SBU operation. A Russian vessel stationed in Novorossiysk was damaged by a surface drone in a joint operation between the SBU and the Ukrainian Navy, CNN and several Ukrainian media reported on Aug. 4, citing sources in the SBU.

A Ukrainian surface drone loaded with 450 kilograms of explosives reportedly rammed into the Russian Ropucha-class landing vessel "Olenegorskiy Gornyak," causing serious damage. Kyiv has not issued an official comment.

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Poland detains Belarusian suspected of spying for Russia. Polish security services detained a Belarusian suspected of taking part in a Russian espionage network, Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminiski said on Aug. 4.

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“The resilience of Ukrainian partisans signifies an important shift: Crimean inhabitants are casting off their Russian-imposed fear, as they anticipate being liberated by Ukrainian armed forces in the near future,” writes @DVKirichenko

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Russians in Latvia will receive a letter in September demanding them to leave the country According to Ingmārs Līdaka, head of the Saeima Commission on Citizenship, Migration and Social Cohesion, about 6,000 Russian citizens will receive letters.

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IAEA finds no mines on 2 out of 6 reactors of occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was granted access to the roofs of reactors three and four of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

The IAEA experts didn't observe any mines or explosives on site, but they are yet to be allowed onto the roofs of the remaining four power units, the agency chief Rafael Grossi said on Aug. 4.

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Official: Ukrainian forces break through Russian first line of defense in south. "In some places" on the southern front line, the Ukrainian military has broken through the Russian first line of defense, moving to the "intermediate one," reported the deputy defense minister.

"And there they are faced with concrete engineering fortifications on the dominant heights created by the enemy. This, of course, complicates the movement of our troops and the combat actions," Maliar said on national television.

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A Russian landing ship stationed in the naval port of Novorossiysk was damaged in an alleged Ukrainian attack; Russia is preparing a false flag operation to drag Belarus into the war against Ukraine; and more.

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Putin critic Navalny jailed for 19 more years on 'extremism' charges. A Moscow court has sentenced jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny to another 19 years of imprisonment, Russian media reported on Aug. 4.

According to BBC Russia, Russian authorities have convicted Navalny for what they call "creating an extremist community," namely the Anti-Corruption Foundation. Navalny will serve his time in a "special regime colony," Russia's most restrictive penal institution.

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Russian troops burning their own dead in occupied Melitopol to hide massive losses – General Staff Locals complain of a constant corpse stench in the northeastern part of the city, the General Staff added

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Explosions reported near Crimean Bridge, potentially damaging Russian chemical tanker. The Moscow Times reported that a naval drone attack on the Kerch Strait could have potentially damaged the Russian "SIG" chemical tanker.

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Putin critic Navalny jailed for 19 more years on 'extremism' charges. A Moscow court has sentenced jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny to another 19 years of imprisonment, Russian media reported on Aug. 4.

According to BBC Russia, Russian authorities have convicted Navalny for what they call "creating an extremist community," namely the Anti-Corruption Foundation. Navalny will serve his time in a "special regime colony," Russia's most restrictive penal institution.

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Russian troops burning their own dead in occupied Melitopol to hide massive losses – General Staff Locals complain of a constant corpse stench in the northeastern part of the city, the General Staff added

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Explosions reported near Crimean Bridge, potentially damaging Russian chemical tanker. The Moscow Times reported that a naval drone attack on the Kerch Strait could have potentially damaged the Russian "SIG" chemical tanker.

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In Kerch Strait, Russian tanker carrying chemicals, named SIG, damaged in attack by Ukrainian maritime drones It was transporting aviation fuel from Crimea to Syria, which led to its inclusion in US sanctions list in 2019. RU rescue center sent rescuers

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UK Defense Ministry: Olenegorskiy Gornyak is largest Russian vessel seriously damaged after sinking of Moskva cruiser last year. "This is a significant blow to the Russian Black Sea Fleet."

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Ukraine's military intelligence: Russia won't repair Olenegorskiy Gornyak ship in near future. "It wasn't made in Russia, and the damage is very significant. Of course, in the near future, we will not see Olenegorskiy Gornyak," military intelligence representative said.

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40 nations that have maintained a neutral stance throughout the Russo-Ukrainian war invited to talks in Saudi Arabia this weekend Meeting in Jeddah marks starting point of what is expected to be diplomatic push by Ukraine, aimed at undercutting Russia

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Ukraine to forcibly evacuate children from 9 settlements in Donetsk Oblast. Due to constant Russian shelling, 130 children will be forcibly evacuated from nine settlements in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine's Reintegration Ministry announced on Aug. 5.

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Official: August especially successful for Ukrainian air, naval drones. Defense Council Secretary Oleksii Danilov said that with each new combat mission, Ukrainian combat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and naval drones become "more accurate, operators more experienced, combat coordination more effective."

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