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More than 100 rescuers are clearing the rubble and looking for people under the rubble after the Russian attack in the Dnieper - Valentin Reznichenko
Physicians, cynologists, utilities work. Residents of neighboring houses also come to the rescue.
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“Thanks to everyone who helps. It’s very hard for us, but we will stand,” the head of the OVA notes.
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"Their war is a destroyed house in the Dnieper" - Vadym Denisenko on Russian tactics of rocket fire on civilians in Ukraine
My friend Vadim Denisenko of the Ukrainian Institute for the Future thinks massive rocket attacks are a way to intimidate Ukrainians amid
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rising socio-economic stratification in Russia.
"Unfortunately, their war is a destroyed house in the Dnieper. And this is their only strategy: they will not show anything new. Except for one thing: for the first time in 10 months of the war, I believe with confidence
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that they will soon begin local socio-economic unrest. Not yet global, namely local riots. Therefore, they need to scare us with something, "says the expert.
1/ The Ukrainian Armed Forces are erasing the Kremlin's "red lines". The main risks and prospects of the fighting in the Kursk region
Western analysts agree: Kursk operation is very risky. But it opens up great prospects. First impression: Putin looks confused
The Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region was commented on by Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London and considered to be the UK's leading military analyst:
2/ If the Ukrainian Armed Forces can continue their work in Kursk region, it will inevitably draw Russian forces away from Donbas. It is a shame for Russia that they seize other people’s territories but cannot defend their own. The main battles are not in Ukraine, but in Russia. Moscow looks "stupid".
3/ As if it is bursting at the seams and does not know what to do. If we talk about “new territorial realities”, this includes Russian lands seized by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, if Ukraine can hold on to them. This is an important change in the narrative.
- No one suggests that the operation will bring Russia to its knees or mean the end of Putin’s rule.
What is happening in the Kremlin is difficult for those of us who do not go there to understand. But if you look at Putin, he looked confused. Not good for him. He wants to talk about successes, to show initiative. He does not want to waste time pretending that nothing dramatic is happening, but he has to.” liga.net/politics/artic…
1/ ,,, @ZelenskyyUa spoke about today's report of the Head of the Syrskyi Committee
- The first is the Toretsky and Pokrovsky directions. Dozens of Russian assaults on our positions per day. But our soldiers and units are doing everything to destroy the occupier and repulse the assaults. The situation is under control.
The second is an operation in the #Kursk region. As of today morning, there is a replenishment of the exchange fund for our state. Thank you to all the soldiers and commanders who are taking Russian soldiers prisoner and thereby bringing the release of our soldiers and civilians held by Russia closer. General Syrskyi also reported on the strengthening of the positions of our forces in #Kurshchyna and the expansion of the stabilized territory.
- The third is to support our actions with weapons and strong decisions. We are working on new support packages for our state from partners. We define priority points. The main thing is to limit the Russian offensive potential and our long-range. We are preparing appropriate assignments for Ukrainian diplomats
2/ New Russian military prisoners were taken in the Kursk region of Russia . In addition, the Defense Forces of Ukraine strengthened their positions and expanded the stabilized territory. t.me/V_Zelenskiy_of…
3/ The operation in the Kursk region. As of this morning, there is a replenishment of the exchange fund for our state," the head of state said.
Zelensky apologized to all the soldiers and commanders who take the Russian military captive and thereby "bring the release of our soldiers and civilians held by Russia closer.
Also, General Syrskyi reported on the strengthening of the positions of our forces in Kurshchyna and the expansion of the stabilized territory," the president said.
1/ The armed forces in #Kurshchyna are a huge blow to #Putin. Does he risk losing power?
Putin failed to understand in time that by questioning the state borders of Ukraine, he thereby questions the borders of his own state.
- Can the dictator lose his "throne" against the background of disgrace in the Kursk region?
- Such ideas have been present in the Russian "elites" since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. The only question is when they recognize the moment as right.
Interview with Kurnosova
2/ The moment for conducting the operation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region of Russia was brilliantly chosen.
- The very fact of the presence of the Ukrainian army on the territory of the Russian Federation was a colossal image blow to the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin.
The operation of the Armed Forces in the Russian Federation, as well as last year's trip to Moscow by the owner of the "Wagner" PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, proved that there is no one left inside Russia who is capable of stopping the movement of a well-prepared group numbering at least 5,000. obozrevatel.com/ukr/topic/nast…
3/ Putin failed to understand in time that by questioning the state borders of Ukraine, he thereby questions the borders of his own state. Can the dictator lose his "throne" against the background of disgrace in the Kursk region? Such ideas have been present in the Russian "elites" since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. The only question is when they recognize the moment as right.
This opinion was expressed by Russian opposition leader Olga Kurnosova in an exclusive interview obozrevatel.com/ukr/person/olg…
In April, soldiers from the 5th Brigade tortured American "war correspondent" Russell Bentley to death. ASTRA sources claim that Bentley was tortured on the territory of the abandoned Petrovskaya mine in Donetsk.
In the words of the editorial staff's interlocutors, the command organized a real "concentration camp" for its own soldiers on the territory of the mine. The purpose of the torture is to replenish manpower for deadly meat assaults. And extortion of salaries and payments for injuries from their own subordinates.
Read and watch the ASTRA investigation and the first video from the torture shaft on the website: astra.press/russian/2024/0…
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Investigation into the 5th Brigade, whose soldiers tortured American Russell Bentley to death. ASTRA publishes the first video from the torture basements
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In April 2014, shortly after the proclamation of the sovereignty of the "DPR", 20 fighters of the "Oplot" organization, led by the future "head" of the republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, seized the building of the Donetsk City Council. From this moment, the history of the 5th brigade, which the "Oplot" battalion eventually turned into, begins.
ASTRA tells how right now the commanders of this unit are forcing their subordinates to go on meat assaults by means of torture, simultaneously earning money from the war between Russia and Ukraine.
"Petrovskaya mine (number 4-21) in June 2022 in a photograph from the Maxar Technologies satellite. Screenshot from Google Earth. It was there that the command of the 5th Brigade, in the words of ASTRA sources, organized a "concentration camp" for its own soldiers."
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3/ The last time Lyudmila saw her husband, a native of the American Texas Russell Bentley, was on April 8 at 16:15 near the administration building of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
This is one of the hottest spots in the city – the Petrovsky district has been routinely shelled since 2014. It is located in the west of Donetsk, in close proximity to the territories controlled by Ukraine.
Lyudmila has an apartment there, so according to his Russian passport, the American “war correspondent” Bentley was registered in the Petrovsky district.
1/ Russia-Ukraine war LIVE: Explosions rock Crimea as Kyiv pushes Kursk attack
The attack comes as Ukraine continues to push into the Kursk region close to its eastern border with Russia in what has become a nightmare for Vladimir Putin.
2/ Massive explosions have rocked Crimea overnight, with pictures showing fires erupting and a bridge between the occupied Ukrainian peninsula and mainland Russia currently suspended to traffic. express.co.uk/latest/russia
3/ Posting on the Telegram app, blogger Crimean Wind said: "Vehicular traffic on the Crimean Bridge is temporarily suspended.”
The Krymskiy Veter channel reported explosions close to the city of Kerch and also claimed "smoke is rising" in the area of the ferry crossing.
Additionally, various Telegram channels reported explosions in Chornomorske and Kamianka, close to Simferopol, and air-raid warnings and shooting in Feodosiia.express.co.uk/latest/crimea
1/ @ChiefDI_Ukraine ( Budanov ) told how Ukraine intends to exchange prisoners
By: Dmytro Schwartz
First of all, Ukraine will demand from the Russian Federation the return of seriously ill and seriously injured prisoners, as well as women. Preference will be given to those who have been in captivity the longest, Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, said.
2/ During the negotiations on the exchange of prisoners, Ukraine will first of all demand from Russia the return of seriously ill and seriously wounded prisoners, as well as women. Priority will be given to those who have been in captivity the longest. As reported by
the press service of the Coordination Headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war on Thursday, August 15, this was emphasized by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR MO) Kyrylo Budanov during the briefing.koordshtab.gov.ua/posts/holova-k…
3/ "We will also make every effort to return civilian prisoners," he said. "In particular, those who have been in captivity since 2014. Special attention is paid to the defenders of Mariupol and, in particular, to those who defended Azovstal. We will also not forget about Crimean Tatars".
Budanov also reported that at the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters, on the instructions of President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, a decision was made to create a public council at the Coordination Headquarters and a coordinating body, which will include heads of structures related to the headquarters' work.
The other day, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets had a conversation with the Russian Ombudsman Tetyana Moskalkova regarding the exchange of prisoners against the background of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region .
As Lubinets said on the air of the national telethon, this conversation was initiated by the Russian side. "We have priority categories that we are ready to exchange. First of all, these are seriously wounded, secondly, they are Ukrainian women, and thirdly, all those who remain in captivity," Ukrinform quotes Lubinets.dw.com/uk/operacia-zs…