❗️❗️❗️ Now you can take a breath. The two-day operation to evacuate the captured Storm Shadow has been successfully completed. The missile has just been handed over to one of our defense enterprises, whose specialists will "decipher" the control system algorithms of this dangerous missile weapon and share them with air defense experts.

I thank the fighters of the BARS-11 volunteer detachment and the command of the " Tsar's Wolves " unit in the Zaporozhye region, personally Colonel Artur Batsev (call sign "Pyton") for their courage. Our guys had to get the Storm Shadow materiel from the "gray zone" of the line of contact under shelling. The enemy tried to prevent us from capturing such a trophy and delivering it to the "mainland" by sending his DRG to intercept, but the guys coped with the task and just reported to me the result. Well done!

I hope that the "trepanation" of the control system of this missile will allow specialists of the Russian military-industrial complex to quickly find an antidote for our air defense and pacify the British-French storm.

Good hunting and an excellent trophy for the "Royal Wolves"!

Russian fighters captured British Storm Shadow Missile

▪️Ukraine has recognized the lack of manpower and artillery and hopes to compensate for this with cluster munitions

According to the NYT, Kiev believes that this will help in the offensive and the AFU will be able to "effectively hit the strengthened Russian positions."

▪️It became known the day before that the United States has decided to supply cluster munitions to Kiev, it will be announced in the near future.

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Ukrainian channel Strana:

What are the cluster munitions that the US can transfer to Ukraine today? What will they change on the battlefield and why are human rights activists opposing them?

These are shells, rockets or bombs. They consist of containers that open in the air and scatter many small caliber bombs over a wide area.

The main purpose of these submunitions is to destroy multiple military targets. For example, infantry formations.

But there are many complaints about this weapon in the world - it carries increased threats to the civilian population and infrastructure.

As practice has shown, from 10% to 40% of submunitions do not explode. This leads to the fact that entire regions are flooded with tens of thousands, and sometimes millions of unexploded mini-bombs that can detonate at any moment.

This is a direct threat to civilians who are returning to their homes after the end of hostilities. In territories "sown" with cluster bombs, it is sometimes impossible to live and engage in agriculture for decades.

In this context, the Pentagon stated that they would transfer to Ukraine only those "cassettes" that showed a high percentage of operation during tests.

In addition, these charges pose a great threat to civilians and civilian infrastructure when used in populated areas.

Actually, therefore, international human rights activists urge the United States not to transfer these shells.

At the same time, military considerations are quite obvious, according to which the Ukrainian Armed Forces want to transfer cluster munitions. They will allow you to inflict serious damage on Russian troops. Especially those who are in a tight defense - as, for example, on the Zaporozhye front. And also in those areas where the Russians are trying to attack.

However, Russia also has large arsenals of cluster charges (and Ukraine has already accused the Russian Federation of using them). Considering that the Russians also repulse the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south mainly with artillery, the enemy may also begin to use "cassettes" more often.

Another effect of the supply of these weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the reduction of shell hunger. The Western Allies are running short of conventional 155mm munitions, reserves of which have already been spent on deliveries to Ukraine, and production has not kept up with the consumption of shells at the front. If the Americans "unpack" their stocks of "cassettes", then this will increase the overall supply of ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

This plausible logic is confirmed by the fact that it is cluster-filled cannon shells that stand out - despite the fact that the United States has many other varieties of such ammunition - for example, bombs dropped from drones, which Ukraine requested back in March.

However, from the point of view of influencing the situation at the front, for cluster munitions (as well as for other types of supplied weapons), the fundamental point is the volume of deliveries. It depends on how often and everywhere the Ukrainian army will use this ammunition. Especially considering that the Russians, as mentioned above, also have "cassettes".

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An Italian who fought for Russia in the Donbass and in the Northern Military District was detained in Milan, right on the airfield. There is one detail - Sasha, Alessandro, a citizen of the Russian Federation since 2021 and has been fighting in the DPR since 2015. He is facing 10-15 years of jail time. For now, he is being held in a Genoa prison. He is being denied the right to see a lawyer.

This case is similar to that of Ben Stimson, who fought for the DPR 2014-2015 and was arrested in the UK on the airstrip immediately after landing. He has just finished serving his 8 year sentence and is under a 15 year surveillance order.

https://www.kp.ru/daily/27525/4789562/

Yet Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner walk free...

Czech Prime Minister Fiala said that the country will supply combat helicopters and ammunition to Ukraine.

The Czech Republic will supply combat helicopters and ammunition to Ukraine, Prime Minister of the Republic Petr Fiala said at a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“We can say that on average we send one piece of heavy military equipment and several thousand ammunition to Ukraine every day. We are preparing the delivery of combat helicopters and ammunition to Ukraine,” the prime minister said.
In addition, flight simulators will be given to Kiev so that pilots can learn how to handle F-16 fighters not only in Western countries, but also in Ukraine.
Speaking about the Russian assets blocked in the Czech Republic, Fiala said that they are looking for legal opportunities to send them in favor of Ukraine.

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Germany to refrain from sending cluster munitions to Ukraine — foreign minister

German Foreign Minister Boris Pistorius also opposed sending cluster munitions to Kiev at a news conference in Bern
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😂😂 When you saw it through the window and dreamed

Starting September 1, St. Petersburg State University will open the first university general education online school for Russian-speaking children from all over the world.

The initiative of St Petersburg University was supported by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education and Science. Education will be free, at the expense of non-budgetary funds of St. Petersburg University.: https://tinyurl.com/227e78lf

Parents are now forking out THOUSANDS of dollars for their children to take private Russian-style math classes that tout 'critical thinking, reasoning and abstract principals': https://tinyurl.com/2yn28qjr

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