The high manufacturability of Western technology plays against it on the battlefield , Dmitry Shugaev, head of the FSMTC of Russia, said in the Zvezda studio

“This is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it is highly effective, but, on the other hand, it requires high qualification, it requires high maintenance and maintainability, especially in combat conditions. And, of course, it is expensive in every way,” he said.

Shugaev added that it is the battlefield that shows whose technique is better, and here comes the “moment of truth” for Russia.

“The famous in quotation marks “Leopards”, “Abrams” and so on are burning like ordinary types of movement, armed with one or another means of destruction. There is nothing unusual and nothing supernatural,” he stressed.

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❗️ The whisper of the front reports that the Russian army bypassed the settlement. Sinkovka from the left flank in the Kupyansky direction

The pressure on the enemy's defensive positions continues.

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From a shared past to a new future

"Rostec presented at the Army-2023 forum a new SM-100 aircraft engine developed by UDC's Salyut production complex.

The engine is a development of the basic AI-222-25 engine developed by Ukraine's A.G. Ivchenko Progress Design Bureau in the mid-noughties.

The Russian SM-100 provides 20% more thrust than its Ukrainian progenitor, and the engine life has been doubled. This was done by increasing the compression ratio, modernizing the combustion chamber and turbine units, and installing a modern three-stage low-pressure compressor.

It will replace the AI-222-25 installed on the Yak-130 combat trainer aircraft of the Russian Air Force. And Salyut believes that the new engine can be considered as the main engine for light regional and administrative airplanes.

Ukrainian AI-222-25 engines are also used on Chinese Hongdu L-15 combat trainers, developed jointly with the Yakovlev Design Bureau. This means that the improved SM-100 can be installed in the future not only on Russian airplanes, but also offered to our Chinese partners.
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Avdeevskoe direction.

A fierce and intense artillery battle has been going on for over an hour now.

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Apologies, Sergey. The war waits not for pickles.

Central Bank of Russia: According to the forecast of the Bank of Russia, annual inflation will continue to rise in the coming months. This will be due to the increase in price pressure and the withdrawal from the calculation of annual inflation of low values ​​of monthly increases in the summer period of 2022. According to the forecast, taking into account the ongoing monetary policy, annual inflation will be 5.0-6.5% in 2023, return to 4% in 2024 and will be close to 4% in the future.

Zin Note: This is about the European Average. Keep in mind, countries that do not print major world reserve currencies routinely experience inflation rates about this high and even higher.

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The Russian budget deficit is currently sitting at $40 billion for the year 2023 so far. This is just under 2% of gdp. The year is only half over, so hitting the target deficit level of 2%, for the entire year, which was announced earlier, will be extremely difficult. However, the government of Russia claims it will witness a surplus in the 4th quarter. Revenues exceeded expenses in the month of May, so this isn't impossible. The monthly deficit spending in January was close to a double-digit percentage of GDP at the beginning of this year.

In 2022, the Russian Federation ran a surplus pretty much until December, as spending was pushed back to the end of the year for various reasons. For 2023, the Russian government is taking the opposite approach, i.e., spending more up front and spending less towards the end of the year to try to achieve fiscal goals. I'd be surprised if they achieved their goal, but even keeping the deficit below 4% of gdp would be quite an accomplishment while fighting a major war under historically unprecedented sanctions on your economy.

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⚠️ Brief summary of the situation at the front.

Orekhovskoe direction.

According to the latest information, units of the 82nd Marine Brigade are being deployed to the zone of responsibility of the 46th Marine Brigade in order to increase the offensive potential.
As a reminder, back on June 11 of this year we wrote about the enemy’s intention to use 82nd marine brigade together with 46th marine brigade in the counteroffensive.
In the near future, due to high losses, the enemy will use the 115th mechanized brigade, we also reported on the presence of this brigade on the Zaporozhye front in early June.

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Kupyanskoe direction.

At these moments, there is a very powerful battle in the area of ​​Sinkovka. All types of weapons are working, including the "Solntsepeki" TOS.

The enemy tried to send reinforcements to the area today.

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❗️❗️ Orekhov. 21:20 14.08.2023

Repulsed the enemy attack. All the infantry that remained fled and was covered with grenade launchers and mortars.

Objective control is present. Will be posted when the connection is made.

Front bird.

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I'll be stepping out for a while. My recommendation is to wait until tomorrow for the literal smoke to clear in Urozhaynoye. I have full faith that I'll return to good news regarding Kupyansk. There will probably be more news of Banderas banging their faces against the wall in Rabotino.

I shall return.

The Ukrainian Telegram channel 'Legitimny' discusses intrigues within the Kiev regime regarding the removal of military commissars and an increased mobilization:

"Our insider source says that the President's Office is setting up an 'image time bomb' for Zaluzhny by implicating him in a controversial mobilization case.

Zelensky has now turned to Zaluzhny and suggested that he personally appoint military commissars for the serving commanders, sort of like 'their own' choices. Behind the scenes, this implies that he will bear public responsibility for them. However, he was not informed about this in advance.

At the same time, everyone understands that the upcoming wave of mobilization will be even more extensive, and men might be coerced into military service, as very few actually want to go to war willingly. The negative sentiment within society is at its peak. As a result, all the criticism will be directed towards the military commissars and those who appointed them, namely, Zaluzhny. Additionally, there will be attempts to discredit and undermine them in various ways. The aim will be to lay blame on them for the failure of mobilization, a task that both Ze and Ermak have already struggled with and have been discredited for. This will ultimately lead to a complete erosion of the Commander-in-Chief's image.

This is a cunning strategy from Ermak, who seems to enjoy devising intricate plots against those who oppose him."

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Ukrainian TG channels report 8 Tu-95MS strategic bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the air, flying towards launch sites.

Additionally, the frigate Admiral Makarov is also reportedly active in the Black Sea.

Ve go to diskotek tonight, ja?

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Military expert Boris Rozhin's analysis of the ongoing Russian military operation in the former Ukrainian territory as of 22:53 Moscow time on August 14, 2023.

- The enemy is persistently launching attacks to the east of Rabotino, attempting to flank the settlement from the eastern side. Intense combat is ongoing.

- The enemy currently controls the northern part of Urozhaynoye and is striving to establish a presence in the village after the withdrawal of Russian Armed Forces from the southern outskirts. The village itself continues to endure heavy bombardment.
In Staromayorskoye, the enemy is making efforts to expand its area of control.

- Within the Artemovsk region, the Russian Armed Forces have successfully regained complete control over Klescheyevka and several landing sites through counterattacks. The line stretching from Klescheyevka to Andreyevka and Kurdyumovka remains intact, as the enemy's attempts to breach it have been thwarted. Our troops also maintain a strong defense to the northwest of Artemovsk.

- In the Kupyansk direction, our forces are advancing further northeast of the city near Sinkovka, and they are also making progress towards Oskol in the Svatovo direction. The enemy has intensified counterattacks in an attempt to impede our advances.

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A series of powerful attacks in Kramatorsk are being reported. Presumably, there have been strikes on Ukrainian armed forces' facilities near the workshops of the Energomashspetsstal plant and the Kramatorsk heavy machine-tool plant. A few weeks ago, Ukrainian forces began accumulating a significant amount of ammunition and military equipment in that area.

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Further two Tu-95MS strategic bombers joined the party, making the total amount 10.

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Several explosions reported in Kramatorsk, a large fire has started.

Also explosions are reported in Konstantinovka (DPR temporarily under the control of the AFU). The strikes hit military warehouses and locations of militants.

Additionally, a Tu-160 heavy strategic bomber is in the air.

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4 more Tu-95MS strategic bombers took off, making it 16 (!) in total. This alongside the Tu-160 heavy strategic bomber.

EDIT: The 4 additional bombers are 3 Tu-95MS and 1 more Tu-160.

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