The West is putting pressure on the UAE to stop deliveries of dual-use goods to Russia.

According to The Wall Street Journal, officials from the US, UK, and EU will visit the country this week.

The UAE representative assured reporters that he is in close dialogue with international partners, in particular, on the export of dual-use products such as chips, electronic components, etc.

"Officials are asking for help from all countries that are used to circumvent export restrictions and redirect prohibited goods to Russian end consumers," a US State Department spokesman told reporters.

The United States and the EU are concerned that more and more Western-made goods, bypassing sanctions, enter Russia, in particular from the UAE, China, Armenia, and other countries.

Earlier, sanctions officials from the US, Britain, and the EU visited Turkey and Kazakhstan to convince the authorities of these countries to prevent dual-use goods from entering the Russian Federation.

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Yakov Kedmi - about the beginning of the Russian offensive: The Ukrainian offensive failed. The Ukrainian army today is trying to reorganize all the units and reserves that have been battered in endless battles. They will probably also try to do something, that is, like in a chess game, they were given the right to start. White starts and loses.
Next is the response. It can start in two days, in three, in a week. That is, when it becomes clear that the Ukrainian army is completely exhausted from some kind of active action, then the Russian army will probably move on to active action. Since the number and quality of troops, their deployment is as follows - and the Russian reserves are not yet involved! The strategic reserves of Russia, according to Western estimates, are there with a little over two hundred thousand people, They are not yet involved, but they were gathered there not only so that they could learn to maneuver back and forth behind the front lines, or sit or lie down. But, if the reserves of one side have already been used, or almost used, then the Russian side, as the president confirmed, in private conversations that were quoted, the Russian side has not yet begun. It will probably start now. Within the next week, two, well, a maximum of three. Depending on what gestures the Ukrainian army will make under the new leadership.

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Ukrainian special services carried out a terrorist attack on the residence of the head of the LPR customs committee.

Reports suggest that Kiev-based individuals attempted to harm Yuriy Afanasyevskyy, the head of the LPR customs committee, by detonating an explosive device at his home.

According to Ukrainian media citing sources from the Security Service of Ukraine, Afanasyevskyy sustained shrapnel wounds to his head, neck, and abdomen. Several sources claim that a Ukrainian DRG may have planted the explosive device.

It has been reported by some sources that Afanasyevskyy is currently in intensive care in critical condition. The LPR administration has not yet issued a statement regarding this incident, and Ukrainian officials have also refrained from commenting on the matter.

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The key points from the statements made by the head of the Russian Defence Ministry, Sergei Shoigu:

▪️ Kiev is experiencing significant losses while attempting a counter-offensive for the third consecutive month, and they have not achieved their objectives in any direction.

▪️ Kiev is making desperate efforts to showcase some successes to the West, but this is only prolonging the conflict.

▪️ The situation is particularly tense in the Zaporozhye direction, where Kiev has deployed strategic reserve brigades.

▪️ The liberation of Novoselovskoye in the Kupyansk direction has notably improved the position of the RF Armed Forces on the front line.

▪️ Russian Armed Forces are continuing to dismantle Ukraine's military infrastructure, targeting 34 AFU command posts in the past month.

▪️ AFU casualties since the beginning of the so-called offensive have surpassed 66,000 personnel and 7,600 weapons.

▪️ Ukrainian militants are targeting civilian targets and attempting to portray these attacks as military victories to mask the failure of the offensive.

▪️ Over the past month, more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones, 159 HIMARS MLRS shells, and 13 cruise missiles have been intercepted or shot down.

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War in Ukraine (09/05/23): The situation on the fronts, the first destroyed "Challenger-2"

The enemy continues to attack in the South and yesterday went over to serious attacks in the Artemovsk area. We, in turn, attack in the north.

And yesterday, the first documentary evidence of the destruction of the British Challenger 2 tank appeared.

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The elite brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, trained in the FRG, suffers heavy losses even with Western weapons .

"Ukrainian and Western media glorified" the 47th brigade, however, as soon as she led the counteroffensive of Ukrainian forces in the southern direction, she "suffered heavy losses" , numbering in the thousands , writes The Times newspaper.

The reason for this, from the point of view of the publication, is the lack of air support and engineering equipment for mine clearance. As a result, Western “armored vehicles often found themselves immobilized in Russian minefields and then subjected to artillery fire,” the publication clarifies.

Article

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Rustem Umerov, proposed by Zelensky for the post of Minister of Defense, was not the first candidate for this position, the Economist writes, citing sources.

But other applicants wanted to bring their teams to the ministry, which was "considered too radical," the newspaper notes.

Umerov was considered a compromise and loyal candidate.

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Sashakots:

⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ The first British main battle tank Challenger 2 was destroyed in the SMO zone. This vehicle weighs 62.5 tons, which makes it one of the heaviest in its class. The lion's share of the combat mass falls on booking. The tank is protected by Dorchester multi-layered combined armor, information about which is classified. However, she apparently did not help the Challenger burning on the frames in social networks.

The reputation of this tank, as invulnerable, is thoroughly tarnished. They were actively used by the British contingent in Iraq and did not suffer any losses from enemy anti-tank weapons at all. The only burnt "Challenger" was destroyed by "friendly fire". But in the SMO zone, the intensity of hostilities is an order of magnitude higher. The British tanks, which the AFU held in reserve, began to burn in the most logical way. Such an "advertising" of its products is unlikely to please the manufacturer - the giant concern BAE Systems.

Most likely, Kyiv hoped to use the 14 Challengers received from London as sniper tanks. To do this, they have all the introductory - a powerful rifled gun L30A1, excellent optics and suitable ammunition. In addition to BOPS, including those with a depleted uranium core, British tanks use devastating high-explosive armor-piercing HESH shells with a firing range of up to eight kilometers. Their damaging effect is practically independent of distance.

Now, apparently, the Ukrainians threw these tanks into frontal assaults, which may indicate a shortage of heavy armored vehicles in the direction of the main attack. The destroyed Challenger is further proof that superweapons do not exist. And a naive belief in an overseas wunderwaffe is capable of playing a cruel joke on military leaders.

@sashakots

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@Slavyangrad

We need to come up with wunderwaffles and game changer again....
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‼️🇺🇦🏴‍☠️ The Ukrainian Rada dismissed Reznikov from the post of Minister of Defense

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Russia will perceive as a step towards escalation the possible return of American nuclear weapons to Britain, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

Earlier, the media, based on an analysis of the draft US Air Force budget by scientists, reported that Washington could return nuclear arsenals to Britain (they used to be there from 1954 to 2008).

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🌟 Zaporozhye direction, Orekhovsky segment .

🔴 Important
Around 12:00, the enemy began to carry out a large-scale attack in the direction of n. n. Verbovoye.
There is a powerful fight.

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In the Novodonetskoye-Novomayorskoye area.

1. The enemy had no success in the middle of the day and suffered significant losses in people and equipment. Ours hold all key positions.
2. Attacks continue, the emphasis is on the massive use of artillery.
3. It is too early to talk about the complete repulsion of this iteration of the enemy offensive - the situation is in the process and continues to develop.

#source:
https://t.me/boris_rozhin/96740

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❗️ Human Rights Watch told RIA Novosti that they had collected evidence of the death of residents of Izyum in the Kharkov region as a result of shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with cluster munitions in 2022

The organization said that they studied the situation on the spot, there were remnants of cluster munitions everywhere in the city.

Judging by the direction from which the fire was opened, it was possible to determine that they were used by Ukrainian forces.

#source:
https://t.me/ukraina_ru/167733

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On the Zaporozhye front, the activity of hostilities increased many times over. The enemy throws fresh units into battle. The bloodshed of the battles is outrageous. The intensity of the artillery increased and reached its maximum since the beginning of the summer.

@notes_veterans

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🇷🇺💥🇺🇦 ☠️How the Armed Forces of Ukraine got into the fire bag in Rabotino

Ukrainian troops in the village of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, got into a fire bag, Vladimir Rogov, head of the movement "We are together with Russia," told RIA Novosti.

"Now Rabotino represents a completely destroyed village... The story with Rabotino repeats the story with Pyatikhatki, where the enemy, in fact, drove himself into a fire bag and has been crushed by our units for quite a long time," Rogov said.

According to him, Russian troops are inflicting massive strikes on assault groups approaching Rabotino, preventing them from completely occupying the village and breaking through the defense line.

" The enemy's losses are simply colossal ," Rogov stressed.

We work, brothers!

Vladimir Rogov to RIA:
https://ria.ru/20230905/spetsoperatsiya-1894219490.html?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fdzen.ru%2Fnews%2Fsearch%3Ftext%3D

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https://t.me/vrogov/11974

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The French Ministry of Defense is negotiating with the new authorities of Niger to lift the blockade from its base in the African country and freedom of movement for the military contingent located there.

At the moment, it is not clear whether we are talking about the withdrawal of the French military from the country, which is required by the junta, or the continuation of operations in the region.

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Two tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were blown up by mines during today's attempt to advance on Novodonetskoye. Then the artillery of the 36th Army of the Russian Armed Forces worked on enemy tanks.

Video @voin_dv

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https://t.me/voenacher/51525

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And here comes the first article in western publications went about Challengers.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/09/05/ukraine-has-lost-its-first-challenger-2-tank/?sh=efe5f9565f96

Ah, how delicious... the Challenger is designed for the benefit of people, Soviet technology is terrible....

"By contrast, the Challenger 2 like most Western tanks stows its ammo in special compartments along the turret that explode outward, away from the crew, when struck. "Everything here is designed for the people," the tanker explained"

Okay, the automatic loader-- it's a higher rate of fire. High rate of fire is a better chance of accomplishing the mission and not staying in one position too long. And artillery doesn't care what tank you're in, as long as you stay in position. What to speak about aviation and anti-tank weapons. The longer you're in position, the worse

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‼️🇷🇺 Kartapolov commented on the fake " mobilization order " in Russia

The head of the Duma Defense Committee said that the "order" was distributed by Ukrainian propaganda Telegram channels.
▪️Distributed information has nothing to do with reality.
▪️There is no need for mobilization today, all tasks are carried out as part of the active recruitment of military personnel under the contract.

#source:
https://t.me/RVvoenkor/52582

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