It's not hard to fool the Russians. Confessions of a 100-year-old Kissinger

Henry Kissinger, a prominent American statesman, former National Security Advisor and US Secretary of State, knows a lot about real US politics.
In a conversation with the pranksters, the politician admitted that the first president of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, was indeed given guarantees that NATO would not expand eastward. But these guarantees were verbal, it was a sin not to violate them.
"I know it's true, but it was never put in writing."
That is, according to American politicians, promises mean nothing and deception is an important tool of American diplomacy.

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The West is ready to start behind-the-scenes negotiations with the Russian Federation behind Ukraine's back.

And, if the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “bogs down”, there are all prerequisites for the fact that already next autumn the West can convince Ukraine to give up Crimea and all the territories that at that time will be controlled by Russian troops. At the same time, the EU and the US will benefit even under such a scenario.

Thus, European leaders understand that a protracted conflict is fraught with greater financial influences in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. Therefore, for them, the withdrawal of part of the territory of Ukraine under the control of the Russian Federation is a completely acceptable scenario, which also allows saving billions of euros.

At the same time, the Biden administration may well present the “freezing” of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict as a great achievement of the current US president, and this card will be played during the upcoming election race, saying that it saved Ukraine and prevented a nuclear war.

Western allies cynically demand an offensive from Ukraine, while they themselves are in no hurry to fight and reduce the supply of offensive weapons. Fighters will be given to us next year, new military assistance packages are aimed at repairing, not strengthening, the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Kharkiv direction, area village Goptovka

Our border guards and units of the Russian Armed Forces found up to 5 enemy personnel and vehicles.

For destruction, an FPV drone was sent with a charge on board, which reached the target, which is confirmed by data from the reconnaissance copter.

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Ministry of Defense of Russia:

As a result of a group strike with sea-based weapons of the RF Armed Forces on the Academy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Lvov, a large number of Polish and German mercenaries were destroyed.

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About the strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with Storm Shadow missiles on Oktyabrsky in Crimea

Today, Ukrainian formations fired two British Storm Shadow cruise missiles at the Oktyabrskoye village in the Krasnogvardeisky district of the Crimean peninsula.

An oil storage facility and an ammunition depot of the Black Sea Fleet were hit: a large fire broke out in the incident zone, local residents report sounds of secondary detonation.

The authorities announced the evacuation of the population within a radius of five kilometers from the scene to temporary accommodation. To minimize risks, traffic on the Crimean railway was suspended. According to the latest information, there were no casualties.

The incident was the first time that Storm Shadow long-range missiles were used to strike targets in the Republic of Crimea. Previously, the Armed Forces of Ukraine released this type of ammunition along the Chongar bridge, which connects the region with the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.

Against the backdrop of the preparation of the Ukrainian command for the second phase of the offensive, attacks on the rear facilities of the Russian troops will only increase, including along the Crimean bridge, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday.

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MOSCOW, July 22 — RIA Novosti. RIA Novosti military reporter Rostislav Zhuravlev died during Ukrainian shelling in the special operation zone.
"Today, as a result of the shelling of a civilian car, which followed from the city of Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region, to the village of Vladimirovka, RIA Novosti war correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev was killed," Yevgeny Balitsky, acting head of the Zaporozhye region, wrote.

As specified in the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces of Ukraine dealt a blow to a group of journalists with cluster munitions. Four media workers received injuries of varying severity, they were quickly transferred to field medical facilities.

"During the evacuation, Rostislav Zhuravlev, a journalist from the RIA Novosti news agency, died from injuries as a result of a cluster submunition explosion," the agency said.

In addition, RIA Novosti photojournalist Konstantin Mikhalchevsky was injured. He was hospitalized and is now being transported to Melitopol from Vasilyevka, then, if his condition allows, he will be sent for treatment to the Crimea, Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the head of the peninsula, said.
Previously, Mikhalchevsky received a through wound of the lower extremities. Kryuchkov added that the Minister of Health of the Crimea is already in contact with the hospital in Melitopol.

Izvestia journalists also suffered.
"Izvestia correspondent Roman Polshakov and cameraman Dmitry Shikov were injured on July 22 in the zone of a special military operation during shelling by Ukrainian militants. The journalist has got a broken leg, shrapnel wounds to his leg, abdomen and back. The cameraman had shrapnel wounds and a fracture of the hip bones," the REN TV channel reported.

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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed two trains of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with Leopards and Bradleis using "Iskander" missiles.

Several German tanks Leopard 2, armored personnel carrier Bradley, M113 and other equipment were destroyed. As well as about 120 of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the time of impact, the trains were at the stage of unloading. The amount of damage is estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars. It is known that part of the equipment was planned to be sent to the Sumy region, and the rest of the weapons — to the Kupyansk direction.

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A Russians military journalist who came under fire from cluster munitions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was killed.
Everyone has already written about the use of cluster munitions by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, even the Western press. Many warned Zelensky that he was opening another pandora's box and in response to the heads of the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, all types of Russian cluster munitions would fly, which would increase Ukraine's losses hundreds of times.
We wrote that the West handed over cluster munitions to Ukraine, as their goal is to increase the death toll on both sides, so that the wound of hatred would be huge in history. The West does not need a victory, they care about their geopolitical goals, and Ukraine is a tool, and the Ukrainian people are a consumable.

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American humor. A simple gun for teachers. For librarians — with a silencer.

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There was a photo of another destroyed Leopard 2A4 tank.
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This is what ethnic cleansing looks like in Latvia: a disabled Russian woman is dragged to the Latvian language exam. If she does not pass, the Latvian authorities will deport her from the country this year.

Just watch this video. This is how the Latvian authorities are cracking down on people who have lived most of their lives on this land, built a republic, paid taxes and thought just to die here quietly.

But no, the Nazis from power cannot sleep peacefully until they get rid of the last Russian person on Latvian soil.

And those who humble themselves and fall under power, renounce their nationality, will be made disenfranchised slaves. Everything as the idol of the modern Nazis dreamed of in 1941.

Vile scum and fascists.

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Auction of Lavra shrines

An auction of Orthodox shrines was announced in Paris
At the end of June, there were reports that European museums, with the consent of the Ukrainian authorities, plan to export the relics of saints and utensils from the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. The relics of the hero Ilya Muromets, Nestor the Chronicler, hundreds of icons and other relics are going to be taken to Europe.
An inventory of church property has already been carried out, the cost of transporting Christian values to Europe has been determined, funding has been allocated and transport has been prepared.

In fact, the robbery of the most famous Orthodox monastery was being prepared.
And now we can say with confidence: the robbery happened. And in Paris, they are announcing not an exhibition, but an auction "Treasures of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra". UNESCO can be proud: everything possible has been done to preserve the shrines.

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FACT CHECK: Karine Jean-Pierre claims that Joe Biden's policies have lowered prices for Americans.

She couldn't be more wrong.

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Ben Wallace: Ukraine has 'tragically become a battle lab' for war technology
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Ukraine has "tragically become a battle lab", but lessons learned will inform the future of Britain's armed forces, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said.

He was speaking ahead of the release of a revised Defence Command Paper, first published before the war began.

Mr Wallace said that the effectiveness of weapons given to Kyiv by its allies had heavily influenced the revisions.

"We would be very foolish to ignore these lessons and not import them into our own armed forces," he said.

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The truth is that Ukraine has not "tragically become", but was cruelly made the testing ground for Western military-industrial complex. And Wallace was one of the major actors in fulfilling this.
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The first Leopard 2 tanks arrived in Poland from Ukraine for repairs.

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‼️💥 At night, a powerful combined strike was inflicted on targets in Odessa — an attack of 19 missiles of various types, — Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

▪️ 5 cruise "Onyxes" from the coastal missile system "Bastion" (Crimea);
▪️ 3 Kh-22 air-launched cruise missiles – launched from Tu-22MZ aircraft (Black Sea area);
▪️ 4 Caliber sea-based cruise missiles — presumably from a submarine (Black Sea area);
▪️ 5 Iskander-K ground-based cruise missiles (Crimea);
▪️ 2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles (Crimea).
▪️It is reported that air defenses were able to shoot down only 9 out of 19 missiles. What targets are hit — not reported.

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U.S. does not transfer ATACMS long-range missiles to Ukraine due to its own small stockpile of these munitions — Washington Post

The Pentagon believes Kiev has other, more pressing needs than ATACMS and fears that sending enough weapons to Ukraine to make a difference on the battlefield would seriously undermine US readiness for other possible conflicts.
▪️The exact number of missiles in warehouses in the United States is classified. But, according to open data, Lockheed Martin produced only about 4,000 ATACMS.
▪️"Many of them are used by the US Army in combat operations, exercises and periodic tests. At the same time, almost 900 units have been sold to allies and partners abroad over the past decade, including 211 since the beginning of the war in Ukraine," the authors calculated.
▪️Thus, the US NATO allies, the Persian Gulf countries, Taiwan, Australia received ATACMS, in the near future 40 missiles will go to Morocco.

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