The footage of how the SBU surface drone, loaded with 450 kg of TNT, attacks a Russian ship in Novorossiysk, where there are about 100 crew members.

The the ship was damaged but remains afloat and can be repaired.

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Damaged in Novorossiysk during the night drone attack large landing craft being towed to port.

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Well, Russian sailors in Sevastopol learned how to protect themselves from this type of hazard. Not from the first time. But they learned. Now the same situation is repeating in the Naval base in Novorossiysk. The question is — why they did not use the experience from Sevastopol? Well, no answer.
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Ukraine: An Expendable Country May Soon Run out of Expendables
American Thinker
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NATO leaders seemed to relish the prospect of war. When in December 2021, in a last-ditch effort, Putin demanded that NATO stop eastward expansion and committed to not admitting Ukraine to NATO, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrogantly rejected any discussion of the subject.

Nothing prevented Zelensky from avoiding the war either. If he had renounced his request for NATO membership, it would have satisfied Moscow's demands, and the invasion would have been called off. However, the corrupt rulers in Kiev were not motivated by concern for the stability and integrity of Ukraine. They were moved by billions in financial and military aid and unlimited prospects for personal enrichment.

Some Europeans, locking any capacity on their own for revenge for centuries of defeats and humiliation, saw an opportunity for reprisal, especially without direct military involvement. Biden looked forward to extricating himself from Afghanistan and making the Ukrainian crisis a turning point in his presidency.

Ironically, everybody wanted this war except Putin.

Indeed, NATO designed a daring gambit. The strategy was that America and its allies would provoke Moscow's invasion and use it as a pretext to impose devastating sanctions on Russia. The sanctions were supposed to cripple the Russian economy and create domestic pressure on President Putin, which would force him out of power. Putin’s exit would create a power vacuum, which would weaken Russia geopolitically. What would happen to Ukraine was irrelevant; it served as bait.

However, the NATO strategic geniuses failed again. Russia did not collapse, the sanctions did not achieve their desired outcome, and NATO got sucked into a war by proxy with Russia.
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I have noticed, that recently more fireighn publications are using Russian transcription Kiev, instead of the Ukrainian Kyiv. Also, Google translate started returning the correct spelling more frequently. Google learns.
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The situation in the Zaporozhye direction at 10:00

Settlement Rabotino:
At night, the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were transported in pickup trucks to forest plantations, and our artillery immediately began to work on them. The enemy ceased to show up and calmly ride on foreign equipment, basically now all movements were running on foot.

Settlement Pyatikhatki:
The enemy does not stick out, our unit opened and destroyed two observation posts and a group of infantry that entered one of the houses.

According to the fighters on the ground, “A strange lull, most likely they are preparing to attack soon”.

Translated from RusichArmy
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Combined attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Black Sea zone

Around midnight, from the vicinity of Kherson, probably from the airfield in Chernobaevka, two to four groups of Mugin-5 PRO drones (at least 18 UAVs) were launched in the direction of the Crimean peninsula.

One of the groups moved through Kalanchak to Armyansk and Cape Tarkhankut, and the other through Chaplinka and Chongar in the direction of Feodosia. The first six drones were suppressed by electronic warfare over Chaplinka.

Further, units of the 31st air defense division worked on targets from the Pantsir-S1 air defense missile system near Krasnoperekopsk and Cape Tarkhankut. Two more were planted by electronic warfare near Krasnoperekopsk and Armyansk.

The main attack of the enemy was concentrated on Feodosia, where Russian troops shot down seven UAVs (three from S-400 air defense systems, four from ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft guns), and one was suppressed by electronic warfare. One of the drones fell near an oil depot in the city, there is no damage data yet.

The attack on Feodosia is not accidental. Large oil reservoirs are located in this city (the fall of a UAV nearby indirectly indicates that they were the target). In addition, there is also a power plant that connects the power lines of Crimea.

🔻Details of the attack on Novorossiysk also appeared. A Ukrainian unmanned boat hit the port side of the "Olenegorsky Miner" large landing ship. As a result, one of the compartments was flooded, but the ship remained afloat and will be restored after repairs.

In this case, it is notable that the drone approached the LLS (Large Landing Ship) without hindrance. The crew probably did not expect an attack, as a result of which they did not take measures to destroy the drone. And this also reminds of the necessity of equipping all non-combat ships with additional machine gun mounts, as has already been done on several ships of the Black Sea Fleet.

The combined attack on the Crimea, along with a hit on a Black Sea Fleet ship, took place exactly after a comprehensive reconnaissance by aviation and NATO satellites. And this time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have changed their goals: from the already familiar Sevastopol and Gvardeisky to Feodosia and Novorossiysk.

Translated from Rybar
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A Russian bear named Tom does not eat American fast food.

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A Koran has been burned in a political protest on a beach in Stockholm. Its organizer, an immigrant from Iran, burned the Koran, saying that with this demonstration she would like to show that 'religion is also politics.

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Russia has become the fifth economy in the world and the largest in Europe, overtaking Germany and the UK, according to World Bank statistics.

Well, what about the sanctions?

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Feel the summer vibe of Suzdal, Russia’s most ‘Russian’ city.

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News from the Zaporizhzhya Front, the district of the settlement Rabotino

🖋 ".. good day! The intensity of the enemy's actions has fallen, while only the infantry and, from time to time, vehicle is moving to ensure the life support of the troops.

Sometimes, pickup trucks and stuff like that go by."

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“The Russians are Asians. I treat them calmly, but they are Asians. They have a completely different culture, vision. Our key difference from them is humanity,” NSDC (National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine) Secretary Danilov

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However, at the summit in Saudi Arabia, the US will try to convince China that it is in its interests to help end the war in Ukraine and stop supporting Putin — Wall Street Journal

Well, Russians can accept that they are orcs and even be comfortable with it... But what is about the true Asians — Chinese — it appears that they are subhumans too, according to Mr. Danilov. If it is not a racism, then what is racism?

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A burnt-out German Leopard 2A6 APU near Novodonilovka in the Rabotinsky direction.

The triggered knockout panels on the tank turret and the ammunition burnt out in the niche are clearly visible.

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The media reported on the refusal of Ukrainian diplomats to return to their homeland

Up to 60% of Ukrainian diplomats refuse to return to their homeland after foreign business trips. This was reported on August 4 by Zerkalo Nedeli, citing diplomatic sources.

“Since the beginning of 2022, from 40 to 60% of employees of diplomatic departments have not returned from Ukrainian embassies abroad, but in practice these figures can be even higher,” says Vladimir Kravchenko, columnist for the international policy department of the publication.

He writes that last year about 20 employees of embassies and consulates were supposed to return from the United States, but only one of them came to their homeland. At the same time, none of the diplomats returned from some embassies.

Ambassadors do not return to their homeland due to problems with employment in Ukraine, an established life abroad, fear of mobilization, or the inability to visit the family that will remain abroad.

According to Kravchenko, more than a hundred diplomats who returned to Ukraine from a long trip abroad for a long time cannot get a job in the central office of the ministry. This demotivates them and leaves no hope for career growth.

“When diplomats do not return, who must always be at the forefront to defend the interests of their country, this means that they do not believe in the future of this country. And this is an indicator both for the Ukrainian society and for foreign investors,” emphasizes Kravchenko.

At the same time, the decision not to return to their homeland is made by both young employees of diplomatic institutions and senior ones, third secretaries and envoy advisers.

“The decision of a large number of qualified specialists not to return to Ukraine is a disaster, demonstrating the failure of the state and its diplomatic service,” the observer summed up.

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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a question from The International Affairs magazine on initiatives concerning Ukrainian peace settlement (August 4, 2023)

❓ Question: As you have repeatedly said, there is a growing number of different initiatives on settling the situation in Ukraine. At the same time, the proposals coming from the Western countries are exclusively aimed at one-sidedly promoting Zelensky’s peace formula without considering the reality on the ground and Russia’s interests. In your opinion, what issues may arise in this context?

💬 Sergey Lavrov: In view of the multiple initiatives concerning the settlement in Ukraine, we can confirm that we value any efforts on achieving a just and reliable peace.

It is clear that justice cannot be achieved in any conflict without ensuring full respect for the rights of ethnic minorities by all parties. There is no alternative, especially for Ukraine, where Russian has always been the native language for the majority of the population.

Nobody in Washington, London, Paris or Brussels has said a word about their own attitude to the repeatedly and loudly declared position of the Kiev regime: “We will take Crimea, Donbass and all our other territories” and “we’ll destroy everything Russian there.” The importance of averting these neo-Nazi threats is obvious. However, the multiplying initiatives on Ukraine usually bypass this issue.

Why don’t his Western booking agents ask him to publicly present to the global community another formula describing the status of Russians and other ethnic minorities in their country as seen by the Kiev regime after Ukraine’s victory for which NATO and the EU spare no expense?

❗️ All those who ingratiate themselves with the West to push the Zelensky formula must realise that what is at stake is the fate of people threatened with extermination by the Kiev regime.

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“Of all the possible options, the worst one is being played now. There is simply no worse. The worst thing is when Russians kill Russians"

Ukrainian politician Oleg Tsarev was a people's deputy of the country for many years — he was elected to four convocations of the Verkhovna Rada. In 2014, Tsarev put forward his candidacy for the presidency of Ukraine, but during the armed conflict that broke out in the east of the country that same year, he went over to the side of the "People's Militia of Donbass" and became the speaker of the parliament of Novorossia (the confederation of the Lugansk and Donetsk republics).

In an interview with RTVI special correspondent Alexei Sochnev, Oleg Tsarev spoke about his version of the background of the conflict in Ukraine: mystical "red lines" and agreements with the United States and China.

He is of the opinion that "on the eve of the SMO (Special Military Operation), Russia and the United States established certain 'rules' for a future conflict." Here are the arguments Tsarev cites in support of this version:

💬 "The first is the weak reaction of the United States to the sharp change in the rhetoric and behavior of Russia."

💬 “The second unusual thing is that the United States, if you remember the beginning of the SMO, did nothing. On the contrary, they took the embassy from Kiev to Lviv, then to Poland in general, and called on all US citizens to leave Ukraine. They dismantled all the electronic equipment in the embassy. The US didn’t even do that when they left Kabul, meaning they didn’t expect to come back.”

💬 “The next oddity. In an interview with Western media, Valery Zaluzhny said that the United States did not give permission to hit Russian headquarters with generals on the territory of Ukraine, nor did they give permission to hit a number of Russian territories”;

💬 “When I finish talking about this crossword puzzle, I’ll pay attention to how the United States behaved during the Prigozhin rebellion. <...> Burns calls Naryshkin, gets all Western leaders out of bed, and they make statements. Their essence boils down to the fact that the red line of everything that is happening in this conflict is the preservation of political stability in Russia.”

➡️ Read the full interview with Oleg Tsarev about the past and future of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in automated translation

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The Armed Forces of Ukraine again attacked Russian territories with drones: once again, the Crimean Bridge became the target of the strike

There are reports about repelling a raid by both air and sea drones. The Crimean Channel reports that one of the drones allegedly crashed into a boom.

On the bridge itself, lighting has been turned off as part of the blackout, traffic has been blocked, and air defense forces are working in full combat readiness.

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Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:

💬 “The EU views the suspension of RFI and France 24 in Niger as unacceptable. This measure constitutes a serious infringement on the right to information and the freedom of expression,” the spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and for Josep Borrell, Nabila Massrali, wrote in the morning of August 4, 2023, on Twitter.

Ms Massrali, we are very glad that you have started paying attention to the state of the media and journalists’ rights around the world, even if Niger is not an EU member. In fact, you seem to have quite a broad understanding of your mandate and authority. But let us focus on the territory within your immediate purview to get to the bottom of what’s going on there.

For several years now, the Foreign Ministry has been tracking violations of this kind. Too bad you have not been paying attention.

So, here it goes:

- The Council of the European Union adopted the decision to terminate the broadcasting of Russian television networks Channel One, Rossiya 1, NTV and REN TV, as well as to block any content from RT and Sputnik, while also suspending Tsargrad TV’s licence.
- The EU imposed personal sanctions on Russian journalists and media managers, including Oleg Dobrodeyev, Pavel Gusev, Alexei Pimanov, Dmitry Kiselev, Margarita Simonyan, Boris Korchevnikov, Marina Kim, Kirill Vyshinsky, Kirill Kleymenov, Marina Akhmedova and many others.

And now to specific EU countries:
Austria introduced a fine for reposting RT or Sputnik stories.
Bulgaria restricted RT and Sputnik broadcasting.
In Germany, the Commission on Licensing and Supervision (ZAK) banned RT DE broadcasting.
Italy blocked the current accounts of the VGTRK news office.
The rebroadcasting of the following television networks was banned in Latvia: Rossiya RTR, Rossiya 24, TV Tsentr, TNT, STS, RTVI, Perets!, RBC, Moya Planeta, Domashny, NTV and 18 other channels belonging to Gazprom Media holding. The country also blocked access to lenta.ru, ria.ru, vz.ru, and arrested Sputnik Lithuania’s Chief Editor Marat Kasem.
Lithuania banned all Russian television networks and blocked all the websites streaming their content.
Luxembourg stopped broadcasting RT and Sputnik.
Malta blocked satellite broadcasting for Russian television networks.
Poland banned the broadcasting of RT, RT Documentary, RTR-Planeta, Soyuz TV and Rossiya 24.
Finland stopped RT broadcasting.
France suspended Sputnik’s social media accounts, blocked RT France’s accounts, and stopped broadcasting Russian television networks RTR Planeta, Rossiya 24 and TV Tsentr. The country’s media watchdog stopped the broadcasting of Channel One, Rossiya 1 and NTV.
Estonia stopped the broadcasting of RTR Planeta, NTV Mir and Rossiya 24, blocking all websites streaming their content, as well as news websites ntv.ru; ren.tv; 5-tv.ru; 78.ru; 1tv.com; lenta.ru; tass.ru.

This is only a fraction of an elaborate mechanism violating the rights of the media and journalists on EU territory on a system-wide basis. Indeed, what a serious infringement on the right to information and freedom of expression. There is an urgent need to restore justice and address the challenges caused by this situation in the EU. We have been talking about this for many years now.

Once you do that, you can go ahead and focus on the situation in Niger. But until then, and as long as the EU is no different from Niger in its actions, it is not for you to judge them.

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