France-24 is pumping up — the last hours are coming before a possible military invasion of Niger

On July 30, four days after the coup d'état and the removal of President Mohamed Bazum, ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) gave the conspirators seven days to reinstate him or face possible military intervention. Deadline expires tonight.

And the closer it is, the more intense the pressure of the international community on the new authorities of Niger. Several West African armies, including Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire, have said they are ready to send soldiers, but the number is unknown. Mali and Burkina Faso, led by "junta" governments, have warned they will support their neighbor Niger.

In ECOWAS itself, not everyone is unanimous either. The journalist told France-24 that while "the presidents of ECOWAS member states are firmly committed to military action, there are quite a few divisions within some member states" and "opposition politicians in Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal are raising serious questions about this."

It is clear that the African countries do not want to intervene, as well as the army of France, whose de facto colony Niger was for so long.

The French write that Niger's new military power has turned to the Russian Wagner group for help as the deadline approaches. However, there is no actual confirmation of this yet. The video that was illustrating the alleged arrival of Wagner in Niger yesterday is old and filmed in Sudan. Today they write again that today Russian cargo planes are landing in Niamey (the capital of Niger), and that they are definitely Wagners.

I wonder what will happen in the coming days. Will African countries risk sending their military contingent to Niger. Especially if there really is Wagner. Or they will continue to expect the economic impact of the imposed sanctions. It would be better for Russia's political weight if France and ECOWAS decided not to get involved with the Wagner group.

Translated from Oleg Tzasrev
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A sea mine was found near the beach in Sevastopol
Governor Razvozhaev: a sea mine was found near the Lyubimovka beach in Sevastopol

SIMFEROPOL, August 6 — RIA Novosti. A drifting mine was found off the coast in Sevastopol, Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev said.

“A sea mine was found in the Lyubimovka beach area at a distance of less than 100 meters from the shore, now it is drifting towards the Northern Bay,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
Razvozhaev noted that all operational services had been notified of the incident. If the state of the ammunition allows, it will be towed to a safe place, if not, then the mine will be destroyed in the water area in the near future.
The governor warned local residents about the possible noise in the event of the elimination of the projectile. He also urged to trust only official information.

Earlier this week, 28 unexploded mines were found in the vicinity of Istanbul. Because of this, the authorities had to close the Sofular beach in the resort of Şile. As military expert Igor Korotchenko noted in an interview with RIA Novosti, the incident could have occurred due to Ukrainian drifting mines. According to him, similar finds have already been found on the coast of Romania, as well as near the Turkish straits.
In July, a Ukrainian drifting mine was also found in the southwestern part of the Black Sea. As a result, the crew of the Russian carrier-based Ka-27 helicopter destroyed it.

Translated from RIA Novosti
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That easily explains, why any shipment in the Black Sea may be dangerous without a proper professional escorts. Those who want to continue sending ships to Ukraine without Russian approval should take a note.
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Following a question from our subscriber, concerning the role of Nicolas the II (Romanov) and the significance of his (and his family) execution.

Who will remember the boy from the "Nadezhda (Hope)" office today?

1. Azelitsky Pavel Pavlov, 30 years old, a peasant in the Pskov province... miller in the cannon workshop of the Putilov factory;

2. Alekseev Dmitry Alekseev 33 years old peasant of the Pskov province. A laborer at a chemical plant;

3. Alekseev Terenty 34 years old reserve lower rank from the peasants of the Kostroma province. A worker at the Putilov factory...

This is from the "List of persons killed and died from wounds in various hospitals in St. Petersburg, received on January 9, 1905."

What am I talking about? I read in the media: “Celebration (???) events dedicated to the Tsar's Days have started in Yekaterinburg. Events in memory of the Romanov family will last a week and end with a Divine Liturgy and a procession from the Church on the Blood to the monastery in the Ganina Yama tract.

“We will turn to God when we remember the feat of the royal family, their faithful servants and all their contemporaries who somehow got into this cycle of events, and, most importantly, their loyalty to the Fatherland, the Church and our Lord God.”

What unnatural pathos! Yes, 105 years have passed. Somehow I already wrote that purely humanly, from the standpoint of our generation, born in calm and good stagnant years, execution in the basement seems terrible. Yes, this is a personal tragedy of the Romanov family. However, Nicholas the Bloody had a lot of time and opportunities to change something and thereby save himself and his family. He chose Bloody Sunday. And every time he was following the chosen path to the end. And the family was supportive. Who is to blame?

On the occasion of the next anniversary in the monarchical public, they like to post photos of the royal family and put pressure on emotions about the execution of all its members. Monarchists feel good, they have old photographs. Lots of beautiful and touching photos.

But there are simply no photographs of Russian children who died during the execution of a workers' demonstration on Bloody Sunday in 1905. Their exact number is unknown. For example, many eyewitnesses spoke about children killed in the Alexander Garden park. But there is not a single person under the age of 14 on the official list of those killed. Many of the dead and wounded were picked up by acquaintances and taken home in cabs. At the same time, the wounded did not go to hospitals, justifiably fearing reprisals from the authorities.

A quote from the book of memoirs of an officer of the General Staff, Captain Nikolsky E.A. about the events that took place on Palace Square on January 9, 1905:

“I turned along the Moika, but at the very first gate to the left in front of me lay a janitor with a badge on his chest, not far from him was a woman holding a girl by the hand. All three were dead. In a small space of ten or twelve paces, I counted nine corpses. And then I came across dead and wounded. Seeing me, the wounded stretched out their hands and asked for help. I went back to Riemann and told him about the need to immediately call for help. He replied to me:
— Go your own way. None of your business".

Today, none of those who call for repentance for the family of citizen Romanov will remember the victims of Bloody Sunday. Modern monarchists do not want to repent for ordinary Russian people:

— Belova Maria, 16 years old, a peasant woman of the Kaluga province.

— Dmitry Vasiliev, 18 years old, a peasant in St. Petersburg.

— Vasiliev Evdokia, 51 years old, a laborer at the Shavin factory.

— Yezhov Pavel, 15 years old, a boy in the office "Hope" ...

Translated from Alexander Stepanov

They are not a white bone, they do not deserve attention ...
It's just that there are profitable boys for propaganda, and there are unprofitable ones. Therefore, icons are molded from some, and silence is being kept about others. These are different boys, you need to understand.

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Another strike with the French version of Storm Shadow missiles fell on the bridge across the Tonky Strait, connecting Genichesk, Kherson region, with the Arabat Spit. The bridge was damaged, the driver passing over the bridge was injured

Plus, the gas pipeline passing by the bridge from the Strelkovskoye field to Genichesk was interrupted — the city of 20,000 was left without gas. The fragments hit the village school in Chongar.

Traffic on the bridges is blocked, but after the survey, transport on the Chongarsky bridge will be allowed to run, a funnel would not hurt.

As a result, at this point, the land corridor to the Crimea is blocked. But I hope it will open soon.

Translated from Oleg Tzasrev

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Ukrainian propaganda implicitly began to blame the United States for the failure of its summer offensive.

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Fighting near Kupyansk: the 25th brigade during the rotation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck a group of militants

After arriving, the driver of the armored car of the Armed Forces of Ukraine abandoned his dying colleagues and sped away in horror.
In the Kupyansk direction, the fighters of the 25th brigade are actively destroying the enemy, moving forward at the First Liman.
Footage taken traditionally with the indispensable Mavic 3 drone.

Translated from RVvoenkor
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SMO Summary on the morning of August 7, 2023

▪️South of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue the attacks of Kleshcheevka. The Nazis demolish the houses to the ground with the fire of tanks and artillery, they try to fill up the cellars. Acting in small groups of infantry, the enemy tries to gain a foothold while moving forward.

▪️On the northern flank of Artyomovsk, from the side of the Berkhovsky reservoir, our paratroopers repelled an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine from 4 tanks and 6 armored vehicles, only 1 armored personnel carrier was able to escape the fire of the Russian Armed Forces.

▪️In the Orekhovsky direction of the Zaporozhye Front, the enemy is operating on foreign-made armored personnel carriers, trying to deliver personnel to the front line. The equipment is being destroyed by our ATGM operators.

▪️At the Vremevsky Board of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, yesterday they tried to attack in the direction of Urozhayne with up to two motorized infantry platoons supported by tanks.

▪️In the Kherson direction, the enemy is extremely active with drones for reconnaissance and artillery fire adjustment. Not the first day from the direction, incl. from the Antonovsky Bridge area, they report about our problems with the organization of electronic warfare and counter-battery combat. However, the enemy does not achieve success when operating on the islands in small landing groups, constantly losing personnel.

▪️Yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially confirmed the strikes with Storm Shadow missiles on civilian infrastructure facilities: the Chongarsky and Tonky automobile bridges between Crimea and the Kherson region.

▪️An enemy UAV was shot down near the capital of Russia on approach to the capital near Podolsk.

▪️The shelling of the civilian population of the front-line regions by the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues. 9 civilians were wounded in the DPR.

Translated from Two majors
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