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Explosions in the Crimean Novofedorovka: what happened and what conclusions should be drawn
In the afternoon, a series of explosions thundered at the Saki airfield near the resort town of Novofedorovka. Judging by the video, after the first fire at the airbase, tanks with aviation kerosene and ammunition began to explode. The main source of ignition and subsequent detonations was located approximately in the area of one of the aircraft parking areas.
What is the damage from the explosion?
🔹 Officially, the authorities announced the death of one (currently 13) and the injury of several more people. There were no mass hospitalizations in civilian and military medical institutions, so the figures announced, in general, do not raise questions. According to some information, it was even possible to avoid the loss of military personnel at the airfield.
🔹The number of damaged and destroyed equipment is more difficult to estimate: a video appeared on the network with at least one burned-out Su-24 bomber and bomb carts, which were mistaken for burnt-out aircraft wrecks.
🔹In total, at the time of the strike, there were ten Su-24M and Su-30SM, several helicopters and an Il-76 transport aircraft at the airfield. The latter, by the time of the explosion, was already on the runway at a distance from the epicenter and, with a high degree of probability, was not damaged.
🔹The urban infrastructure of Novofedorovka and civilian vehicles parked near the airfield also suffered from the shock wave and explosions.
Was it the strike of a Ukrainian rocket?
🔸Immediately after the explosion, there were suggestions that it was caused by a missile strike. On the one hand, the United States really spoke in favor of transferring long-range missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which make it possible to reach objects in the Crimea.
🔸However, the words of eyewitnesses speak against this version: none of the huge number of vacationers and residents of Novofedorovka observed the arrival of rockets. Numerous videos from the scene of the incident also do not show anything resembling an incoming munition.
What could it be then?
There are no shots of the beginning of the fire and the first explosion in open sources, which makes it impossible to unambiguously determine the exact cause of the explosion. If we discard the missile attack, then two versions remain:
🔻Sabotage: a copter with a small bomb attacked the parking lot. He could set fire to the tanker, which led to the detonation of fuel and ammunition. One of the videos shows two simultaneous explosions, in which they saw the operation of pre-laid charges. However, by that time there was already a fire at the airfield, and the synchronous detonation could be caused by secondary factors from the dispersion of fragments.
🔻Negligence: an equally likely version is non-compliance with safety regulations when performing work. Similar cases have already occurred in Syria, when the carelessness of local military personnel led to the loss of aircraft. Therefore, this option should not be ruled out either.
What follows from this?
▪️At the moment, the specific cause of the explosions is not the most important issue. Yes, with a high degree of probability it was not a missile strike, but who said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would not try to attack airfields in Crimea? Given the expansion of the range of American supplies, it is precisely these facilities that may indeed become the target of missile strikes in the near future.
▪️The key point is different: it's time to stop considering air bases and other similar facilities as a deep rear, absolutely protected from any enemy. It is necessary not only to take air defense seriously, but also to the issues of protecting a sensitive facility in accordance with the realities of wartime.
Explosions in the Crimean Novofedorovka: what happened and what conclusions should be drawn
In the afternoon, a series of explosions thundered at the Saki airfield near the resort town of Novofedorovka. Judging by the video, after the first fire at the airbase, tanks with aviation kerosene and ammunition began to explode. The main source of ignition and subsequent detonations was located approximately in the area of one of the aircraft parking areas.
What is the damage from the explosion?
🔹 Officially, the authorities announced the death of one (currently 13) and the injury of several more people. There were no mass hospitalizations in civilian and military medical institutions, so the figures announced, in general, do not raise questions. According to some information, it was even possible to avoid the loss of military personnel at the airfield.
🔹The number of damaged and destroyed equipment is more difficult to estimate: a video appeared on the network with at least one burned-out Su-24 bomber and bomb carts, which were mistaken for burnt-out aircraft wrecks.
🔹In total, at the time of the strike, there were ten Su-24M and Su-30SM, several helicopters and an Il-76 transport aircraft at the airfield. The latter, by the time of the explosion, was already on the runway at a distance from the epicenter and, with a high degree of probability, was not damaged.
🔹The urban infrastructure of Novofedorovka and civilian vehicles parked near the airfield also suffered from the shock wave and explosions.
Was it the strike of a Ukrainian rocket?
🔸Immediately after the explosion, there were suggestions that it was caused by a missile strike. On the one hand, the United States really spoke in favor of transferring long-range missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which make it possible to reach objects in the Crimea.
🔸However, the words of eyewitnesses speak against this version: none of the huge number of vacationers and residents of Novofedorovka observed the arrival of rockets. Numerous videos from the scene of the incident also do not show anything resembling an incoming munition.
What could it be then?
There are no shots of the beginning of the fire and the first explosion in open sources, which makes it impossible to unambiguously determine the exact cause of the explosion. If we discard the missile attack, then two versions remain:
🔻Sabotage: a copter with a small bomb attacked the parking lot. He could set fire to the tanker, which led to the detonation of fuel and ammunition. One of the videos shows two simultaneous explosions, in which they saw the operation of pre-laid charges. However, by that time there was already a fire at the airfield, and the synchronous detonation could be caused by secondary factors from the dispersion of fragments.
🔻Negligence: an equally likely version is non-compliance with safety regulations when performing work. Similar cases have already occurred in Syria, when the carelessness of local military personnel led to the loss of aircraft. Therefore, this option should not be ruled out either.
What follows from this?
▪️At the moment, the specific cause of the explosions is not the most important issue. Yes, with a high degree of probability it was not a missile strike, but who said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would not try to attack airfields in Crimea? Given the expansion of the range of American supplies, it is precisely these facilities that may indeed become the target of missile strikes in the near future.
▪️The key point is different: it's time to stop considering air bases and other similar facilities as a deep rear, absolutely protected from any enemy. It is necessary not only to take air defense seriously, but also to the issues of protecting a sensitive facility in accordance with the realities of wartime.
▪️Otherwise, the enemy will have an increasing desire to take advantage of known gaps. It doesn't matter how exactly: strike with long-range missiles, send a subotage group with a mortar, or drop a charge on planes standing in a row without any gabions.
And for the aircraft lost in this case, you will have to answer.
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And for the aircraft lost in this case, you will have to answer.
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Illusion of deception: what Ukrainian propaganda is made of
For a long time, many Russian analysts have been talking about Ukrainian propaganda that works perfectly. For clarity, we decided to collect the main mechanisms of the work of local media.
▪️Inflating real successes and hushing up defeats and mistakes. Against the backdrop of the failures of the RF Armed Forces in the first days of the operation, Ukrainian media workers were able to create an image of disorderly force from the Russian army in the eyes of the local audience. Now any mistake of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation plays into the hands of the Ukrainian media, which immediately begin to comment on this event as much as possible.
As a result, a considerable part of Ukrainians today are confident in the possibility of the victory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, although they themselves are not rushing to the front line. This is facilitated by the statements of the Ukrainian leadership, which speak of the inevitability of Ukraine's victory over Russia.
▪️In the absence of real successes, the Ukrainian side replicates information about virtual victories. For example, most recently, Ukrainian media reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine “liberated” 53 villages in the Kherson region. Naturally, they tactfully kept silent about the names and locations of settlements. At the same time, a similar phrase “Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated seven more villages of the Kherson region” is placed in the headline.
▪️In Ukraine, a purge of the opposition media took place. The media holdings of Viktor Medvedchuk and Renat Akhmetov disappeared, and Zelensky managed to rein in the main competitor in the person of Petro Poroshenko. Literally at the beginning of August, the Ukrainian authorities closed the entrance to the country to TV presenter Savik Shuster, who periodically went into opposition.
Now there are only a small number of speakers who are able to criticize the Zelensky regime. There are no pro-Russian speakers or opinion leaders in the country at all.
▪️ In Ukraine, Russians are being actively dehumanized: this is happening not only in relation to military personnel and politicians, but to the entire population of the country without exception. The inhabitants of Russia are at the highest level coming up with appropriate nicknames, of which "orcs" is the most harmless.
Any tragedy that happened in Russia is ridiculed. As a result, not only the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but ordinary Ukrainians consider Russians to be “subhuman”, whom they are allowed to kill with impunity. And such a policy is encouraged by the country's leadership.
▪️Creating the illusion of a powerful partisan movement in the liberated territories. Ukrainian media regularly publish photographs of red-hot “Ukrainian partisans”. Some of these photos may have been taken in the Pechersky district of Kyiv, but such reports create a sense of mass support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Russian-controlled areas.
Such messages also partly provoke pro-Ukrainian residents of the liberated territories to commit terrorist attacks and sabotage.
▪️Ukrainian media presents Ukraine as a country striving for the future, and is opposed by conservative, backward Russia. Despite the hard situation in the Ukrainian economy even before the conflict, in contrast, this allows them to create an image of a “bright European future” that the country is striving for.
▪️Social activism. At the beginning of the operation, Ukrainians massively supported the Armed Forces of Ukraine and were making collections for drones, ammunition and cars. However, now the wave of popular support is subsiding due to the lack of real achievements, the routinization of hostilities and the decline in incomes of the population.
Nevertheless, the Ukrainian media continue to circulate pictures about mass support for the Ukrainian army. A vivid example of such activism is the campaign to raise money for Bayraktar drones , which was organized by TV presenter Sergei Prytula.
Illusion of deception: what Ukrainian propaganda is made of
For a long time, many Russian analysts have been talking about Ukrainian propaganda that works perfectly. For clarity, we decided to collect the main mechanisms of the work of local media.
▪️Inflating real successes and hushing up defeats and mistakes. Against the backdrop of the failures of the RF Armed Forces in the first days of the operation, Ukrainian media workers were able to create an image of disorderly force from the Russian army in the eyes of the local audience. Now any mistake of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation plays into the hands of the Ukrainian media, which immediately begin to comment on this event as much as possible.
As a result, a considerable part of Ukrainians today are confident in the possibility of the victory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, although they themselves are not rushing to the front line. This is facilitated by the statements of the Ukrainian leadership, which speak of the inevitability of Ukraine's victory over Russia.
▪️In the absence of real successes, the Ukrainian side replicates information about virtual victories. For example, most recently, Ukrainian media reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine “liberated” 53 villages in the Kherson region. Naturally, they tactfully kept silent about the names and locations of settlements. At the same time, a similar phrase “Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated seven more villages of the Kherson region” is placed in the headline.
▪️In Ukraine, a purge of the opposition media took place. The media holdings of Viktor Medvedchuk and Renat Akhmetov disappeared, and Zelensky managed to rein in the main competitor in the person of Petro Poroshenko. Literally at the beginning of August, the Ukrainian authorities closed the entrance to the country to TV presenter Savik Shuster, who periodically went into opposition.
Now there are only a small number of speakers who are able to criticize the Zelensky regime. There are no pro-Russian speakers or opinion leaders in the country at all.
▪️ In Ukraine, Russians are being actively dehumanized: this is happening not only in relation to military personnel and politicians, but to the entire population of the country without exception. The inhabitants of Russia are at the highest level coming up with appropriate nicknames, of which "orcs" is the most harmless.
Any tragedy that happened in Russia is ridiculed. As a result, not only the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but ordinary Ukrainians consider Russians to be “subhuman”, whom they are allowed to kill with impunity. And such a policy is encouraged by the country's leadership.
▪️Creating the illusion of a powerful partisan movement in the liberated territories. Ukrainian media regularly publish photographs of red-hot “Ukrainian partisans”. Some of these photos may have been taken in the Pechersky district of Kyiv, but such reports create a sense of mass support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Russian-controlled areas.
Such messages also partly provoke pro-Ukrainian residents of the liberated territories to commit terrorist attacks and sabotage.
▪️Ukrainian media presents Ukraine as a country striving for the future, and is opposed by conservative, backward Russia. Despite the hard situation in the Ukrainian economy even before the conflict, in contrast, this allows them to create an image of a “bright European future” that the country is striving for.
▪️Social activism. At the beginning of the operation, Ukrainians massively supported the Armed Forces of Ukraine and were making collections for drones, ammunition and cars. However, now the wave of popular support is subsiding due to the lack of real achievements, the routinization of hostilities and the decline in incomes of the population.
Nevertheless, the Ukrainian media continue to circulate pictures about mass support for the Ukrainian army. A vivid example of such activism is the campaign to raise money for Bayraktar drones , which was organized by TV presenter Sergei Prytula.
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🇺🇦Иллюзия обмана: из чего построена украинская пропаганда
Уже долгое время многие российские аналитики говорят об отлично работающей украинской пропаганде. Для наглядности мы решили собрать основные механизмы работы местных средств массовой информации (укрСМИ).…
Уже долгое время многие российские аналитики говорят об отлично работающей украинской пропаганде. Для наглядности мы решили собрать основные механизмы работы местных средств массовой информации (укрСМИ).…
What do all of these factors lead to?
🔻The efforts of the media in Ukraine create a feeling of a massively supported "people's war". This makes it possible to achieve total approval of the current policy and the leveling of any protests.
🔻In addition to propaganda mechanisms, the Ukrainian authorities are actively using repressive mechanisms and security forces. With the help of the carrot and stick method, the Zelensky regime has so far ensured a constant influx of conscripts into the Ukrainian army.
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🔻The efforts of the media in Ukraine create a feeling of a massively supported "people's war". This makes it possible to achieve total approval of the current policy and the leveling of any protests.
🔻In addition to propaganda mechanisms, the Ukrainian authorities are actively using repressive mechanisms and security forces. With the help of the carrot and stick method, the Zelensky regime has so far ensured a constant influx of conscripts into the Ukrainian army.
@rybar
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Ukrainian military is mounting high-res cameras on tall towers, residential buildings, water towers, communication antennas, etc — which are then used for adjusting artillery and surveillance.
The footage shows the use of Russia’s 9M123 Khrizantema ATGM, destroying the camera at a distance of 4 kilometres.
The footage shows the use of Russia’s 9M123 Khrizantema ATGM, destroying the camera at a distance of 4 kilometres.
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📹 Footage of 2S-19 Msta-S self-propelled artillery crews firing high-precision 152mm Krasnopol artillery ammunition
▫️Firing at a range of up to 30 kilometres.
▫️In the course of combat missions, the artillerymen use high-explosive, fragmentation and high-precision ammunition to inflict maximum damage on fortifications, buried concrete fortifications, armoured vehicles and enemy manpower.
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▫️Firing at a range of up to 30 kilometres.
▫️In the course of combat missions, the artillerymen use high-explosive, fragmentation and high-precision ammunition to inflict maximum damage on fortifications, buried concrete fortifications, armoured vehicles and enemy manpower.
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🇪🇪The Estonian Prime Minister orders Europe to stop tourism from Russia.
"Visiting Europe is a privilege, not a human right," Callas wrote on Twitter and called for a stop to issuing Schengen visas to Russians.
On our own behalf, we add that paragraph 2 of Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted at the UN General Assembly in 1948, states:
"Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and return to his own country."
But what is the UN and who is Callas.
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"Visiting Europe is a privilege, not a human right," Callas wrote on Twitter and called for a stop to issuing Schengen visas to Russians.
On our own behalf, we add that paragraph 2 of Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted at the UN General Assembly in 1948, states:
"Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and return to his own country."
But what is the UN and who is Callas.
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The command post of the Air Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the Vinnytsia region by a strike of high-precision missiles, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
Is it a strike on a "decision making center?"
Is it a strike on a "decision making center?"
BERLIN, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Germany's economy will lose more than 260 billion euros ($265 billion) in added value by 2030 due to the Ukraine war and high energy prices, spelling negative effects for the labour market, according to a study by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB).
In comparison with expectations for a peaceful Europe, Germany's price-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) will be 1.7% lower next year and there will be about 240,000 fewer people in employment, said the study published on Tuesday.
Well, you remember, Russia has lost about $300 billion of gold and currency reserves due to the sanctions. However, possessions of the Western companies are still in Russia... It looks like Germany will suffer most of all European countries. That's what happens when a government is setting somebody's else interests over their own people.
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In comparison with expectations for a peaceful Europe, Germany's price-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) will be 1.7% lower next year and there will be about 240,000 fewer people in employment, said the study published on Tuesday.
Well, you remember, Russia has lost about $300 billion of gold and currency reserves due to the sanctions. However, possessions of the Western companies are still in Russia... It looks like Germany will suffer most of all European countries. That's what happens when a government is setting somebody's else interests over their own people.
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German economy to lose $265 billion in added value due to war, high energy prices, study says
Germany's economy will lose more than 260 billion euros ($265 billion) in added value by 2030 due to the Ukraine war and high energy prices, spelling negative effects for the labour market, according to a study by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB).
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There has been a paradigm shift in attitudes towards Ukraine in the West. Anti-Ukrainian opinions are systematically released into the mainstream, which previously only marginal or third-rate media and politicians could afford. At the same time, as before, no one condemns them. The resource of "warming up" has been exhausted - it was undermined by the too frequent and massive use of outright fakes even for wartime.
There has been a paradigm shift in attitudes towards Ukraine in the West. Anti-Ukrainian opinions are systematically released into the mainstream, which previously only marginal or third-rate media and politicians could afford. At the same time, as before, no one condemns them. The resource of "warming up" has been exhausted - it was undermined by the too frequent and massive use of outright fakes even for wartime.
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На Западе произошла смена парадигмы отношения к Украине. В мейнстрим начинают планомерно выпускать антиукраинские мнения, которые раньше могли позволить себе только маргинальные или третьестепенные СМИ и политики. При этом, как раньше, уже никто их не осуждает.…
"During the last several weeks, Russian officials conducted training in Iran as part of the agreement for UAV transfers from Iran to Russia," a US official told CNN. The official said the intelligence about the training has recently been declassified.
Good if true.
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Good if true.
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First on CNN: Russians have begun training on Iranian drones, US believes
The US believes Russian officials have begun training on drones in Iran over the last several weeks, the latest sign that Russia intends to purchase the systems as the war in Ukraine continues.
China has withdrawn a promise not to send troops or officials to Taiwan after its annexation, the white paper said. This is indicative of Xi Jinping's decision to grant the island less autonomy than previously suggested.
That's, probably, is the main consequence of Pelosi's visit.
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That's, probably, is the main consequence of Pelosi's visit.
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⚠️ Kiev regime, under the pretext of allegedly searching for adjusters of air and artillery strikes of the Russian Armed Forces, plans to send a group of SSU and other security agencies to Kharkiv to conduct another large-scale punitive operation to identify citizens loyal to Russia (expressing pro-Russian views) and subsequently accuse them of "collaborationism".
▫️At the same time, SSU officers intend to use as grounds for detaining the city residents the histories of calls and SMS messages to Russian numbers found in their phones, correspondence in messengers condemning the current Ukrainian authorities, subscriptions in social networks to Russian channels, photo or video footage of the results of defeat of Ukrainian military facilities, and information from snitching on their neighbours, friends, relatives or acquaintances.
▫️Detained citizens will be subjected to threats of physical violence against their family members, violence and torture, as has already happened in Odessa, Nikolaev, Slavyansk, Sumy, Chernigov and a number of other populated areas.
❗️ We warn the international community in advance about this inhuman action being prepared by the criminal authorities in Kiev, which fully replicates the methods of the Nazis in the occupied territories during the Great Patriotic War.
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▫️At the same time, SSU officers intend to use as grounds for detaining the city residents the histories of calls and SMS messages to Russian numbers found in their phones, correspondence in messengers condemning the current Ukrainian authorities, subscriptions in social networks to Russian channels, photo or video footage of the results of defeat of Ukrainian military facilities, and information from snitching on their neighbours, friends, relatives or acquaintances.
▫️Detained citizens will be subjected to threats of physical violence against their family members, violence and torture, as has already happened in Odessa, Nikolaev, Slavyansk, Sumy, Chernigov and a number of other populated areas.
❗️ We warn the international community in advance about this inhuman action being prepared by the criminal authorities in Kiev, which fully replicates the methods of the Nazis in the occupied territories during the Great Patriotic War.
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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳 The Washington Post expresses serious concern (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/09/taiwan-pelosi-china-russia-cold-war /) the fact that the American leadership is taking on an impossible task — waging a "cold war" with Russia and China at the same time.
The unrest of Americans is generally understandable. The Cold War is not something that can be waged against everyone.
Their unspoken military concept is a military concept "1 — 2 — 4 — 1 "now it is undergoing a serious test.
In this concept, 1 is the protection of US national security.
2 is Washington's ability to conduct military operations simultaneously in two regional military conflicts.
4 is its ability to provide a military presence in four strategically important regions of the world.
And the last 1 is the readiness to wage one large—scale war.
Therefore, for American strategists, a cold war on two fronts is a disastrous, meaningless path, doomed to defeat. Because this is essentially preparation for two large—scale wars with different countries at the same time.
The American edition itself comes to disappointing conclusions: an attempt to play against everyone leads Washington to a dead end. This is an unnecessary strain for his NATO allies and at the same time his diplomatic loss: two-thirds of the world's population live in countries that did not support sanctions against Russia.
Actually, the sadness of the authors of the article is expressed in the following way: if the United States won one Cold War with a radical advantage, then they simply can not pull the second one.
The unrest of Americans is generally understandable. The Cold War is not something that can be waged against everyone.
Their unspoken military concept is a military concept "1 — 2 — 4 — 1 "now it is undergoing a serious test.
In this concept, 1 is the protection of US national security.
2 is Washington's ability to conduct military operations simultaneously in two regional military conflicts.
4 is its ability to provide a military presence in four strategically important regions of the world.
And the last 1 is the readiness to wage one large—scale war.
Therefore, for American strategists, a cold war on two fronts is a disastrous, meaningless path, doomed to defeat. Because this is essentially preparation for two large—scale wars with different countries at the same time.
The American edition itself comes to disappointing conclusions: an attempt to play against everyone leads Washington to a dead end. This is an unnecessary strain for his NATO allies and at the same time his diplomatic loss: two-thirds of the world's population live in countries that did not support sanctions against Russia.
Actually, the sadness of the authors of the article is expressed in the following way: if the United States won one Cold War with a radical advantage, then they simply can not pull the second one.
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A part of Peski settlement is still controlled by Ukrainean army, earlier reports of liberation were a bit premature.
There are no civilians living in Peski since 2015.
“There are no civilians living in Peski since 2015” is a rather interesting statement from the point of view of most countries. What was going on in Peski since 2015?
As the meta of fact all civilians forced to leave many years ago because constant shelling from Ukraine army. 😡
There are no civilians living in Peski since 2015.
“There are no civilians living in Peski since 2015” is a rather interesting statement from the point of view of most countries. What was going on in Peski since 2015?
As the meta of fact all civilians forced to leave many years ago because constant shelling from Ukraine army. 😡
Reuters reported that the Ukrainian authorities managed to freeze payments on the country's external debt of $19.6 billion for two years. This decision will allow the country to avoid default, but it is not yet clear how this will affect lending.
According to Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, now it will be possible to save $5.8 billion on payments on external debt until 2024. The government said that the postponement of payments on external debt will make it possible to preserve the Ukrainian economy in the context of a military conflict.
This is a quite expected decision, since the default of Ukraine in the current conditions is not beneficial to Western countries. Such a scenario would hit the mood inside the country and could lead to public unrest, which is now being avoided.
In addition, the Ukrainian default will give grounds to accuse Ukrainian sponsors of insufficient support. And this may affect the political prospects of many pro-Ukrainian Western politicians.
Therefore, support for the Zelensky regime will continue, but to a limited extent. And in the future, more and more difficulties will arise with this.
According to Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, now it will be possible to save $5.8 billion on payments on external debt until 2024. The government said that the postponement of payments on external debt will make it possible to preserve the Ukrainian economy in the context of a military conflict.
This is a quite expected decision, since the default of Ukraine in the current conditions is not beneficial to Western countries. Such a scenario would hit the mood inside the country and could lead to public unrest, which is now being avoided.
In addition, the Ukrainian default will give grounds to accuse Ukrainian sponsors of insufficient support. And this may affect the political prospects of many pro-Ukrainian Western politicians.
Therefore, support for the Zelensky regime will continue, but to a limited extent. And in the future, more and more difficulties will arise with this.
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Ukraine's creditors agree 2-year freeze on $20 billion overseas debt
Ukraine's overseas creditors backed its request for a two-year freeze on payments on almost $20 billion in international bonds, a regulatory filing showed on Wednesday, a move that will allow the war-ravaged country to avoid a messy debt default.
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Residents of Energodar report smoke clouds in the area of the Zaporozhye NPP. According to local sources, five rockets fell near the office not far from the storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF), which was already the target of a strike last week. Another five "arrivals" were in the area of the fire station.
The situation clearly demonstrates that in the situation when the disconnection of the station from the Ukrainian power grid will happen soon, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will try by any means to damage the operation of the nuclear power plant. These will be rocket and artillery attacks, and the undermining of power lines, and the desire to destroy containers with spent nuclear fuel to create an environmental disaster.
For the Ukrainian leadership, the shutdown of the ZNPP and the creation of a local man-made disaster is a matter of principle. Against this background, no one cares about the people living in the liberated territories.
The situation clearly demonstrates that in the situation when the disconnection of the station from the Ukrainian power grid will happen soon, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will try by any means to damage the operation of the nuclear power plant. These will be rocket and artillery attacks, and the undermining of power lines, and the desire to destroy containers with spent nuclear fuel to create an environmental disaster.
For the Ukrainian leadership, the shutdown of the ZNPP and the creation of a local man-made disaster is a matter of principle. Against this background, no one cares about the people living in the liberated territories.
Scholz demanded that Russia urgently take the Siemens turbines for Nord Stream from Germany.
“Stop with illusory arguments saying that you don’t want it, take it, here it is!”
Russia's position remains unchanged; under the sanctions, supplies of Siemens equipment do not comply with the terms of the contract. In fact, the Germans are mockingly offered to deal with the consequences of their own sanctions on their own and Gazprom is not going to help Germany bypass its own sanctions against Russia.
All this is happening against the background of the cries of the big business in Germany, who demand that the Scholz multi-colored coalition resolve the issue of gas supplies for the winter, since Germany will certainly survive the gas crisis, but in the case of German industry, not everyone will survive. Therefore, through their lobbyists in the Bundestag and through public appeals in the press, big German capital demands that Scholz solve the problem. Hence the humiliating demands of Scholz to take away the German turbine in circumvention of German sanctions. Another question is that the Russian Federation understands all the difficulties of Scholz and is in no hurry to meet him, watching how the pressure inside Germany on Scholz and the company is growing.
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“Stop with illusory arguments saying that you don’t want it, take it, here it is!”
Russia's position remains unchanged; under the sanctions, supplies of Siemens equipment do not comply with the terms of the contract. In fact, the Germans are mockingly offered to deal with the consequences of their own sanctions on their own and Gazprom is not going to help Germany bypass its own sanctions against Russia.
All this is happening against the background of the cries of the big business in Germany, who demand that the Scholz multi-colored coalition resolve the issue of gas supplies for the winter, since Germany will certainly survive the gas crisis, but in the case of German industry, not everyone will survive. Therefore, through their lobbyists in the Bundestag and through public appeals in the press, big German capital demands that Scholz solve the problem. Hence the humiliating demands of Scholz to take away the German turbine in circumvention of German sanctions. Another question is that the Russian Federation understands all the difficulties of Scholz and is in no hurry to meet him, watching how the pressure inside Germany on Scholz and the company is growing.
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