The Russian spirit at Narva cannot be broken!
“Once upon a time there was a T-34 tank and people often came to it to celebrate weddings or take pictures. Then it was demolished, but I have never seen such beauty and unity of the people,” writes a resident of Narva.
“Once upon a time there was a T-34 tank and people often came to it to celebrate weddings or take pictures. Then it was demolished, but I have never seen such beauty and unity of the people,” writes a resident of Narva.
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🇷🇺 🇺🇸 US President Joe Biden is facing a difficult choice after Indonesian leader Joko Widodo's announcement that Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will attend the G20 summit this year: join the event with the two leaders he tried to isolate, or skip the meeting and give up the chance to influence its outcome. Bloomberg writes about this.
"In any case, it was news Biden didn't want to hear when Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Thursday that Putin and Xi would most likely attend a meeting in Bali. This opens up the possibility of a direct meeting between Putin and Biden. Even if they avoid shaking hands, the couple will literally share the stage during meetings, photo shoots and ceremonial events that accompany such a meeting," the publication says.
Biden lobbied for Russia's exclusion from the G-20 after the start of a special operation in Ukraine, and U.S. officials previously pressured Indonesia to exclude Russian President Vladimir Putin from the Bali summit.
"In any case, it was news Biden didn't want to hear when Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Thursday that Putin and Xi would most likely attend a meeting in Bali. This opens up the possibility of a direct meeting between Putin and Biden. Even if they avoid shaking hands, the couple will literally share the stage during meetings, photo shoots and ceremonial events that accompany such a meeting," the publication says.
Biden lobbied for Russia's exclusion from the G-20 after the start of a special operation in Ukraine, and U.S. officials previously pressured Indonesia to exclude Russian President Vladimir Putin from the Bali summit.
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Biden Faces G-20 Quandary Between Joining Putin or Staying Home
President Joe Biden is facing a difficult choice after Indonesia’s announcement that Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will attend this year’s Group of 20 summit: join an event with two leaders he has sought to isolate, or skip the gathering and forgo a chance…
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Russian political philosopher Alexander Dugin daughter, Daria Dugina has been killed. Her vehicle blew up when she was driving it. Alexander was supposed to be in the car with his daughter during the explosion. Assassination attempt is suspected.
Dugin is well known for his stance on the Ukraine situation where he have been heavily pushing the Russian government to interfere on the side of the people of the east in Ukraine for many years. Unknown who are the culprits behind this cowardly attack on academics and civilians but it is "highly likely" that an Ukrainian trace will be found.
Dugin is well known for his stance on the Ukraine situation where he have been heavily pushing the Russian government to interfere on the side of the people of the east in Ukraine for many years. Unknown who are the culprits behind this cowardly attack on academics and civilians but it is "highly likely" that an Ukrainian trace will be found.
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Ukrainian families kicked out by UK hosts... because Whitehall cash never came: More than 1,300 refugees are now listed as either homeless or at 'high risk' of breakdown with host
By Natasha Livingstone For The Mail On Sunday 21 Aug 2022
- Delays to £350-a-month payments have left hosts unable to support refugees
- Volunteers have criticised councils' late payments amid cost of living crisis
- Councils had to backdate payments to March as government money came later
- 1,335 refugees are listed as homeless or at high risk of host relations breakdown
- Ukrainian ambassador to UK has written to sponsors to ask them to carry on
Ukrainian refugees are being evicted by their host families because of payment delays to the Government’s flagship Homes for Ukraine scheme.
Some 1,335 people who fled to the UK are now listed as either homeless or at high risk because of a breakdown in relations with their sponsor.
But The Mail on Sunday has learnt that in several cases this is because of long delays to the £350-a-month ‘thank you’ payment, which has left volunteers having to dip into their own pockets to ‘cover the cracks’.
Mariia Suslova, 65, was living in a sponsor home with her daughter-in-law Natalia, 41, and three-year-old granddaughter Sofiia but they were asked to leave a few weeks ago
Simone Schehtman, a volunteer who has paired hundreds of Ukrainian refugees with hosts across Birmingham and the West Midlands, said: ‘In general, local authorities have been very slow at delivering the payments and this has put some hosts under huge pressure.
‘Most hosts thought they were going to be paid by the end of April, but in Birmingham the first payments came through last month.’
She added that some hosts were on benefits themselves.
‘Delays and rocketing bills have caused some host-refugee relationships to fracture, and I have personally wired several hundred pounds of charity donations to hosts to cover the cracks,’ she said.
The Homes for Ukraine scheme launched in March with the Government giving payments to councils to distribute.
But the Local Government Association, which represents 361 councils in England and Wales, told the MoS it only received the money in June and was having to backdate payments.
Natalia with daughter Sofiia. The little girl's grandmother said their hosts became ‘annoyed’ by having a toddler in the home. The family are now staying in a hotel, hoping to find private accommodation
Tetiana Bilousova, 37, and her two children were evicted last month after her sponsor said they hadn’t received any payment.
‘The day I was evicted, there was no discussion,’ she said.
‘I came home from work and suddenly I was told that tomorrow a woman would call me to move us into a hotel.
'They did not try to find a compromise or talk through any problems. I had no idea that the Government had failed to pay them.
‘Nobody was at fault, but sometimes English people can forget we just fled from war and that leaving Ukraine was not a happy experience.
‘I think maybe the hosts misunderstood why I was in a bad mood and crying.
'Yes, my children are safe with me, but my mother and husband are still in Ukraine.’
British hosts signed up for a minimum of six months but a recent survey by the Office for National Statistics found that a quarter do not want to carry on after this period, which ends in September.
Some have blamed the rising cost of living for their decision and the Government is said to be considering increasing payments.
But there are fears that many more Ukrainians will be evicted, with councils obliged to ensure they still have a roof over their heads.
‘We are really worried about what is going to happen,’ said Lauren Scott, executive director of the charity Refugees at Home.
By Natasha Livingstone For The Mail On Sunday 21 Aug 2022
- Delays to £350-a-month payments have left hosts unable to support refugees
- Volunteers have criticised councils' late payments amid cost of living crisis
- Councils had to backdate payments to March as government money came later
- 1,335 refugees are listed as homeless or at high risk of host relations breakdown
- Ukrainian ambassador to UK has written to sponsors to ask them to carry on
Ukrainian refugees are being evicted by their host families because of payment delays to the Government’s flagship Homes for Ukraine scheme.
Some 1,335 people who fled to the UK are now listed as either homeless or at high risk because of a breakdown in relations with their sponsor.
But The Mail on Sunday has learnt that in several cases this is because of long delays to the £350-a-month ‘thank you’ payment, which has left volunteers having to dip into their own pockets to ‘cover the cracks’.
Mariia Suslova, 65, was living in a sponsor home with her daughter-in-law Natalia, 41, and three-year-old granddaughter Sofiia but they were asked to leave a few weeks ago
Simone Schehtman, a volunteer who has paired hundreds of Ukrainian refugees with hosts across Birmingham and the West Midlands, said: ‘In general, local authorities have been very slow at delivering the payments and this has put some hosts under huge pressure.
‘Most hosts thought they were going to be paid by the end of April, but in Birmingham the first payments came through last month.’
She added that some hosts were on benefits themselves.
‘Delays and rocketing bills have caused some host-refugee relationships to fracture, and I have personally wired several hundred pounds of charity donations to hosts to cover the cracks,’ she said.
The Homes for Ukraine scheme launched in March with the Government giving payments to councils to distribute.
But the Local Government Association, which represents 361 councils in England and Wales, told the MoS it only received the money in June and was having to backdate payments.
Natalia with daughter Sofiia. The little girl's grandmother said their hosts became ‘annoyed’ by having a toddler in the home. The family are now staying in a hotel, hoping to find private accommodation
Tetiana Bilousova, 37, and her two children were evicted last month after her sponsor said they hadn’t received any payment.
‘The day I was evicted, there was no discussion,’ she said.
‘I came home from work and suddenly I was told that tomorrow a woman would call me to move us into a hotel.
'They did not try to find a compromise or talk through any problems. I had no idea that the Government had failed to pay them.
‘Nobody was at fault, but sometimes English people can forget we just fled from war and that leaving Ukraine was not a happy experience.
‘I think maybe the hosts misunderstood why I was in a bad mood and crying.
'Yes, my children are safe with me, but my mother and husband are still in Ukraine.’
British hosts signed up for a minimum of six months but a recent survey by the Office for National Statistics found that a quarter do not want to carry on after this period, which ends in September.
Some have blamed the rising cost of living for their decision and the Government is said to be considering increasing payments.
But there are fears that many more Ukrainians will be evicted, with councils obliged to ensure they still have a roof over their heads.
‘We are really worried about what is going to happen,’ said Lauren Scott, executive director of the charity Refugees at Home.
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Ukrainian families kicked out by UK hosts... because Whitehall cash never came: More than 1,300 refugees are now listed as either…
Some 1,335 Ukrainian refugees in the UK are listed as either homeless or at high risk of a relations breakdown with their sponsor, in some cases due to delays to the £350-a-month payment.
An opinion from Peter Hitchens.
Well, we may not agree with everything, but he is entitled to have one... (The link may appear not relevant, but the actual "masterpiece" is there within. It looks like it is deliberately hidden).
A war in which Ukraine can do no wrong
Have you noticed how Ukraine and Ukrainians cannot do anything bad? I think President Volodymyr Zelensky is actually quite a decent person. But his attempt to get all Russians banned from travelling to Europe is bigoted and foolish. Russians do not all agree with their government’s stupid, bloody invasion. But Zelensky gets away with this proposal because Ukraine is a sainted nation.
Now we have the weird episode of the shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station which has been in Russian hands since they illegally seized it in March.
This, whatever the provocation may be, is an extraordinarily stupid thing for anyone to do. But who is doing it? Well, since the Russian Army is dug in there, it is extremely unlikely that the Russians are doing it.
So who is doing it? Martians? North Koreans? Eskimos? When I put the words ‘Ukrainians shell Zaporizhzhia’ into Google, that search engine responded by saying: ‘No results found for “Ukrainians shell Zaporizhzhia.” ’ Instead I got several accounts of the Russians apparently shelling themselves. The BBC reported online on Friday that the power station had ‘come under heavy fire’. But who from? It is not even stated. Normally reporters are urged to avoid using the passive voice. But for Ukraine, this rule has been suspended.
Well, we may not agree with everything, but he is entitled to have one... (The link may appear not relevant, but the actual "masterpiece" is there within. It looks like it is deliberately hidden).
A war in which Ukraine can do no wrong
Have you noticed how Ukraine and Ukrainians cannot do anything bad? I think President Volodymyr Zelensky is actually quite a decent person. But his attempt to get all Russians banned from travelling to Europe is bigoted and foolish. Russians do not all agree with their government’s stupid, bloody invasion. But Zelensky gets away with this proposal because Ukraine is a sainted nation.
Now we have the weird episode of the shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station which has been in Russian hands since they illegally seized it in March.
This, whatever the provocation may be, is an extraordinarily stupid thing for anyone to do. But who is doing it? Well, since the Russian Army is dug in there, it is extremely unlikely that the Russians are doing it.
So who is doing it? Martians? North Koreans? Eskimos? When I put the words ‘Ukrainians shell Zaporizhzhia’ into Google, that search engine responded by saying: ‘No results found for “Ukrainians shell Zaporizhzhia.” ’ Instead I got several accounts of the Russians apparently shelling themselves. The BBC reported online on Friday that the power station had ‘come under heavy fire’. But who from? It is not even stated. Normally reporters are urged to avoid using the passive voice. But for Ukraine, this rule has been suspended.
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PETER HITCHENS: Why didn’t Doctor Who warn us? Comprehensives are far scarier than Daleks
PETER HITCHENS: In my schooldays, William Hartnell went off into the future and found the Daleks, who could not even climb stairs and had no sense of humour.
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Opinion from Markov:
The most likely goal of the terrorist attack against Alexander Dugin and Darya Dugina and other terrorist attacks of these days, including attacks on Crimea, is to provoke Russian army strikes on the center of Kyiv on the Independence Day of Ukraine on August 24th. They really need these hits. What they have prepared? And these days there will be more terrorist strikes, provoking a harsh response from Russia. They really need a demonstration strike with Russian missiles on the center of Kyiv on August 24th.
The most likely goal of the terrorist attack against Alexander Dugin and Darya Dugina and other terrorist attacks of these days, including attacks on Crimea, is to provoke Russian army strikes on the center of Kyiv on the Independence Day of Ukraine on August 24th. They really need these hits. What they have prepared? And these days there will be more terrorist strikes, provoking a harsh response from Russia. They really need a demonstration strike with Russian missiles on the center of Kyiv on August 24th.
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Наиболее вероятная цель теракта против Александра Дугина и Дарьи Дугиной и других терактов этих дней, в том числе атак на Крым - спровоцировать удары армии России по центру Киева на День независимости Украины 24 августа. Им очень нужны такие удары. Что то…
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When a few months ago the FSB (Russian Security Service) detained militants who were going to kill Vladimir Solovyov and Yevgeny Popov, many smirked indulgently. Well, well, they fabricated the case, obviously, who needs them, the journalists.
Dasha Platonova (Dugina) was killed at night. Smart, brave, real, Russian and a patriot. She certainly would have become a great philosopher in a few years. She was a unique girl.
And it doesn't matter if the Ukrainian saboteurs wanted to kill Dasha, or her father, Alexander Dugin.
Something else is important. We are dealing with a terrorist state, if anybody still had doubts, now, I hope, there are no doubts left. There will be more assassination attempts. A terrorist, having started killing, does not stop, he needs more blood, more deaths.
That is, all actions in relation to Ukraine can be built only from the understanding that this is not diplomacy, but anti-terror. Unfortunately. We are not talking about Ukrainians, not about people. I'm talking about those in power and the political elite.
Translated from Medvedev.
Dasha Platonova (Dugina) was killed at night. Smart, brave, real, Russian and a patriot. She certainly would have become a great philosopher in a few years. She was a unique girl.
And it doesn't matter if the Ukrainian saboteurs wanted to kill Dasha, or her father, Alexander Dugin.
Something else is important. We are dealing with a terrorist state, if anybody still had doubts, now, I hope, there are no doubts left. There will be more assassination attempts. A terrorist, having started killing, does not stop, he needs more blood, more deaths.
That is, all actions in relation to Ukraine can be built only from the understanding that this is not diplomacy, but anti-terror. Unfortunately. We are not talking about Ukrainians, not about people. I'm talking about those in power and the political elite.
Translated from Medvedev.
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Russian political philosopher Alexander Dugin daughter, Daria Dugina has been killed. Her vehicle blew up when she was driving it. Alexander was supposed to be in the car with his daughter during the explosion. Assassination attempt is suspected.
Dugin is…
Dugin is…
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Morning summary on the Donetsk front:
Donetsk direction - Allied Forces continue grinding the enemy's defenses throughout the entire front.
There is an assault: Maryinka and Krasnogorovka (Maryinsky district), Nevelsky, Pervomaisky, Experienced and Avdeevka. To Krasnogorovka (Yasinovatsky district) there are significant successes in the advancement of our fighters. Every day more and more new positions and fortified areas of the enemy are taken. All are moving away from the borders of the hero city of Donetsk. The situation of the Ukrainian forces on this sector of the front is more than deplorable.
Nikolaev direction - the enemy confirms the partial loss of control over the Blagodatnoye settlement. The Allied Forces went on the offensive in the direction of Nikolaev.
Also: The Allied Forces storm the New York (Novgorodskoye) settlement. The enemy in the morning report confirms that the Allied Forces have entered the southern outskirts of the town and are continuing assault operations, destroying the enemy.
Donetsk direction - Allied Forces continue grinding the enemy's defenses throughout the entire front.
There is an assault: Maryinka and Krasnogorovka (Maryinsky district), Nevelsky, Pervomaisky, Experienced and Avdeevka. To Krasnogorovka (Yasinovatsky district) there are significant successes in the advancement of our fighters. Every day more and more new positions and fortified areas of the enemy are taken. All are moving away from the borders of the hero city of Donetsk. The situation of the Ukrainian forces on this sector of the front is more than deplorable.
Nikolaev direction - the enemy confirms the partial loss of control over the Blagodatnoye settlement. The Allied Forces went on the offensive in the direction of Nikolaev.
Also: The Allied Forces storm the New York (Novgorodskoye) settlement. The enemy in the morning report confirms that the Allied Forces have entered the southern outskirts of the town and are continuing assault operations, destroying the enemy.
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According to the statement of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the weekend for the Ukrainian personnel of the Zaporizhzhya NPP has been extended and it is going to be disconnected from the Ukrainian power grid.
To fulfil that, part of the personnel of "Rosatom" was allegedly returned to the station.
To fulfil that, part of the personnel of "Rosatom" was allegedly returned to the station.
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Glenn Diesen: How 'Russophrenia' from supposedly smart people in the West has slowly led us towards a major European war
https://www.rt.com/russia/561135-russia-nato-ukraine-propaganda/
https://www.rt.com/russia/561135-russia-nato-ukraine-propaganda/
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Glenn Diesen: How 'Russophrenia' from supposedly smart people in the West has slowly led us towards a major European war
We have been moving slowly towards a major European war for 30 years and there are no good solutions anymore.
Europe no longer identifies itself as a spokesman for its own interests
Ukraine is the first line of defense in an attempt to break Russia, the second line will be the Baltic states
https://readovka.world/news/107722
Ukraine is the first line of defense in an attempt to break Russia, the second line will be the Baltic states
https://readovka.world/news/107722
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Europe no longer identifies itself as a spokesman for its own interests
Ukraine is the first line of defense in an attempt to break Russia, the second line will be the Baltic states
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine again tried to attack Novaya Kakhovka and the nearby Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, the air defense system went off in the area.
According to the local administration, about 10 explosions thundered in the air.
According to preliminary information, all targets were successfully intercepted in the air.
According to the local administration, about 10 explosions thundered in the air.
According to preliminary information, all targets were successfully intercepted in the air.
The Army’s top “other ranks” soldier says troops must be ready to fight Russia – and should alert loved ones to a potential conflict.
Warrant Officer Paul Carney warned that the UK military was now “shaping itself to meet the threat from Russia and was ready to counter any aggression”.
WO1 Carney – the Army’s highest ranked Warrant Officer – wrote in Soldier magazine: “I want us all to check we are physically fit for operations. And it is also important we prepare loved ones and families, who often have the hardest role in our absence.
Warrant Officer Paul Carney warned that the UK military was now “shaping itself to meet the threat from Russia and was ready to counter any aggression”.
WO1 Carney – the Army’s highest ranked Warrant Officer – wrote in Soldier magazine: “I want us all to check we are physically fit for operations. And it is also important we prepare loved ones and families, who often have the hardest role in our absence.
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British soldiers told to get ready for war against Russia and prepare loved ones
Warrant Officer Paul Carney said soldiers should prepare their families for the possibility of being sent to Ukraine to fight Russia in the war which has now been going on six months
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The worst drought in years caused the Danube to shoal to its lowest level in a century. And from under the water appeared the skeletons of dozens of German warships full of ammunition, sunk during the Second World War. During the Nazi retreat, the German fleet found itself somewhere in the middle of the route between Romania and Bulgaria, not knowing that the passage from the Black Sea was also blocked. Some ships from Romania and Bulgaria joined the Nazi ships. The legacy of the Second World War, or the aftermath of the battle between the Red Army and the Nazi military flotilla, There are still about 10 thousand kilograms of ammunition that can explode.
Russian air defense systems shot down five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Egorovka, Blagodatnoe, Stepnoe in the Donetsk People's Republic, Chkalovo in the Kherson region and Dvurechnoye in the Kharkiv region. In addition, thirteen rocket launchers were destroyed in the air, including eight HIMARS rockets in the Kakhovka area of the Kherson region.
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Air defense facilities are working over Kherson. According to local sources, the air defense went off at least 10 times.
Earlier, the Antonovsky bridge across the Dnieper was repeatedly targeted by Ukrainian forces.
Earlier, the Antonovsky bridge across the Dnieper was repeatedly targeted by Ukrainian forces.