Nebenzya: Not a single Western delegation had the determination to condemn the shelling of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and call on the Kyiv regime to stop them. There was no such courage in the European capitals. From there, only absurd calls for Russia to stop some "recent actions around the ZNPP" are heard. It seems that our colleagues exist in some kind of their own parallel reality, in which the Russian military themselves fire at the station, which they themselves protect, and even from American systems. The apotheosis of this absurdity was the recent statements of the British MP Tobias Elwood and the member of the US House of Representatives Adam Kinzinger, that the shelling of the Zaporizhzhya NPP could be the reason for the activation of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.

Nebenzya called on the OON to condemn the murder of Daria Dugina.

“Here is her photo from the Peacemaker website, which we have repeatedly spoken about. They openly flaunt her murder. As you can see, the photo of Daria Dugina with the crossed-out inscription “liquidated”. This crime was condemned by the official representative of the US State Department"

Dougas Macgreggor: Expanding NATO to Russia’s borders was never necessary and has become disastrous for Europe. The longer the war with Russia lasts the more likely it becomes that the damage to Ukrainian society and its army will be irreparable.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/reinforcing-failure-in-ukraine/

🇬🇧🇺🇦🇷🇺 - Boris Johnson in Kyiv : We must resist any attempt to normalize relations with Russia.
🇬🇧🇺🇦🇷🇺 Britons have enough patience to deal with rising gas prices caused by Russia's war in Ukraine.

🇨🇳🇹🇼The Taiwanese military tried to shoot down a Chinese drone with stones, photographing their positions in the Kinmen Archipelago. Taiwan's Defense Ministry confirmed this.
#China

🇨🇳 🇹🇼 The Taiwanese direction. The PLA in Fujian Province will hold regular shooting in the period 01.00-21.00 on August 26 and 27 this year. An area limited by geographical coordinates is reserved for the event:
25°26'58.1" X 119°18'56.7"
25°21'45.8" X 119°16'10.6"
25°12'16.9" X 119°41'46.4"
25°16'36.2" X 119°44'22.3"
#China

🤡🎪🇬🇧🇺🇦Johnson forbids Zelensky to negotiate peace: ''You can't negotiate with a bear that eats your leg. And with the street robber who put you on the floor. And, by the way, do not be afraid to humiliate Putin: we don't worry about humiliating a bear or a robber.''

🇺🇸🇪🇺💰🇺🇦West support for Ukraine visualised...

🇫🇷Macron proclaims the "end of abundance", cites sacrifices to "defend freedom."

‘The Ukrainian war is a proxy-war. This is a war between Russia and the United States.’ The American writer John Chris Kiriakou believes that Washington is at war with Moscow, but at the same time the United States is not in a position to lose people.

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Maria Zakharova on Ukrainian Independence Day:

Today Ukraine should have celebrated Independence Day, but instead it turned out to be a performance: Boris Johnson decorated his residence with sunflowers and hydrangeas, and he himself arrived in Kiev, Ursula von der Leyen shouted the fascist slogan of Bandera collaborators in her video message against the background of the flag of Nezalezhnaya, Olaf Scholz posted holiday tweet, and Joe Biden promised almost $3 billion to kill Ukrainians.

The apogee of this whole Halloween was Zelensky’s promise not to stop the war.

The tragedy of the situation is that it was Zelensky who became the gravedigger of Ukrainian sovereignty.

Instead of a festive salute - the shelling of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.

Instead of confetti - anti-personnel mines-petals in residential areas of Donetsk.

Not much time will pass, and the wild grimaces of Kiev-based nationalism, nurtured with the money of Western liberal dictatorships, will go down in textbooks as another shameful page in the history of Europe.

And all of the above countries will quickly describe the actions of their current politicians as "regrettable."

@NewResistance

RosGuard detained two employees of the Zaporizhia NPP who cooperated with the Ukrainian military, the department said.

Mirgorod. Russian troops shelled a military airfield. The equipment that was on it was damaged, — the press center of the 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

Translated from Ukrainian channel - this time, on a rare occasion, should be true.
#TransFormator

Antonovsky Bridge fully functional after repairs. Keep sending money and weapons...

From Donbass devushka

Yes, it is the same bridge that was shelled by HIMARS on multiple occasions. You may see the spots, where they have hit it. Sadly, several road-workers died during the last barrage. However, the bridge is like new.
#TransFormator

🇷🇺🇺🇸 Comment by the Russian Embassy in the United States on the State Department's statement on the upcoming Tribunal in Mariupol:

🔹We have taken note of another groundless accusations against our country related to the Tribunal over Ukrainian war criminals.
🔹The upcoming Trial is aimed at bringing justice to war criminals, among which there are Nazis from the Azov Regiment. Washington is clearly afraid of making public the evidence of the inhumane acts committed by the members of this terrorist organization.
❗️The International Tribunal in Mariupol can shed light on the true essence of the Kiev regime, of which the United States diligently creates a bright and heroic image. American citizens will finally learn that in reality, their government is helping those who purposefully kill and torture the Russian people of Donbass and Ukraine.
🔹Russia fully complies with the Geneva Conventions and guarantees Ukrainian captives proper conditions of detention. The same cannot be said of the Kiev regime, which militants mistreated captured Russian soldiers.
☝️Finally, if the US authorities have questions about what happened in Mariupol, they could discuss it with the administration of the Donetsk People's Republic. It is an independent state.

Can a decent political scientist survive in Putin's Russia? You'll never know unless you try. Anyways, Political Animal ENG is doing just that: surviving and surveying the proceedings in and around Russia. It's hardly possible to do that without some kind of dope – hence Political Animal's posts are always published with a grain of meta-irony or a sip of sarcasm. What's important, Political Animal knows the difference between Russia-assessing and Russia-hating. Unfortunately, there are many who don't.

🇮🇳India restricts wheat flour exports to lower local prices

India's cabinet approved restrictions on the export of wheat flour to calm prices in the local market.

The government also cites food security: weather conditions have led to a halt in domestic production and rising prices.

Wheat exports have been banned since mid-May due to reduced production due to heat and record domestic prices. This ban increased the demand for Indian wheat flour.

#India