The US is openly provoking Belgrade with a statement from the State Department: "It's time to forget that Kosovo is Serbia." Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has an unenviable choice: either shame or war. Everything will be decided on September 1st.

Let's honestly admit that international law no longer exists, and each state can act as it pleases, based solely on their military and economic capabilities. In any case, this will simply be a recognition of the current realities in world politics.

Senator Richard H. Black:

"We don’t care! The United States and NATO, we do not care how many Ukrainians die. Not civilians, not women, not children, not soldiers. We do not care. It’s become a great football game. You know, we’ve got our team. They’ve got their team, rah rah. We want to get the biggest score and run it up. And, you know, we don’t care how many how many of our players get crippled on the playing field, as long as we win."

and also:

"President Putin made a desperate effort to stop the march towards war. Back in December 2021 he went so far as to put specific written proposals on the table, with NAYO, peace proposals to defuse what was coming about"

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There is only one, but at the same time a guaranteed way to prevent the situation from developing according to a catastrophic scenario (we are talking about the internal situation, let others write about military affairs).

This is to ensure that the level of hatred in our society remains at least at the same level at which it is now. And it did not rise to the degree of boiling and rupture of the expansion tank (from which it will not be good for anyone, at least in Russia).

This is an absolute guarantee that, with the current margin of safety, we will have the strength to cross this stormy historical sea.

That is why, when criticizing the authorities, or our conservative opponents, or home-grown liberals, we avoid hysteria and absolutely unnecessary emotions.

An active, and when it comes to the fight against terrorism - a tough and even cruel love for people and creation - this is the medicine that will save Russia.

Translated from MIG and is absolutely true.

Pentagon signs $182 mln contract with Raytheon for 3 NASAMS systems for Ukraine
Estimated completion date for the production of complexes is scheduled for August 2024.

Hopefully, there would not be a receipt for that parcels at that time. However, it is a good media demonstration.
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The sanctions war against Russia is not going as well as expected. It turns out this weapon has flaws.

https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/1562768154878623744

Pope is Uncomfortable with Zelensky pressure

Pope Francis is dissatisfied with the pressure exerted on him by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. This is stated in the article by Vatican specialist Marco Politi.

According to the journalist, the Ukrainian leader "wants to drag the pope into a narrative" according to which Kyiv is presented as an "innocent victim" and Moscow is "demonized." However, the pontiff does not share this position.

Bob Moran 👍
Well spotted!

Destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces ammunition depot in Blagodatnoe

Footage of the attack on the Ukrainian Armed Forces warehouse in the village of Blagodatnoye in the Mykolaiv direction, taken shortly before the assault on the village in mid-August.

The shells in the video accurately hit an agricultural facility in the north-west of the village. A fire broke out on the spot, followed by the detonation of ammunition.

After artillery preparation and strikes against identified targets, units of the Russian Airborne Forces went on the offensive and on August 20 established control over Blagodatny, knocking out soldiers of the 63rd Ombre of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from there.

The village was badly damaged during the fighting. According to the participants of the assault, Ukrainian servicemen equipped firing points in almost all houses and dug cellars for shelter from artillery raids.

Coordinates: 47.032880, 32.551897
Translated from Rybar

Here it is, a good example, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to attack. Straight in a line, with the support of armoured vehicles. And the result on the video is blurred for the especially impressionable. The attacking force is simply crushed by the artillery. Epic footage.

“The enemy made an attempt to break through in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction by the forces of motorized infantry units with the support of infantry fighting vehicles, but they were stopped by units of Russian paratroopers.

The radicals were stopped by artillery strikes, regular weapons of airborne combat vehicles, heavy machine guns, anti-tank missile systems, small arms and grenade launchers.

In total, more than 20 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and more than five pieces of enemy equipment were destroyed.”

What's up with the attack on Kherson?

Translated from Sashakots

Antonovsky bridge once again. We have recently published a report about it being repaired. Now again...

A fresh satellite image of the Antonovsky bridge after new attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been published.

"Damage is still limited to one span on the south side. The section did not fall, but damage is visible and no traffic is visible on the bridge. The pontoon crossing is operational," the report said.

Satellite image from Planet Labs taken on August 26 at 15:00.

But they are not going to continue with the proposed offensive in the Kherson direction, then what is the point of those strikes? Or are they?
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Russia builds new houses in Mariupol for those who lost their homes - it will be free.

Vladimir Putin signed executive orders to provide support for residents of the LPR, DPR and Ukraine who were forced to leave their countries and arrived in the Russian Federation

🔸An Executive Order on interim measures to regulate the refugees' legal status which entitles them to an unlimited stay on Russian territory provided they have a fingerprint and photo identification and a medical certificate; they also have the right to work in Russia without obtaining a work permit or patent;

🔸An Executive Order on payments to refugees from the LPR, DPR and Ukraine specifying lump sum and monthly payments for retirees, disabled persons, Great Patriotic War veterans, pregnant women and families with children.

Europe itself is to blame for the outbreak of the fuel crisis, said former Czech President Vaclav Klaus.

"The fact that we have huge inflation and a huge rise in energy prices arose long before February 24. We brought it on ourselves, the West brought it on ourselves," he said in an interview with local media.

Klaus noted that energy independence would lead to the failure of the economy. He also criticized the move towards renewable energy.

Have you noticed, that as soon a politician leaves his office, his words start making much more sense! However, while in their official position, they would say something completely opposite...
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Ukrainians showed how NATO equipment is delivered to Ukraine.

It turns out that now any civilian truck in Ukraine is a potential military target!

The price of gas on the European stock exchange exceeded $3,260 per thousand cubic meters - everything is not in favor of the EU and Naftogaz (Ukrainian gaz company).

On Friday, Gazprom announced that Nord Stream will be shut down for three days, from August 31 to September 2, due to scheduled maintenance of the only working gas pumping unit at the Portovaya station.

Price growth is influenced by high demand for LNG in Asia, limited supply from major suppliers and low filling levels of gas storage facilities in Western countries after a long cold winter and abnormally hot summer.

Good morning, Ukraine!

News with leaked photos of the supposedly 3rd Army Corps - a newly created army from volunteers, with new weapons.
This video comes from the Crimea, new tanks and Typhoon vehicles arriving.

⚡️Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine

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Soldiers of the AFU tell about their unenviable situation in the Kherson sector

Soldiers of the AFU tell about their unenviable situation in the Kherson sector. They predict an exhausting positional war.

✔️The shelling at ground zero is almost incessant: sometimes it is impossible to even lift our heads. Soldiers lie at the bottom of the trenches for hours, some cover themselves with body armour, and the most canny ones even haul pieces of iron to the trenches and make individual shelters for themselves. We climb over the parapet in turns, and only if absolutely necessary. Ninety percent of the time we spend at the bottom of the trenches.

✔️ Not all men can bear it - some of them, even those who joined the army voluntarily, after sitting in trenches under constant shelling, try to go to the rear under any pretext. Unfortunately, sometimes there are real epidemics of panic - entire units leave their positions. We call them "skiers", from the saying "to hop on skis", that means to run away. Thus they strip whole districts kilometres long. The saddest thing is that the Russians quickly become aware of such escapes through aerial reconnaissance by drones and they immediately try to wedge into empty sections of the front.

✔️ The territorial defense brigades are considered to be the most unreliable among those holding positions. They have many random people who enlisted in the territorial defense after February 24, fancying that this war would be like Maidan or ATO. And that Russian tanks could be hit with a Molotov cocktail. But this war is different.

✔️ We don't discuss the offensive on Kherson at all. This matter is irrelevant now. Until the Russians get pounded with artillery at least as much as they pound us, any offensive is out of the question. Now for every one of our artillery rounds we get fifty from their side.

✔️ The shells for Soviet howitzers, which are still largely in service with the AFU, are disastrously scarce, they are worth their weight in gold. The same applies to mortar rounds, and the mortars themselves. Mortars in positions are also consumables, they survive no more than a week or two, they are located by drones and quickly knocked out. Therefore, mortar crews, having fired a round or two, run tens of meters away and hide in the trenches. They have neither the strength nor the ability to pull the mortars with them. In a couple of minutes the response is a return strike.... That's the way we fight.