Turkey will five times increase the cost of passage through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles in accordance with the rights granted to it by the Montreux Convention, Turkish media reported.

Due to the increase in the cost of fees, the current income of $40 million will increase to $200 million. The resolution will enter into force on October 7.

Translated from IZ.RU

Erdogan will never miss a chance to get more money...
What about export of Ukrainian grain to Africa and worldwide?
Was it all about preventing food shortage or making a source of extra income for Turkey?
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Russian Aerospace Forces and air defense systems destroyed the flight personnel of the Ukrainian Air Force

According to a military-diplomatic source, the Kyiv authorities involved former cadets of the Kharkov Military Institute who did not complete their studies, which led to "catastrophic losses of the remnants of Ukrainian aviation."
Currently, the Pentagon is recruiting former Afghan combat trainer pilots for Kyiv who fled to the US a year ago, their training began in California.

EU warns about ‘triple crisis,’ Russia rejects any role

🔹The European Union’s foreign policy chief says the bloc’s members have to brace themselves for a “triple crisis,” which Russia denies having any role in creating, despite the avalanche of Western accusations that have targeted Moscow.

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Unions threaten ‘waves of industrial action’ over UK cost of living crisis

🔹British unions are threatening a wave of coordinated industrial strike action in the coming weeks as millions of low-paid workers are reeling from the cost of living crisis.

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🇪🇺🔌The meeting of EU energy ministers on energy prices will be held on September 9. They will discuss the increase in gas prices and the corresponding increase in prices on the electricity market, or rather, what to do about it. The statements that are still being made in the statements of the leaders of the EU countries are very vague: to separate the cost of electricity from the cost of gas. They don't talk about the mechanism of "separation", but it is already clear that the existing market has broken down. Another problem is that the bureaucratic machine and the decision-making mechanism in the EU are clumsy, this can be seen by the example of the mechanism for selling emission quotas (it takes 1.5 years to make changes), and there is practically no time for decision-making. The situation with rising prices was predictable, but European politicians preferred to hide their heads in the sand.

Their strategy was to refuse Russian gas, impose sanctions and supply weapons to Ukraine, now their policy is returning as a boomerang. As a result, the problem is overestimating their capabilities and underestimating the consequences.

🇺🇦 🇪🇺 Ukraine has asked the EU to help train sappers, snipers and officers – Bloomberg

The EU countries, during a possible training mission for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, can offer Kiev their assistance with the training of snipers, sappers or officers, it says (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-29/eu-to-propose-new-training-mission-to-boost-ukraine-s-military ) in an internal document of the EU Foreign Policy Service.

The head of the European Diplomacy, Josep Borrel, should propose to make an EU training mission for Ukraine in order to enlist the political support of defense ministers when they meet in Prague.

Bloomberg points out that the Ukrainian authorities have asked the allies for training: it is claimed that Kiev needs help with the training of sappers and snipers, as well as medical training and military training of officers.

The APU document notes that after further approval of the APU and consultations with partners, including the United States and Great Britain, the EU may include "one or more of the above-mentioned tasks" in the training mission program.

According to the document, the training mission is considered as a temporary measure that can eventually be deployed on the territory of Ukraine, "if conditions allow and the members of the European Union decide so."

It is assumed that the deployment of the mission may accelerate if one of the countries of the association allows the mission to be hosted.

Zelensky convinces Europeans that Ukraine is more important for them in energy than Russia: We are preparing to increase the export of our electricity to the EU countries - despite the war, we provide this export, and our electricity is much cheaper than it is now on the market. We can really help overcome the cost of living crisis in neighboring EU countries. This is not the first time we have said that Europe's independence from Russia, in particular in the energy sector, is of fundamental importance for all Europeans. And this is not the first time we have said that together with Ukraine Europe is able to do much more than with Russia.

‼️ ☢️ The IAEA mission is sent to the Zaporozhye NPP

It will arrive there this week, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said. 🇷🇺🇺🇦 Mission of IAEA specialists to Zaporozhye NPP will last from August 31 to September 3 - The Wall Street Journal, citing internal Ukrainian documents

A small and belated update on the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction:

Over the past three days and two nights, the Ukrainian side has especially approached the choice of targets for strikes by the HIMARS MLRS against Russian military targets in the Kherson region. Also, in the area of ​​the Ingulets River, the work of enemy reconnaissance units was repeatedly noted, including by forcing the Ingulets River on boats.

That night, after another HIMARS strike, the enemy made a breakthrough in several directions. They have erected up to three temporary crossings, which Russian failed to hit. The advance of the enemy was also carried out with the support of a tank fist with a force of up to a company. The work of enemy aviation, at least helicopters, was noted.

There were three successful attacks of the Ukrainian army. One of the successful ones was from the Andreevka-Lozovoe direction, as a result of which the Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced almost 6 kilometers and occupied the village of Sukhoi Stavok.

An unsuccessful attempt to break through for the Ukrainian side turned out to be in the north-east of the direction, in the settlements: Lyubimovka, Mirolyubovka, Dobryanka, Olgino, Potemkino and
Vysokopole. Here the guys from the brigade of the Black Sea Fleet gave a good rebuff. But the enemy does not abandon attempts to encircle our forces in Vysokopolye, fortunately, to no avail here. According to the tactics already worked out, Ukrainian is using the forces of territorial defense for assault tasks, and for the cleansing - enemy volunteer battalions.

In general, it is too early to talk about more precise advances and rollbacks, the situation is developing with varying success for each of the parties. It can be said for sure that the enemy approached the issue with all confidence in their abilities. The Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to gain a foothold and get hold of it. The enemy is waiting for the approach of forces. Their main maneuvers to bring forces into position will probably be carried out after dark.

Russian army is in defense. There are expectations that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will inflict as much blow as possible on the road infrastructure of the Kakhovskaya HPP.

Translated from Rybar
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This is how an alleged attempt to advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine today looks like.
The tank platoon, with the support of the armored personnel carriers, decided to try to get closer to the positions of the RF Armed Forces in the Nikolaevsky direction. They did not arrive at the destination.
As punishment, Russian artillerymen covered the area where the tank company was concentrated, from where the reckless attack has started.

The last flight of the Ukrainian Su-25s shot down today near Posad-Pokrovsky.

Translated from Rybar

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

◽️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine.

💥 As a result of high-precision weaponry strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces against Vostok air command control post near Dnipropetrovsk and missile and artillery weapons and ammunition depot of 60th Infantry Brigade near Novovorontsivka, Kherson Region, have destroyed up to 70 nationalists and 14 units of special vehicles.

💥 High-precision ground-based weapons near Marganets in Dnepropetrovsk Region have hit a temporary deployment point and an ammunition depot of 108th Territorial Defence Brigade as well as field camps Aidar and Azov Nazi formations. More than 100 fighters, 20 pieces of military equipment and over 3,000 rockets for MLRS have been destroyed.

💥 Concentrated strikes on combat positions of 53rd Mechanized Brigade and Kraken nationalist formation near Artemovsk, Donetsk People's Republic, have killed more than 30 nationalists and wounded more than 50.

💥 Russian Aerospace Forces have shot down 2 Su-25 aircraft of Ukrainian air force near Chervonyi Yar, Zaporozhye Region, and Kurdyumovka, Donetsk People's Republic.

💥 Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery strikes continue against military facilities in Ukraine.

◽️9 AFU command posts near Konstantinovka, Artemovsk, Raigorodok, Slavyansk and Nikolskoye in Donetsk People's Republic, Kamyshevakha and Veselyanka in Zaporozhye Region, and Nikolaev and Partizanskoye in Nikolaev Region, as well as 52 AFU artillery units and 142 areas manpower and military equipment concentration have been hit.

◽️6 missile and artillery weapons and ammunition depotsnear Vodyanskoye, Kramatorsk, Dobrovol'ye and Zvanovka in Donetsk People's Republic, and Aleksandrovka in Kharkov Region and Bilousovo in Kherson Region have been destroyed.

◽️In addition, 3 Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missiles and 21 projectiles of US-made Olha and HIMARS multiple-launch rocket systems have been intercepted near Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson Region.

📊 In total, 276 Ukrainian airplanes and 148 helicopters, 1,832 unmanned aerial vehicles, 370 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,408 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 822 multiple launch rocket systems, 3,354 field artillery and mortars, as well as 5,126 units of special military vehicles were destroyed during the operation.

◽️Kiev regime continues provocations to threaten a man-made nuclear disaster at Zaporozhye NPP.

◽️On August 28, Ukrainian troops used an unmanned aerial vehicle to strike at the nuclear power plant.

◽️Ukrainian attack drone was shot down by small arms fire as it approached Special Building No 1, which stores US-made nuclear fuel and solid radioactive waste.

◽️Drone shot down by Russian servicemen fell on the roof of Special Building No 1. Serious damage and casualties were avoided.

◽️The shelling by Ukrainian troops of Energodar city, near the nuclear power plant, continues unabated.

◽️Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian artillery fired 8 large-calibre shells into residential areas of the city. Some civilians are injured. Two shells exploded in close proximity to the perimeter of the nuclear plant.

◽️The shelling was carried out from AFU's firing positions near Nikopol', Marganets, in Dnepropetrovsk Region, located on the opposite bank of Kakhovka reservoir.

◽️In course of counter-battery warfare, enemy firepower at these positions was suppressed.

◽️Zaporozhye NPP full-time technical staff continue to monitor its technical condition and uninterrupted operation. Radiation situation remains normal.

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⚡️During the day on direct orders from Zelensky, Ukrainian troops attempted an offensive in 3 directions in Nikolaev and Kherson regions.

▫️As a result of the active defence of the Russian troops grouping, AFU units suffered heavy losses.

💥During the fighting, 26 Ukrainian tanks, 23 infantry fighting vehicles, 9 other armoured fighting vehicles were destroyed and 2 Su-25 assault aircraft were shot down. Enemy casualties in manpower amounted to over 560 servicemen. Another enemy offensive attempt failed miserably.

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Translated from Oleg Tzarev:

I talked to a representative of one analytical center. He is sure that there will be a military coup in Ukraine in the autumn, and that a military junta headed by Zaluzhny will rule Ukraine in the fall.

I think he's wrong again. The last time he lost a bet to me was when Zelensky won the election. After the first round of elections, when Zelensky went to the second round, my partner in the dispute continued to insist that Zelensky would not win. I offered to double the stakes. They shook hands. I still haven't received the prize.

Well, no kidding, in fact, Zaluzhny has the same rating as Zelensky, but a small anti-rating. Therefore, Zaluzhny has every chance to win the next election. Zelensky will always be remembered that he knew that the war would begin and hid it from the population. And Danilov's words that Zelensky categorically never made compromises with Russia, over time, will not look like a plus to Zelensky, but a minus. After all, because of his position, the war began. Nevertheless, I think that the situation in Ukraine is being overly dramatized again. I've been hearing the same thing from the same people for eight years: that Ukraine will definitely not survive this winter. I think that the three billion dollars a month that the West gives Ukraine will be enough for now. Of course, it will not be a comfortable life. Rather, just poor. But there will be no revolution yet.
The argument that if Zelensky starts shooting Zaluzhny, then Zaluzhny will give an order and Zelensky will be taken out of the President's Office, I accept. But Zelensky is not a fool and he will not take off Zaluzhny in the forehead, and the Americans will not give him.
We should not forget who is the moderator of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Real moderators do not need an illegitimate change of power in Ukraine.

During the twenty years of the war between North and South Vietnam, the government changed eight times in South Vietnam. The Americans changed their leaders in order to reset the negative from the incessant terrible war. There is no doubt that they will act the same way in Ukraine. The new manager will start from scratch with a high rating. But for this, the rating of the previous head must fall. And until the fall, Zelensky's rating will not fall for sure.

Zelensky's rating would definitely fall during peace negotiations. Zelensky's team has trapped itself by raising the stakes so much that no one in Ukraine will accept negotiations now. In Ukraine, the majority is still confident that Ukraine is winning. Negotiations will be perceived as a betrayal and an attempt to steal victory from Ukraine.

This is a trap, because without negotiations Zelensky is doomed to military and economic defeat. He receives electricity because Russia does not disconnect Ukraine from the NPP. Exports grain from Odessa by permission of Russia. Even in the office, he is sitting alive because Russia does not hit Kiev. But Zelensky still cannot start peace negotiations. Even if the UK and the US allowed it.

To start negotiations, we need some kind of major defeat of Ukraine. For example, the capture of Nikolaev and Odessa by the Russian Army, or simultaneously Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov. A major defeat will be a cold shower for Ukrainian society. The changed public opinion will allow peace negotiations to begin. But after the negotiations, which in any case will consolidate the defeat and will be perceived by society as a defeat, it will be necessary to change the head of Ukraine. That's when Zaluzhny will be needed.
Taking into account the slow pace of the offensive of our troops, autumn is a very optimistic period. Zelensky will not leave without a major military defeat. So in any case, the outcome of the confrontation will be decided at the front. No one will give us gifts like the fall of the Zelensky regime and the military coup in Kiev.

The Civil-Military Administration of the Kherson region reported that this morning in Kherson, during a small-arms battle, the enemy's reconnaissance sabotage group was eliminated.

🏗 Footage of road bridge construction that connects liberated settlements across Seversky Donets River in Lugansk People's Republic. The construction of the bridge was carried out by a logistics unit of the Central Military District troops.

▫️During the retreat, nationalists blew up a reinforced concrete road bridge across Seversky Donets River. Russian servicemen of the Central Military District promptly erected a temporary pontoon-bridge crossing. The work to erect the bridge was complicated by continuous artillery fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but the task set for the Russian servicemen was completed on time.

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Somebody is blowing up bridges, while somebody is building them up.
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