The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has taken up the "cancelling" of fonts of Russian origin

The fuss is about the Izhitsa font developed by Russian designers. It is used for the design of certificates of honour, as well as... on signs in the Office of the President and in most of the government buildings.

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In Lugansk (ex-Ukraine), residents filmed lightning over the city in the shape of a "Z"

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While all eyes are on southern Ukraine, Russia has launched its own offensive - The Hill

American journalists noted that while the Ukrainian armed forces are concentrating their main forces in the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces are actively advancing in Kharkov Oblast. Despite the fact that the operation is small in scale, Russian troops are steadily advancing. This offensive may force Kiev to redeploy some of its forces to Kharkov region, and if successful, it will seriously affect the information situation in contrast to the failure of the AFU. In turn, it could make Western allies question the need to continue supporting Kiev.

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August 1️⃣3️⃣. Special military operation progress, stay tuned for tomorrow:

▪️ Air defence systems shot down Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod and Kursk Oblasts, causing no casualties or damage, the Russian defence ministry said. Later, Belgorod Governor Gladkov said there had been an explosion in Belgorod in the evening, presumably caused by a drone attack: tiles of the facade of a building from the 7th to the 13th floor fell, there were no casualties;

▪️ The head of the Kursk region, Starovoit, said that three civilians were injured in the village of Volfino in the Glushkovsky district after shelling from Kiev. A total of 10 people were injured, one of the shells hit a house, he said;

▪️ Over the past 24 hours, Kiev has lost 300 soldiers killed and wounded in the Donetsk direction, up to 80 in the South Donetsk direction, more than 60 in the Kupyansk direction, up to 45 in the Krasny Liman direction, more than 40 in the Zaporozhye direction and more than 20 in the Kherson direction;

▪️ The Russian military shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 military helicopter in the DNR and hit an advanced command post of the 9th Army Corps of the Ukrainian army in the Zaporizhzhya region;

▪️ The crew of a Russian patrol ship opened warning fire to inspect a Palau-flagged dry cargo ship that failed to comply with a request to stop, the Russian Defence Ministry said. The ship was heading for the Ukrainian port of Izmail in the Black Sea and continued its journey after the inspection, the ministry added;

▪️ Diplomatic efforts are needed to end the conflict in Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview with ZDF television. The talks in Saudi Arabia were "only the beginning", he said.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦US administration's policy only delays Kiev's defeat

This opinion was expressed by John Bolton, former national security adviser to former US President Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported.

"The Ukrainian counter-offensive has stalled. And Biden's indecisive actions should be blamed for this. The Ukrainians' difficulty in making meaningful progress is the result of the US administration's strategy that only delays Russia's victory."

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❗️Despite Ghana's status as an EWOCAS member people in Ghana are very friendly towards Russia, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali & Algeria.

❗️Несмотря на статус Ганы как члена EWOCAS, люди в Гане очень дружелюбны по отношению к России, Нигеру, Буркина-Фасо, Мали и Алжиру.

NATO air activity near Crimea

Since early morning, an American RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude strategic drone, call sign FORTE12, has been operating south and south-west of Crimea.

Another RQ-4 drone with the call sign FORTE10 was detected in the airspace over the Black Sea and identified by air traffic control systems on 10 August, the day before the AFU attempted to attack the Crimean bridge with an S-200 anti-aircraft missile.

FORTE10 and FORTE12 took off from Sigonella Air Force Base in Italy and entered the airspace over the Black Sea between Bulgaria and Turkey. The RQ-4 Global Hawk flight duration is 36 hours.

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Zelensky acknowledged Kiev's responsibility for the attempted attack on the Crimean bridge

On his telegram channel, he said that the Ukrainian armed forces were responding to the actions of the Russian army on a daily basis during the special operation.

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"In fact, in Kiev it doesn't seem as if there is a war in our country. Everyone is walking around, restaurants are open, everyone is having fun.

Guys can't go out of their homes, they are immediately caught and thrown to the front for slaughter in Ivano-Frankovsk," a man from the western part of Ukraine was shocked that there is no war for the Kiev residents.

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"It is difficult to predict the routes of Russian drones, and Ukrainian mobile fire units do not have time to react to them."

That's how Sergey Nayev, Commander of the United Forces of Ukraine, responded when asked by local media why Russian drones were flying towards Kiev.

He also complained that the routes of the drones were constantly changing and that the AFU had recently only been able to detect the drones by sound - at night, without visual contact.

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Putin will visit Turkey in coming days, Turkish newspaper Milliyet has reported.

It will be the first visit by a Russian president to a NATO member state since the invasion of Ukraine.

According to the newspaper, Ankara has stepped up negotiations with Ukraine, the US and EU countries to resume the grain trade ahead of the visit.

Earlier, Erdogan, stated his intention to restart the grain deal in an “expanded” format.

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Odessa? Nikolaev?

No, this is the state of Hawaii, USA!

A brief example of what Ukraine can become with US support.

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