Oorlog in Oekraïne én in Rusland #1011 driejarige SMO

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 16:18 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Wat hier langskomt zijn over het algemeen dingen die kunnen, die mogelijk zijn. Zelfs qua de zoveelste tank die boem doet heb je 0,0 garantie dat het niet oud is.

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 16:52 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Hopelijk neergestort.

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 16:52 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Hopelijk neergestort.

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 16:25 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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En een willekeurig antwoord op zo'n post:

"NOOOEOEEEEEKKSS!!111!!!"

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 17:04 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Altijd goed om een kolonel te raken.

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 18:20 schreef Starhopper het volgende:

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Moeders krijgt nu 2 blokken ijs? Wat een geluksvogel!

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 15:09 schreef koffiekoekjes het volgende:

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2-3 kilometer is vrij rap voor dit front zeker als je ziet dat ze kleine steden binnen een paar dagen innemen. Die 5x meer verliezen is twijfelachtig.

Daarnaast is Kursk niet relevant, hoogstens gezichtsverlies voor Rusland. Die hele inval bij Kursk heeft geen nut want strategisch is er niks te halen voor Oekraïne. (en dat front staat ook al een week stil)

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Lviv region’s authorities hand over 10K drones to military

A batch of 323 unmanned aerial vehicles was handed over to the Ukrainian Armed Forces by Lviv region’s authorities as part of the Birds of Victory initiative, bringing the number of donated drones to 10,000.
That’s according to Maksym Kozytskyi, head of the regional military administration, who reported the news on Facebook, Ukrinform saw.

"As part of the "Birds of Victory" project, we handed over the 10,000th drone to our defenders on the front line," Kozytskyi wrote.

The National Register of Records confirmed the largest recorded donation of UAVs for Ukraine’s defense forces coming from a single region.

"This time, 323 drones, including the 10,000th one, were handed over to the soldiers from the 92nd Achilles Unmanned Combat Systems Battalion with the 92nd Separate Air Assault Brigade, the RAROG Unmanned Combat Systems Battalion with the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade, 77th Separate Paratroopers Brigade, 420th Separate Rifle Battalion, 68th Oleksa Dovbush Separate Hunting Brigade, International Legion, and Lviv Border Guards Detachment," Kozytskyi wrote.

As reported, during a Lviv auction within the framework of the Birds of Victory project, UAH 14.5 million was raised for the purchase of combat drones.

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Before Kursk operation, Ukraine received satellite images, but not for offensive – NYT
Allies provided satellite images so that the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces could better track Russian reinforcements that could pose a threat to Ukraine

Shortly before the start of the operation in Kursk Oblast, Ukraine received satellite images and other data about the region from the United States and Britain, writes The New York Times with reference to unnamed American officials and British analysts. They noted that the aid was not provided for an offensive deep into the territory of Russia.

American officials told reporters that the satellite images and other data were transferred to Kyiv so that the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces could better track Russian reinforcements that could pose a threat to Ukraine.

Some U.S. officials have noted that Ukraine's attempts to control more territory on Russia's western border could risk straining U.S. military supply lines and weakening defense capabilities.

The NYT also reported that the concentration of Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast could create vulnerabilities on the eastern front, especially in Donbas, where heavy fighting with Russian troops continues.

An analyst at the British security intelligence company Janes, James Rands, noted that the expansion of the front line requires significant resources, which could lead to depletion in other areas of the front or a reduction in reserves.

At the same time, the American military noted that Ukraine demonstrated the ability to conduct complex offensive operations, coordinating the actions of infantry, armored vehicles, and artillery.

On August 24, 2024, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kursk Oblast is a preventive strike to protect Sumy Oblast.

Also on Independence Day, the 55th exchange of prisoners of war between Ukraine and Russia took place. 115 soldiers returned home. Azov Brigade commander reported that there were no defenders from the unit at the exchange.

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Russia Attacked 15 Regions of Ukraine, Targeting Energy Infrastructure

^{Map of the 15 Ukrainian regions attacked by Russia on August 26, 2024. (Source: United24 Media)}

On August 26, fifteen regions of Ukraine were targeted in a massive Russian attack, according to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Russia’s morning attack on Ukraine as one of the largest combined strikes to date. He noted that “more than a hundred rockets of various types and about a hundred Shahed drones” were launched across the country, targeting critical civilian infrastructure.

The President also reported that restoration efforts are underway throughout the affected areas, and that Points of Invincibility will be established in some regions to support the recovery process.

We gathered the information by region.

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Object flew over Poland. Army: It disappeared after 25 kilometers
- We are probably dealing with an object entering Polish territory. It was confirmed by radiolocation by at least three stations - said Maj. Gen. Maciej Klisz, operational commander of the Armed Forces. The incident occurred at 6:43. - The object probably entered Polish space, disappeared after about 25 kilometers (of flight - ed.) on Polish territory - he added.

"Since early morning hours we have witnessed a massive attack by long-range aviation of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine. Russia has directed both ballistic missiles , guided missiles and drones hitting infrastructure in Ukraine, including the regions bordering our border," the Operational Command of the Armed Forces reported.

As it added, Polish Army soldiers were on standby since Monday morning. - During the massive attack on Ukrainian territory, including the districts adjacent to the border with Poland, we probably had an object flying into Polish territory - said Gen. Maciej Klisz, operational commander of the Armed Forces.

He reported that the object was confirmed by radiolocation by at least three radar stations. - I had (it) in full control, I was ready to shoot it down , I was in contact with the Minister of Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz , as well as the Chief of General Staff (Gen. Wiesław Kukuła - ed.) - said Gen. Klisz.

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What could have been the purpose of the mysterious object? We check

A combat air object - probably a drone - crossed the Polish border on Monday, while the Russians were in full-scale attack on Ukraine. As reported by Gen. Maciej Klisz, the object disappeared from radars after flying for about 25 km over the territory of our country. Russia attacked Ukraine today, among others, with Shaded drones. According to reports by Ukrainian analysts, they moved almost along the border with Poland.

Information about the violation of Polish airspace by a Russian drone was presented by the Operational Commander of the Branches of the Armed Forces, Major General Maciej Klisz . During a press briefing, the military officer presented details about the flight and actions of the Polish army .

- We are probably dealing with an object entering Polish territory. The object was confirmed by radar by at least three stations. I had the object under full surveillance , I was ready to shoot it down - he stated.

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Russian 15 year old sentenced to 4.5 years in young offender institution for terror offences
A 15-year-old Russian schoolboy who repeatedly expressed his support for Ukraine has been sentenced to 4.5 years in a young offender institution for participating in a “terrorist organisation” and “undergoing training for a terrorist attack”, independent news outlet Mediazona reported on Monday.

A court in the city of Khabarovsk in Russia’s Far East sentenced Valery Zaytsev on 16 August, but due to the closed-door nature of his trial, which lasted just five days, the verdict wasn’t made public for over a week.

^{Valery Zaytsev. Photo: Baza}

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Wagner Group claims to no longer be fighting in Ukraine
Wagner mercenaries are operating only in Belarus and Africa, and are not fighting alongside the Russian army in Ukraine, the Wagner Group claimed in a statement on Telegram on Aug. 26.

The statement, which was posted on a Wagner-affiliated Telegram channel, claimed that "there are no subordinates of the company either in Rosgvardia (Russia's National Guard), or in the ranks of the Russian Defense Ministry, or anywhere else."

Wagner fighters are not taking part in Russia's invasion of Ukraine "at this stage," the group said, claiming that "if the situation changes, it will be announced."

Wagner units were key to Russia's seizure of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast in May 2023. Estimates suggest that nearly 20,000 mercenaries, many of whom were former convicts recruited from Russian prisoners in late 2022, died in the battle for the city.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the then-leader of Wagner, died in a mysterious plane crash in Russia on Aug. 23, 2023. The crash came two months after Prigozhin led Wagner troops in a short-lived rebellion against the Kremlin.

Wagner units were then reportedly incorporated into official Russian military structures, such as Rosgvardia. The Chechen Akhmat unit claimed in October 2023 that a "massive" number of Wagner mercenaries had joined its ranks.

According to a U.K. Defense Ministry intelligence report on Aug. 23, just 5,000 Wagner troops are currently deployed in Africa and Belarus, a fraction compared to its peak of 50,000 in 2023.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry warned on Aug. 25 that Belarus is "concentrating a significant number" of weaponry and personnel at the border with Ukraine, including some former Wagner troops.

Minsk is Moscow's closest ally and hosts Russian troops and missiles, but is not currently directly involved in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 21:18 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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En natuurlijk moeten wij Wagner op zijn grote blauwe ogen geloven? Wel raar om dit zomaar de wereld in te gooien vanuit het niets.

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 19:59 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Dit zijn visueel bevestigde verliezen met bewijs in het google doc formulier.

Waarom Kursk wel relevant is:
- 2000-3000 krijgsgevangenen waarvan een groot deel dienstplichtigen en tiktok soldaten zijn.
- Gezichtsverlies voor Putin inderdaad, en voor het hele Kremlin. Je kan dit ook aan de beelden van Putin zien. Die zit niet lekker in zijn vel op het ogenblik.
- Bijna evenveel grondgebied ingenomen als Rusland in 2023 en 2024 bij elkaar
- Rusland in paniek, wat je ook kan zien aan andere delen van het front, bij elke scheet vanuit Oekraïne wordt de paniek groter.
- Soldaten en materieel vanaf andere delen van het front naar Kursk
- Rusland moet opeens zijn hele grens met Oekraïne gaan beveiligen, waar zij gewoon de troepen en het materieel niet voor hebben. Tenzij zij een algehele mobilisatie gaan beginnen.
- Treinverkeer in problemen door heel Rusland heen
- Bevoorrading Belgorod in het geding
- Oekraine kan eindelijk eens aanvallen in plaats van alleen maar verdedigen. Zij zijn tenslotte al iets van een jaar alleen maar aan het verdedigen. Waarvoor een groot aantal troepen gewoon niet gemaakt zijn.
- Grote morele opkikker van troepen aan andere delen van het front voor Oekraine.
- Het is een soort van vakantie voor de troepen die nu in Kursk vechten. Daar het veel minder intensief is dan aan de Pokrovsk front bijvoorbeeld.
- Alles wat in kursk uitgeschakeld wordt kan niet ergens anders ingezet worden.

Er zijn vast nog wel andere argumenten te bedenken waarom het wel relevant is.

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 21:34 schreef Idisrom het volgende:
Ik denk dat de Oekraïense inval in Koersk de Russen nu het zetje gegeven hebben om straks tot een iets van mobilisatie over te gaan. Anders was Poetin aan het wikken en wegen gebleven. Dan komt de inval in de oblast Koersk als een boemerang terug.

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Ex-Wagner Fighter Signs Military Contract After Second Murder Conviction
A convicted murderer in Russia has signed his second contract to fight in Moscow’s war on Ukraine just months after receiving a new prison sentence for another murder, the Travmpunkt legal rights group said Monday.

Ivan Rossomakhin had been serving a 14-year sentence for murder when he was first recruited by the Wagner mercenary group in 2022 to fight in Ukraine.

In April, he was sentenced to 22 years in prison for stabbing and raping his elderly neighbor upon returning to his hometown in the Kirov region. An appeals court later extended Rossomakhin’s sentence to 23 years.

According to Travmpunkt, which advocates for victims of violent crime, the head of the prison where Rossomakhin was incarcerated informed the victim’s family that he had been released under a law permitting convicted criminals to join the military. Despite his new sentence, the former Wagner fighter reportedly served less than six months before being sent back to the front lines.

The Telegram news channel Ostorozhno Novosti, which first broke the story of Rossomakhin’s latest military contract, said his case likely marks the first time “a recruited prisoner has evaded punishment by being deployed to a war zone for the second time.”

The practice of recruiting prisoners for the war in Ukraine was spearheaded by Wagner in 2022. However, Russia’s Defense Ministry took over prison recruitment early last year.

Under a law signed by President Vladimir Putin in March, convicted recruits have their remaining sentences suspended for the duration of their military service. They could even have their criminal records expunged if they receive state awards.

In 2023, Russian courts convicted a record number of soldiers for murder amid growing reports of violence committed by servicemen after returning from Ukraine.

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 21:34 schreef Idisrom het volgende:

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Ik denk dat de Oekraïense inval in Koersk de Russen nu het zetje gegeven hebben om straks tot een iets van mobilisatie over te gaan. Anders was Poetin aan het wikken en wegen gebleven.

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 21:34 schreef Idisrom het volgende:

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Ik heb even opmerkingen over twee van je genoemde punten.
"Tenzij zij een algehele mobilisatie gaan beginnen." en " Grote morele opkikker van troepen aan andere delen van het front voor Oekraine."

Ik denk dat de Oekraïense inval in Koersk de Russen nu het zetje gegeven hebben om straks tot een iets van mobilisatie over te gaan. Anders was Poetin aan het wikken en wegen gebleven. Dan komt de inval in de oblast Koersk als een boemerang terug.

En aan de grote morele opkikker van de troepen aan het Donbassfront heb ik wel mijn twijfels. Je zegt zelf al, dat het een soort vakantie is voor troepen die nu in Koersk vechten. Ik denk dat de troepen die al jaren- en maandenlang in de loopgraven van het Donbassfront zitten te verdedigen, het gevoel hebben dat de Oekraïense Jannen-met-de-pet-op zich maar wat anoniem moeten doorvechten of doodvechten, terwijl wat elitetroepen in het publiek nu de goede sier maken.

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 22:01 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Dat zal Iran leuk vinden. Die zijn daar heel gevoelig voor als het ze uitkomt.

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A Russian Elon Musk with 100 biological children: Meet Pavel Durov
Pavel Durov is a lot of things to a lot of people. Programming prodigy. Billionaire entrepreneur. Kremlin stooge. Free-speech fighter. Biological father to at least 100 kids.

Durov, the elusive founder of Telegram who was detained in France over the weekend, cuts the figure of a mysterious, globe-trotting tech bro with Mark Zuckerberg’s prodigiousness, Jack Dorsey’s bizarre lifestyle habits and Elon Musk’s libertarian streak – plus a similar obsession with pronatalism and fathering children. Durov said in July that he had fathered more than 100 children thanks to sperm donations he had made over the past 15 years.

Worth an estimated $9.15 billion according to Bloomberg and armed with an array of passports and residences, Durov has for a decade lived a life without borders, a man on an often-shirtless journey to secure the freedom of communication from the prying eyes of governments, democratically elected or otherwise.

Now, Durov’s legal trouble is drudging up an old debate, pitting Telegram’s end-to-end encryption, which keeps communications between users secure even from the company’s employees, against the security concerns of various governments and the European Union’s campaign to rein in big tech.

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 22:01 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Dat zal Iran leuk vinden. Die zijn daar heel gevoelig voor als het ze uitkomt.

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 22:34 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Wat achtergrond informatie over Durov.

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 22:58 schreef oheng het volgende:

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Ik zie niks op het Rusich Telegram kanaal? Ook niet op andere, zoals Vorposte, Dark, Leader Z, etc

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 22:58 schreef oheng het volgende:

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Ik zie niks op het Rusich Telegram kanaal? Ook niet op andere, zoals Vorposte, Dark, Leader Z, etc

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Op maandag 26 augustus 2024 23:19 schreef Evenveel het volgende:

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Ik lees je posts altijd met veel interesse, maar helaas gaat vaak in je 2e gedeelte van het bericht wat fout waardoor er tekst mist

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 00:38 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Kan je iets specifieker zijn? Want voor zover ik kan zien heb ik gewoon het gehele nieuwsbericht geplaatst.

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“We decided to refuse, and that didn’t go too well with the Russian government,” Durov

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 01:23 schreef Evenveel het volgende:

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Zeker! In dit specifieke voorbeeld breekt ie hier af:
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maar het bericht gaat daarna nog een beetje verder

ik denk dat het te maken heeft met een scroll iets in de quote ofzo

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The Russians hit a hotel in Kryvyi Rih with ballistics, there are dead and wounded

In Kryvyi Rih, the Russians fired ballistic missiles at the hotel, there are dead and injured.

Source: Dnipro operative , First city. Kryvyi Rih, head of the City Defense Council Oleksandr Vilkul in Telegram, head of Dnipropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak

Verbatim Dnipro operative: "Kryvyi Rih. The Russians hit the hotel with ballistics."

Vilkul's direct speech: "The news is bad, specifics after the break.

Everyone is already in place. Rescue and medical services save people."

Details: According to preliminary data, the occupiers attacked the Aurora hotel.

Local media published a photo of the arrival at the Kryvyi Rih hotel.

Updated: Lysak later reported that a civilian object in Kryvyi Rih was mutilated as a result of the Russian attack.

Lysak's direct speech: "A civilian facility was mutilated due to the attack. Previously, one person died and four were injured. There may be people under the rubble."

Updated: Head of the Kryvyi Rih District, Yevhen Sytnychenko, announced after 2 a.m. that the number of victims as a result of the Russian attack on the Kryvyi Rih hotel had increased to two.

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Morning attack on Ukraine cost Russia almost US$1.3 billion
The 26 August attack on Ukraine has cost Russia about US$1.26 billion.

Source: estimates of Ekonmichna Pravda

Details: The Ukrainian Air Force reports that as of the beginning of the day on 26 August the Russians have launched on Ukraine:

• 109 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs;
• 77 Kh-101 cruise missiles;
• 3 Kh-22 cruise missiles;
• 28 Kalibr submarine-launched cruise missiles;
• 6 Iskander-M ballistic missiles;
• 3 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles;
• 10 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided missiles.

The Shahed-136/131 UAV can cost from US$49,000 if produced in Russia and up to US$290,000 if imported from Iran. The price planned for import from Iran, US$193,000, was taken as a basis here.

Therefore, 109 attack UAVs Shahed cost Russia about US$21.3 million.

The price of a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile is US$10 million, the total cost of the missiles launched is US$30 million.

The cost of a Kh-22 missile is estimated to be US$1 million per piece, with a total amount of US$3 million.

A Kh-101 missile costs US$13 million per piece, while the total cost of the missiles of this type launched by Russia is US$1 billion.

According to Defence Express, the cost of one Kalibr missile is US$6.5 million, so a total amount spent on the missiles used in the attack is US$182 million.

The Kh-59/Kh-69 missiles cost US$0.5 million per piece so the total cost of the missiles is US$5 million.

The Iskander-M ballistic missile can cost US$3 million, the total cost of all the missiles of this type launched by Russia is US$18 million.

Therefore, the total amount spent by Russia on the morning of the 26 August attack on Ukraine is US$1.26 billion.

Background:
• The Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant has not suffered critical damage in the Russian morning attack.
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, stated that the morning attack resulted in many damaged power facilities, but the repairs are underway.

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Ukraine to present Biden admin with targets it could hit in Russia, given the chance
US officials are still adamant that lifting the restrictions will not have a significant impact on the ground.

Ukrainian officials are preparing to present a list of long-range targets in Russia to top U.S. national security officials that they think Kyiv’s military can hit if Washington were to lift its restrictions on U.S. weapons.

Ukraine is using the list as a last-ditch effort to convince Washington to lift the restrictions on U.S. weapons being used inside Russia. While Ukraine has previously provided the U.S. some of its potential targets in Russia, this list is supposed to be more tailored.

Ukraine’s defense minister, Rustem Umerov, and Andriy Yermak, senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will be in D.C. this week and plan to present the list to the administration during their discussions, according to three people familiar with Ukraine’s efforts.

The U.S. has said for months that lifting the restrictions won’t make a strategic difference in the war as Russia has moved its most important targets, including aircraft, back from the border and out of reach.

But Kyiv has identified several high-value targets that it can reach with U.S.-provided missiles, the people said. It hopes the list will bolster its campaign to convince President Joe Biden to change his mind.

“There should be no restrictions on the range of weapons for Ukraine, while terrorists have no such restrictions,” Zelenskyy said in a statement Monday. “Defenders of life should face no restrictions on weapons.”

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‘Russians do everything via Telegram.’ Pavel Durov’s arrest upends Kremlin military comms
Although Durov publicly distances himself from Moscow, his platform has become vital for Russian army coordination in Ukraine.

French authorities detained Pavel Durov on allegations that his Telegram social media platform was being used for child pornography, drug trafficking and organized crime — but the immediate freakout came from Russia.

That's because Telegram is widely used by the Russian military for battlefield communications thanks to problems with rolling out its own secure comms system. It's also the primary vehicle for pro-war military bloggers and media — as well as millions of ordinary Russians.

“They practically detained the head of communication of the Russian army,” Russian military blogger channel Povernutie na Z Voine said in a Telegram statement.

The blog site Dva Mayora said that Russian specialists are working on an alternative to Telegram, but that the Russian army's Main Communications Directorate has "not shown any real interest" in getting such a system to Russian troops. The site said Durov's arrest may actually speed up the development of an independent comms system.

Alarmed Russian policymakers are calling for Durov's release.

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results of Google lens translation:
Volunteers and military volunteers who came to the Kursk region ask the traffic police not to fine them for speeding when they are moving away from drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Several people who are located near the combat zone told Mash about this.

The Cameras still record violations in the border area, and when people try to flee from drones, they receive chain letters. One of the famous military activists was counted 9k in just one day. He accelerated on the highway, which almost every hour

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China and Saudi Arabia halt crucial MDI chemical shipments to Russia amid sanctions
In a significant development, China and Saudi Arabia have stopped the supply of irreplaceable chemical products to Russia. Currently, Russia is entirely dependent on imported MDI, especially following the European Union's 14th sanctions package.

According to the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita, Chinese giant Wanhua Chemical Group and Saudi firm Sadara Chemical have ceased shipments of isocyanates (MDI) to Russia. This chemical is crucial in sectors like automotive, construction, and household appliance manufacturing.

The halting of MDI supplies leaves Russia in a critical position as the country depends entirely on these imports. Following the recent European Union sanctions, EU, US, and Japanese companies also stopped exporting MDI to Russia.

Given MDI's short shelf life, prolonged shipments via intermediaries from third countries are not feasible, making sanctions evasion increasingly difficult.

Despite plans to initiate domestic MDI production back in 2014, Russia has failed to establish even a single full-scale plant in the past decade.

In light of China and Saudi Arabia's decision, 20 major Russian automotive, construction, and household appliance manufacturers have jointly written to the government, urging immediate action.

Isocyanates are organic compounds derived from isocyanic acid and are mainly used in industrial applications with polyatomic alcohols for polyurethane synthesis. Methyl isocyanate is also used in pesticide synthesis.

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STAVANGER, Norway, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Security services from seven European countries on Monday briefed Norwegian energy executives and officials, including from Equinor , Europe's largest gas supplier, about what they see as Russian threats to critical infrastructure.

The closed-door meeting attended by national security services from Norway, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden and Iceland highlighted Norway's role as the key energy supplier to Europe.

"We see a developing story which addresses not only Germany or Norwegian colleagues but all of us," Sinan Selen, the vice president of Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, told Reuters after the meeting.

"This is a threat which comes from some counterparts like Russia, including not only espionage operations but also the risk of sabotage in some fields," he added, declining to discuss specific cases. In April, two German-Russian nationals were arrested in Germany on suspicion of plotting sabotage attacks, including on U.S. military facilities, in what officials called a serious effort to undermine military support for Ukraine.

The Russian Embassy in Germany has dismissed allegations that it was behind the plans as "absurd and ridiculous". The Norwegian intelligence agencies have also highlighted what they term as the potential threat of Russian sabotage.

"When we are talking about sabotage today, we are talking about Russia," Beate Gangaas, the head of Norway's counterintelligence agency PST, which organised the meeting on the sidelines of the ONS energy conference, told Reuters.

Norwegian intelligence agencies said earlier this year that Russia "may find it prudent" to carry out physical or digital acts of sabotage against targets in Norway, with its petroleum sector being the prime target.

After Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Norway, a NATO member country that shares a border with Russia in the Arctic, has become Europe's largest supplier of natural gas, which is delivered via a vast subsea pipeline system.

"Russia is in a lasting confrontation with the West, and it's a regime that is willing to take more risk," Vice Admiral Nils Andreas Stensoenes, the head of Norwegian Intelligence Service, told an open-door meeting earlier on Monday.

"So, even though we haven't seen any concrete evidence on plans to do anything in Norway, it's wise to be prudent and increase the level of security," he added.

(Reporting by Nora Buli and Nerijus Adomaitis; Editing by William Maclean)

((mailto:Nora.Buli@thomsonreuters.com; (+47) 21 04 05 56; Reuters Messaging: rm://nora.buli.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net/))

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 09:37 schreef nostra het volgende:
Onder andere de MIVD waarschuwt Noorwegen en specifiek Equinor (grootste jongetje van de klas nu) voor Russische aanvallen:
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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 11:20 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
En dit moet een Republikeinse senator voorstellen:

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Dat land is toch echt aardig verloren helaas.

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 11:27 schreef Nebelwerfer het volgende:
Hier nog geen nieuws over Oekraïners over de grens in Belgorod?

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 12:09 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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De NAFO-meme is een CIA complot, denkt Kim Dotcom

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 11:20 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
En dit moet een Republikeinse senator voorstellen:

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Dat land is toch echt aardig verloren helaas.

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 13:07 schreef oheng het volgende:

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Als ik RIA lees, dan ziet het er niet goed uit voor de russen.

RIA: de situatie is moeilijk maar beheersbaar


Normaal gesproken betekent dit soort taal dat de situatie totaal uit de hand is gelopen.

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 08:46 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Ze mogen er wel weer een aantal drones op afschieten. Gewoon, voor omdat.

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 14:22 schreef hertogjan_lekkerman het volgende:

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waarom hoor ik nu niemand over al die co2 uitstoot? Als een cruise ship in IJmuiden wordt tegengehouden staat de helft van de posters hier te juichen maar als een olie raffinaderij in de fik staat wordt er volop euforie gekraakt.
dubbele moraal

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 14:22 schreef hertogjan_lekkerman het volgende:

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waarom hoor ik nu niemand over al die co2 uitstoot? Als een cruise ship in IJmuiden wordt tegengehouden staat de helft van de posters hier te juichen maar als een olie raffinaderij in de fik staat wordt er volop euforie gekraakt.
dubbele moraal

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 14:30 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Omdat sommigen wel context en relativeringsvermogen hebben .

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 14:22 schreef hertogjan_lekkerman het volgende:

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waarom hoor ik nu niemand over al die co2 uitstoot? Als een cruise ship in IJmuiden wordt tegengehouden staat de helft van de posters hier te juichen maar als een olie raffinaderij in de fik staat wordt er volop euforie gekraakt.
dubbele moraal

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 15:11 schreef hertogjan_lekkerman het volgende:

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ok, dus co2 uitstoot heeft met context en relativeringsvermogen te maken? goed om te weten, dus ook allemaal maar net hoe de wind waait dus. Wat een gelul allemaal zeg. Be woke get broke.

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 15:18 schreef Parafernalia het volgende:

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Je snapt het verschil toch wel?

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 14:22 schreef hertogjan_lekkerman het volgende:

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waarom hoor ik nu niemand over al die co2 uitstoot? Als een cruise ship in IJmuiden wordt tegengehouden staat de helft van de posters hier te juichen maar als een olie raffinaderij in de fik staat wordt er volop euforie gekraakt.
dubbele moraal

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 15:11 schreef hertogjan_lekkerman het volgende:

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Be woke get broke.

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 15:11 schreef hertogjan_lekkerman het volgende:

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ok, dus co2 uitstoot heeft met context en relativeringsvermogen te maken? goed om te weten, dus ook allemaal maar net hoe de wind waait dus. Wat een gelul allemaal zeg. Be woke get broke.

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 14:22 schreef hertogjan_lekkerman het volgende:

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waarom hoor ik nu niemand over al die co2 uitstoot? Als een cruise ship in IJmuiden wordt tegengehouden staat de helft van de posters hier te juichen maar als een olie raffinaderij in de fik staat wordt er volop euforie gekraakt.
dubbele moraal

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 16:57 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Putin had deze oorlog niet moeten beginnen, dat had een hoop CO₂ gescheeld.

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 17:54 schreef stavromulabeta het volgende:

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Ik denk dat het wel meevalt. Dankzij die oorlog en bijbehorende energieprijzen zijn wij hier eindelijk stappen gaan maken om van het gas af te komen, die 600.000 dode Russen stoten geen CO2 meer uit en op de compleet vermijnde gebieden kunnen straks mooie CO2-compenserende bossen groeien.

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 18:11 schreef Eyjafjallajoekull het volgende:

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Ik denk dat die vloot van de VS die steeds heen en weer beweegt tussen de VS en het MO een stuk meer uitstoot idd.

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 15:11 schreef hertogjan_lekkerman het volgende:

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ok, dus co2 uitstoot heeft met context en relativeringsvermogen te maken? goed om te weten, dus ook allemaal maar net hoe de wind waait dus. Wat een gelul allemaal zeg. Be woke get broke.

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 15:47 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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BoarTAC unmanned transporter is authorized for operation in the Armed Forces of Ukraine

^{BoarTAC unmanned transporter. 2024. Photo credits: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine}

Defense industry of Ukraine Ministry of Defense of Ukraine UGV Ukraine
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has codified and authorized using the BoarTAC universal unmanned multipurpose forward-looking transporter for domestic production.

The Ministry’s press service reported on this.

The transporter’s design considers the requirements formed by the Ukrainian military’s combat experience.

It is reported that the ground robotic system has a low silhouette, is low-noise and invisible, and is protected from bullets and debris.

“In addition, the device is easy to operate and maintain in the field. In terms of driving characteristics, it has high cross-country ability and traction,” the Ministry of Defense noted.

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 14:35 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
Binnenkort gaan er doelen in Rusland geraakt worden. Met raketten.
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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 14:22 schreef hertogjan_lekkerman het volgende:

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waarom hoor ik nu niemand over al die co2 uitstoot? Als een cruise ship in IJmuiden wordt tegengehouden staat de helft van de posters hier te juichen maar als een olie raffinaderij in de fik staat wordt er volop euforie gekraakt.
dubbele moraal

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Five killed overnight in massive series of Russian air strikes on Ukraine

^{Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine / Telegram}

Ukraine came under massive aerial bombardment early Tuesday as Russian forces used missiles, including Kinzhal rockets, and Iranian-made Shahed drones to attack the country, according to local media reports.

An air-raid warning lasted for some eight hours in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the surrounding Kyiv region, with about a dozen attack drones and several missiles downed near Kyiv, according to city administration head Serhii Popko, who added that “everything flying towards the capital was destroyed” and that there had been no casualties reported.

A Russian missile hit a four-storey hotel in the city of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine at midnight, partially destroying it, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. It added that two people were killed and five others were injured in the attack, and that the search for two people believed to be trapped in the rubble was ongoing.

Three people were killed and five more were injured in Russian attacks on the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, Governor Ivan Fyodorov wrote on Telegram, adding that the region had sustained some 208 airstrikes on 14 population centres over the course of the day.

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Russia strikes Ukraine with 91 missiles and drones overnight: Air defense' work reported
On the night of August 27, the Air Force of Ukraine detected and escorted 91 Russian missiles and drones, according to the Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Oleshchuk.

The Russian occupiers attacked Ukraine with various types of missiles and attack drones. In particular,

• 3 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles (from MiG-31K aircraft operating from the airspace of the Lipetsk region, Russia);
• 1 Iskander-M ballistic missile (from Crimea);
• 1 Iskander-K cruise missile (from Voronezh region, Russia);
• 5 Kh-101 cruise missiles (from Tu-95MS bombers operating from the airspace of Volgograd region, Russia);
• 81 Shahed-type attack drones (from Yeysk and Kursk region, Russia).

As of 9 a.m., as a result of Ukrainian air defense forces' operations, the following were shot down:

• 5 Kh-101 cruise missiles;
• 60 Shahed-131/136 attack drones.

Russian drones were lost from radar, presumably crashed on the territory of Ukraine, one crossed the border with Belarus, and about ten more are still in Ukrainian airspace. Combat operations are ongoing.

Aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare equipment, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces were deployed to repel the Russian attack in most regions of Ukraine, including Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kirovohrad regions.

Russian night attack on Ukraine on August 27
For the second day in a row, the Russians have been carrying out massive attacks on Ukraine using drones and missiles of various types.

On August 26, Russia launched 127 missiles and 109 drones at Ukraine, but Ukraine's air defense managed to shoot down a total of 201 air targets. Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that Ukraine is preparing a response to these massive attacks.

On August 27, Russia launched another massive attack. Explosions were heard in several regions of Ukraine, including Kyiv. The Kyiv City Military Administration reported that all Russian missiles and drones flying towards Kyiv were destroyed.

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It would make sense to hold second Peace Summit in one of Global South states, Zelenskyy aide says
Presidential chief-of-staff Andriy Yermak stated the need to prepare a joint plan based on the Peace Formula

The venue for the second Peace Summit has not yet been decided, but Ukraine expects that the event will take place in one of the countries of the Global South, Andriy Yermak, the head of the President's Office, announced at the Ukraine 2024. Independence forum.

"We want, and it would be right, for the second Peace Summit to take place, it would be symbolic, in one of the countries of the Global South. To say that today this place is determined – no, because what is important is the content and readiness of the joint plan, over how we work," said Yermak.

The head of Zelenskyy's office noted that this plan will be ready soon. And it is important to do everything so that the majority of countries support it, Yermak added.

At the same time, he said that the first Peace Summit demonstrated that more than 100 countries support President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Peace Formula and believe that it is the basis for a joint plan.

Yermak also mentioned Zelenskyy's talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"During Modi's last meeting and visit, he said absolutely clearly that India will not support any plan or proposal that would compromise Ukraine's territorial integrity. It is very important to hear this from a BRICS member country," Yermak said.

On June 20, 2024, Yermak announced that preparations for the second Peace Summit are ongoing, and it is already known about Russia's plans to disrupt the event.

On the same day, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced that the second Summit could be held in one of the countries of the Global South.

On July 10, Bloomberg reported that Ukraine wants to convene a second summit with the participation of Russia before the presidential elections in the USA where the voting will take place in November.

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Hungarian national arrested on charges of conspiring to export 200 U.S. military-grade radios into Russia
A Hungarian citizen has been arrested in San Francisco on suspicion of conspiring to illegally export 200 pieces of U.S. military-grade radio communications equipment to Russian government end users, the US Attorney's Office at the District of Colombia said. Bencze Horváth, 46, is charged with conspiring to violate the U.S. Export Control Reform Act of 2018 ("ECRA").

According to the charges, Horváth and his associates operated a multinational procurement network that contracted directly with various agencies of the Russian government and worked on large-scale projects such as the construction of radio communications systems in the Kursk region of Russia, located along the Russian-Ukrainian border.

The man was arrested on 23 August when he arrived at San Francisco International Airport. The arrest and the charges were announced on Monday by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, along with the Assistant Attorney General for National Security and several special agents.

Horváth could face up to 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of $1 million for violating the Export Control Reform Act.

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Soldiers of the 425th Assault Battalion Skala stormed Russian positions in Toretsk

^{Bradley infantry fighting vehicle in the Armed Forces. July 2024. Frame from the video of the Ukrainian Ground Forces}

The soldiers of the 425th Assault Battalion Skala stormed the Russian invaders’ positions on the outskirts of Toretsk in the Donetsk region.

The military published a video of their combat work in a Telegram.

The footage from the Ukrainian drone captures the assault group of defenders first driving an M113 tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) through the streets of the settlement while houses are burning from Russian shelling.

The soldiers of the 425th Assault Battalion Skala then boarded an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) and drove toward the Russian positions.

With the fire support of an infantry fighting vehicle, the Ukrainian assault group landed, stormed, and cleared the territory where the invaders were trying to gain a foothold.

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US modernizes electronic warfare systems on Ukrainian F-16s

^{F-16 fighter jet of the Ukrainian Air Force. August 2024. Photo credits: Office of the President of Ukraine}

The United States has reprogrammed the electronic warfare system on Ukrainian F-16s to counter modern Russian threats.

Defense Visual Information Distribution Service of the US Department of Defense reported on this news.

Engineers from the 68th Electronic Warfare Squadron of the U.S. Air Force upgraded the future Ukrainian aircraft. This center of excellence for electronic warfare is dedicated to improving the capabilities and survivability of U.S. aircraft.

Together with Danish and Norwegian experts, the Americans reprogrammed electronic warfare systems on F-16 fighters from Denmark and the Netherlands.

Engineers from the 68th Squadron said that the electronic warfare subsystems needed to be updated so that the new aircraft could effectively integrate into the Ukrainian air force and be effective against new Russian threats.

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Russia opens criminal cases against two more foreign journalists covering Ukraine’s Kursk incursion

^{Nick Connolly reports from Sudzha. Screenshot from a Deutsche Welle video report}

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a criminal case into two more foreign journalists who reported from Ukrainian-controlled areas of Russia’s southwestern Kursk region, state-owned Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday.

The FSB is investigating Nick Connolly, a journalist with German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle, and Ukrainian news channel 1+1 reporter Natalya Nahorna for illegally entering Russia and “making video recordings in the area of Sudzha”, a town captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) as part of an ongoing incursion into Russian territory.

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Russia warns the United States of the risks of World War Three
Russia said the West was playing with fire by considering allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with Western missiles and cautioned the United States on Tuesday that World War Three would not be confined to Europe.

Ukraine attacked Russia's western Kursk region on Aug. 6 and has carved out a slice of territory in the biggest foreign attack on Russia since World War Two. President Vladimir Putin said there would be a worthy response from Russia to the attack.

Sergei Lavrov, who has served as Putin's foreign minister for more than 20 years, said that the West was seeking to escalate the Ukraine war and was "asking for trouble" by considering Ukrainian requests to loosen curbs on using foreign-supplied weapons.

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Syrskyi: Ukraine seized 1,300 square meters kilometers of territory and 594 POWs in the Kursk region

^{Ukrainian military in the Kursk oblast. August 2024. Russia. Photo credits: The New York Times}

Ukrainian troops seized about 1,300 square kilometers and 100 settlements in the Kursk sector and captured 594 Russian soldiers.

Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stated this.

“As of today, we continue to make progress. As of today, we have taken control of 1,294 square kilometers of territory and 100 settlements located on this territory. We have also significantly replenished the exchange fund. Ukrainian troops have captured 594 servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces in this sector so far,” Syrskyi reported.

He noted that the start of the operation was dictated by the intention to stop the constant shelling of the Sumy region from the territory of the Kursk region.

By early August, Russia had concentrated a significant number of its troops in the border area and was planning an offensive. Given this, it was decided to act proactively and create a security zone, launching its own offensive on August 6.

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Ukrainian Marines Train with New Bohdana 155mm Self-Propelled Artillery

^{Bohdana self-propelled guns of the marine`s artillery. Ukraine. August, 2024. Photo credits: 32nd Separate Artillery Brigade}

The artillery units of the Marines have been equipped with Ukrainian-made Bohdana self-propelled guns.

The press service of the 32nd Separate Artillery Brigade published a photo with these 155mm self-propelled guns.

The images show the military personnel training with these domestic artillery systems at a training ground.

In these exercises, artillery crews are preparing to conduct combat missions aimed at destroying enemy targets.

To achieve this, they practice deploying to a firing position, aiming at a target, and quickly folding and moving to another position.

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 23:01 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Russian sabotage threat behind alert at German NATO base, reports say
German security sources tell press agency that Russia planned to use drones against the airfield, which monitors NATO’s eastern theater.

Intelligence on a possible threat of Russian sabotage action against Geilenkirchen NATO air base caused it to temporarily raise its security level last week, German press agency dpa reported Monday, citing German security sources.

A foreign intelligence service gave "serious indication" of preparatory actions for a likely Russian act of sabotage against the NATO base, possibly involving the use of drones, the German newspaper Tagesspiegel reported.

For most of Friday, the air base of the Western defense alliance in North Rhine-Westphalia instated the second-highest security level.

Upon receiving the information, all non-essential personnel were sent home to minimize the potential risk, but air traffic was not disrupted and continued to operate normally. Since there were no incidents at the air base, the security level was reduced to the previous level on Friday afternoon.

About 1,600 people work at the airfield, which stations special aircraft currently used primarily to monitor airspace in NATO’s eastern theater, a spokesperson for the defense alliance said. The base's radar is capable of locating and identifying other aircraft at a range of more than 400 kilometers.

The alert level rise follows a series of recent sabotage threats in Germany. Two weeks ago, the Geilenkirchen base and another military base near Cologne airport were temporarily sealed off as authorities investigated a possible water-supply sabotage. The Cologne-Wahn airbase is a major transportation hub for Ukrainian soldiers trained in Germany.

Earlier, in June, Russian saboteurs set fire to a metal factory belonging to the defense contractor Diehl in Berlin. According to Western security officials, the saboteurs’ goal was to disrupt shipments of critical weapons and ammunition to Ukraine.

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Come Back Alive Foundation Equips Four Ukrainian Units to Counter Russian Drone

^{Equipment from the Come Back Alive Foundation for the Ukrainian military. August 2024. Ukraine. Photo credits: Come Back Alive Foundation}

The Come Back Alive Foundation has provided four more units with equipment that will help them shoot down Russian drones.

The Foundation has stated that the units received transport, modernized FPV drones, and other equipment for their crews.

The equipment is being transferred as part of the ‘Dronefall’ project. Its goal is to shoot down a thousand Russian reconnaissance UAVs by upgraded FPV drones.

Marines, Special Operations Forces, and air defense units received this equipment.

“UAH 9,358,024 of your contributions made it possible to purchase 6 vehicles for the 38th Separate Marine Brigade, Special Operations Forces and Air Defense units,” the foundation stated.

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Russia Installs Tor-M2KM SAM on Sovetsk Corvette

^{Sovetsk corvette with Tor-M2KM SAM, Kronstadt, August 17, 2024. Photo credits: Vitaly Burkalov}

The Russian Baltic Fleet has equipped the Sovetsk corvette with a Tor-M2KM anti-aircraft system module.

The warship was photographed in the port of Kronstadt.

The Sovetsk, as well as the first ship of the Mytishchi series, were developed as part of the original 22800 project and did not receive specialized anti-aircraft weapons. On these ships, air defense tasks were assigned to AK-630M artillery pieces.

A full-fledged anti-aircraft system was first installed on the Karakurt-class corvettes starting with the third ship in the series, integrating the ship’s version of the Pantsir-ME air defense system.

Probably, based on the experience of this war, in particular in the Black Sea scene, the Russian Navy decided to strengthen the capabilities of these ships and installed an autonomous combat module 9M331MKM of the Tor-M2KM complex on the aft superstructure.

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Op dinsdag 27 augustus 2024 23:40 schreef MaxMark het volgende:
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Russian drone over Poland. Gen. Roman Polko: These are the procedures Dutch soldiers followed in Srebrenica
- The precautionary approach is taken to unimaginable limits. We are more afraid of the consequences of our own actions than of the fact that a Russian missile will simply murder Polish citizens - said General Roman Polko, former commander of GROM, commenting on the search for a military facility that flew into Polish territory during a massive Russian attack on Ukraine's critical infrastructure.

^{General Roman Polko, former commander of JW GROM}

Gen. Polko commented on reports that in the early morning hours of August 26, during Russia's air attack on Ukraine, an air object flew over Poland , possibly a Russian kamikaze drone Shahed. It is not known whether the drone fell into Polish territory or left it. The military is currently searching for it.

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Members of the Wagner Group will soon appear before a Krakow court
The trial of two Russians, members of the Wagner Group, is scheduled to begin in the District Court in Kraków on September 9. The men are accused of participating in an international armed association and working for a foreign intelligence agency.

The indictment was filed in June by the prosecutor of the Małopolska province division for combating organized crime.

Two citizens of the Russian Federation - Alexey T. and Andrey G. - were accused of acting for the benefit of foreign intelligence and of participating in an international armed association aimed at committing terrorist crimes .

As the press office of the District Court in Kraków informed PAP, the first hearing date has been set for September 9 .

They were putting up recruitment stickers
According to the prosecutor's findings, the accused were recruiting in Poland for a military mercenary service prohibited by international law, known as the Wagner Group .

"For this purpose , they posted at least several hundred so-called recruitment stickers in Krakow and Warsaw , which enabled direct contact with other people responsible for recruitment and organization," the National Prosecutor's Office reported.

The defendants were also charged with acting for the intelligence service of the Russian Federation (Foreign Intelligence Service) by waging so-called hybrid warfare , including propaganda activities aimed at destabilizing the political situation in Poland.

The men were detained by Internal Security Agency officers in August 2023 in Warsaw. They face up to 10 years in prison.

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Ukraine may face $15 billion budget gap next year, PM Shmyhal says
Ukraine's budget deficit for 2025 will be $35 billion, but assistance from partners will cover roughly $20 billion, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Aug. 27.

Speaking at the "Ukraine 2024. Independence" forum, Shmyhal clarified that the $20 billion will be covered by the EU's Ukraine Facility program and by assistance from the International Monetary Fund.

"We still have these $15 billion not yet covered by agreements with our partners," the prime minister said.

"Therefore, we understand that we will have to look for them either in our domestic sources, or take some of the $50 billion from the frozen Russian assets, or keep working on how our partners can support us with this missing amount," Shmyhal said.

The Group of Seven (G7) agreed to provide Ukraine with a loan of $50 billion by the end of this year that would be covered by the proceeds of some $300 billion in Russian assets frozen on G7 members' accounts.

Parliament Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said that the parliament and the government are discussing additional budget revenues, saying that there "will be difficult decisions.

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Stoltenberg to convene NATO-Ukraine Council meeting at Ukraine's request
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will convene a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council on Wednesday, August 28, at Ukraine’s request.
This was announced by NATO spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah, Ukrinform reports, referring to The Guardian.

Dakhlallah noted that the meeting will take place on August 28 following massive Russian strikes on civilians and infrastructure across Ukraine.

The meeting will be held at the level of ambassadors of NATO member states.

“NATO allies have delivered substantial support to Ukraine’s air defence and they are committed to further bolstering Ukraine’s defences,” the Alliance spokesperson added.

According to her, Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov is expected to brief allies via video-link on the battlefield situation and priority capability needs.

As reported by Ukrinform, Russia launched at least 127 missiles and 109 Shahed combat drones on Ukraine on August 26.

According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, 15 regions were affected by the attack. Damage to energy facilities was reported.

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Russian Soldier's Improvised Mine Defense Fails in Explosive Test
Russian soldiers have been resorting to some bizarre and ineffective measures.

A recent video circulating online shows a Russian soldier testing an unconventional method to safeguard against landmines by attaching an empty 5-liter plastic bottle to his boot.

Believe in Kevlar and Plastic
According to Tech the soldier, like others who have tried similar tactics, hoped that this makeshift solution would somehow absorb the impact of an anti-personnel mine. However, the results were as disastrous as expected.

The idea behind this improvised defense is rooted in the belief, shared among some Russian troops, that everyday items like sneakers, Kevlar inserts, or even plastic bottles can offer protection against the deadly power of landmines.

But the test revealed the harsh reality—when the mine exploded, the plastic bottle provided no protection whatsoever. The explosion would likely cause the soldier to lose a limb, with the added danger of plastic fragments turning into additional shrapnel.

Russian Soldiers Missing Equipment
This desperate measure show the extreme conditions Russian soldiers face, often lacking adequate protective gear. The use of such makeshift solutions is inspired by the creativity born out of necessity.

The soldier's experiment is a clear indication of the severe limitations and risks faced by infantrymen who are trying to survive with minimal resources.

In contrast, modern military technology offers much more reliable protection. Armored vehicles, for example, are designed with V-shaped hulls that deflect the blast energy away from the vehicle, significantly increasing the chances of survival for those inside.

Unfortunately, for individual soldiers, such advanced protection is not an option. They must rely on traditional methods like metal detectors, probing the ground with knives, and specialized demining equipment.

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