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Rest in Peace Inna

Inna Zamyesova died on July 31, 2024 as a result of a Russian attack on the village of Velikiy Burluk in the Kharkiv region. The apartment building where she lived with her family caught fire.

The woman's 10-year-old son received burn injuries and was hospitalized.

Inna was 37 years old. She worked as a dispatcher of the emergency dispatch service of the Kharkiv branch of Gazmerezhi. She was supposed to start another shift on the first day of August.

"Inna and her husband worked in emergency response services and were guardian angels for many. Inna coordinated the departures of the emergency brigade at the calls of the residents of the community, her husband is an employee of the State Emergency Service. The work of both was aimed at saving lives and helping people in difficult situations," colleagues said.

Defense forces of Ukraine struck an enemy submarine and a S-400 anti-aircraft missile complex in the temporarily occupied Crimea - General Staff

Thus, according to information confirmed yesterday by units of the missile forces, in cooperation with units of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 4 launchers of the "Triumph" air defense system were significantly damaged.

Also, in the port of Sevastopol, the submarine of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation "Rostov-on-Don" was successfully attacked.
As a result of the impact, the boat sank on the spot.

For reference. Submarine B-237 "Rostov-on-Don" (according to NATO classification - Kilo class) is one of four submarines of the "Kilo" class, capable of using "Caliber" missiles.
"Rostov-on-Don" was commissioned on December 26, 2014.
On September 13, 2023, as a result of a Ukrainian missile attack, the ship was significantly damaged.
Later, it was repaired and tested in the water area of ​​the Sevastopol harbor. The cost of the submarine is estimated at 300 million dollars.
The destruction of "Rostov-on-Don" once again proves that there is no safe place for the Russian fleet in the Ukrainian territorial waters of the Black Sea .

We thank the Ukrainian soldiers for their professional work!
To be continued…

Glory to Ukraine!

https://youtu.be/mkGrtnpIIjY?si=YAtV7-7nh29BFOX1. Explained. @ukrainejournal

Germany Plans to Purchase Norwegian NOMAD Air Defense Systems for Ukraine

The German government is considering making the new Norwegian air defense system NOMADS available to the Ukrainian armed forces, reports Hartpunkt.

The Norwegian defense company Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace announced the market launch of the National Maneuver Air Defense System (NOMADS) on June 18 at the Eurosatory trade fair in Paris. This is a highly mobile, rocket-based air defense system for protecting maneuver elements of the land forces near the front on a tracked chassis from the German company FFG.

According to Kongsberg, NOMADS was developed for the Norwegian army and consists of a SHORAD (Short Range Air Defense) module mounted on an armored vehicle with high off-road capabilities. This is the ACSV G5 from FFG in Flensburg. The company is supplying 50 vehicles of this type in different configurations to the Norwegian armed forces.

The SHORAD module integrates the most important command and control functions and applications of the NASAMS medium-range system and includes a passive search missile and an AESA radar, writes Kongsberg. The system is capable of detecting and intercepting drones, UAVs, cruise missiles, helicopters and aircraft. The Norwegian NOMADS vehicles will be equipped with the Iris-T SLS guided missile from Diehl.

According to reports, Norway's armed forces will receive six vehicles, four have already been delivered. The NOMADS system is tailor-made for the protection of mobile battle groups, transport routes, command centers and logistical facilities. In addition, the air defense capability with command and control (C2), radar with IFF and missiles are combined on a single platform. This enables autonomous air defense operations day and night.

The Dutch armed forces are the second user of NOMADS to express interest and apparently want to enter into the contract concluded with Norway. The Dutch need 18 vehicles, which will then be equipped with the AIM-9X missile.

In order to make NOMADS available to Ukraine, as Germany is considering, German components would have to be used if only Germany were to finance the project. However, if a country such as Sweden were to participate, the integration of a Saab radar would also be an option. The Danish company Weibel is currently supplying the radar for the Norwegian NOMADS. Diehl Defence would certainly also be an important partner in a Ukraine solution, as the company is the manufacturer of the Iris-T SLS guided missile.

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Operational information as of 08.00 02.08.2024 regarding the Russian invasion
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On the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. There were no signs of the formation of offensive groups of invaders.

On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, shelling populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation, conducting sabotage and reconnaissance activities.

Our soldiers continue to inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying forces, exhausting the enemy along the entire line of battle and in its rear.
Yes, last day the total losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 1100 people. Our soldiers also destroyed three tanks, eight armored combat vehicles, 42 artillery systems, two anti-aircraft guns, 37 operational-tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, 56 vehicles and six units of special equipment .

Join the Defense Forces!
The fight continues! Together we will win!
Glory to Ukraine!

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Operational information as of 08.00 02.08.2024 regarding the Russian invasion
part 1/2

Glory to Ukraine!
The eight hundred and ninety-first day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

Last day, 127 combat clashes were recorded along the entire front. A third of them are in the Pokrovsky direction.
Yesterday, in total, the Russian aggressor launched five missile (six rockets), 63 airstrikes (including 61 air defense systems) and 1,187 kamikaze drone strikes at the positions of our troops and populated areas, carried out 4,873 attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas, 112 of them - from RSZV.

The areas of Orlivka, Sumy Region, Vovchansk, Vesele, Mali Prohody, Liptsi, Neskuchne, Novoosynove, Petropavlivka, Boguslavka, Kharkiv Region were hit by enemy airstrikes; Chasiv Yar, Kostyantynivka, Zorya, Diliyivka, Toretsk, Oleksandropil, Timofiivka, Ivanivka, Novotroitske, Grodivka, Kurakhove, Vodyane, Bogoyavlenka, Novodonetske, Neskuchne of the Donetsk region; Gulyaipole, Lobkove and Pyatikhatki in Zaporizhzhia and Mykolaivka and Kozatske in the Kherson region.

Yesterday, the aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces struck four control points, an air defense facility, a radar station and two areas of concentration of enemy personnel.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy continued active operations, a total of five combat clashes took place. The fighting took place in the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk and Tyche.

In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our units seven times. The main efforts of the invaders were made in Pischany and Stelmakhivka districts.

In the Lymansky direction, our troops repelled six attacks by the occupiers near Makiivka and Torsky.

The Defense Forces also repulsed 11 assaults near Ivanodaryivka, Verkhnyokamyanskyi, Spirny, Vyimka and Pereizny in the Siverskyi direction .

In the Kramatorsk direction, our soldiers stopped six attempts by the enemy to break through our defenses in the areas of Chasovoy Yar, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, and towards Hryhorivka, Donetsk region.
In the Toretsk direction, with the support of aviation, the enemy carried out 24 attacks near the settlements of Severnye, Zalizne, Toretsk and New York.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders repelled 53 assault and offensive actions. The enemy concentrated its efforts in the areas of Novooleksandrivka and Zhelany, where it carried out eight and 18 attacks, respectively. In addition, the attempts of the occupiers to advance were stopped near Panteleimonivka, Vozdvizhenka, Svyridonivka, Novoselivka Pershoya, Yasnobrodivka, and Kalynyvka of the Donetsk region.

In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Paraskoviivka and Kostyantynivka settlements, where the enemy tried seven times to break through the defenses of our troops.

In the Vremivsk direction, the aggressor carried out two assaults on our positions near Vodyanyi, Donetsk region.
There were also two enemy attacks in the Orihiv direction, in the direction of Malaya Tokmachka.

In the Dnieper direction, our defenders firmly stopped the occupiers' attempt to advance on the left bank of the Dnipro River.

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🔫 Ukraine can produce more than 3 million drones a year, but funding is needed - Babel.

There is enough capacity for production. However, the state can cover only part of these needs — the rest is covered by foreign partners. In particular, Canada agreed to purchase part of Ukrainian-made drones for the Armed Forces. Negotiations are also being conducted with other countries.

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⚖️ The occupiers pay bribes to "get out" of the army - massive criminal cases are opened in russia

👥 In the russian army, problems with personnel are worsening: the number of those willing to leave the service and avoid death in the war waged against Ukraine is increasing.

✔️ This is evidenced, in particular, by the sharp outbreak of registered criminal proceedings on the facts of bribery in the russian army.

👉 For example, in the southern military district of the russian Federation in 5 months of 2024, the number of open criminal cases for illegal dismissal from service due to health conditions and granting of illegal vacations tripled.

☑️ Almost half of such proceedings are investigated against the occupiers of the 8th Combined Arms Army. Another 36% belongs to the 58th combined army of the aggressor state, the commander of which was arrested in the spring of this year on suspicion of corruption.

❗️ More than a hundred proceedings opened against officials of the military units of the southern military district of the russian Federation relate to bribery for granting leave from the combat zone.

👉 Among them:

● 38 cases – concerning servicemen of the 102nd motorized rifle regiment (conducting combat operations in the Chasovoy Yar area);
● 35 cases – regarding the 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment (located on the border with the Sumy region);
● 33 cases – regarding the 49th brigade of the 49th army.

💰 As part of another 43 proceedings, the facts of receiving bribes for recognizing the occupiers as limited fit are being investigated.

‼️ GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine emphasizes: the level of corruption in the russian army has always been high, but earlier such cases of bribery were not paid attention to.

☝️ Fixation of the relevant episodes in the form of criminal cases may indicate the increasing level of demoralization of the personnel of the occupation forces and the threatening tendency for Moscow to escape from the Russian army by any means.

- GUR

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Ukrainian refugee sings "Oi u luzi chervona kalyna" (Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow) with Lithuanians in support for Ukraine

Ukrainian refugee Elizaveta sings together with 300 Lithuanians, who answered her call to gather in Vilnius and sing this viral Ukrainian folk song to draw attention to the ongoing war and struggles of Ukrainian people.

Eliza is a 21 year old Ukrainian singer. She had to flee her home country when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014 and has been living and studying in Lithuania since 2015. When Russia started the war on February 24th, her family’s home was destroyed by Russian occupants for the second time in their life. Eliza’s mother and brother stayed in Ukraine to defend their homeland. Eliza is safe in Lithuania, sending the message for her family and for her country to stay strong.

Following the 2014 annexation by Russia of the Ukrainian Crimean peninsula, and then the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, singing "nationalist anthems" such as Chervona Kalyna in Crimea is deemed to discredit the Russian army, and is punished by fines and imprisonment. In September 2022, Russian occupation authorities in Crimea jailed and fined members of a wedding party for "discrediting" the Russian Armed Forces by playing the song.

The singers of the song in an online video were imprisoned and fined.

Russia spreads fake news that Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is transgender

The second photo shows Umar Kremlin, president of the International Boxing Association (IBA), next to Putin. It is the IBA that is spreading the misinformation that Khelif is biologically male. Gender reassignment is illegal in Algeria.

Umar Kremlinov posted on his channel that DNA tests "proved" that the athlete "had XY chromosomes, so she was excluded from the sports competitions" in 2023. Khelif was disqualified after she defeated Russian boxer Azalia Amineva.

However, the test results were never made public. At the same time, the IBA was stripped of its Olympic status due to corruption, so the charges against the athlete were automatically dropped.

The IOC never received specifics from the IBA about the tests that allegedly prove that Khelif is transgender. There is currently no clear evidence to show that the athlete has changed gender.

Khelif is not invincible: she has 9 defeats against female opponents.

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Vladimir Putin threatens European countries with ballistic missiles for supporting Ukraine. However, analysts are convinced that these threats are nothing more than a bluff. And Putin's main goal is to push the alliance countries away from supporting Ukraine.

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Vlad seems to be running out of missiles. His massive attack on Kiev used 89 shaheds and one missile

Hoping to deal a blow to Hungary’s Orbán, challenger holds mass demonstration on eve of EU election.

rising political newcomer hoping to deal a blow to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán mobilized tens of thousands of supporters in Budapest on Saturday in a final show of strength on the eve of a European Parliament election.

Péter Magyar, a 43-year-old lawyer who in a matter of months has built up Hungary’s strongest opposition party, hopes to use a good showing in Sunday’s EU elections to propel himself and his movement toward defeating the nationalist Orbán in the next national ballot scheduled for 2026.

Once an insider within Orbán’s Fidesz party, Magyar has gained quick prominence through publicly accusing the prime minister and his allies of corruption and anti-democratic tendencies. He has drawn thousands of curious spectators on a tour of nearly 200 Hungarian cities, towns and villages in the last two months.

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However, there were mass rallies against Orban previously. Let's keep fingers crossed and see what's the outcome this time.

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The court arrested a native of Poland in the case of the attack on the Prime Minister of Denmark

A court in Denmark has placed under arrest for 12 days a Polish citizen who attacked the country's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on June 7, according to the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet.

The accused is 39 years old, the authorities do not name him. He does not speak or understand Danish. At the time of the attack, he was allegedly under the influence of alcohol or drugs. According to the protocols, the man "looked disoriented" and "muttered to himself."

The man refused to admit his guilt. According to the prosecutor's office, the accused has been living in Denmark since 2019 and could not explain why he attacked the prime minister.

On the evening of June 7, a man attacked Frederiksen and punched her in the shoulder on Kultorvet Square in Copenhagen. The head of the Cabinet of Ministers feels fine, just "shocked by what happened," her office added. Frederiksen herself did not comment, but canceled all events scheduled for June 8.

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Italian police cracks down on 'Catania Mafia clan' whose bosses gave orders from prison.

More than 100 Carabinieri police officers on Friday carried out a large-scale operation in Italy against suspects of involvement in the Catanian mafia and drug trafficking.

The operation was coordinated by investigators from Catania's anti-mafia directorate, DDA. It was the result of an 18-month investigation and aimed at destroying the local clan "Santapaola Ercolano", law enforcement sources said.

As a result of the actions of law enforcement officers, 13 people were arrested.

Investigators believe that generational conflict pitted young clan members against experienced bosses. Many of the authoritative bosses have been in prisons across Italy for years, but have nonetheless given orders over the phone to run the clan's business, investigative sources said. Therefore, they continued to give instructions on the management of the proceeds of illegal activities, in particular by communicating with "free members through phones that they illegally obtained and could keep in prison which proves the absolute accessibility of penitentiary institutions".

Among the bosses appearing in the investigation is Salvatore Battaglia, leader of the group based in the Villaggio district of Sant'Agata in Catania, together with his brother Santo. During the operation, police seized several weapons, ammunition, one kilogram of cocaine and six kilograms of hashish, the sources said.

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RuZZia interrupted the broadcast on the children's TV channel Walt Disney in Europe with scenes of war

Russia began to regularly interfere in television broadcasting in European countries. It tries to interfere with satellite signals or intercept them, which has provoked disruptions in the broadcast and once even led to the placement of war scenes on a children's TV channel.

Problems are observed in different countries, from Ukraine to Portugal. Sweden, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France complained to the leadership of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva, Bloomberg reports, citing documents on the matter. According to a person familiar with the situation, Swedish satellites were subjected to electronic attacks from Moscow, Kaliningrad and Crimea. He also added that from mid-March to the end of May, serious failures were noted in the operation of at least three satellites of the French operator Eutelsat.

On two occasions, on March 28 and April 17, programs on Walt Disney's children's BabyTV channel were replaced by scenes of military operations in russian. In particular, on March 28, a video clip for a propaganda song by Oleg Gazmanov was shown with numerous scenes showing the 'brave modern russian army, shooting tanks, combat aircraft', as well as archival footage of the 'Great Patriotic War'.

Because of this interference, the Dutch cable operator Ziggo excluded BabyTV from its TV package until the beginning of May.

"It was clearly determined that the interference comes from large ground stations and therefore should be recorded and monitored by the authorities of the RF," the French National Frequency Agency said in a letter to the ITU.

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Germany joins US-led UN Command in South Korea policing armistice border.

Germany joined the U.S.-led United Nations Command (UNC) in South Korea on Friday, becoming the 18th nation in a group that helps police the heavily fortified border with North Korea and has committed to defend the South in the event of a war.

The move is evidence of Berlin's strong belief that European security is closely linked to security in the Indo-Pacific region, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius told a ceremony at the main U.S. military headquarters in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul.

"I'm convinced that especially in times like these, when the world is shaped by crises and wars, we need to show unity, we need to stand firm against those who want to undermine peace and stability, against those who attack our common order," he said.

It is the latest move by the United States and its partners to expand alliances and partnerships, including those that span the globe, and try to turn the 74-year-old command into a source of broader regional security.

Current UNC members, among them Australia, Britain, Turkey and the United States, sent troops or contributed medical support during the 1950-53 Korean War.

Established in 1950, the UNC was mandated to restore peace and enforce the armistice while serving as a channel of communication with North Korea.
It is led by the commander of the U.S. military stationed in South Korea and is not affiliated with the United Nations. Germany is the first country to join the command since Italy was reinstated in 2013.

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⚡️ Ukraine Defeats Japan in Women's Team Saber Fencing Semifinals

Ukraine's women's team saber fencing squad triumphed over Japan in the semifinals.

They will face the South Korean national team in the final.

⚡️🇺🇦✈️  For the first time, Ukraine launched more long-range drones than Russia, — Forbes

In July, the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with 426 "Shahed" drones, in turn, Ukraine struck back with more than 520 drones

German Citizens Still Imprisoned in Russia Despite Large-Scale Exchange

As of today, dozens of German citizens remain in Russian prisons, according to the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), following a large-scale exchange between Belarus, Russia, and the West.

The number of Germans held in Russian prisons is described as a "small two-digit number," the MFA told the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, without specifying the charges against these individuals.

Over the past two years, Russian authorities have refused direct consular access for citizens with dual Russian and German citizenship, including prison visits. The German Foreign Ministry stated, "Russian authorities treat individuals with dual citizenship exclusively as Russian citizens."

The ministry emphasizes that they make active efforts in each individual case to ensure consular access to German citizens.

"Can these persons hope to participate in future exchanges? It is absolutely unclear," states Der Tagesspiegel.

According to the UN, hundreds of people in Russia are imprisoned on false or politically motivated charges, with the number of such prisoners ranging from 700 to 1,372.

Ukrainian Defense Forces Strike Russian Airfield and Oil Depots

Tonight, the Defense Forces struck the Morozovsk airfield and several oil depots in Russia, according to the General Staff.

In Morozovsk, ammunition warehouses, including guided aerial bombs, were hit. The destruction of anti-aircraft weapons and enemy aviation equipment is still being confirmed. The operation was executed by the Security Service of Ukraine, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Defense Forces also attacked oil depots and fuel storage facilities in the Belgorod, Kursk, and Rostov regions. Reports indicate that at least two tanks containing petroleum products were hit and subsequently ignited.