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Krasnodar Governor Awarded Volunteer With Swastika Tattoo. Photo of the award ceremony was later removed from the administration website

Veniamin Kondratyev took a photo with volunteers and participants of "humanitarian missions" who go to war in Ukraine. In one of the photos, a man with tattoos in the form of a swastika stylized as "Slavic runes" stands next to him.

Later, the photo disappeared from the administration's website.

The man with the swastika tattoo turned out to be Alexander Kuliev, the head of the Anapa Boxing Federation. In December 2022, it was reported that he, as part of a "volunteer detachment of the Russian Union of Martial Arts", went "for training" in order to later go to fight in Ukraine.
In 2024, he was awarded the Order of Courage, Ekho found out.

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Even Zetards are tired of Kremlin newspeak. A Z-channel has compiled a dictionary.
Some may find this surprising, but few things cause such acute rejection and fierce irritation among Z-writers as Russian bureaucratic "newspeak". In the reluctance to call an "ass" "ass", Z-channels see a criminal attempt by the authorities to lull a society that they are trying with all their might to "mobilize" without success.

"A fire from a downed drone caused the detonation of explosive objects in the Voronezh region (c) Governor Gusev

The debris from the successfully shot down drone carrying explosive objects fell on a warehouse of explosive objects and caused numerous explosions.

[sighs] I have already written earlier about how such newspeak is destructive:

Such a soothing lie aggravates the situation. After all, if they shot everything down, then there is no need for mobile air defense groups, a global monitoring system, or protection of objects. Everything is shot down anyway. And while lies circulate in the media and reports, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are systematically working on oil refineries and oil depots,” complains ZERGULIO indignant.

"We would like to draw the attention of the acting governor of the Kursk region to the wording. The Russian Ministry of Defense uses the wording "armed invasion." The governor writes : "A terrorist attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces."

A sortie is when ten militants in slippers came down from the mountains with three machine guns for Snickers. And formulations like "clap, sortie " and so on do not contribute to an objective assessment of the situation, the correct information of citizens and do not increase the level of trust in regional authorities. And it was not the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who got into the Kursk region. But, damn it, an almost full-fledged army corps on NATO equipment.

Call a spade a spade and work, don't pretend. And people will be drawn to you. Scared? Well, look where you're scared from. And work," - scolds "Two Majors."

Excerpt from TRIPLEX convenient dictionary of mocking Kremlin newspeak:

"fire from a downed drone" = a fire caused by a UAV strike on an object

"detonation of explosive objects" = the explosion of ammunition as a result of a fire caused by a successful hit of a UAV on an object.

"technological disruptions in neighboring regions" = the enemy's disabling of energy facilities

“technological disturbances following external impact on a power facility” = an expanded version of the previous formulation.

"stopped" = enemy UAV hit the object

"attempt" = the enemy successfully launched a drone and struck

"clap" = explosion

"UFO over Pskov" = UAV over Pskov

"damaged aircraft" = an aircraft destroyed by an enemy strike

"deliberate evil act" = terrorist attack

"drone crash on uninhabited object" = enemy UAV strike on oil depot

"Emergency" = the fall/hit of an enemy drone on a residential building in St. Petersburg.

Further also: "cotton", "smoke", "negative growth", "hard landing", "interference of outsiders in the operation of railway transport", etc.

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A ninth-grader with tuberculosis was sentenced to 4.5 years for throwing a Molotov cocktail at a fence

On August 16, the 1st Eastern District Military Court sentenced Valery Zaitsev to 4.5 years of imprisonment in a correctional colony. The 16-year-old teenager was found guilty of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization and undergoing training in preparation for a terrorist attack. The prosecution requested nine years.

The case against Zaitsev is based on the schoolboy’s correspondence with a secret witness and a video filmed by the same witness, where the teenager throws a Molotov cocktail at the wall of an abandoned building, Mediazona found out.

14-year-old Valera Zaitsev was detained in the children's department of the tuberculosis dispensary in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

Valery's grandmother Irina Zaitseva suggests that the secret witness is either an FSB officer or someone who "works for them."

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Woman is upset about the damage to her home. Also an injury.

Operational information of the General Staff of Ukraine as of 10:00 p.m. 08/26/2024 regarding the Russian invasion

The situation at the front remains difficult. The enemy, using their advantage in manpower and equipment, is relentlessly attacking our positions. Ukrainian defenders steadfastly restrained the onslaught of the invaders, inflicting significant losses on the enemy.

Since the beginning of the day, there have been 148 combat clashes, the enemy launched one missile strike, using 127 missiles, 59 air strikes using 81 anti-aircraft missiles, 649 kamikaze drone strikes, and carried out almost 3,200 attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas using various types of weapons.

In the Kharkiv direction, during the day, the occupiers launched an attack near Vovchansk. Units of the Defense Forces successfully repelled enemy assaults.
According to preliminary information, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers lost 62 dead and wounded, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, two artillery systems and three units of nuclear-powered equipment were destroyed. In addition, a tank, four artillery systems and eight enemy vehicles were damaged.

In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled 14 enemy attacks in the area of ​​the settlements of Novoosynove, Glushkivka, Stelmakhivka, and Andriivka.

18 times the enemy attacked in the Lymansky direction, tried to advance in the direction of the settlements of Makiivka, Grekivka, Druzhelyubivka, Nevsky, Novosadovo and Torsky, all enemy attacks were repulsed.

On the Siverskyi direction, during the day, our defenders repelled seven enemy assaults in the areas of Spirny, Verkhnyokamyansky, and Vyimka. Our units courageously hold their positions and lines, resolutely repulse the offensive attempts of the occupiers, and the battle continues near Vyimka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, four attempts by the invaders to advance near Chasovoy Yar failed.

The situation is tense in the Toretsk direction, today the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 11 times to penetrate our defenses. The attack in the New York area continues.

The situation is difficult in the Pokrovsky district, where since the beginning of the day in the areas of the settlements of Kalinove, Vozdvizhenka, Novooleksandrivka, Panteleimonivka, Zelene Pole, Myrolyubivka, Grodivka, Novogrodivka, Memryk, Mykhailivka, Karlivka, Ukrainian units repelled 56 offensive and assault actions of the enemy. Six clashes are still ongoing. Our troops are taking measures to maintain the designated borders, causing losses to the enemy.
According to preliminary estimates, today the occupiers lost almost two hundred soldiers killed and wounded, and Ukrainian servicemen also destroyed two artillery systems, two mortars and three units of automobile equipment. In addition, one artillery system and four vehicles were damaged.

At this time of the day, there are 14 combat clashes in the Kurakhiv direction. The invaders remain active, trying to advance in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Gostre, Georgiivka and Kostyantynivka settlements. Units of the Defense Forces repelled 12 enemy attacks, four skirmishes continue near Karlivka and Nevelskyi.

It is also hot today in the Vremivsk direction , where 20 skirmishes took place in the direction of Vodyanyi and Ugledar. Four attacks near Prechistivka are still ongoing.

In the Dnieper direction, units of our troops repelled three enemy attempts to attack our positions in the island zone, the enemy was unsuccessful.

Enemy units did not conduct offensive operations in other directions.

Today we celebrate the soldiers of the 46th separate airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who confidently hold the lines and inflict irreparable losses on the enemy.

Glory to the Ukrainian soldiers!
Glory to Ukraine!

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https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/donald-trumps-disastrous-change-of-season/57892/

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Over 80% of Ukrainians see their future in Ukraine.

Eighty-six percent of Ukrainians want to build their future lives in Ukraine, according to a poll published by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation on Aug. 22. The foundation has asked Ukrainians whether they would like to build their future lives in Ukraine. Fifty-nine percent said they were "definitely determined" to stay in the country, and another 27% said they were more likely to do so.

The survey showed that 74% of young people are determined to stay in Ukraine, and this figure increases with the respondents' age.

Eighty-eight percent of Ukrainians are proud of their citizenship, the survey showed. This figure has remained high for the third year in a row: 90.5% of the respondents were proud of their citizenship in 2022, and 88.5% in 2023.

When asked whether events in Ukraine are developing in the right or wrong direction, 40% of Ukrainians chose the first option. In 2023, the number was higher — 49%.

Among respondents' feelings about Ukraine's future, hope prevails at 61%, followed by anxiety at 40% and optimism at 33.5%.

Hellish morning in Kherson: Russians hit a house and a gas station, there are casualties.

Today, August 25, the Russians hit a residential building in the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson, announced the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Prokudin.

As a result of the attack, the house was destroyed. Employees of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine retrieved the body of a dead woman from under the rubble.

The police are currently establishing her identity On August 25, the Russian army attacked one of the gas stations in Kherson with a drone. A gas station employee and a car driver were injured.

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For ATACMS strikes: ISW analysts found 250 important targets in Russia.

Strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine with long-range weapons on Russian military targets in the rear of Russia are crucial for reducing Russian military capabilities at the front. In particular, the lifting of restrictions on Ukraine's use of Western weapons will allow the Armed Forces of Ukraine to strike at a wide range of important targets.

"ISW estimates that Russia has at least 250 military and paramilitary facilities within range of the ATACMS missiles that the United States has provided to Ukraine. Only 17 of these 250 facilities are airfields, and it is unlikely that the Russian military has transferred assets from all the other 233 facilities," the analysts write.

Among these facilities are large military bases, communication stations, logistics centers, repair shops, fuel depots, ammunition depots and permanent headquarters, from which it is extremely difficult or impossible to quickly transfer assets or quickly strengthen them.

"These facilities support Russian command and control, intelligence, reconnaissance, and provide logistical and repair support to Russian troops fighting in Ukraine and in the Kursk region. Thus, claims that there is no benefit in enabling Ukraine to use ATACMS in Russia, without taking into account hundreds of other facilities supporting Russia's war against Ukraine, will be incomplete, and thus incorrect," the analysts said.

Russian forces have to strengthened all facilities in Russia against potential Ukrainian strikes or dispersed assets throughout the deep rear.

"Russian forces will likely have to redeploy air and electronic warfare assets from across Russia, as well as from the front lines in Ukraine, to provide the necessary coverage for rear areas in Russia within the reach of Western-supplied weapons, possibly creating the conditions for Ukraine to expand its own air operations along the front line," the ISW added.

Overworked Pilots With 'Nothing To Fly': How War In Ukraine Is Crippling Russia's Aeroflot.

The pilots and passengers were in their seats; the planes ready for takeoff. But over 350 flights could not depart on schedule from Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport over two days in June. Aeroflot, Russia's state-owned flagship carrier, which claims to be one of the world's largest airlines, had run out of cabin crews.

This tale was shared on the channel Aviatorshchina, a Russian airline-industry forum.

And it was not a onetime event. In late July, a shortage of pilots led to the cancellation of 68 Aeroflot flights out of Sheremetyevo, several other flights were postponed.

Two and a half years after the start of the full-scale war, hampered by sanctions that have increased costs and reduced revenues, Aeroflot cannot always find the planes, pilots, and crew it needs to operate efficiently.

Report of the General Staff
Operational information as of 08.00 on 08/25/2024 regarding the Russian invasion

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

During the past day, 160 combat clashes were recorded. The hottest situation was in the Pokrovsky direction.
According to detailed information, yesterday the enemy hit the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements five times with 15 missiles and 95 airstrikes, dropping 127 anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, he carried out more than 4,800 attacks, 143 of them from rocket salvo systems.

The aggressor carried out airstrikes in the areas of Svesa, Pervomaiske, Druzhba, Katerynivka, Yunakivka, Kindrativka, Velika Pisarivka settlements of the Sumy region; Hoptivka, Kozacha Lopan, Petropavlivka, Kharkiv region; Chasiv Yar, Dilyivka, Shcherbynivka, Zalizne, Druzhba, Toretsk, Oleksandro-Shultine, Memryk, Oleksandropil, Myrnograd, Vozdvizhenka, Dolynivka, Vugledar, Kostyantynivka, Rozdolne, Velika Novosilka of the Donetsk region; Lobkovo, Pyatikhatky, Novoandriivka of the Zaporizhzhia region; Novotyaginka, Burgunka, Tomarine, Zmiivka, Kherson region.

Yesterday, the aviation and missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces made 14 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and anti-aircraft defenses of the enemy. In addition, the control post, four artillery systems, two radars, two remote mining systems and an ammunition depot were hit.

In the Kharkiv direction, three battles were fought near Hlyboky and Vovchansk.

The enemy attacked 14 times in the Kupian direction . Defense forces repelled assaults near Novoselivka, Stelmakhivka, Synkivka, and Hlushkivka.

There were also 14 skirmishes near Druzhelyubivka, Makiivka, Novosadovo, Nevsky, and Dibrova in the Lymansky direction .

Nine combat clashes took place in the Seversky direction . Ukrainian defenders repelled the assaults of the Russian invaders near Verkhnokamyanskyi, Bilogorivka, Viimka, and Spirny.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the Russians attacked 19 times near Stupochky, Chasovoy Yar, Kalynyvka, Hryhorivka, Predtechyny.

In the Toretsk direction, 14 battles were fought near Nelipivka, Toretsk, New York and Diliivka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders repelled 58 enemy assaults, in particular, in the areas of the settlements of Vozdvizhenka, Kalinove, Zelene Pole, Myrolyubivka, Grodivka, Ptyche, Novogrodivka. The greatest concentration of attacks was near Novogrodivka and Kalinovo.

In the direction of Kurakhivka, the Defense Forces stopped 18 enemy attacks near Karlivka, Georgiivka, Mykhailivka, Krasnohorivka, and Kostyantynivka.

In the direction of Vremivsk, the Russian invaders advanced eight times in the direction of Vodyanyi, Ugledar and Katerynivka. They had no success.

There were three skirmishes near Novoandriivka and Shcherbaki in the Orihiv direction .

In the Gulyaipil and Prydniprovsky directions, the situation has not changed much.

No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Poliske directions .

On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, carries out mortar and artillery attacks on populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation.

At the same time, our soldiers continue to actively inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, exhausting the enemy along the entire line of battle .
In general, the Russian invaders lost 1,190 people last day. Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed five tanks, 11 armored fighting vehicles, 47 artillery systems, two anti-aircraft guns, an air defense vehicle, 31 operational-tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, 92 vehicles and 17 units of special equipment of the occupiers.

Join the ranks of the Armed Forces!
Our strength is unity! Glory to Ukraine!

Russians using World War II-era M-30 howitzers

Due to the acute shortage of artillery systems, russians have to restore artillery systems from the 1930s and 1960s.

"Here are some fresh shots of the 122mm howitzer M-30 model 1938 being used at the front... but it lasted only two days and was destroyed."

The howitzer from the WWII was damaged as a result of an attack by about 15 Ukrainian FPV drones.

In addition, they repair their artillery systems using naval guns that are currently being decommissioned.

Militarnyi reported that the Russians have started using a hybrid of the naval gun Ak-130 and a carriage from a M-46 towed artillery gun, and said that there is a high probability that these hybrid guns are manufactured by Russian enterprises to provide the troops with the required quantity of artillery systems. The russian navy has plenty of them in their warehouses, and since the Ak-130 isn't installed on new ships, they can use the decommissioned guns for artillery.

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Pope Francis criticizes push to ban activities of Russian-affiliated religious organizations in Ukraine.

Pope Francis criticized on Aug. 25 Ukraine's move to potentially ban the activities of Russian-affiliated religious organizations amid Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, saying that "churches are not to be touched."

President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the bill on Aug. 24 which was passed by the parliament four days earlier.

"I am concerned for the freedom of those who pray because true prayer is always for everyone. One does not commit evil by praying. If someone commits harm against their people, they will be guilty of that, but they cannot have done harm because they prayed," Pope Francis said following his Sunday Angelus blessing.

"Let those who wish to pray in what they consider their Church be allowed to do so."

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), which is legally subordinate to the Russian Orthodox Church, has been suspected of links and sympathies to Russia throughout the full-scale war. A number of clergymen of the UOC-MP have been accused of collaborating with Russia and justifying Russian aggression, including bishops and other high-ranking members.

According to the SBU press service, over 100 UOC-MP clergy members have come under criminal investigation since the outbreak of the full-scale war. Almost 50 of them have been charged, and sentences have been issued in 26 cases, the SBU said.

It is also noteworthy that the Pope didn't feel inclined to criticize the closing of all Ukrainian churches in occupied Crimea...or Moscow's strategic effort to repress, control, and crush religious groups outside of the Kremlin controlled Moscow Patriarchate.

I stand with Ukraine. The Red Viburnum

More shelter singing.

https://mil.in.ua/en/news/16-russian-soldiers-captured-in-new-york/