TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/it-must-suck-to-know-youre-a-loser/57950/

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/the-blue-wave-may-have-just-gotten-a-little-taller/57966/

A soldier of our unit, returning from Donbas, noticed an owl on the road. The bird was in a state of shock: it did not react to the person, did not want to eat or drink, and looked scared. Most likely, this condition was caused by artillery fire.

Understanding the symbolism of the situation, the fighter decided not to leave the owl, because the owl is a symbol of the Main Intelligence Directorate. He took the bird with him, taking it out of the war zone.

After arriving at a safe place, the owl was transferred to the Kharkiv Eco-Park, where it was taken care of. After a few days, having recovered, the bird was released to continue watching our city.

English subtitles kindly care of our own, Kelly Hudson.

(With thanks to @ukrainejournal and Kelly Hudson.)

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Not seeing any more about Lavrov. Might be Russian propaganda games

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/the-blue-wave-may-have-just-gotten-a-little-taller/57966/

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/it-must-suck-to-know-youre-a-loser/57950/

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/with-friends-like-these/57964/

A trio of weirdos

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🇷🇸 Serbia will buy 12 Rafale fighters from France. This is a serious change of position and Serbia's turn away from russia, a traditional ally and arms supplier.

The armed forces of Serbia are generally based on Soviet technology. Because of this, Belgrade is one of the closest allies of the russian Federation in Europe and has close economic ties with Moscow. However, the purchase of French fighter jets is a step away from the russian Federation, writes Reuters.

Serbia has assured that it will not share Rafale technologies with Moscow.

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Operational information as of 22.00 on 31.08.2024 regarding the Russian invasion

The defense forces continue to courageously defend Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 183 combat clashes, the occupiers have launched four missile strikes using 9 missiles, 59 air strikes using 77 anti-aircraft missiles, 381 kamikaze drone strikes and almost 2,400 attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas using various types of weapons.

In the Kharkiv direction , the occupiers carried out two attacks during the day near Vovchansk and Liptsi. One battle is still going on.

In the Kupian direction, the Defense Forces repelled 25 attacks. The enemy was most active in the areas of Sinkivka, Kolisnikivka and in the direction of Lozova, where clashes are still ongoing.

Seventeen times the enemy attacked in the direction of Lyman , tried to advance in the direction of eight different settlements and in the Serebrian Forest. He concentrated his efforts near Grekivka, Nevsky and Tverdokhlibovo.

On the Siverskyi direction, during the day, our defenders repelled eight enemy assaults in the areas of Verkhnokamyansky, Spirny, Zvanivka, Bilogorivka, and Vyimka. Fighting is still going on in four locations.

There were 19 combat clashes in the Kramatorsk direction . The occupiers were most active in the Kalynyvka area - where more than half of the attacks were carried out. The fighting continues.

The enemy tried 14 times to penetrate our defense in the Toretsk direction . During the day, the occupiers attacked in the areas of Kurdyumivka, Toretsk, Nelipivka and New York settlements. 13 attacks have already been repelled by our defenders.

In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, in the areas of the settlements of Sukha Balka, Vozdvizhenka, Zelene Pole, Novogrodivka, Grodivka, Karlivka, Selidove and Mykhailivka, our troops repelled 30 offensive and assault actions of the enemy. Four of them are still ongoing. Our troops are taking measures to maintain the designated borders, and are retaliating fiercely. According to preliminary data, the enemy lost 168 people killed and 216 wounded today, Ukrainian servicemen also destroyed two T-72 tanks, three BMPs and nine vehicles. In addition, two tanks and 17 enemy vehicles were significantly damaged.

At this time of the day, there are 28 combat clashes in the Kurakhiv direction . The invaders remain active, trying to advance in the districts of Kostyantynivka and Georgiivka - they carried out five and 13 attacks, respectively. Attempts to advance were also made in the direction of Ukranian, Lisivka, and Halytsynivka. The occupiers suffer losses.

In the direction of Vremivka, the occupiers attacked in the direction of Vugledar, Vodyanyi, Makarivka, and Vremivka. The situation is under control.

In the Orihiv direction, our troops stopped four enemy attacks near Malaya Tokmachka and Robotyny.

In the Dnieper direction, the situation has not undergone significant changes, no losses of positions and territories have been allowed. Ukrainian soldiers repelled three assaults by Russian invaders .

Today we celebrate the soldiers of the 46th separate airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who confidently hold the lines and inflict significant losses on the occupiers.

Glory to the Ukrainian defenders!
Glory to Ukraine!

RUSSIAN UAV "ORION" DOWN

Around 11:00 a.m. on August 31, 2024, soldiers of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle "Orion" in the Kursk direction (illustrative photo).

This is a medium-altitude UAV with a long flight duration. It has been in service with the Russian army since 2020. On-board equipment is designed for visual, radar or radio technical reconnaissance with the possibility of long-term patrolling in a defined area.

Weight 1150 kg. Combat load 200 kg. It is possible to install up to four munitions of various purposes, including air-to-surface missiles.

The Air Force has already shot down UAVs of this type in other directions.

🇺🇦 Together - to victory! GLORY TO UKRAINE!

Air Force Command of the UA Armed Forces

This Doctor performed surgery
on a man with a live munition inside him.

Clip of a Frontline medic of the 80th Galician Air Assault brigade. @ukrainejournal

14 children have been returned from occupation, reported Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets.

Families with children were evacuated from the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions.

📷: Dmytro Lubinets

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‼️Another massacre by Russians in broad daylight now in Kharkiv.

Russian KAB bombs launched into a high rise building on a Friday afternoon while people return home from work.

There are many victims including a little girl that was on the playground.

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With rescue efforts ongoing, the number of victims in yesterday's Russian bombing of Kharkiv continues to climb.

22 children are among the 97 victims.

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Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi revealed for the first time that 594 Russian servicemen have been taken prisoner in the Kursk direction. He also stated that the Defense Forces currently control 1,295 square kilometers of Russian territory and about a hundred settlements. He made these remarks at the "Ukraine 2024" forum.

Additionally, he mentioned that Russia is not withdrawing troops from Ukrainian Pokrovsk due to the Kursk operation but is instead focusing its efforts there. Russia has transferred around 30,000 troops from reserves and other areas to reinforce the Kursk direction.

From "The Analyst":

THE WAR COMES HOME TO RUSSIA

The stark realisation that Ukraine is reaching a level of strategic warfare capabilities beyond anything Russia has experienced since 1945, is coming home to roost.
Despite the threats of the nuclear age Cold War it never actually happened. Not at any time was Russia forced to defend its skies from missiles or bombers targeting its factories and military installations.
Now in 2024, the three day war to end Ukraine has gone so hideously wrong as it closes in on its 1000th.
Moscow authorities mounted a conference to discuss the air defence of military factories, power stations, airports and air fields around Moscow and St Petersburg. They examined civil defence preparedness and announced that open air meetings and displays by school children should be stopped indefinitely.
As Ukraine’s jet powered, rocket powered and propeller powered drones gain increasing range and lethality Moscow itself is waking up to the realisation it will be the target. Its air defences are far from perfect and they struggle to shoot down even single drones. They know, that sooner rather than later, Ukrainian drones and missiles are coming their way, as sure as the sun rises.
The one sided war where Russia used its missiles and Iranian designed drones to terrify Ukraine is now entering act two: whatever you can do to us, we can now do to you.
Ukraine will not hit shopping malls or schools or blow up maternity centres and hospitals. It will hit missile factories and design bureaus, electronics plants and fuel storage sites. It will find command bunkers and communications facilities. And it will make Russians realise that the special military operation has become the war they are too afraid to call it. And nobody will be in the least bit sympathetic to them. Putin dragged you into this. Now you have to live with the consequences.

Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi revealed for the first time that 594 Russian servicemen have been taken prisoner in the Kursk direction. He also stated that the Defense Forces currently control 1,295 square kilometers of Russian territory and about a hundred settlements. He made these remarks at the "Ukraine 2024" forum.

Additionally, he mentioned that Russia is not withdrawing troops from Ukrainian Pokrovsk due to the Kursk operation but is instead focusing its efforts there. Russia has transferred around 30,000 troops from reserves and other areas to reinforce the Kursk direction.