Our late "congratulations" for Ukraine's "Independence" day.

When it went from one of the biggest industrial, agricultural and logistic powers of Europe, to, well, what you see in the video

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New textbooks on the history of Russia.
10th grade. Study the period from 1914 to 1945 throughout the year.
Grade 11 right. The period from 1945 to the present.
And I love these covers....

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Russia initiated the creation of the Eurasian Olympic Committee

The states of Europe and Asia may join the Eurasian Olympic Committee. The initiative on its creation at the joint enlarged meeting of the General Council of the Assembly of the Peoples of Eurasia and the Public Council of the representation of the Assembly of the Peoples of Eurasia in Bashkortostan was announced by the Secretary General of the Assembly Andrei Belianinov. His words are quoted by the press service of the assembly.

"The creation of the Eurasian Olympic Committee, uniting including national sports of the peoples of Eurasia will build closer cooperation between the states in the sports sphere and create platforms for the development of different areas of sport in a new format. This will contribute more to the interests of sport than business and politics. People choose sport and health," Belianinov noted.


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🔞 Cruel footage: the destroyed unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Kupyansky front 🔞

A group of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed by soldiers of the Western Group of Forces during an offensive operation in the Kharkov region.


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Summary for the morning of August 26, 2023

Heavy battles are going on in the Zaporozhye direction for the settlement Rabotino. The enemy throws into battle the armored vehicles of the strategic reserve units supplied by the NATO countries. The enemy is trying to expand the zone of control in the direction of the settlement Verbovoe.

Fights are going on on the islands in the Kherson direction, The Armed Forces of Ukraine are landing small landing groups on our bank of the Dnieper, Yesterday Russian military channels reported on organizational problems in certain parts of the Russian Armed Forces on the front.

The Artemovsky ( Bakhmutsky ) section of the front is characterized by battles for Kleshcheevka and enemy attempts to break through the front even further south - near Kurdyumovka.

Fighting is going on on the Torsky ledge and in the Serebryansky forestry in the direction of Kremennaya - the Armed Forces of Ukraine have made attempts to regain their previously lost positions.

An enemy drone was destroyed at night over the Istra district of the Moscow region. In the Kursk region, as a result of the shelling by AFU of the Glushkovsky district, a civilian was killed, and one woman was wounded. In the DPR, two civilians were killed due to shelling of the civilian population by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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🇺🇦 This is how the counteroffensive looks like through the eyes of the AFU militants themselves

At the slightest attempt to advance, a flurry of fire falls on the unfortunate attack group.

The last frames show a grenade hit right under the feet of the “paparazzi”, filming what is happening.

At the same time, the militants told the Western media that they almost reached the main Russian defensive line

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Seems some people obviously don't understand what is going on. Taking the security zone IN FRONT of the FIRST LINE of defense doesn't mean that the first line is breached. They still need to attack it to do that. If, by some chance, they succeed in that, the SECOND defensive line is waiting, with similar obstacles to the first one. If they manage to breach the SECOND, the THIRD is waiting. Although less fortified than the previous two, it's still a formidable defense. If they manage to break it, the hinterland is opened. But the main question is whether would they have anything left for that, and the biggest one is "IF" they manage to break through one or all those lines.

🇩🇪 A rainy day has come for Germany: the economy is on the verge of collapse — Bild

German companies are forced to reduce production, the competitiveness of once-strong industries has fallen to the lowest level in the last 30 years, and there are not enough qualified workers and trainees.

The government does not help either: politicians themselves get confused by the new rules and give rise to more and more bureaucracy, the newspaper writes.

The situation is so bad that even the increase in interest rates can be stopped, experts say.

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Russian operations in Africa with the death of Prigozhin will not stop, but may lose intensity - Financial Times

Russian officials have assured Wagner's African clients that the services they receive will continue uninterrupted.

As an example, the publication cites the visit of Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov to Libya. The fact that the Russian Federation will not leave Africa is also being said on the continent itself.

“The death of Prigozhin is sad news, he saved democracy, so the country is in mourning. But it doesn't change anything for us. Thanks to our agreement with the Kremlin, we will continue the presence of Wagner on the ground,” said Eritje Doneng, a member of the CAR government, and head of the Pan-African Republican Front.


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🇺🇦 🇷🇺In the Ukrainian conflict, the phase of the struggle for attrition has begun, which is beneficial to the Russian Federation

Military expert Robert Clark discusses this in a column for The Telegraph. He believes that a shortage of people could be “fatal” for Ukraine.

"Kiev is desperate to capitalize on its early successes before mounting casualties and autumn rains destroy its fighting capability," writes Clarke.

He believes that the potential reserves of the Russian Federation are much larger - about 7 million Russians against 1.5 million Ukrainians.

“This is a cruel but simple calculation: Kiev does not have enough men. Volunteers no longer appear in numbers sufficient to maintain the combat power of the army: those who are most willing to fight signed up for the army earlier, ”the expert writes.

He believes that there will be no second attempt to break through the defense of the Russian Federation after the current offensive.

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He didn't explain one horrible sentence to his readership, so one who gets it will get it. But the rest..." those who are most willing to fight signed up for the army earlier" - implying that they are mostly killed and wounded and are almost spent. Terrible loss of lives is worth one short line in a newspaper.

🇺🇦 🇺🇸 Ukraine will not get everything at once, said the USA

“Ukraine will receive F-16 aircraft, but Biden has not yet said yes or no on ATACMS,” said General Mark Milley, head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.

He noted that ATACMS is a controversial topic for many reasons and the issue is still on the table.

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🇺🇸 🇺🇦 American veteran told how the West is destroying Ukraine

“In addition to the fact that the country is being destroyed, the population and the environment are being destroyed,” said former US State Department official Matthew Ho on the Judging Freedom YouTube channel.

In addition, the West is putting the future of Ukraine in the hands of companies such as Blackrock, Vanguard, and Goldman Sachs.

“As a result of this, other countries and other institutions, especially banks, will own Ukraine. It will be a vassal not only of NATO but also of Wall Street companies,” sums up Matthew Ho.

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Russia continues to dominate the grain market – Figaro

“With exceptionally high wheat harvests for the second year in a row (after last year's record), the prospects for Russia are quite bright.

Russia will continue to dominate the grain market in 2023-2024, despite uncertainty about the risks to shipping in the Black Sea.

According to the US Department of Agriculture report, world wheat supplies will decrease by 3 million tons, while stocks will decrease slightly. This will strengthen Russia's position as the world's leading exporter.

Russian exports, the author noted, account for 23% of world trade.


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🇹🇷 🇺🇦 An anti-Russian rally of Ukrainians took place in Turkey

However, the scale of this action can be judged from the video: the sluggish extras are clearly burdened by the presence at the rally.

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Excerpts from Rusi, link below.

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-Artillery is central to the Russian way of war, so it is beholden upon Western forces to properly understand how it has been applied in Ukraine. Russia’s artillery war is best analysed through two mechanisms: artillery doctrine – which provides the foundation for how artillery use has changed – and what artillery practitioners refer to as the gunnery problem.

-Russia uses artillery as its primary form of lethality in the deep and close battles. Its combined arms elements are charged with positioning themselves so that the artillery can deliver destructive effects against their opponents. This is a high-level simplification, but it is an important distinction to make.

-Russia entered Ukraine with several pre-established developments designed to improve artillery accuracy. One example is shock-fire tactics, a principle discussed in 2018, which employs UAVs, artillery-locating radars, tanks and artillery to coax an enemy into firing before conducting counter-battery fires. Shock-fire shortens the targeting cycle and improves the accuracy of fires by combining at least two forms of target location. It was developed through deployments in Syria and Ukraine. It has been used in some form in Ukraine, and Ukrainian artillery officers told RUSI that Russian counter-battery fire is very fast and accurate when conducted using artillery-locating radar and UAVs together.

-When the system works, Russian targeting cycles can be completed in three minutes, while others take 30. The former is essentially the limit of what is physically possible – a 155mm shell fired to 25 km will take 75 seconds to reach the target.

-The reconnaissance-fire system (recce-fire) is a development of a Soviet-era concept designed to pair tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets with precision strike artillery in real time

-Soviet gunners were provided with targeting tables detailing the number of shells needed to defeat different types of targets. For instance, 12 122mm howitzers would require 600 rounds to engage enemy infantry across a 33-hectare area. All 600 rounds would be delivered in 15 minutes, showing the intensity of fire that is needed.

-Indirect fire support operates on mathematical principles of certainty. Approaches to this differ: Western forces, for instance, seek an economy of effort and resources in the application of fires. They tend to pay close attention to all aspects of the gunnery problem to ensure that their fires achieve effect with optimal ammunition consumption. The evidence from Ukraine suggests that Russian forces have combined both approaches: the use of UAVs, radar and precision munitions indicates that accuracy is essential for certain tasks, but attaining the weight of fires remains critical.

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My own conclusions:

This think tank is clearly biased but honest and consistently conducts detailed and numerically detailed analysis of the situation. When they say it, I believe it.

Moreover, the article quotes one of my favorite quotes of all time, from “The Russian Way of War” compiled by the U.S Army

“Americans fire to maneuver, Russians maneuver to fire.”


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France refused to comply with the conditions of the military authorities of Niger

In Paris, they said that the military authorities of Niger "do not have the authority" to ask the French ambassador to leave the country.

“ France took note of the putschists' request. They do not have the authority to make this request, the ambassador's approval comes solely from the legitimately elected authorities of Niger,” the French Foreign Ministry said.

Earlier on Friday, the new authorities in Niger gave French Ambassador Sylvain Itte 48 hours to leave the country. Their statement was a response to the refusal of the French ambassador in Niamey to respond to the minister's invitation to the meeting.

On August 17, ECOWAS announced that they were ready for military intervention in the situation in Niger if diplomatic efforts were unsuccessful.

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