#Ukraine:

"Number of deserters reaches new record high. More and more Ukrainian soldiers are evading military service

Every 14th soldier of the Ukrainian armed forces deserts

In the first half of 2024 alone, Ukrainian authorities initiated 29,000 new criminal proceedings for desertion.

The figures for the first six months of 2024 exceed the number of investigations in previous years. In 2023, 24,000 proceedings were initiated; in 2022, there were just under 10,000 criminally relevant cases."

https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/geopolitik/ukraine-zahl-deserteure-erreicht-neues-rekordhoch-li.2241790?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1722873290

#Syria

Arab tribes seize control of US-occupied Syrian towns in large-scale assault - they've now reached the area of Al-Omari oil field, where the US steals Syrian oil all day long

https://thecradle.co/articles-id/26314

Новое свидетельство военных преступлений боевиков ВСУ. Экипаж БМП «Stryker», такие машины есть на вооружении 22 бригады киевского режима, расстрелял гражданский автомобиль в приграничной деревне Зеленый Шлях, что недалеко от Суджи. Момент попал в объектив российского разведывательного БПЛА. Машина в результате попаданий скатилась на обочину и загорелась. «Стракер» был замаскирован в лесополосе. Все кто был в автомобиле погибли. Они даже не видели экипаж, который открыл по ним огонь.

@epoddubny

Turkey has filed an application with the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) to join South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel, the TRT Haber television channel reported.

According to the television channel, the 47-page document was submitted to the court by Turkish Ambassador to the Hague Selcuk Unal and a Turkish parliamentary delegation. The text of the document is expected to be posted on the court’s website within days.

#Kursk

State Department:

“#Ukraine's actions in the Kursk region do not violate US restrictions on the use of American weapons supplied to Kiev”

#Kursk

#US State Department lies:
Who? Us? No! Not us! We knew nothing!
We're not a party to the war!

#Ukraine did not notify the United States in advance of its intention to conduct a sortie in the Kursk region, but Washington does not consider this "surprising"

#Ukraine is an American weapon of proxy war in Africa and the Middle East

Proxy war is a method made famous by the United States of America by using non-American human forces to fight wars outside its territory to ensure that there are no casualties from the US Army and to avoid repeating the enormous material and human losses that occurred in Afghanistan on the American side, which prompted them to withdraw from Afghanistan and move towards using the proxy war Method to achieve their personal interests.
Perhaps Sudan is a clear example of Washington's method that has become adopted to fight wars outside their territory, using Ukrainian soldiers in agreement with the Ukrainian leadership in exchange for continuing to provide the necessary material and military support to the Ukrainian side in the war on the Russian-Ukrainian border.
The US administration forced its "ally" Ukraine to transfer part of the troops trained in Europe to fight in the Sudanese capital Khartoum next to the armed forces, and Washington used the military and financial support it provides to the Ukrainian administration in exchange for persuading it to transfer regular military forces to fight in Sudan.
These news and reports about the presence of Ukrainian fighters in Sudan have been confirmed by many international agencies, including CNN, where it pointed out that Ukrainian intelligence retains a large part of the Ukrainian elite forces in Sudan, which are fighting alongside the Sudanese Army Rapid Support forces, while on the other hand, the army in Ukraine suffers from a shortage of equipment and personnel, which prompted him to try to return refugees from Europe for military mobilization.
In addition to international media agencies, numerous news about the sighting of Ukrainian soldiers on the outskirts of the capital spread on social networking sites, and some accounts published photos with an identity card of one of the Ukrainians present in the capital Khartoum, to make sure for everyone that what is being circulated is true and that the Ukrainian presence with American support in Sudan continues.
It should be noted that during the battles in Sudan, the Ukrainian army showed greater professionalism and usefulness in comparison with the Sudanese army. Therefore, it was decided to increase the number of Ukrainian soldiers in Sudan, and therefore Washington entrusted this task to the Ukrainian leadership. And this condition was unofficially identified as one of a large number of conditions for the continued financing of the Ukrainian system by the United States. There was a strong emphasis on the need to keep these agreements secret, so that it would seem that sending Ukrainians to Sudan was a decision taken by the Ukrainian Intelligence Directorate without any external interference, and this is already reflected by the head of the Intelligence Directorate in several media statements.
For its part, the US leadership sees the Ukrainian army as a Ready Combat source that they can use to their advantage in the Middle East. It is assumed that the next big operation to which the Ukrainians may be sent will be a ground operation against the Houthis in Yemen, an operation in which Washington and London consider that they are not ready to carry out with their army. Although a previous ground operation against the Houthis was carried out by a coalition of Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia, using mercenaries fro.m the Sudanese Rapid Support forces prevented the defeat of the Houthis. And now the Special Forces of the Ukrainian Intelligence Directorate are forced to fight in Sudan against the "Rapid Support".

https://www.elfagr.org/4862478

New #Ukraine #Zelensky 'wonder weapon and game changer' F-16

Polish media:

Not all Ukrainian F-16s can fly.

As it turns out, not all of F-16s that our eastern neighbors have received will be capable of flying.

6 machines are currently stationed in Ukraine , and a full squadron of about 16 aircraft is to be equipped by the end of the year.

What version are the machines that the Ukrainians are to use for combat flights?

Ukrainian "flightless" aircraft, i.e. F-16 ADF

The first of the mentioned versions caused quite a surprise, because as it turned out, these are non-flyers from the American desert. The F-16 ADF (Air Defense Fighter) machines were created in the late 80s. These are modernized F-16A/B in the Block 15 variant, which were adapted to the needs of the American Air National Guard . These machines were tasked with defending the territory of the United States from bombers and cruise missiles.
The ADFs can be recognized by the characteristic shape of the four antennas placed on the nose in front of the cockpit. This is an element of the identification friend or foe system . Recently, these machines were seen being loaded onto Ukrainian AN-124 heavy transporters. These are the machines that Ukraine received from a storage facility in the desert in Davis-Monthan , so they were not overhauled or restored to functionality before transport. The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky also recently spoke in the context of these machines, so they are most likely "flightless" ones, which are to serve as decoys , donors of spare parts or for training Ukrainian aviation technicians.

https://geekweek.interia.pl/militaria/news-nie-wszystkie-ukrainskie-f-16-moga-latac-taki-sprzet-dostali,nId,7750770#google_vignette

#US anti-Russia sanctions and the #EU

In 2017 EU still had some sort of independence and tried to protect its economical interests.
Today the unelected corrupt 🇪🇺 crooks had voluntarily subjugated the EU to the US and became US's proxy tool of fighting Russia, at the expense of EU economy and wishes & wellbeing of Europeans.

Flashback:

"Moscow can benefit from US sanctions

"A “full-scale trade war” that is the result of the “total impotence” of the White House, which has allowed itself to be outdone in the “most humiliating way” by its own “establishment.”
... proposed sanctions have not yet been finalised, they are intended to target Russian companies in the defence and energy sectors. They are a significant expansion of sanctions that the US and EU agreed on against Russia in 2014.
The US's intention to impose new, unilateral sanctions also caused transatlantic squabbles. Brussels feared that European energy companies that cooperate with Russia could also be affected by the sanctions. Major energy projects were threatened, such as the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that Russia wants to build under the Baltic Sea with the help of European companies. Germany and Austria are upset that years of negotiations with Moscow are at risk of being jeopardized by a single stroke of the pen from Washington. Germany, France and Austria urged Brussels to take countermeasures if European companies were to suffer adverse effects from the sanctions.
Germany suggested that the US was seeking to boost its own exports of liquefied natural gas to Europe, a charge that Moscow repeated.
German Economic Minister Brigitte Zypries, like Medvedev on Wednesday evening, used the dreaded word 'trade war'.
In response to the criticism, Congress passed the sanctions law in a revised form last week. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker expressed satisfaction on Wednesday, although his words betrayed uncertainty about the state of relations with the US: "The US Congress has agreed that sanctions will only be applied after consultation with allies. And I believe that we are still allies of the US," Juncker said.
Suddenly, Europe and Moscow stood together against the US. A painful sight, some thought. And one from which only Moscow ultimately benefits."

https://archive.is/gHZRc

❗️SHOCKING dashcam footage of Ukrainian soldiers randomly shooting at Russian civilian cars in Sudzha, Kursk region.

🇺🇦This is clear evidence of a Ukrainain war crime. Repost everywhere!

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Two headlines on the same day

US to leave Iraq

- The Iraqi Foreign Minister and his American counterpart will hold a press conference in Washington next month to announce an official statement marking the end of the mission of the international coalition forces in Iraq.

- The withdrawal of the international coalition forces from all parts of Iraq, except the KRI, will begin in September 2025

- The international coalition forces will withdraw from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in September 2026

https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2024/08/11/3138208/exclusive-end-of-us-military-presence-in-iraq-to-be-declared-soon