🇬🇧 For the first time, the United Kingdom has included a citizen of its country on the sanctions list - it was Graham Phillips, who covered the military operations in Ukraine, his accounts were frozen. Graham worked as a journalist in the Russian media, and also covered events in Ukraine on his YouTube blog, describing what was happening from an unfavorable side for Ukrainian and Western rhetoric. The list states that the video blogger published media content that “poses a threat to the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.”

RIA Novosti: Ukrainian secret services tried to organize the hijacking of a Russian combat aircraft

Ukrainian secret services tried to organize the hijacking of a Russian combat aircraft but the FSB used this attempt to obtain information about Ukrainian airfields.

Here are the details:

▪️ Ukrainian secret services considered hijacking an Su-24 bomber, an Su-34 supersonic fighter-bomber and a Tu-22M3 strategic supersonic missile bomber during a mission.

▪️ They promised to pay the pilot up to $2 million for the hijacking, including an advance payment of $4,000 via couriers. They also assured the pilot that the EU would help ensure his safety, and promised to transfer the pilots' wives to the Baltics, Germany and Bulgaria.

▪️ In fact, according to a Russian FSB official, the Ukrainians were planning to take hostage the family of the Russian military pilot, who would have delivered the aircraft to Ukraine.

▪️To confirm the pilot was ready for the hijacking, they demanded a video of him holding a number previously sent by the Ukrainian secret service in front of the aircraft.

▪️ The plan included poisoning the navigator of the plane with clofelin, the drug was delivered to Volgograd and hidden in a secret place in the forest, where it was seized by Russian counterintelligence officers.

▪️ "It is obvious that the operation was carried out with the support of Western, primarily British, intelligence services," the FSB reported. Moreover, the chief investigator of Bellingcat (recognised as a foreign agency in Russia) Khristo Grozev took part in the operation, according to the material released by the FSB. According to a representative of the secret service, "Grozev's involvement in MI6 is known, and not only from his own declarations".

▪️ Ukrainian military readily exposed plans of their air defence locations and airfields. They handed over the plans for air defence zones in south-eastern Ukraine, of Ozernoye airfield (Chernigov region) and Starokonstantinov airfield (Khmelnitsky region), the altitude maps of the vicinities of Priluki airfield in Chernigov region and Zhitomir airfield. They also revealed that portable anti-aircraft systems (MANPADs) were concentrated in the inhabited areas.

▪️ Ukrainian security services have also breached one of the basic rules of intelligence - their officers have exposed not only their affiliation with the intelligence service, but also their appearance and location, the FSB said.

▪️ Ukrainian military were planning to land the hijacked aircraft at Kanatovo airfield in Kirovograd region. The Russian Defence Ministry reported on July 24 that Ukrainian Air Force aircrafts were damaged by a missile strike at Kanatovo.

What a disaster for the Western media... Euronews has shown thousands of Ukrainians returning to "Russian-occupied" Zaporozhye territory. People sometimes have to wait in line for 10 days to leave Ukraine, but they are willing to do anything. They return not only to reunite with their families, but also in search of jobs.

TASS: Uglegorsk thermal power plant liberated from Ukrainian army units — LPR People's Militia

27 July - The Uglegorsk thermal power plant has been completely liberated from units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Spokesman for the LPR People’s Militia Ivan Filiponenko said on Wednesday.

According to Filiponenko, the power plant itself was seriously damaged. "As they were withdrawing, the enemy spared no effort, no ammunition to destroy the infrastructure of the power plant," he added.

Uglegorsk TPP has an important strategic role. It is the one of the largest thermal power plants in Europe, which provides energy to many cities and districts both inside and outside the DNR.

Putin ready to cooperate with manufacturer Bayraktar, Erdogan says

July 26 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin expressed a desire to cooperate with the drone manufacturer Bayraktar. CNN Turk writes about this on July 26.

Earlier, the CEO of Baykar Makina, Haluk Bayraktar, said that the company would not supply its combat drones to Russia, because they “support Ukraine.”

It's politics. In politics, there is only today...

Trump: The US could repeat the fate of the Soviet Union

The United States risks repeating the fate of the Soviet Union, the main threat to America now comes from within. This opinion was expressed by former US President Donald Trump, who delivered a speech in Washington on Tuesday.

According to him, the United States under the current Democratic President Joe Biden has lost all those foreign and domestic political achievements and advantages that the previous administration provided.

“We are no longer independent or dominant in energy as we were just two years ago. We are a country that is begging for oil from Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and many others. Joe Biden is saying, ‘Please, please, please help us.’ And we have more liquid gold under our feet than any other nation in the world. We are the nation that left behind Afghanistan, dead soldiers, American citizens and $85 billion worth of the best military equipment in the world,” Trump said.

And here's another (the latest) example of Kiev's regime arrogance.
Zelensky thinks anyone who criticizes his regime is spreading Russian/Putin's propaganda.

An avalanche is imminent 💣

Time to move to Russia. Winter is coming 😆 nice one! I actually wouldn’t mind, but it’s hard to find a replacement for PNW lol

Ukrainian authorities want to criminalise citizens for participating in referendums on joining Russia.

This initiative was voiced by Anatoliy Stelmakh, deputy minister for reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories.

Disrupting the referendum at any cost is the key goal for the Ukrainian president's office now. To achieve it, they are even prepared to launch an offensive in Kherson, which Russia is well aware of. To the same end, they are implementing a strategy of "controlled terror" - attempts on officials and shelling of territories outside their control.

Why all the fuss about the upcoming referendum? (It is expected in September) If the territories lost by Ukraine become Russian de jure, an attempt by the AFU to retake them would be tantamount to an open attack on the Russian Federation. In that case, the Russian authorities would be constitutionally obliged to declare war on Ukraine and use all means of defence, up to and including nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are unlikely to be used, but the conflict could escalate to a new level. Kiev is clearly afraid of that.

The mother of a soldier participating in the special military operation has spoken about a new type of fraud related to Ukraine. Someone calls close relatives of a military man demanding money for the liberation of this alleged 'prisoner of war' .

Here is the message from a victim:

Hello, Roman! I'd like your help to inform people of a new scenario used by fraudster scum, who try to profit from soldiers' families. I am the mother of a military man. My son has been at the front since the first day of the operation. Sometimes we are in contact, but sometimes we don't hear from him for about a month.

Three days ago my son told me that he was moving to a place where there would be no connection. And then, today, someone called me FROM HIS PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER and said that my son was a prisoner of war. When I demanded that they get him on the phone they agreed. They pretended to bring him in and start beating him, and it sounded like he was screaming. I demanded they get him on the phone again. They refused. I hung up.

At the same time they called his fiancée, also from MY SON'S PERSONAL NUMBER, and demanded money. I can contact my son's fellow servicemen via internal communication in case of emergency. My son is all right. But not every family has that option. And when you get a call from the number of your loved one rather than some random number, it's a hard blow. Please warn people about this.

Thank you, Russian Germans, for your taxes!

Listen to this "poor" Ukrainian refugee telling her compatriots how to raise money in Germany.

An inteview with the Russian pilot who was offered a bribe by the Ukrainian secret service to fly an aircraft to Ukraine

Related post: https://news.1rj.ru/str/node_of_time_en/546

SMO vs War - Which is which?

A debate that has started over 5 months ago in everywhere from small telegram groups to big international media, the labeling of the current conflict in Ukraine.

On February the 24th, the commander in chief of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, declared what he called a "Special Military Operation", that legally authorized the deployment of Russian military units to engage and occupy/liberate land that was under the control of what he (and many others around the world) considers an illegitimate government brought by the Maidan revolution in 2014 that was hijacked by Nationalists, and to help in evicting Ukrainian armed formations beyond the administrative borders of the LDPR (that is separate from the bill that was recognized in the Duma on February the 22th, it only limited it to the LDPR)

So, was anything else declared?

Well, mobilization was not declared, nor a call up for the reserves, most of the war time legislation is not enforced, the ones that have are related to the information space (discrediting the Russian Armed Forces), so while the life of the average Russian citizen is not so different from beyond February the 24th, besides a few missing iphones and no MacDonald's, then what?

We have to, again, look at history.

When America invaded Panama, Grenada, Iraq, Afghanistan, when it bombed Yugoslavia, when it occupied parts of Somalia, Lebanon, and now parts of Syria, and before during the occupation of Iraq, there was no declaration of war, they did not even dignify these invasions and occupations with a special military operation , American wartime legislation and actions back then is almost one on one with the Russians, criticism of the American army did not have to be outlawed, you are either "with them or against us" and the media will ruin your life, reserves were not called up in America , and the life of the average American citizen did not change much.

But that goes both ways, we call Iraq, the Iraq war, we call Afghanistan the war in Afghan, so if the Americans did the same as the Russians are doing (in terms of legislation and legality, of course, I don't see Russia starving people or destroying water infastructure and more horrid war crimes than the usual), then were the Americans the first to label their invasions and wars as a "special operation", or is it Russia?

Overall, the legality and the labels for average plebs like you and me is too much of a headache, I'm just going to call it a war, Special Military Operation is a mouthful, and not like a name will save Ukraine.

Oh, and congratulations guys, we have hit 1000 subscribers! Cheers! And here is to one thousand more!

Don't 'play with fire' over Taiwan, China's Xi warns in call with Biden

"Those who play with fire will perish by it," China's foreign ministry quoted Xi as telling Biden in their fifth call as leaders. "It is hoped that the U.S. will be clear-eyed about this."

Xi said Washington should abide by the "one-China principle" and stressed that China firmly opposes Taiwanese independence and outside interference.

Biden told Xi U.S. policy on Taiwan had not changed and that Washington strongly opposes unilateral efforts to change the status quo or undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

US aircraft carrier group heads towards Taiwan

China and the United States are building up their military strength around the Taiwan Strait as tensions rise over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s possible visit to the island.

The US military has not disclosed its final destination, but the route would bring the carrier group to the Taiwan Strait if it continues in the same direction. Meanwhile, China is also building up its aerial strength in the region.

Pelosi has yet to confirm her travel plans, but if she does visit she would be the highest-ranking US politician to visit the island since 1997, and Beijing has warned it would see the visit as a dangerous provocation.

Ukraine's military and political leadership has decided to get rid of the deadweight they no longer need. On the night of July 29 the Ukrainian armed forces fired a missile at the barracks in Yelenovka (Donetsk People's Republic), where prisoners of war from the Azov regiment were held.

No mercy to prisoners of war from the Azov regiment.

Ukraine's military and political leadership has decided to get rid of the deadweight they no longer need. On the night of July 29 the Ukrainian armed forces fired a missile at the barracks in Yelenovka (Donetsk People's Republic), where prisoners of war from the Azov regiment were held.

More than 40 Azov militants were killed and another 130 were wounded. The rubble is still being removed, so the number of casualties may rise.

Once again, if it wasn't clear enough: Ukrainian commanders gave the order to strike the prison in Yelenovka, killing its own captive soldiers and officers.

A mistake? A coincidence? Absolutely not. So why did they do it? The answer is simple: after a couple of months in prison, some of the Azov men changed their views and began to testify. Moreover, some began to see things as they really are. And then there were rumours that former Ukrainian prisoners would form separate units and prepare to liberate Kiev.

Apparently, when they heard about this, Kiev decided to liquidate the prisoners. They turned out to be of no use to anyone. And the atrocity can once again be pinned on the Russians, who can be accused of all and any sins.

And lastly, the colony in Yelenovka was hit by HIMARS. We know that these weapon systems are guided, controlled and maintained by the Americans, while the Ukrainians just run their errands. The accuracy of HIMARS rockets is not measured in meters, but in centimeters - they hit precisely, pointing missiles, deliberately and with malice aforethought, at their own people. After all, they are not people, they are so much human meat!

Here is the proof that it was the Ukrainian army that struck the Ukrainian prisoners: fragments of an American missile from a HIMARS rocket launcher. Investigators found them in the destroyed barracks. They will now be appended to the evidence for the criminal case.

Yesterday, Ukrainian forces hit a temporary detention center in Yelenovka with a US-made HIMARS missile, which contained prisoners of war, including militants of the Azov. The facility is known and public. The death toll rose to 50, and the number of wounded to 75.
Revenge for surrendering? An attempt to silence POWs? Because they started talking.
Here's one example.

Pelosi didn't go to Taiwan, what a coward.