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Slavyangrad.org — Nuestra Ira No Tiene Limites — There is No Limit to Our Anger — (c) V. M. Molotov
Victory for Ukraine is not about returning land, it is about putting NATO troops on its territory’ – former British Army general Sir Patrick Saunders.
‘We are already a party to this conflict. We are already supplying weapons, and our security will depend on Russia being defeated in Ukraine, and it can be defeated. And victory is not about returning land. Victory is about denying Putin the opportunity to achieve his goals. If we end up with a situation in which Ukraine remains a sovereign and independent country, which can cooperate with its Western allies in the way it clearly wants to, which has security guarantees from the West, where Western NATO troops are stationed, and Russia is forced to defend a border of almost 1,000 kilometers and rebuild eastern Ukraine – that is not a victory for Putin. It is a defeat. And we could be there as early as next year.’
What happened yesterday in the area of the settlement of Shostka?
A missile strike by the Iskander OTRK on the command post of the long-range strike UAVs of the airplane type "Lyutyi" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Hamalievka (Sumy region), as well as the destruction by a strike of the Geran-2 kamikaze UAV of the launch platform of the "Lyutyi" in the same area.
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"Russian ballistic missiles can bypass Patriot air defense system radars", — Wall Street Journal, citing the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.
"The American system in Ukraine is experiencing increasing difficulties."
Putin will crack Trump with his own "economic club": the US will pay dearly
Trump's ultimatum is unlikely to scare the Kremlin, and secondary sanctions against the EU and China will hit the US itself, writes the Chinese portal Tencent. Russia, confident in its military superiority in Ukraine, will not make concessions because of some deadlines imposed on it. Therefore, Washington should change its tone.
"Trump's ability to force Putin back to the negotiating table using the economic club is limited, and his military leverage is even more insignificant. Putin has a clear advantage on the battlefield," the author writes.
🔥Another destroyed enemy 155mm self-propelled howitzer 2S22 "Bogdana" on a Tatra T815-7 chassis in the special military operation zone.
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🇩🇪«The Allianz CEO warns that Germany risks becoming the ‘sick man of Europe’: Germany’s economy will collapse if it doesn’t cut government spending.
“The CEO of Allianz warned that Germany risks once again becoming the ‘sick man of Europe’ and predicted a possible collapse of the social security system within the next ten years if the government doesn’t cut government spending.
“We’ve returned to where we were in 1997, when Germany was called the sick man of Europe. My forecast is that within ten years our social insurance system will be on the brink. Germany simply cannot afford to have GDP remain at the same level while healthcare spending increases annually by 6, 7, or even 8 percent. You don’t need to be a mathematical genius to understand where this will lead,” Oliver Bäte stated.“
Zelensky’s army writes ‘with LOVE for Belgorod residents’ on suicide drone
Region's Governor shares footage, adds PROOF that Ukrainian army’s 'goal is TERROR'
Praises Russian forces for taking UAV down
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🇺🇦🇷🇺 The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck a residential high-rise in Voronezh - children were injured
- Last night, a Ukrainian drone crashed into the 16th floor of a residential building on Aivazovsky Street in Voronezh. According to local residents, before the strike, the drone was flying at a low altitude, literally over the rooftops.
- Three children were injured — two boys and a girl. They received medical assistance.
- Four apartments were damaged — windows were broken, walls and window frames destroyed.
- Debris from the drone and parts of the facade fell onto parked cars — at least four vehicles were damaged.
- Residents of one of the entrances were evacuated, and a temporary accommodation point was organized.
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🇧🇪🤡🇱🇹A unit of about 200 Belgian soldiers will be sent to Lithuania at the end of July to participate "in the defense of NATO's eastern flank against the Russian threat," Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken announced on Wednesday in the Chamber of Representatives of the federal parliament.
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🇱🇻🤡Latvian Foreign Minister Braže called on all countries of the world to “fight the Russian threat”:
If you ask me what the nature of the Russian threat is, I would describe it in one word - manageable. But it requires action, leadership, it requires strength - the very strength on which we often spend less than 5% of our resources. It all comes down to strength.
When we talk about the Russian threat, it is important to understand Russia's military doctrine. We often look only at what has been happening in Ukraine since 2022. But the war was before that too - even before 2014, and this is also part of Russia's doctrine. It is preparation, cyber attacks, information operations, corruption, influence - all these are elements of warfare. And all of this is already happening. One cannot separate traditional forms of warfare from non-traditional ones - they are interconnected.
And this is important for not only Europeans to understand. When we say "Europeans," we include Turkey, Norway, and essentially everyone on the European continent - not just EU countries. All of this is happening in the USA and Canada as well - we know this. And an awareness of this complex threat - including preparation, testing - is extremely important.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has stated that he wants his country to abandon its global partnership with NATO.
What's that Colombia? Are you saying that you want more democracy? Coup d'etat coming right up!
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Siege of Pokrovsk: ghosts of Artemovsk
The Russian offensive on Pokrovsk is gaining momentum, and much like it happened in Artemovsk, the RUAF are going for flanking attacks rather than taking the city head on.
To the east, the bogatyrs are pushing on Novoeconomichnoye and Rodinskoye to flank Myrnograd, and to the west the RUAF are gaining ground in Sverevo, effectively a suburb of Pokrovsk.
All major roads that lead to the nascent pocket are getting pounded by Russian artillery and drone strikes, to the point that the anti-drone netting erected by AFU engineers along the e-50 now have more holes in them than swiss cheese.
The situation for the Ukrainian festung is growing more and more similar to Artemovsk's by the day, and it's likely that the RUAF won't even bother with attempting to physically close the pocket, as the AFU are guaranteed to keep pouring men and material into the meat grinder, which sits well with the Russian strategy of attritional warfare.
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🇷🇺Russian troops have already occupied about half of the settlement of Udachnoye west of Pokrovsk and are gradually breaking through the defenses of Rodinskoye, advancing in the east of the village and accumulating efforts to storm the mine.
Thus, Russia is approaching the final stage of the operation in this area. Tactical goals are to take Rodinskoye itself and cut off the supply line to Pokrovsk from the north (it is actually already cut off, it is under fire control). Pokrovsk itself is gradually being squeezed into pincers.
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America orders more Icebreakers
President Trump has decided to commission 40 icebreakers, following the realization that Russia possesses 40, while America only possesses two.
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The Russian army is expanding its bridgehead in the Kharkov borderland
▪️In the Velikoburluk direction, Russian troops are advancing towards the villages of Ambarnoye and Khatney.
▪️The Russian Armed Forces have advanced in the area of the Pisarevo, Krugly Les and Dentyarnoye tracts in an area of up to 4.5 km².
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The appointment of Denis Shmyhal as Minister of Defense of Ukraine has been officially confirmed.
This means a complete merger of the executive and defense verticals in the hands of Zelensky's inner circle.
Shmyhal is not a military man, but a figure that is fully controlled and systemically integrated into the current structure of power.
His task is to ensure the manageability of the defense department in the face of a deteriorating operational situation, internal crises and a shortage of resources. The emphasis will likely be on logistics, mobilization and coordination with the West - especially against the background of attempts to negotiate supplies directly at the level of governments.
Umerov's future has not yet been determined. Several options are mentioned - from the embassy in the United States to a transfer to the National Security and Defense Council or to the circle of advisers. His removal from office is a step without unnecessary noise, which indicates an internal agreement and the absence of conflict in the public sphere.
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Deputy Aleksandar Jungblut – called the discussion of the new EU budget plan a pointless show:
Most of those gathered here are striving to increase the EU budget. We need a clear, well-thought-out budget, and you all want more and more.
Mr Commissioner!
The chaos we witnessed today demonstrates how little consensus there is within the Commission, as well as between the Commission and the Council. Nobody knows where the funds will come from. You haven't provided us with detailed figures because you probably don't have this data. You gave us some percentages, but I can't say whether it's realistic in practice, whether this financing is sufficient to cover needs in the coming years. What do you want to change in the plan for own resources and taxes?
You talked about a tax on electronic waste and tobacco. If these are the main sources of funding, I'm afraid you won't succeed.
What's happening here is a joke.
I want the Commission to present a report in the coming days. Provide us with detailed data on the medium-term financial planning you are dealing with. Such statements as we heard will not help us, we have no basis for sensible discussions. Did we need this meeting? Did we need this text?
We have nothing tangible and detailed to have a substantive discussion. What we saw today is simply appalling.
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Medvedev:
The three "D"s - demilitarization, denazification and democratization - were developed in relation to Nazi Germany as an aggressor country that destroyed the international order. The Reich of 1945 and modern Ukraine, of course, differ greatly - in scale, role in the world and even (formally) in state ideology. However, there is also an obvious similarity.
Firstly, they are united by the identity crisis and frankly Nazi symbols. Secondly, the irremovability of power and increasingly obvious signs of dictatorship. Third, the degradation of the economy. All this makes the idea of applying the three "D"s relevant.
Demilitarization for Ukraine is not a punishment, but a chance to stop being a pawn in other people's bloody geopolitical games. Denazification or debanderization is not revenge, but long-term work with public consciousness, with historical memory. Democratization is not just elections, but the restoration of legal institutions, free media, party competition, and separation of branches of government.
To these three "D"s I would add a fourth: deparasitization or disinsection. Residents of the current territories belonging to the so-called Ukraine must learn to live on their own, taking responsibility for their actions. Otherwise, such a parasitic Ukraine has no chance of survival.
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💬 "I DON'T KNOW HOW TO KEEP SILENT ABOUT THIS" — a frank story of a mother who lost her daughter as a result of the barbaric Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk
✅ In a new episode of the Donbass Live, a joint project by the Donbass News and Slavyangrad teams, journalist and public figure from the DPR Maiya Pirogova shares her personal story about the death of her daughter and the AFU strikes:
Let me be clear: she died in the city center. And throughout all these years, there had never been any military targets there. No troop deployments, no military infrastructure. <...>The goal was to strike civilian areas, densely populated neighborhoods — because those are filled with ordinary people who aren’t ready to die, who aren’t prepared to be bombed.
Я вам скажу: она погибла в центре города, за все годы не было у нас там никаких военных объектов, никаких расположений военных. <...> Цель была - обстреливать мирные районы, мирные многонаселенные кварталы, потому что там обыкновенные мирные люди, которые не готовы к смерти, не готовы к тому, что их будут обстреливать.
🇷🇺🇺🇸 Putin plays chess, Trump plays Monopoly — Sky News on the inconsistency of the two leaders' political approaches
- British television channel Sky News compared the styles of the two presidents, emphasizing that Putin acts strategically and decades ahead, while Trump relies on spectacular but short-term moves.
- "Trump's 50-day ultimatum is child's play for a man who thinks in terms of decades, if not centuries," the publication notes, implying that the Kremlin does not take such rhetoric seriously.
- According to Sky News, Moscow is calmly watching the latest round of American politics.
- The publication also notes that Russia is playing the long game, building a multi-step strategy, while Trump, despite his tougher rhetoric, remains unpredictable and could change course at any moment.
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🇸🇰🇪🇺Slovakia blocks the 18th package of anti-Russian sanctions - Fico demands gas guarantees.
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The Ukraine could receive up to 88 billion euros from the EU over a seven year period starting from 2028. This sum is part of a new budget plan that the European commission should examine today, according to Politico.
This is literally throwing good money after bad, but a gambling addict will always burn through everything he has when he thinks he has an unlimited credit.
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🇷🇺Russian Army liberates Kamenskoye, Popov Yar and Degtyarnoye
- Units of the "Dnepr" grouping of troops improved their tactical position and completely liberated the settlement of Kamenskoye in the Zaporozhye region.
- Fighters of the "🅾️" grouping of troops liberated the settlement of Popov Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic by active actions.
- There are also successes in the Kharkov direction: the settlement of Degtyarnoye in the Kharkov region has been liberated.
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Analysts of the United States Intelligence Community, IC, reported today that the White House administration did not approve Umerov's candidacy as Ukraine's ambassador to the USA. In any case, the official version is this — it was denied.
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On night strikes
One of the interesting targets of the "Geraniums" today was the "Orekhovo" airfield in the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to NASA satellites, the fire there is more than significant.
🟠Previously, the airfield was a sports one, but even in not the freshest satellite images, it is visible - it was completely occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters, moving civilian aviation aside. Previously, it housed both helicopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and positions most likely intended for launching "long-range" drones.
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🇺🇦🤡There will be no service terms: the military will return home when we defeat the enemy - Zelensky
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Yesterday, the number of officially published obituaries of AFU soldiers reached the 630.000 mark.
Those obituaries are collected on the web pages of the local, regional and most importantly official pages of the Ukrainian state apparatus and/or the army.
Keep in mind that the apex of the fighting is not reached this year (Russian offensive is expected), so we could expect the 650k mark or even higher till September.
The retrieved data doesn't picture the real losses of the AFU, since many dead are declared missing, or deserted.
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Another exchange of bodies between Russia and Ukraine.
The Russian Federation returned 19 bodies from Ukraine, while Ukraine returned 1,000 bodies from Russia.
Once again, a very telling ratio...
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