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Russian Telegram channels report that the prisoner exchange between Russia and Western countries in Ankara is complete. It involved 26 people from prisons in the US, Poland, Slovenia, Norway, Russia and Belarus. As a result of the exchange, 10 people flew to Russia, 13 to Germany and three to the US.
No official confirmation has been made.
‼️Wagner mercenaries in Venezuela
A video appeared online that shows a Russian mercenary working on the side of Maduro's law enforcers in Venezuela.
Locals report that Wagner has been present in Venezuela for several years. Reportedly, they are part of Maduro's prime security circle, and are involved in training militia as well as securing Russian surveillance bases.
Reportedly, there are other Russian forces that are present in Venezuela as well for militia training and other tasks.
Russian media report that the first stage of prisoner exchange between Russia and the West has already taken place
According to RussianMash Telegram channel, Anna and Artem Dultsevs were given to Russia in Kaliningrad. They were sentenced in Slovenia on an espionage case.
No reports so far on who Russia passed in exchange.
"We took one street - all are wounded. We're sitting in these f*cking basements and eating oats - our favorite delicacy."
Another video of Russian soldiers hiding in a barn for a month without food in Staromaiorske has appeared.
"We are finishing up our video report from these f*cking basements. We are in Staromaiorske. We took one street - all are wounded. I feel sorry for the guys. It's very hard. We don't have a f*cking thing," says one of the Russian soldiers.
Russian Telegram channels report that YouTube is down in most Russian regions (some say that it works with VPN).
Earlier, it was deliberately slowed down.
Russian propagandist Simonyan wrote on her Telegram: "YouTube is kaput. Because it deserves it" (loose translation).
Russian propagandists:
"If suddenly a $500 billion lend-lease will be created, we may have a need for the practical use of tactical nuclear weapons to strike certain military targets. And here, it is important to prepare an ideological justification for this process."
Oleksandr Ishchenko, Warrior from Azovstal who was in Russian captivity for more than two years, died in a Russian prison.
Oleksandr Ishchenko was 55 years old. In February 2022, he joined the Azov Brigade as a military driver. In the spring of that year, he was captured by the Russians in Mariupol. Russia illegally initiated a "criminal case" against him and 23 other Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Deepest condolences to Oleksandr's family. What a tragedy. And how many more tragedies will happen because Russia does not stick to any conventions on treating prisoners of war.
⚡️❗️Ukraine received the first batch of F-16s - Bloomberg.
It is a small amount of aircraft, according to the media.
No official confirmation has been made.
According to Russian media, Aigul tornado caused $400,000 damage to the St. Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation.
The university is now left without trainer aircraft - they were all scattered by the natural disaster. Four light twin-engine Diamond-42 airplanes were badly damaged.
After a Russian strike on Kharkiv region, a fire fighter got a call that a house was on fire. When he arrived, he found out that it was his own home.
The house in Velyky Burluk village burned down, his 37 year old wife was killed by a guided aerial bombs strike, and his 10 year old son was in the hospital with burns.
Deepest condolences. Wishing the boy a full recovery, and his dad strength.
Russia brings death and suffering to Ukrainians. It must be stopped and pay for its crimes.
After a Russian strike on Kharkiv region, a fire fighter got a call that a house was on fire. When he arrived, he found out that it was his own home.
The house in Velyky Burluk village burned down, his 37 year old wife was killed by a guided aerial bombs strike, and his 10 year old son was in the hospital with burns.
Deepest condolences. Wishing the boy a full recovery, and his dad strength.
Russia brings death and suffering to Ukrainians. It must be stopped and pay for its crimes.
Today, Putin got to teach the president of Indonesia how to use headphones. It's apparently something he does with many presidents who visit him (see reposted post).
President of Indonesia has been under US sanctions since 2019 for human rights violations.
I wonder which of these countries has a plane ready to take Nicolás Maduro out of Venezuela?
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"Almost everyone died, we were sent to our deaths as usual, but this time it was f*cked up," - Russian soldier with the call sign "Fizruk" ("physical education teacher").
Karatun Ilya Ilyich, a Russian serviceman of the 11th Tank Regiment (m/u 41611), personal number AV-287111, told about the cruel treatment of commanders after a combat mission.
"We were called to a mission in the village of Hlyboke [Kharkiv region], there were 40 of us. Out of 40 people, 30 ran away/deserted. Most of the guys died," he said.
Upon arrival, the soldiers surrendered their weapons, body armor, helmets, and personal belongings, including phones, passports, and documents. Their questions about the reasons for such an order were answered that the order came from a higher command and was not subject to discussion. They were handcuffed and thrown into a pit, where they spent about six days.
Russia continues supporting Maduro. Peskov made a statement that Venezuelan opposition "does not want to accept its defeat." Putin already greeted Maduro on his "re-election."
Meanwhile, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the EU would not recognize election results until they are "fully and independently verified."
The Carter Center, a non-profit organization meant to monitor the vote on the ground, said the election failed to meet "international standards of electoral integrity" and could not be "considered democratic."
The White House said, "Any political repression or violence against protesters or of the opposition is obviously unacceptable."
This is not the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut or Avdiivka destroyed by the Russian invasion. This is the Russian city of Vorkuta that looks like it had been bombed.
📹: Current Time
Russia is releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan as part of a major prisoner swap with the US, according to people familiar with the situation - Bloomberg.
No official confirmation as of now.
The largest prisoner exchange of Russian political prisoners and the West since the Cold War may take place on the border between Russia and Poland.
The An-148 airplane with the flight number RA-61727, which had earlier landed in Russia's Kaliningrad, flew back to Moscow.
This plane has already been used in prisoner exchanges between Russia and other countries before.
There are reports that the exchange has/will take place today.
First silver medal for Ukraine in the Olympics!
Serhii Kulish won it in the three-position rifle competitions.
Congratulations!
"If someone tells my daughter to take off her hijab, I will kill him immediately, shoot him, whoever it is. This is my personal enemy, an enemy of Islam," - Ramzan Kadyrov.
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Instead of a thousand words.
At the train station in Kramatorsk, a city close to the frontlines.
📷: Yan Dobronosov/Telegraf
"We get 40,000, and some of us get 15,000 rubles. 15! Most people cannot afford to provide for themselves," a Russian soldier commented on a poster promising salaries of 210,000 rubles for Russian contract enlistees.
Those Russian soldiers who signed a contract earlier receive much smaller payments and are now starting to resent it.
Another reason why the phone usage was restricted for them?
A firefighter-rescuer of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service kneels over his dead wife, Inna.
He was on duty, and already when he was on his way to the call, he realized that Russian bombs had hit his house.
His wife was killed, and his 10-year-old son was taken to a Kharkiv hospital with thermal burns.
Inna Zamiesova, like her husband, worked in emergency services.
May Inna's memory be eternal and bright.
"We've never lost so many... 5 APCs and 10 pickups went against a thousand people. No Grad launchers, nothing... They were f*cking thrashed in the middle of a field for two days. The rest of their forces started to pull back, and they got f*cked up in the end."
Russian VChK-OGPU Telegram channel obtained a recording of the story of the Wagner PMC mercenary about how the events in Mali really unfolded.
Today, there are a lot of vehicles with Ukrainian license plates in Europe (including very expensive ones). It turns out that Russians have started to massively change their license plates from Russian to Ukrainian ones to circumvent sanctions or to avoid having their cars confiscated. In Russian cities, services for making duplicates of Ukrainian license plates are offered en masse and cheaply (the picture is of one such ad, offering to make Ukrainian license plates for about $30).
For example, Latvian authorities have started to confiscate vehicles with Russian license plates in order to transfer them to Ukraine. The relevant bill was adopted last year, but it came into force only on February 15, 2024. According to it, Russian license plates must be re-registered to Latvian ones, otherwise the cars will be confiscated in favor of Ukraine. The only reason why cars with such license plates can cross Latvia is if they are in transit. In this case, they can stay in the country just for 24 hours.
The following countries have banned cars with Russian license plates from entering the European Union:
▪️ Norway;
▪️ Finland;
▪️ Estonia;
▪️ Latvia;
▪️ Lithuania;
▪️ Poland;
▪️ Bulgaria;
▪️ Greece.
Countries that will confiscate (or fine with deportation) cars with Russian license plates that were imported into Europe before the ban:
▪️ Finland;
▪️ Estonia;
▪️ Latvia;
▪️ Lithuania;
▪️ Germany.
Therefore, not all vehicles with Ukrainian license plates that you see in Europe are actually from Ukraine.
Belarusian Hajun OSINT project reported that at least five Shahed drones flew into Belarus at night.
According to the monitoring project, this is the most massive crossing of Belarusian airspace by Shahed drones. A fighter jet of the Belarusian Air Force flew from the Baranovichi air base to detect them.
After crossing the Belarusian border, most of the Shahed drones went deep into the Palessie Radiation-Ecological Reserve and further back to Ukraine. However, one of the drones flew more than 260 km up to the city of Stolin, Brest region.
New information appeared - that the Russian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down by Ukrainian drones as it took off.
"Z-channels" hint that the crew might not have survived. No official information so far.
In Venezuela, protests over the results of the presidential election do not cease.
▪️ U.S. President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz da Silva are calling on the Venezuelan government to release detailed voting data as soon as possible. The US administration said that election manipulation has deprived Maduro's re-election bid of "any credibility."
▪️ Peru became the first country to name Edmundo González as the president-elect of Venezuela. In response, Venezuela announced its intention to cut off diplomatic relations "for ignoring the will of the Venezuelans and the constitution."
▪️ The protests in many cities of the country have been going on since July 29, and they escalated into clashes with the police. The protesters burned portraits of Maduro, tires and toppled statues of his predecessor Hugo Chávez. Security forces used tear gas and rubber bullets.
▪️ According to the non-governmental organization Foro Penal, at least 6 people were killed in the riots. The Venezuelan Defense Minister said that 23 soldierswere injured.
Ukrainian Defense Intelligence has performed a strike on a Russian air base in Syria - Kyiv Post.
They attacked Kuweires military airfield that is located east of Aleppo.
It is reported that fighters of the "Khimik" group destroyed the Russian mobile anti-aircraft missile complex first. Then they hit the Russian objects at the airfield with drones.
Ukrainian Air Defense shooting down Russian drones last night.
Glory!
📹: Air Force Commander