Putin Recognizes Donbass Republics, Sends Russian Military to 'Denazify' Ukraine
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NPR is desperate to convince a weary US audience that Ukraine is advancing with even more canon fodder to confront the superior Russian Army
Ukraine's military trains civilians in 'Test Week' to give a sense of war with Russia September 7, 20246:00 AM ET
Editor's note: The Ukrainian military's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade reviewed the images before publication.
KYIV, Ukraine — As Ukraine continues its mass conscription drive to fight Russia, more and more civilians find themselves in the armed forces. Many units do their own recruiting.
An elite 3rd Separate Assault Brigade even allows civilians to try living and training like soldiers for a week, to give them a quick sense of what they will face if they are conscripted or decide to sign up for the military voluntarily.
Live and train like soldiers
At the training base of what the military calls "Test Week," at an undisclosed location in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, several dozen people are exercising on a clearing that serves as an improvised battlefield. Carrying mock-ups instead of real guns, they learn how to move and regroup during an attack, to cover their comrades and evacuate the wounded.
Every few minutes, firecrackers explode, simulating grenades and artillery fire.
Although Ukraine’s draft is for men who are 25 to 60 years old, several of the participants were younger than that but still eligible to volunteer to serve in the military, with a minimum age of 18.
“We’re not sure that hostilities won’t come to our area,” he says, before joining other trainees for a next exercise.
For seven days, Sichkar and other participants learn how to use weapons, study battlefield medicine and improve their physical fitness. Many have signed up for this course because among Ukrainians the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade is known as one of the toughest units.
Maryna Kirsanova, a 50-year-old engineer, heard so much about the brigade’s exploits from her friends that she decided to take the course.
“They are so cool,” she says. “I didn't even expect that everything would be so real.”
Instructors with combat experience
All the “Test Week” instructors have real combat experience. Maksym Levchenko helped set up the program. He joined the army at the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and was one of those who volunteered to fly into the besieged port city of Mariupol later that year.
“We had to fly to Mariupol and bring weapons, food, medicines and soldiers," Levchenko remembers.
He fought in the city and managed to get to the Azovstal steel plant, site of a fierce, months-long last stand before the city fell, and he ended up in Russian captivity.
Last year, Levchenko was released in a prisoner swap. But he couldn’t go back to the front line because his eyesight worsened. Instead, now he’s preparing civilians for military service.
“We give them assessment according to physical training, knowledge of theory, medicine [and drones],” Levchenko explains. “Also we evaluate their leadership abilities, teamwork and analytical mindset.”
At the end of the week, all participants receive feedback as well as advice on what to improve.
Ukrainians train to provide medical aid in the battlefield during "Test Week" on Aug. 7. Oksana Parafeniuk for NPR
The main requirement is motivation
One of the common fears among many Ukrainian draft-age men is that they will find themselves at the front line if they are conscripted.
Volodymyr Davydiuk, the head of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade’s recruiting center in Kyiv, assures recruits not everyone has to fight in trenches.
“The army is a much wider structure, and there are many noncombat professions there that require specialists,” he says. “We show civilians that they can choose the unit and the position in it.”
The brigade relies mostly on its own recruiting rather than conscription, looking for motivation more than anything else.
“Two to three weeks of physical training will put you at a decent level of conditioning," Davydiuk says. “Tactics and medicine — you can teach everything that is needed for war.”
To encourage civilians to sign up, the unit launched a nationwide ad campaign with banners strung across city streets calling to join. There’s even a documentary on Netflix called We Were Recruits, recounting the journey soldiers take from basic training to fighting on the front line.
The "Test Week" program for civilians is also considered effective. Of about 400 people who took part in it, almost 1 in 5 signed up after, according to Levchenko.
Sichkar, the participant from central Ukraine, has decided to enlist in the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade.
“I’m doing this for my family, to protect my mother and sister," he says. “I love them more than anything in the world.”
Sichkar wants to join the brigade’s assault forces, even though he realizes how dangerous his choice is.
Editor's note: The photos above were reviewed before publication by the Ukrainian military for anything that might reveal their location.
Source: Information about claimed advances by Ukraine and assessed advances by Russia via the Institute for the Study of War and AEI's Critical Threats Project. Credit: Alyson Hurt, Nick Underwood and Daniel Wood/NPR
Ukraine Loses Over 10,700 Soldiers, 84 Tanks in Kursk Region Attack - Russian Ministry
The Ukrainian armed forces have lost over 10,700 soldiers and 84 tanks in the course of the offensive in Russia’s Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
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"On the first day, 32 armored vehicles were destroyed, on the second day, 20 vehicles, on the third day, 10. Now we have not been able to find them for over a week," Apti Alaudinov described the situation in the Akhmat-Sila area of responsibility to me.
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Flamethrower "Dragon" Drones
Just two days ago Dima of Military Summary caught sight of Ukraine's newest import drone type from many Western drone manufacturers, who jumped onto the Bandwagon of War Profiteering on the growing altar of human sacrifice.
What better way to cause US forest fires than the Thermonator Flamethrower Robot Dog! Helping them from the air no doubt these new flying burning Napalm dispenser Dragon Drones were also used in the USA to set the forests on fire as the trees and bushes were dried up in the summer heat.
While it looks ridiculous in a warzone with its tepid efficiency, it definitely can help in pushing USA populace out from their burned houses into camps and totally destroying American farmers property and livestock.
Russian answer is perpetual military innovation. Now making an even newer - third iteration - of their TOS-3 Dragon Flamethrower missile launcher system. Katyusa definitely came a long way since WW2!
I wish the medical industry would advance at such speed: naturally re-growing teeth and completely regenerating eyesight.. ..nope! Killing is more profitable..
Just two days ago Dima of Military Summary caught sight of Ukraine's newest import drone type from many Western drone manufacturers, who jumped onto the Bandwagon of War Profiteering on the growing altar of human sacrifice.
What better way to cause US forest fires than the Thermonator Flamethrower Robot Dog! Helping them from the air no doubt these new flying burning Napalm dispenser Dragon Drones were also used in the USA to set the forests on fire as the trees and bushes were dried up in the summer heat.
While it looks ridiculous in a warzone with its tepid efficiency, it definitely can help in pushing USA populace out from their burned houses into camps and totally destroying American farmers property and livestock.
Russian answer is perpetual military innovation. Now making an even newer - third iteration - of their TOS-3 Dragon Flamethrower missile launcher system. Katyusa definitely came a long way since WW2!
I wish the medical industry would advance at such speed: naturally re-growing teeth and completely regenerating eyesight.. ..nope! Killing is more profitable..
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This video is about the business incentive for war. All the resources Ukraine has is motivating the Western businessmen/politicians to fight Russia. But these businessmen have no national interests - just getting rich serving their own interests using their connections with govt. to use as their assets. They sold out. And now they continue to keep the store open by stealing all the worlds resources by installing corrupt govts.
Steal. Sell. Steal. Sell.
They no longer pretend to have nationalist ambitions. 'For our cause...' 'For our freedom'... They just got tired of lying and hope that by impoverishing everyone, we'll all dance to their tune and grovel for acceptance, to further their aims... Against who? A nation state.
A country that is for the people, run by the people and is united by a common ideal - other than selling out.
Steal. Sell. Steal. Sell.
They no longer pretend to have nationalist ambitions. 'For our cause...' 'For our freedom'... They just got tired of lying and hope that by impoverishing everyone, we'll all dance to their tune and grovel for acceptance, to further their aims... Against who? A nation state.
A country that is for the people, run by the people and is united by a common ideal - other than selling out.
We continue to move forward not so slowly.
Shoigu began to appear in the information field much less frequently, but as we can see, he did not disappear at all. This is most likely due to allegations of corruption of a number of his former deputies.
Another evidence that the fascist-Bandera junta is not capable of anything constructive, but it is very capable of destructive things.
Here I apologize in advance to the Finns. This news for me highlights the kinship of the Finnish and Estonian peoples. Just as Estonians in the USSR were considered the standard of slowness in every sense, so here the Finnish professor really made a "discovery". This professor, apparently, is not at all embarrassed by the fact that the inevitability of appropriate actions constituting this "discovery" has been repeatedly stated in plain text by a variety of representatives of the military and civilian authorities of Russia.
At this rate, the Finns will very soon realize the consequences of their recent accession to NATO. Another "professor" suddenly sees in the mirror, on his own forehead, a clearly marked target for "Sarmat" (Topol, Yars, Bulava, etc. to choose from).
Российские войска взяли под контроль четыре населённых пункта в ДНР
Shoigu began to appear in the information field much less frequently, but as we can see, he did not disappear at all. This is most likely due to allegations of corruption of a number of his former deputies.
Шойгу заявил о невозможности вести мирные переговоры с Украиной
Another evidence that the fascist-Bandera junta is not capable of anything constructive, but it is very capable of destructive things.
Киев ведёт переговоры с сирийскими террористами об атаках на Россию
Here I apologize in advance to the Finns. This news for me highlights the kinship of the Finnish and Estonian peoples. Just as Estonians in the USSR were considered the standard of slowness in every sense, so here the Finnish professor really made a "discovery". This professor, apparently, is not at all embarrassed by the fact that the inevitability of appropriate actions constituting this "discovery" has been repeatedly stated in plain text by a variety of representatives of the military and civilian authorities of Russia.
At this rate, the Finns will very soon realize the consequences of their recent accession to NATO. Another "professor" suddenly sees in the mirror, on his own forehead, a clearly marked target for "Sarmat" (Topol, Yars, Bulava, etc. to choose from).
https://rusvesna.su/news/1725888640
Мы продолжаем продвигаться вперед уже не так медленно.
Шойгу стал появляться в информационном поле гораздо реже, но как мы видим, совсем не исчез. Это скорее всего связано с обвинениями в коррупции целого ряда его бывших заместителей.
Очередное свидетельство того, что фашистско-бандеровская хунта не способна ни на что конструктивное, но зато на деструктивное она очень даже способна.
Здесь я заранее приношу извинения финнам. Эта новость для меня подчеркивает родство финского и эстонского народов. Точно так же, как эстонцы в СССР считались эталоном медлительности во всех смыслах, так и здесь финский профессор действительно сделал "открытие". Этого профессора, судя по всему, нисколько не смущает тот факт, что о неизбежности соответствующих действий, составляющих это "открытие", неоднократно прямым текстом заявляли самые разные представители военных и гражданских властей России. Такими темпами финны уже очень скоро осознают последствия своего недавнего вступления в НАТО. Очередной "профессор" вдруг разглядит в зеркале, на собственном лбу, четко обозначенную мишень для "Сартамата"(Тополя, Ярса, Булавы и т.д. на выбор).
Шойгу стал появляться в информационном поле гораздо реже, но как мы видим, совсем не исчез. Это скорее всего связано с обвинениями в коррупции целого ряда его бывших заместителей.
Очередное свидетельство того, что фашистско-бандеровская хунта не способна ни на что конструктивное, но зато на деструктивное она очень даже способна.
Здесь я заранее приношу извинения финнам. Эта новость для меня подчеркивает родство финского и эстонского народов. Точно так же, как эстонцы в СССР считались эталоном медлительности во всех смыслах, так и здесь финский профессор действительно сделал "открытие". Этого профессора, судя по всему, нисколько не смущает тот факт, что о неизбежности соответствующих действий, составляющих это "открытие", неоднократно прямым текстом заявляли самые разные представители военных и гражданских властей России. Такими темпами финны уже очень скоро осознают последствия своего недавнего вступления в НАТО. Очередной "профессор" вдруг разглядит в зеркале, на собственном лбу, четко обозначенную мишень для "Сартамата"(Тополя, Ярса, Булавы и т.д. на выбор).
mantle
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That yes...plus the dreadful self manipulation with cocaine.
Metrist
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I was trying to make sense of NATO...
You have a number of nations banding together under the notion that their combined efforts will make them more secure. So they agree to give up some aspects of sovereignty to be a part of this security pact. So they are no longer sovereign.
Then you have these nations led by a ringleader, but this ringleader is aggressive and wants to utilize this pact for aggression, and not defense. Right away, the unity is questionable. 'This is not what we signed up for'.
So, from it's instantiation, it was to secure the party members from aggression: 'You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us'. But it was always a way to combine forces in order to ease the burden of defense spending by unifying. So in each instance, every nation was weakened, and reliant on a ringleader - like a bunch of henchmen. Henchman who just want to be led, never be aggressive, and live in relative peace.
So, they succumbed to dependency, subject to bullying by the ringleader, and in each case weaker for it, because their stance was meant to be defensive - never aggressive.
This is why these nations seem to be so self destructive - they are beholden to a ringleader who would destroy them, as it knows full well the particulars of this pact - that they have been seduced into a false promise of security - made weaker for it, and subject to the abuses the ringleader throws around. And this 'enemy' they have been taught to fear is none other than their leadership under NATO - not Russia.
You have a number of nations banding together under the notion that their combined efforts will make them more secure. So they agree to give up some aspects of sovereignty to be a part of this security pact. So they are no longer sovereign.
Then you have these nations led by a ringleader, but this ringleader is aggressive and wants to utilize this pact for aggression, and not defense. Right away, the unity is questionable. 'This is not what we signed up for'.
So, from it's instantiation, it was to secure the party members from aggression: 'You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us'. But it was always a way to combine forces in order to ease the burden of defense spending by unifying. So in each instance, every nation was weakened, and reliant on a ringleader - like a bunch of henchmen. Henchman who just want to be led, never be aggressive, and live in relative peace.
So, they succumbed to dependency, subject to bullying by the ringleader, and in each case weaker for it, because their stance was meant to be defensive - never aggressive.
This is why these nations seem to be so self destructive - they are beholden to a ringleader who would destroy them, as it knows full well the particulars of this pact - that they have been seduced into a false promise of security - made weaker for it, and subject to the abuses the ringleader throws around. And this 'enemy' they have been taught to fear is none other than their leadership under NATO - not Russia.
Evan
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aka: The Sucker Treaty of 1949: How to use the false fear of Communists (who actually just want to be left alone) to get the “free world” to pay for America.
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Finally, the interception of the initiative of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region is expressed in real advances on the ground.
Бои в Курской области: Российская армия начала масштабное контрнаступление
В Курской области российские войска освободили 4 населённых пункта за 12 часов
Наконец то перехват инициативы ВС РФ в Курской области выражается в реальных продвижениях на земле.
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A red line? A "real" red line?? First, let's see if the report is true, and if so, does Blinken walk this back. (The Russian lawmaker and Putin "seem" to be taking it seriously)
Below the snippets I have chosen, there is an article with video of Putin speaking in Russian and subtitled in English, and also in writing (English)
"Update(1230ET): Putin says not so fast... First, here's a UK Times report within the last hour:"
"Putin says long-range arms for Kyiv would mean 'NATO countries at war with Russia'"
Below is the breaking AFP note:
"The Russian lawmaker continued,"
"The leak via The Guardian is not accidental. Public opinion is being prepared."
"If such a decision is taken, it will mean nothing short of direct participation of NATO countries, the United States, European countries, in the war in Ukraine. This would constitute their direct participation, and this, of course, changes the very essence, the very nature of the conflict. It will mean that NATO countries, the United States and European countries, are at war with Russia. And if this is so, bearing in mind the change in the very nature of the conflict, we will make appropriate decisions based on the threats that will be posed to us," Putin said."
www.zerohedge.com
A red line? A "real" red line?? First, let's see if the report is true, and if so, does Blinken walk this back. (The Russian lawmaker and Putin "seem" to be taking it seriously)
Below the snippets I have chosen, there is an article with video of Putin speaking in Russian and subtitled in English, and also in writing (English)
"Update(1230ET): Putin says not so fast... First, here's a UK Times report within the last hour:"
"President Putin is currently speaking at the St. Petersburg International United Cultures Forum, which addresses current events related to Russia. He issued the following red line while speaking to a reporter on the sidelines of the conference Thursday:"
"Putin says long-range arms for Kyiv would mean 'NATO countries at war with Russia'"
Below is the breaking AFP note:
"Just prior to this warning, Russian Senator Aleksey Pushkov wrote on Telegram in response to the UK prepping more, longer-range Storm Shadow missiles for Ukraine, "The decision to strike Russian territory is clearly being prepared."
"The Russian lawmaker continued,"
"The leak via The Guardian is not accidental. Public opinion is being prepared."
"If such a decision is taken, it will mean nothing short of direct participation of NATO countries, the United States, European countries, in the war in Ukraine. This would constitute their direct participation, and this, of course, changes the very essence, the very nature of the conflict. It will mean that NATO countries, the United States and European countries, are at war with Russia. And if this is so, bearing in mind the change in the very nature of the conflict, we will make appropriate decisions based on the threats that will be posed to us," Putin said."
Putin Puts West On Notice: Long-Range Arms For Ukraine Will Mean 'NATO At War With Russia' | ZeroHedge
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
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"Iran insists it did not send Russia ballistic missiles". Here is an article from zerohedge. Iran Insists It Did Not Send Russia Ballistic Missiles | ZeroHedge
Flashback from Executive Risk System
Witnesses confirm Ukrainian citizen’s involvement in journalist Dugina’s assassination
The court ruling on Natalya Vovk’s arrest in absentia says that files presented to the judge prove that suspicions of her involvement were justified
Criminal case into Ukraine’s attack on Kursk has over 200 volumes — official
Among the charges that are now being investigated are murders, attempted murders and terrorism
Russia's Security Service Received Evidence of UK's Coordination of Escalation of Global Situation
The Russian Federal Security Service said that it had received documents proving UK's coordination of the escalation of the international military-political situation, with the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate of the UK Foreign Office being the main structure coordinating subversive...
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