Here we go again-Ukraine once again

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Somebody found a new hobby to reach out and hit, and somebody else formed a new habit to get hit.

[Jimbuna]

Norway will provide Ukraine with new package of military aid, - Reznikov Source: https://censor.net/en/n3361296

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksii Reznikov, had a telephone conversation with the Minister of Defense of Norway, Bjorn Arild Gram.

"I had a telephone conversation with my friend and colleague, the Minister of Defense of Norway. We are grateful to the Norwegian government for the decision to provide a new package of military aid and training of Ukrainian soldiers," the message states. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3361296

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Fake News?
Which part of Europe has snow on the ground in August?, people who believe these vids are true should stick to watching The Wacky Races or Scooby Doo as that's the level of their intelligence.

[Jimbuna]

Thousands of Jews quit Russia amid fears of persecution

Russia is facing the mass migration abroad of large numbers of its Jewish population, with at least one in eight leaving the country since its war with Ukraine began.

The Jewish Agency helps Jews around the world move to Israel. It says an astonishing 20,500 of Russia's estimated total of 165,000 Jews have gone since March.

Thousands more have moved to other countries.

Undoubtedly the spectre of historical Jewish persecution has loomed large in the minds of many of those who are a part of this sudden mass migration and those still trying to get out of Russia.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62564122

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The number of helicopters used by the Russian Federation against Ukraine has significantly increased to over 360 now.

The relevant statement was made by Air Force Command Spokesperson Yurii Ihnat during a briefing at Ukraine Media Center, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“At the beginning of the full-scale war, Russia’s air formations around Ukraine consisted of 700 aerial vehicles: 450 aircrafts and 250 helicopters. The Air Force and other defense forces have already destroyed lots of enemy aerial vehicles, but the enemy can replenish stocks, bringing aerial vehicles from the middle of the country. Today, there are slightly less planes – 430 – deployed around the border with Ukraine at different airdromes in Belarus, Russia and Crimea. But, the number of helicopters significantly increased to over 360 deployed close to the border with Ukraine,” Ihnat told.

In his words, attack aircrafts and combat helicopters are used to provide support for Russia’s ground troops most often.

According to Ihnat, Russian troops are using different types of aerial vehicles.

“We are recording the use of strategic aircrafts, long-range bombers, Su-34 fighter-bombers, attack aircrafts,” Ihnat added.

Russia’s A-50 airborne early warning and control aircrafts continue to operate in the air space of Belarus and the air space of Russia, Ihnat noted.

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato...d-ukraine.html

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Russia and Ukraine officials say that an ammunition Russian dump exploded in Crimea. IMoscow blames saboteurs for explosions in Crimea. In occupied Lysychansk, an explosion kills up to 100 Russian soldiers. About 430 Russian aircraft and 360 helicopters are concentrated around Ukraine. South: Ukrainian aircraft attack Russian stronghold, concentrations of manpower. More than 563,000 tonnes of agricultural products have already been exported from Ukraine through ‘grain corridors.’ Russia targets Energoatom in an extensive cyberattack.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/08/...imea/?swcfpc=1

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60 sailors in the Kola Flotilla of the Northern Fleet refused orders to partake in the invasion of Ukraine. They stated that neither their contracts nor their oaths included language obliging them to go die in a foreign country for no reason.

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Ukraine is engaged in a counteroffensive aimed at creating “chaos within Russian forces” by striking at the invaders’ supply lines deep into occupied territories, according to a key adviser to the president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Mykhailo Podolyak told the Guardian there could be more attacks in the “next two or three months” similar to Tuesday’s mysterious strikes on a railway junction and an airbase in Crimea, as well as last week’s hit on Russian warplanes at the peninsula’s Saky aerodrome.

Russia said a fire on Tuesday had set off explosions at a munitions depot in the Dzhankoi district of Crimea – an incident that Podolyak said was a reminder that “Crimea occupied by Russians is about warehouse explosions and high risk of death for invaders and thieves”.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...P=share_btn_tw

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MYKOLAIV, Ukraine—Clad in mismatched fatigues, Ukrainian Marine recruits sprawled on the grass, cocking their assault rifles and aiming at targets. Then, to the surprise of their American instructors, one by one they started squeezing the trigger.

“Cease fire!” yelled Steven Tomberlin, 62, a retired police officer from Colorado overseeing this part of the training. “Until I give the command. You. Do. Not. Do. Anything.” When the firing resumed, bullets hit the dirt berm, often far off the mark.

“Most of these people have just been mobilized. They were electricians or tractor drivers yesterday, and many have never held a weapon in their hands,” said Sr. Lt. Anton Solohub, a deputy commander of this Ukrainian Marine battalion, as he watched the first day of a crash course provided by a group of mostly American veterans.

“These instructors have promised that they will turn my men into some kind of special force in 10 days,” Lt. Solohub mused. “Let’s see.”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-...mobilewebshare

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Nearly 20 of our fellow experts and national security professionals — whose digital signatures appear at the end of this op-ed — agree: The war in Ukraine has reached a decisive moment and that vital U.S. interests are at stake.

Long before the Kremlin first invaded Ukraine in 2014, we have — from senior positions in the U.S. government and military — followed Moscow’s foreign policy and the grave dangers it presents to the United States and our allies. We have carefully watched Moscow’s major offensive since February and the response of the Biden administration and its allies and partners. We have maintained close touch with Ukrainian, U.S. and European officials. Two of us just returned from meetings with Ukraine’s defense and military leaders.

https://thehill.com/opinion/national...-its-too-late/

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UN Secretary General Guterres arrived in Lviv,

The UN Secretary General came to Lviv to meet with the two presidents.

This was reported on the Twitter page of the Office of the Press Secretary of the UN Secretary General, Censor.NET reports.

As you know, the Secretary General of the United Nations has a scheduled meeting with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and the President of Turkey Recep Erdogan.

"Antonio Guterres has arrived in Lviv, where he will meet with Zelensky and Erdogan tomorrow," the message reads.

It was previously reported that Erdogan will pay a one-day working visit to Lviv on August 18 at Zelensky's invitation. During the talks, the leaders will discuss all aspects of Turkish-Ukrainian relations, which have the level of strategic partnership, and consider potential steps aimed at increasingly active support of the mechanism formed for the export of Ukrainian grain to world markets. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3361382