https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1950500699847983581
Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Anastasia Radina is NOT a member of Zelensky’s party, and she is the head of the anti-corruption committee in the Ukraine parliament.
Kyiv Independent interviewed her - it is in an embedded video at:
and the direct YouTube.com video is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2dEELf4UCI
May interest.
4 German military transports deliveries of weapons and ammunition for Ukraine so far today.
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1950500699847983581
https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1950560615556075865
https://x.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1950563112236528024
...counter-battery combat with drones...
It appears that ruzzia is having trouble locating and destroying UKF ISR drones.
Lots of GDP there😂
“An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.7 struck near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a city located in the same bay that hosts several key Russian submarine facilities and naval infrastructure. Given the quake’s intensity and the resulting tsunami, some damage is possible.”
USGS is now calling this an 8.8, which would make it the sixth largest recorded.
Lots of aftershocks, including in the 6-7 range.
Euromaidan Press@EuromaidanPress
How do you stop a Russian assault on a strategic city? By applying tactics older than Christianity.
Russian commanders have spent two years trying to capture Lyman in Ukraine’s east, launching wave after wave of attacks across a river. With severe armor shortages forcing them to rely on motorcycle and ATV assaults, they thought speed and mobility would finally break Ukrainian defenses.
Ukraine, however, had different plans and turned to ancient Roman warfare - scattering caltrops via drones across Russian assault routes. These metal spikes, designed with points facing all directions, work exactly like they did against barbarian cavalry millennia ago.
The results are devastating. Russian motorcycle riders hit the hidden spikes, get thrown from their bikes, and find themselves exposed in open terrain under the watchful gaze of Ukrainian artillery and drones. The kill ratio speaks for itself: 66 Russian casualties for every Ukrainian loss.
But Kyiv’s strategy goes deeper. When Russian units temporarily seize forward positions, Ukrainian forces immediately launch drone counterattacks - thanks to Russia’s poor use of thermal cloaks, making them even more visible.
🔗 Tap the link to see how 2,000-year-old spikes defeat the world’s second army:
Naval impact ping.
Russia’s far East Sub base on Kamchatka hit by the sixth biggest earthquake recorded (8.8), and subsequent tsunami.
Awaiting satellite imagery of the damage.
See AdmSmith’s post 18,736.
THE TSUNAMI of GERANIUMS !!!
The epicenter of that huge earthquake (sixth largest ever recorded) was just 75 miles right off the coast from Russia's big sub base. It was shallow (worse), and was a Megathrust quake, where the Pacific plate slid beneath Okhotsk plate.
Surely, God's wrath is on the Russian Military. There must be billions of dollars in damage.
Russia’s oil revenue train wreck is already starting - some new orders put on hold.
OilPrice.com (Jul 30):
Indian Refiners Pause Procurement After Trump Targets Russian Crude Flows
“India’s state-run refiners have requested urgent guidance from the government in New Delhi following a social media post by U.S. President Donald Trump, reported by AP News, announcing a 25% tariff on Indian exports to the United States effective August 1, and warning of an additional penalty tied to India’s continued purchases of Russian oil.
The announcement has unsettled procurement teams that had previously structured Russian crude purchases through intermediaries and non-dollar payments under the assumption they would remain outside U.S. enforcement...
...The unexpected tariff threat has cast doubt on that assumption, and several August tenders have been delayed pending legal review.”
Trump implied direct consequences for India's support of Russia and purchase of Russian oil via an additional tariff on top of the 25% tariff set to begin in August.
Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their Tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the World, and they have the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary Trade Barriers of any Country. Also, they have always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are Russia’s largest buyer of ENERGY, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE — ALL THINGS NOT GOOD! INDIA WILL THEREFORE BE PAYING A TARIFF OF 25%, PLUS A PENALTY FOR THE ABOVE, STARTING ON AUGUST FIRST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. MAGA!
US President Donald Trump specified a deadline of no later than August 8 for Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in meaningful negotiations for an end to Russia's war against Ukraine. Trump stated on July 29 that he is “disappointed” in Putin and clarified that his previous deadline for Russia to meaningfully engage in negotiations to end the war by August 7 to 9 will now fall 10 days from July 29, on August 8.[1] Trump stated that he has not received “any response” from Putin regarding Trump's previously articulated 50-day and August 7 to 9 deadlines and assessed that Putin aims to seize “the whole” of Ukraine and “probably” wants to “keep the war going.” Trump stated that he will impose tariffs and secondary sanctions against Russia's economic partners on August 8 to pressure Russia into negotiations if Putin again fails to agree to negotiations. US Department of State Spokesperson Tammy Bruce stated on July 29 that Trump may choose to levy tariffs and secondary sanctions sooner than the August 8 deadline, as Trump “pretty much [knows] what the situation [is].”[2]
Trump announced on July 30 that the United States will impose a 25 percent tariff and unspecified additional economic penalties on India due to India's continued purchases of Russian military equipment and energy since the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.[3] ISW previously noted that India continues to pursue military cooperation and a strategic economic relationship with Russia while it simultaneously deepens ties with Western states.[4] India has benefitted from cheap Russian energy since February 2022 and has become one of the largest importers of Russian oil, signing a 10-year energy deal in December 2024 to receive roughly 500,000 barrels of Russian oil daily.[5] India also continued to procure and commission Russian-built military equipment until late 2024 and likely seeks to reduce but not eliminate its reliance on Russia for military equipment.[6] India notably purchased five S-400 air defense systems from Russia in September 2018, but Russia reportedly delayed the delivery of these systems in March 2024 until 2026 to support Russia's own war effort.[7] Russia also leverages its relationship with India to access critical electronic components and machinery for the Russian defense industrial base (DIB).[8]
Kremlin officials continued to posture economic strength in response to US President Donald Trump's proposed economic measures targeting Russia and rejected Trump's efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed in response to Trump's July 29 statements that the Russian economy has been operating under sanctions for “quite some time” and has developed “immunity” to further sanctions — effectively dismissing Trump.”[9] Peskov’s and other Kremlin officials’ claims that Russia's economy is resilient and has been able to withstand sanctions and other economic measures throughout the war largely ignore Russia's reliance on its allies and partners, including the People's Republic of China (PRC), Iran, and North Korea, to support the Russian economy and defense industrial base (DIB).[10] Trump emphasized on July 30, for example, that the PRC is one of the largest buyers of Russian energy exports.[11] Russian Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko claimed that Russia's war in Ukraine can only end after the elimination of the war's “root causes” — a common Kremlin reference to NATO expansion and Ukraine's alleged discrimination against Russian-speakers.[12] Russian State Duma Deputy from occupied Crimea Mikhail Sheremet claimed that the United States must engage with Russia “on equal terms” as Russia is a great power and that Russia is strong thanks to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the unity of Russia's population.[13] Sheremet claimed that Russia is not “servile” and will not betray its national interests.[14] Sheremet claimed that Trump's economic measures will not have the results that Trump expects but will instead hurt the global economy. Duma Defense Committee Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Zhuravlev claimed that Trump's threats will not work with Russia and called on Russia to continue its “methodic” combat operations in Ukraine and not allow the United States to distract Russia from its war.[15] Duma International Affairs Committee Deputy Head Alexei Chepa claimed that Russia has consistently supported a ceasefire but that a ceasefire is only possible after establishing the “main conditions” of a peace agreement.[16] Chepa stated that Ukraine and the West are trying to secure a ceasefire in order to allow Ukraine to rearm, redeploy, and mobilize its forces to continue the war. Russia notably violated several Russian-imposed short-term frontline and strikes ceasefires in recent months, while accusing Ukraine of violating ceasefires to which both sides did not formally agree.[17] ISW continues to assess that Russia's previous attempts to manipulate ceasefires are an indicator of how Russia will likely exploit any future agreements.[18]
The Russian Presidential Administration reportedly issued guidance to Russian state and pro-Kremlin media outlets and commentators to promote narratives aimed at weakening the United States-European Union (EU) alliance. Russian opposition outlet Meduza reported on July 30 that the Russian Presidential Administration's Department of Public Projects issued a manual to Russian state and pro-Kremlin media outlets and pro-government voices with instructions about how to frame their coverage and commentary about the July 27 US–EU trade deal.[19] The manual reportedly instructed Russian media and commentators to discuss the US–EU trade agreement as “questionable” and a “defeat” for the EU, to amplify international commentary supporting these rhetorical points, and to portray Germany as suffering the most from the agreement. The manual reportedly also instructed Russian media and commentators to highlight commentary, including from US officials, about the benefits of the deal for the United States. Meduza noted that prominent Russian state and pro-Kremlin media outlets and bloggers have already begun reporting according to the manual, including by using direct quotes from the manual in their articles.[20] A political strategist reportedly working with the Russian Presidential Administration told Meduza that the Kremlin needs to show the domestic Russian populace how “bad” the European economic situation is to distract Russians from rising domestic prices and other economic struggles.[21]
The Kremlin continues to promote an informal state ideology centered on Russian nationalism that Russia may intend to use in justification of a protracted war in Ukraine and a future conflict against NATO. Kremlin newswire TASS reported on July 20 that it obtained a letter from Russian State Duma Deputy Vitaly Milonov appealing to the Russian Presidential Heraldic Council Master Herald Georgy Vilinbakhov to support an initiative that would create a special legal status for former state and historical symbols of Russia.[24] The Russian Presidential Heraldic Council advises the Russian president about heraldry, or the use and regulation of official state symbols such as coats of arms.[25] Milonov stated that the black-yellow-white imperial heraldic flag of the Russian Empire and the “Nikolaevsky flag of 1914” — possibly referring to the flag that the Russian Empire adopted in August 1914 after the outbreak of the First World War to emphasize the unity of Tsar Nicholas II and the people in the Russian Empire — are examples of symbols entitled to such legal status.[26] Milonov claimed that creating this legal status for historical Russian symbols would help protect Russian history from “manipulation.” Milonov’s initiative largely coheres with the Kremlin's wider efforts to create an informal state ideology that will shape and galvanize future generations in Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine, likely to justify a protracted war in Ukraine and a future military conflict against NATO.[27] The Kremlin seeks to foster national exceptionalism and further isolate Russia from the West, including by portraying the West as the enemy with whom Russia is engaged in an existential conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Kremlin officials have repeatedly lauded the mythos of Russian history, including of the Russian Empire and the Second World War (referred to in Russia as the Great Patriotic War) to call for a return to Russia's strong traditional values based on Russia's “1,000-year-old statehood” and unity within Russian society.[28] The Kremlin has also used this mythos and ideology in an effort to persuade the Russian population that their increasingly social and economic sacrifices for Russia's war in Ukraine will result in Russia's victory.[29]
Russian forces continue to systematically violate the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), to which it is a signatory. The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) reported on July 30 that it has documented over 10,000 instances of Russian forces using ammunition equipped with chemical agents, which the CWC prohibits, since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022.[30] The SBU noted that Russian forces frequently use ampoules filled with chloropicrin and aerosol grenades equipped with chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (CS) and chloroacetophenone (CN) — both of which are types of riot control (RC) agents. The SBU stated that Russian forces most often use drones to drop chemical munitions on Ukrainian positions along the frontline in order to dislodge Ukrainian soldiers from fortified positions. The SBU recorded the largest number of incidents in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (southwest of Zaporizhzhia City and across the Kakhovka Reservoir from Russian positions in occupied Enerhodar, Zaporizhia Oblast). ISW has observed reports that Russian forces have coated Shahed-type drones in poisonous substances, likely as part of the Kremlin's efforts to inflict greater casualties on Ukrainian civilians.[31]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-30-2025
In the village of Askaniya-Nova in occupied Kherson Oblast, parents have been threatened with the removal of their children or loss of parental rights if they do not obtain Russian passports. Without obtaining a Russian passport, Ukrainian civilians living under occupation cannot receive medical assistance, pass military checkpoints, and risk mobilization, the Center of National Resistance reported.
“Parents are manipulated because of their children, and children are manipulated because of their education. As of today, it is just impossible to survive in occupied territories without Russian documents,” Kateryna Rashevska, legal advisor at the Regional Center for Human Rights in Kyiv, previously told the Kyiv Independent.
In the coming weeks, Sochi, Crimea and Gelendzhik will be heavily bombed.
This was stated by philosopher Alexandr Dugin. He specially contacted our channel with a request to report such information. “I recently warned - there will be strikes on Sochi. And there were strikes . Because I knew what I was talking about. Now I want to tell everyone - in the coming weeks, the enemy will bomb us hard, harshly. There will definitely be strikes on Sochi, Crimea, Gelendzhik, and other Black Sea resorts. This is inevitable,” said Alexandr Gelievich.
He believes that in light of such events, “all of Russia should go to war.” “It is necessary to mobilize totally , and as soon as possible. There is no other way out. There are many years of great bloodshed and great glory ahead,” the philosopher is sure. The military personnel whom we asked to comment on these words were angry with Dugin.
“He talked to officers he knew, learned sensitive information and is spreading it. “We need to take steps to ensure that this never happens again,” a source in the Defense Ministry said.
AvtoVAZ workers will be transferred to a four-day work week from September 29, Mash reports. The company's management is making these changes because the products are hardly being bought, which is why warehouses are overstocked. One of the interlocutors said that, in addition to one working day, employees will also lose overtime, for which they received bonuses. Because of this, many employees of the enterprise are going to write a letter of resignation.
It is known that GAZ and KAMAZ are also switching to a four-day work week.
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