Posted on 07/28/2023 6:07:28 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Update from Ukraine | Counterattack goes according to Plan | Ruzzia Runs | Ukraine goes in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPfb-Ctz_OY
Reports of repelled Russian attacks by Ukrainian General Staff are for the last 48 hours. https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-520-summary/
*** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front!
https://militaryland.net/maps/
The channel "Military Summary" is monetized! Since Mar 4, 2022, the channel has generated 45,304,795 views. Assuming all views were monetized from day 1* with an average RPM of $3.00, this channel has generated $135,914.39 over 511 days. That's an average of $97,081.70 per year.
VIDEOS
1. Ukraine’s counteroffensive amidst Kyivan Rus celebration | World News | TVP World
TVP World - TVP is a Polish public broadcast service.
402K subscribers
7-28-2023 6:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peBra9SbIU4
As the people of Ukraine celebrate the baptism of the Kyivan Rus, Kyiv continues to press forward with its counter-offensive. Reports indicate Ukrainian advancements in both the eastern and southern sections of the front. The 70th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement is being celebrated by both North and South Korea. The Council of Mothers and Wives of Russian Soldiers has declared its decision to close down. Former U.S. President Donald Trump is confronted with additional charges in his classified document case.
We are joined this evening by Robert Pszczel, former NATO official and independent security expert, and board member of the Polish Institute of International Affairs, who will shed some light on Russia’s outreach to North Korea amid the Ukraine war.
2. What’s it like reporting on the frontlines of Ukraine’s counteroffensive? | DW News
DW News
4.68M subscribers
Jul 28, 2023 4:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYRvyWlmyj8
Ukraine’s counteroffensive to liberate territories occupied by Russia is underway. DW’s Aya Ibrahim and Nick Connolly have just returned from eastern Ukraine, where they visited recently liberated villages. In this video they answer audience questions about the war in Ukraine, as the conflict enters its second year.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:24 Ukrainian troops morale
05:36 Why is the counter offensive going slower than expected?
08:07 Reporting in Ukraine with military presence
12:15 Reporting on the ‘Russian side’
14:24 The dangers of reporting from the frontlines
17:09 How do soldiers and civilians react to journalists?
For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/
The channel "TVP World" is monetized! Since Nov 7, 2018, the channel has generated 224,338,611 views. Assuming all views were monetized from day 1* with an average RPM of $3.00, this channel has generated $673,015.83 over 1724 days. That's an average of $142,488.85 per year.Clicks. Money. Clicks. Money, Quite a war (of videos) between two non-NATO nations.
Yes, but there is a whole team working on that channel, so the one guy who presents the videos very likely has to split up the revenue with the team members, so he’s likely not getting rich off it. Even if he is, and keeping all the $ to himself, if he is doing a good service to his viewers, then he deserves to earn $ from his hard work.
“ To be quasi-even-handed....
The channel “Military Summary” is monetized! Since Mar 4, 2022, the channel has generated 45,304,795 views. Assuming all views were monetized from day 1* with an average RPM of $3.00, this channel has generated $135,914.39 over 511 days. That’s an average of $97,081.70 per year.
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To which House replies….. SO?
“Yes, but there is a whole team working on that channel, so the one guy who presents the videos very likely has to split up the revenue with the team members, so he’s likely not getting rich off it. Even if he is, and keeping all the $ to himself, if he is doing a good service to his viewers, then he deserves to earn $ from his hard work.
Absolutely true.
ARTICLE
Russians suddenly block traffic on Crimean Bridge
Ukrainska Pravda
Alona Mazurenko
Saturday, 29 July 2023, 01:10
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/29/7413322/
Late in the evening of 28 July, Russian propagandists reported that traffic on the Crimean Bridge was temporarily blocked.
SOURCE: RIA Novosti, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet
QUOTE:
“Vehicular traffic on the Crimean Bridge is temporarily blocked”.
DETAILS:
There is no information on the reason or duration of the decision.
BACKGROUND:
-Sergey Aksyonov, so-called Head of the Russian administration in occupied Crimea, said that an “emergency” had happened on the Crimean Bridge and the bridge has therefore been closed to traffic. Russian Telegram channels have reported that a span on the bridge has collapsed.
-Ukrainska Pravda sources reported that the nighttime attack on the Crimean Bridge was a special operation by the Security Service of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Navy. It was noted that the bridge was attacked using surface drones. Later, the version about two surface drones was also voiced by the Russian propaganda outlet RIA Novosti, citing the National Anti-Terrorist Committee of the Russian Federation.
Russian media have previously asserted that the Crimean Bridge is guarded from the sky by fighter jets and underwater by divers and “combat dolphins”.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Crimean Bridge is a legitimate target for Ukraine, as the Russians use it to transport weapons. Zelenskyy added that this target should be “neutralised”.
More successful channels make more money. That is how capitalism and free markets work.
Why make a big deal out of it?
+1.
Davydov is a Ukrainian, reputedly a former commercial airline pilot. He naturally has a strong pro-Ukrainian slant. Some people like that.
Personally, I don’t believe anything coming from any side. The Belarusian guy on the Military Summary Channel has a more Russian POV, but he calls out the Russians for doing stupid stuff (even calls it “stupid”) when warranted, and reports when Ukraine has gains and wins. He also only relies on geo-located videos. Still, I take much of his stuff with a spoonful of salt.
I love maps and used to looking at military maps, so I like the Belarusian guy’s videos more than some others. His military analysis is pretty good; his political analysis, not so much.
VIDEOS
1. This Is How Russian Tanks Tried To Sneak Into Ukraine Today Are Destroyed
Infinity
441K subscribers
Jul 28, 2023 3:30 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WNZ6UkWwsM
2. ‘Faster than anything else in the Black Sea’: See Ukraine’s latest sea drone
CNN
15.3M subscribers
Jul 28, 2023 9:45 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv1WbNY-yB0
Ukraine’s new piece of arsenal, a sea drone, is designed to attack Russia in the Black Sea. CNN’s Alex Marquardt reports.
"...a 2001 moratorium on the sale of land to foreigners had always represented an obstacle to unrestrained privatisation. As post-Maidan governments turned again to the IMF for financing, aid was conditioned on a series of land reforms that would finally allow foreign corporations to acquire vast tracts of the country's farmland.
In 2020, Zelenskyy gave in to the IMF's demands and finally repealed the moratorium.
'Agribusiness interests and oligarchs will be the primary beneficiaries of such reform,' said Olena Borodina of the Ukrainian Rural Development Network. 'This will only further marginalise smallholder farmers and risks severing them from their most valuable resource.'
But the World Bank could barely contain its excitement, gushing: 'This is, without exaggeration, a historic event.' Even though the new law isn't set to come into force until next year, US and Western European agrobusinesses have already bought up millions of hectares of Ukraine's farmland — with 10 private companies reportedly controlling most of it."
In "The whole Ukraine goes for sale -massive profit opportunities being created by the war" -- July 17, 2023
Source: https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/07/17/the-whole-ukraine-goes-for-sale-massive-profit-opportunities-being-created-by-the-war/
Thank you for posting that. In addition from the link:
From certain perspectives, the war is clearly good for business: indeed, the greater the destruction, the greater the opportunities for reconstruction.At Davos this year, Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, said he hoped the initiative would turn the country into a “beacon of capitalism”.
David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, also spoke cheerily of Ukraine’s post-war future. “There is no question,” he said, “that as you rebuild, there will be good economic incentives for real return and real investment.”
Currently, I believe that Ukraine also is burdened with:
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe OSCE
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD
. . . en-force-ful regulatory, socialist, bureaucratic "policy makers" who push for lower moral standards in their transactions.
ARTICLE
Zelensky meets with PM of Qatar
Ukinform
28.07.2023 18:12
Saturday, 29 July 2023, 03:45
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3741685-zelensky-meets-with-pm-of-qatar.html
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
“We appreciate this visit and consider it an important manifestation of Qatar’s support and solidarity with our country. We are sincerely grateful for all the assistance received from Qatar,” Zelensky said, the President’s Office informs.
The President emphasized the importance of the first visit of a Qatari official to Ukraine and thanked Qatar for supporting our country and providing humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian people.
VIDEO: https://membrana-cdn.media/uin/desktop/ukrinform-ext2-15627-20230715-desktop.mp4?r=28116
For his part, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani conveyed greetings from the Emir of Qatar and announced the country’s intention to allocate $100 million to support Ukraine’s humanitarian needs.
The President of Ukraine informed his counterpart about Russia’s daily missile attacks on Odesa, its attempts to destroy the historic center of the city, which is under the protection of UNESCO, and the civilian port infrastructure. In this context, the parties discussed further steps to ensure global food security and continue the safe functioning of the grain corridor.
VIDEO SHORTS
1. President Zelensky applauded as he visits Downing Street
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yLq2XDA2WwU?feature=share
2. Russian tanks fall into Ukrainian ambush
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/i929KRB6MEU?t=4&feature=share
ARTICLE
Prime Ministers of Ukraine, Qatar discuss Russia’s grain deal exit
Ukinform
28.07.2023 15:09
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3741580-prime-ministers-of-ukraine-qatar-discuss-russias-grain-deal-exit.html
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Qatari Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani have met in Kyiv and noted the need to continue implementing the Grain from Ukraine initiative.
The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a joint briefing with the Prime Minister of Qatar, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
Shmyhal emphasized that Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide of the Ukrainian people require an immediate and decisive response from the international community.
VIDEO : https://membrana-cdn.media/uin/desktop/ukrinform-ext2-15627-20230715-desktop.mp4?r=28116
According to Shmyhal, Russia’s grain deal exit endangered the lives of millions of people, not only in Ukraine but across the globe, and primarily in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
“Together with Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, we noted the importance of resuming the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the need to continue the implementation of the Grain from Ukraine initiative,” Shmyhal mentioned.
A reminder that, on July 17, 2023, Russia terminated its agreement with the United Nations and Türkiye regarding the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
Ukraine, under burdens of OECD, OSCE, Blackrock land grabbers and such, is why my view remains, that Ukraine must consider that cost:
Ukraine needs the strength that it has, in order to maintain the territory that it holds. Ukrainians discovering upon some victory, that they have won the fight to regain territory . . . but have lost the land to the EU and Blackrock . . . is what the Moscow Club will exploit.
Meanwhile, before some ceasefire and peace entre, Russia will continue to threaten Kharkiv and Ukraine’s northeastern lands, and work Russian forces closer to Kiyv . . . as Ukraine imagines that Ukraine can push into Crimea.
VIDEOS
1. Ukraine deploys 10th corps in ‘supreme war effort’ | Jamie Shea
Times Radio
461K subscribers
Jul 28, 2023 2:30 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR7fbk8Qe9w
2. Russian conscripts join war without prior military training
Kanal13
1.59M subscribers
Jul 28, 2023 10:30 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzoxIv9vkPI
ARTICLE
Qatar is ready to assist in returning Ukrainian children from Russia - Shmyhal
Ukinform
28.07.2023 15:51
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3741594-qatar-is-ready-to-assist-in-returning-ukrainian-children-from-russia-shmyhal.html
The State of Qatar is ready to assist in the return of illegally exported Ukrainian children from the Russian Federation.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said this at a briefing with Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Al Thani in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
Shmyhal pointed out that he has discussed a number of important issues with his Qatari counterpart, including the reconstruction of Ukraine, the implementation of specific steps of the Peace Formula proposed by President Volodymyr Zelensky, in the areas of food security, energy security, and the return of prisoners and deportees.
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“We are grateful to the State of Qatar for its readiness to make mediation efforts in the return of Ukrainian children illegally taken by Russia and still kept on its territory,” the Prime Minister emphasized.
He said that he agreed with the head of the Qatari government to continue cooperation within the framework of the joint intergovernmental commission on economic, trade, and technical cooperation, as well as to establish other specialized working groups and commissions to work out issues in various areas of cooperation, “from high technology and digitalization to water supply to Ukrainians in need.”
As reported, Qatar is allocating $100 million to overcome the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and $20 million to provide African countries with food.
VIDEO
1. Has a new counter-offensive in Ukraine begun?: The Frontline with Jerome Starkey EP 2
The Sun
4.21M subscribers
Jul 28, 2023 11:30 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL5BdCMLv3U
On this weeks episode of The Frontline with Jerome Starkey we discuss whether a new counteroffensive has begun in Ukraine after reports of movement of a large number of Ukrainian forces near Zaporizhia.
Ukrainian forces may be aiming to probe the Russian frontline for weaknesses and flood it with Ukrainain forces dividing the ‘land-bridge’ that unites Crimea and the Donbas before the winter comes.
2. Ukraine says it’s increasingly difficult for Russia to resist
Kanal13
1.59M subscribers
Premieres Jul 29, 2023 2:45 a.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlkO_bZQlB8
ARTICLE
Ukraine harvests over 11M t of new grain crop
ukrinform
28.07.2023 19:32
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/3741718-ukraine-harvests-over-11m-t-of-new-grain-crop.html
As of July 28, Ukraine harvested 11.224 million tonnes of grains and legumes from 2.672 million hectares with a yield of 42.2 centners/ha.
According to Ukrinform, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported this.
Farmers have already threshed 8.063 million tonnes of wheat from 1.816 million hectares (yield, 44.4 c/ha), 2.881 million tonnes of barley from 730,800 hectares (yield, 39.4 c/ha), and 280,100 tonnes of peas from 113,300 hectares (yield, 24.7 c/ha).
Video of the day
Mykolaiv region is the leader in grain harvesting, with 414,800 hectares threshed. The largest harvest was in Odesa region, 1.808 million tonnes.
Agrarians in Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, and Ternopil regions have finished harvesting peas.
As of July 28, 2023, Ukraine continues harvesting winter rapeseed. It was harvested on 931,300 hectares, with 2.497 million tonnes of seeds harvested and a yield of 26.8 c/ha.
As Ukrinform reported, Ukrainian farmers started harvesting this year’s crop on June 23.
The Ukrainian Grain Association predicts that in 2023 Ukraine will harvest 69 million tonnes of grains and oilseeds.
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