Posted on 08/05/2023 7:41:13 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the origin of a piece of equipment can't be established, it is not included in the list. The Soviet flag is used when the equipment in question was produced prior to 1991. This list is constantly updated as additional footage becomes available.
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Operation Z: Military commissars of the Russian Spring
Serious problem: China is tightening the procedure for delivering drones abroad from September 1 and introducing export controls on a number of types of UAVs
This can seriously affect the supply of drones by volunteers to our fighters.
Export of drones without special permission is prohibited if:
maximum battery life of 30 minutes or more, maximum takeoff weight over 7 kg, and empty - over 4 kg;
the drone is equipped with the function of throwing cargo or has its own throwing device;
the drone has a hyperspectral or multispectral camera, the range of which is different from 560, 650, 730 and 860 nanometers;
The temperature difference equivalent to the noise of a portable infrared camera is less than 40 millikelvins.
Restrictions come into force on September 1. Their validity should not exceed 2 years.
https://t.me/RVvoenkor/50553
Ukraine: military situation update - Aug 4, 2023
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
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——> Air-To-Air Missiles From UK Now Being Used By Ukraine As SAMs <——
The new ad hoc ground-based air defense system is the latest advanced Western weapon rushed into service by Ukraine.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/asraam-air-to-air-missiles-from-uk-being-used-by-ukraine-as-sams
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——> Navy Wants To Sideline Its Fast Transport Catamarans As Pacific Fight Looms <——
Congress wants the Navy to stop reducing the readiness of its Spearhead class transports and to make a plan for them in the Pacific.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/navy-wants-to-sideline-its-fast-transport-catamarans-as-pacific-fight-looms
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
[ Ukrainians Use New Tactic And Destroy 2 Russian Ships ]
••Day 527: Aug 04
Today there is a lot of news from the south.
First of all, today in the morning, Ukrainians launched a drone attack on the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
This time, however, instead of choosing Sevostopol,
Ukrainians unexpectedly decided to target the Russian harbor in Novorossiysk.
At first, Russian sources reported that Ukrainians tried to blow up Russian oil terminals and that all drones were shot down.
Unfortunately for Russians, the footage of the attack got published very quickly this time, and it turned out that Ukrainians successfully attacked a Russian assault landing ship’s board.
Ukrainian marine drone operators also shortly released the footage from the drone itself.
The drone made a hole in the side of the ship, one room was completely flooded, and the ship lost the ability to move independently.
The ship was close to sinking when the tugs arrived, and the ship got pulled to the shore barely on time.
Russian analysts expressed their disdain for the situation.
They analyzed the footage and concluded that not only didn’t Russians equip the ship with additional machine guns necessary to intercept such attacks.
But the crew also did not notice the drone on time, despite receiving multiple warnings that Ukrainian drones were heading in their direction.
Russian analysts concluded that the crew was relaxed and thought that they were too far from the main action, which was exactly what Ukrainians counted on, and successfully took out one more ship.
Simultaneously, Ukrainians conducted a massive aerial drone strike on Crimea.
Ukrainians reportedly launched 20 drones of various types.
The first 3 groups of drones targeted the western shore of Crimea.
Even though they were heading toward military objects, the goal of these drones was not necessarily to destroy them, but rather to draw attention away from the main strike.
That is why the last group of drones managed to pass through a vast area and reach Feodosia.
Russian sources reported that all drones were shot down, but noted that at least one drone still fell on the territory of an oil refinery.
Some Russian analysts noted that the extensive oil depots in Feodosia were exactly what Ukrainians targeted, so it seems like some of the drones were not intercepted and reached their destination.
Nonetheless, there is still no footage of fire, so even though the drones hit the territory of the refinery, it is not guaranteed that they inflicted damage, which happens sometimes.
Interestingly, the time of launch of marine and aerial drones was virtually the same.
That is another reason why Russians did not prepare for the strike in Novorossiysk, Russia - they thought that the target of the marine drones would be Crimea.
And they were right partially because the marine drones split into two groups, and one group headed in the direction of the Kerch Bridge.
Russian sources reported that Ukrainians attacked the bridge with at least 3 drones.
Local residents reported hearing explosions, which is confirmed by the footage.
It was claimed that the drones did not reach the bridge itself, even though the footage shows that the lights on the bridge are not on anymore.
Instead, Russian sources claimed that one of the drones hit a Russian oil tanker that was delivering fuel to the Zaporizhzhia region.
Interestingly, this was the only ship that Russian warships tried to protect and accompany all the way to Crimea.
The crew of the tanker reported that there were no leaks of oil or threat of sinking - the Ukrainians just took out the motor, which means that Russian supplies of fuel on the front will not get replenished.
Overall, Ukrainians conducted a combined drone strike in the Black Sea, took out one Russian warship, one oil tanker, and possibly damaged an oil depot in Feodosia and, most importantly, the Kerch bridge.
As it may be heard from my voice, I got sick.
So the next couple of videos may be shorter than usual, as I cannot work as much due to the high temperature.
Aswath of Ukraine twice the size of Kentucky may have been contaminated by mines and unexploded ordinance (UXO) in nearly 18 months of Russia's full-scale invasion, setting Ukrainians up for a generational challenge costing billions of dollars and claiming an untold number of lives."It's the heaviest landmine and UXO contamination we've seen in Europe since World War II," Mike Newton, the head of Europe for the HALO Trust mine clearing NGO, told Newsweek. "Last year we were able to draw comparisons with Bosnia & Herzegovina and Croatia, in the Western Balkans. But now, without a shadow of a doubt, it's the worst in Europe since World War II, and potentially even the greatest in the world."
“China is aligned with Russia and is using the American response to the war to create a new financial system”
The penny ruble system?
Remember before Putin’s little green men invaded the Ukraine, and 30 rubles could buy a dollar?
Now a ruble can’t buy a penny.
Putin did that.
He’s not done yet. We are on track for the struts to get kicked out from under the ruble when Putin finishes squandering the last of Russia’s financial and gold reserves - now only a matter of months away, unless there is a radical change.
Russians using cluster munition with While Phosphorous?
https://www.youtube.com/@DenysDavydov
Denys says:
[ Russia lost two Ships in the Black sea | Ukrainian Drones are Awesome! ]
••Reuters:
Russia plans to double defense spending for 2023: around $100 billion. Since this will be most of the total budget, Russia will not be able to build new roads, schools etc. Included are funds to purchase of more shells and ammo from North Korea.
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Putin unlikely to change the course of the war in Ukraine before the US 2024 elections. He hopes that all Western military aid will be canceled by the next US administration.
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Sig was a legitimate military target as it was carrying oil for the military. It has a 2 degree list, and the ship is empty of oil.
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Confirmed meeting in Bamako between Wagner and Niger military junta led by General Mody. Wagner is hiring again for more troops to send to Niger.
The neighboring county of Nigeria may end up going war against landlocked Niger.
Niger is very important for France because it has a large supply of Uranium which France needs to fuel its nuclear power grid.
Nigeria has the largest population in Africa with 250 million people. Niger is mostly desert with only 25 million.
Denys Davydov Telegram Channel
https://t.me/s/pilotblog
••The SBU conducted a special operation in the bay of Novorossiysk - the large landing ship “Olenegorsky Miner” was damaged. [ Originally part of the North Sea Fleet. It’s the biggest landing ship Russia has. ]
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_landing_ship_Olenegorsky_Gornyak - This page has ben heavily edited with lots of deleted material; probably part of Russia’s ongoing efforts to remove or alter as much wiki material as possible. ]
The video shows how the surface drone of the SBU, saturated with 450 kilograms of TNT, attacks an enemy ship with about 100 crew members.
According to sources in the Security Service, the special operation was carried out together with the Navy.
As a result of the attack, the Olenegorsky Minor received a serious hole and is now unable to perform its combat missions. All statements by Russians about the “repulsed attack” are fake.
Russian ship, go ...
https://t.me/pilotblog/5728?single
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The SBU reports that Russia is preparing a provocation “under a false flag” at the Mozyr Oil Refinery in Belarus in order to draw Minsk into the war.
To do this, the Russian DRG from the regular military and intelligence officers was sent to the territory of Belarus under the guise of Wagnerites. They plan to dress up as “Ukrainian saboteurs” and carry out a terrorist attack at the facility.
The SBU received information from several sources, including the testimony of a Russian military man who was taken prisoner in the Zaporozhye direction.
P.S. These are not the first reports from the Ukrainian special services about an impending provocation at the Mozyr Oil Refinery in Belarus. Perhaps it was thanks to the timely warning that these provocations have so far been prevented.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5730
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Latvia and Lithuania deploy troops to the border with Belarus
In addition, Lithuania will close two checkpoints on the border with Belarus.
“If in Poland now there is practically one checkpoint on the border with Belarus, then we have six of them.
“One of the preventive measures is to reduce their number from six to four,” said Deputy Interior Minister Arnoldas Abramavičius.
Meanwhile, a Belarusian who worked for Russian intelligence was detained in Poland.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5732?single
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Russia managed to save the warship, but it will be unserviceable probably till the end of the war
https://t.me/pilotblog/5735?single
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Russia wants to buy artillery shells from North Korea - White House
“The information we have received indicates that Russia is seeking to expand military cooperation with the DPRK, in particular through the sale of artillery shells by North Korea to Russia,” said John Kirby, coordinator of the White House National Security Council.
Washington associates Shoigu’s last visit to North Korea with an attempt by the Russian Federation to convince Pyongyang to sell ammunition for use in the war against Ukraine.
The White House notes: Putin is desperate, since he is looking for support among countries such as North Korea and Iran.
By the way, the United States is ready to impose additional sanctions against Iran due to the deepening of military cooperation with the Russian Federation.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5740
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Russia doubles defense spending in 2023 - Reuters
They are going to allocate more than $100 billion for the military industry, which is one third of all government spending in the Russian Federation.
Russia has already spent $54 billion planned for the year in the first six months. This is twice as much as in the same period last year.
Such defense spending supports the recovery of the economy through the growth of industrial production, but has already led to a budget deficit of about $28 billion and reduced spending on schools, hospitals and roads.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5739
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Meanwhile, Russia tries to bring down the drones - New Russian anti-drone weapon
https://t.me/pilotblog/5750
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The Russian Marine Rescue Sub-Center of Taman officially announced the advancement of a group of rescuers from Novorossiysk to the area of the Kerch Strait, where a Ukrainian drone attacked a tanker.
Also, information about the rescue operation was confirmed at the Marine Rescue Coordination Center of Novorossiysk.
The last time they reported that the water reached the water line
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The Kerch bridge wasn’t hit… Sadly
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Inside the tanker. The machine compartment is flooded
https://t.me/pilotblog/5777?single
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So the commercial vessel seem to be more robust than the Ruzzian military ship.
But anyways it is early to say about the tanker destiny.
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Two tugboats arrived at the scene of an emergency with a tanker in the Kerch Strait, the issue of towing the vessel is being resolved, the Russian Marine Rescue Coordination Center said.
They also confirmed that the tanker was allegedly attacked by a Ukrainian drone. Engine room damaged.
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The tanker drone attack - Video [ Hit is just forward of superstructure at waterline. ]
https://t.me/pilotblog/5783
“Putin unlikely to change the course of the war in Ukraine before the US 2024 elections. He hopes that all Western military aid will be canceled by the next US administration.”
I do think this is his only hope in the war. But he is dreaming.
POST # 4
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At night, sea drones attacked not only the tanker, but also the Crimean bridge. What’s wrong with him now?
We deliberately did not write for a long time about what happened in the area of the Crimean bridge this night and about the attack of a marine drone on the Sig tanker.
We checked the information.
After talking with almost a dozen sources in the Crimean authorities and among the military, we bring you a few confirmed facts.
Firstly, the attack on the Sig tanker was serious, but the consequences of this strike are much more significant than the damage to one ship.
After the strike on a tanker that was carrying fuel needed for “important military purposes” (which, all our sources refuse to say), as well as after the strike on the Olenegorsky Gornyak landing ship in Novorossiysk, the military made an alarming conclusion.
Ukraine is trying to take control of the Black Sea and the Kerch Strait with the help of sea drones.
“Of course, they will not be able to completely control the sea without a normal fleet. But they won’t give us a quiet life either.
Perhaps Ukraine wants to return the grain deal, perhaps it is simply spoiling Russia. But the fact remains.
The command is raising the question of where we should redeploy the ships of the Black Sea Fleet, because they will not have peace in any port - neither in Sevastopol, nor in Novorossiysk, anywhere else.
And there is nowhere to relocate them yet.
But we are gradually losing control over the Black Sea, let’s be honest,” a high-ranking representative of the Black Sea Fleet told us.
Secondly, an important fact, which for some reason no one reported.
On the night of Saturday, August 5, not only the tanker was attacked, but also the Crimean bridge. The attack on the bridge was not very successful for the enemy.
All naval drones (there were four of them) directed at the object were destroyed.
Two of these drones were destroyed right next to one of the bridge pillars.
As a result, the support was damaged by explosions, several cracks appeared on it.
But these injuries, according to a source in the Crimean government, are not very serious.
They will be repaired later, for the sake of this repair it will not even be necessary to stop traffic on the bridge.
Thirdly , at an emergency meeting that took place at night, Sergei Aksyonov, citing experts, said that the Crimean bridge would withstand no more than 5-6 serious attacks and could collapse “already this year” if the enemy is active.
The military promised to strengthen the protection of the bridge.
Ukraine counter-offensive against Russia yields only small gains in first 2 months
One look at a large-scale map of eastern and southern Ukraine shows that not much has changed in the two months since the counter-offensive began.Russia still occupies nearly one-fifth of Ukraine - including the cities of Donetsk, in the east, and Mariupol, which it captured after months of siege - and its forces are well dug in.
Why is Ukraine's progress so slow? In two months Ukrainian troops have advanced, at most, about 10 miles (16km) in two areas along the region's 100-mile (160km) front, according to independent analysis.
Progress is being made, but it is slower than Ukraine and its Western allies had hoped.
Ukrainian forces have been attacking on three fronts, using Western-supplied equipment and training, and probing for weak spots along the entire 700-mile (1,125km) front line.
But the Russians foresaw their intentions, and they have spent months building the most extensive fortifications in recent history.
Triple layers of trenches, bunkers, concrete pyramid tank-traps (so-called "dragon's teeth") and ditches - laced with thousands of landmines - present a massive obstacle to any Ukrainian advance, as illustrated in the satellite image below, taken near Tokma
Ultimately, time is not on Ukraine's side.
By autumn, the rainy season will have arrived, turning unpaved roads into mud and making further advances difficult, if not impossible.
By the time that ends, in the spring, the US presidential election cycle will be under way.
If Ukraine cannot show any decisive gains on the battlefield by then, it is far from certain that US and Nato support will continue at their current high levels.
For Kyiv, the clock is ticking. Meanwhile Russia simply has to hang on to the territory it has illegally seized.
The BBC are clearly pro-Ukraine in their coverage, but not propaganda slinging bloggers. They do a solid job of analyzing the current situation.
The facts are pretty clear to anyone other than Ukrainian propagandists: essentially the long-awaited counter offensive has failed. The situation remains much as it was in January.
Kremlin snuffbox
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Something strange is going on at the front
The Ukrainian army has changed tactics at the front.
This is recognized by both Western and Russian analysts.
Noting at the same time that the first wave of the promised counter-offensive was contained without tangible loss of territory.
At the same time, in recent weeks there have been many radical steps on the part of the Ukrainians.
Firstly, the case in the Sevastopol barracks, when 9 servicemen were killed, thanks to our channel, it was not possible to be silenced.
Secondly, the poisoning of the military in Mariupol.
Thirdly, a strike on the Olenegorsky Gornyak large landing craft in Novorossiysk.
And the fourth factor can be called the removal of warehouses in the rear of the Russian army.
All these steps are aimed not only at intimidation, but also at the dispersal of Russian troops along the front line.
At the same time, some turmoil at the forefront recently ended in tragedy.
In the area of Vasilyevka on the second front line, three soldiers were found dead right on the position. Two of them were stabbed to death, another was killed by strangulation.
On the spot, a chevron of the Azov unit was found (an organization banned in Russia - Ed.).
Despite the fact that traces of the saboteurs themselves were not found.
There is a lot of talk about this tragedy at the front, since there have been many such cases lately.
Immediately several headquarters were moved away from the front.
At the same time, officers leave the mobilized and regular soldiers to hold the line of defense.
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Navalny’s verdict: FSB talks about Putin’s mistake and warns of a dangerous period before winter
Regarding the 19 years in prison for Alexei Navalny, we must say a few important things.
We emphasize right away that we are not supporters of this politician, but the truth is more important than our preferences.
First, two Kremlin sources claim that Vladimir Putin fears a revolt by Navalny’s supporters, which is the reason for such a harsh sentence.
Vladimir Vladimirovich, citing the FSB, said that Navalny’s supporters were stockpiling weapons and preparing to seize power in Moscow, and after that throughout the country.
That’s why he ordered Navalny to be “nailed down” as hard as possible.
“We are not going to extreme measures yet, but he was given a serious sentence,” one of them said.
Note that our sources in the FSB deny that the service gave Putin information about a possible rebellion by Navalny’s supporters.
And in principle, they are considered not too capable of any radical actions.
Secondly, the new term for Alexei Anatolyevich may well radicalize his supporters, as a result of which the president will have the opposite effect.
We wrote that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion showed everyone, including our liberals, the weaknesses of power and the fact that radical methods can be used against it.
To which she is not always ready to respond adequately.
And if you remember the contacts between Navalny and Prigozhin, then the situation becomes quite interesting.
Thirdly, Navalny can be used not only by his supporters.
It’s no secret that the elites (including the Kremlin) have a conditional “peace party” that would like to end the SVO, achieve the removal of sanctions and live as before.
This very party, according to a number of our interlocutors in power circles, may well arrange a “very interesting” (according to one of the sources) rebellion.
Navalny will be made its leader, and people like Prigozhin, or one of the disgraced generals whom Sergei Shoigu is trying to repress, will be the driving force behind the rebellion.
It will turn out to be an explosive mixture, but with a beautiful sign, which is quite suitable for the West.
Moreover, there are rumors that Navalny’s supporters and Putin’s opponents are now “practically everywhere” - even in the FSB.
It’s true, there is, though not very much.
This verdict was superfluous, after all, Navalny is already sitting.
So Vladimir Vladimirovich made a mistake here.
“And now the situation is becoming completely unpredictable, the president, I’m afraid, will have to walk around and look around,” says our source in the FSB.
He is waiting for some radical events “before winter” (during this period, Russia faces many shocks that opponents of the president can take advantage of: from a serious rise in prices due to the collapse of the ruble exchange rate to a new wave of mobilization and, God forbid, to defeats at the front ), but hopes that they can be prevented.
“#Russia is now visually confirmed to have lost more than 2200 tanks since it launched its invasion of #Ukraine on February 24, 2022.”
https://twitter.com/oryxspioenkop/status/1687845979691560962
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Where is Vladimir Putin leading Russia, and is there a replacement for him?
In our channel, we rarely talk about those who are usually called the opposition. This post explains the reason in detail.
But something has happened in recent months that deserves to be told.
Firstly, it is confirmed that some high-ranking people from the FSB contacted prominent representatives of the Russian opposition.
This coincided with the activation of Chubais, who left Russia, and rumors about his return began to be actively exaggerated in the spring.
Chubais, although not a classical opposition, was contacted not only with him. In the list of contacts, for example, Khodorkovsky.
Secondly, Prigozhin’s rebellion showed the real weakness of the current government, and among the so-called liberals there were those who supported the attempt by the owner of PMC Wagner to show his teeth to Vladimir Putin.
“A tectonic change took place in the minds of representatives of that same opposition party.
“They suddenly realized that it would be possible to change the regime only by force.
“And when this force appeared, they decided to support it,” one of Khodorkovsky’s associates told us.
According to people close to the liberal party, the first encroachments towards the use of force to change power occurred at a time when very small units of “Russian volunteers” (as the Ukrainian side claims) made a lot of noise in the Belgorod region.
That is, several tens of hundreds capture the regional center, and several thousand armed Wagnerites take Rostov under control in a matter of hours without resistance.
The authorities in both cases turned out to be weak and not ready to fight back.
And now the main thing: what is Vladimir Putin doing now? In recent days, a lot of laws have been adopted that make it clear that Putin has understood that it will not be possible to complete the SVO now - moving on to Plan B.
We ‘re The Kremlin is betting on Trump’s victory in the United States and the weakening of support for Ukraine from the West.
At the same time, external propaganda turned on to the maximum.
We wrote about the change in approach to this a few months earlier.
At the same time, Putin personally felt the weakness of the power vertical and will strengthen Zolotov, who is loyal to him, and his National Guard.
Scandals in the army have shown that Shoigu cannot restore order, but Putin cannot yet remove him.
But the interlocutors do not rule out that this can happen suddenly.
Can another Prigogine appear against this background, but one who is not afraid to see things through to the end? Unfortunately, there is no such candidate yet.
But there are significant changes in the mood of that same liberal opposition.
Will she unite with the Russians who are fighting on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine? So far, unlikely.
But a month and a half ago, this was out of the question. We are very dynamically approaching the denouement.
Now many in power are trying to find a place for themselves” after Putin.” And, preferably, not in the dock.
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Our foreign readers ask - is there an opposition in Russia and why do we write so little about it?
There is opposition in Russia. Weak, exhausted, but there. Yes, most of them left, someone went to bunk beds, but in principle, there are about two dozen of its prominent representatives.
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“Ukraine is trying to take control of the Black Sea and the Kerch Strait with the help of sea drones.”
Looks complete. If they can send a group of usv’s that far then no ship is safe.
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