Posted on 07/19/2023 6:23:52 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Update from Ukraine | Ukraine hit the biggest ammunition warehouse in Crimea | Military Map Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCQ3psEu7xU
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 12th July 2023 – 22:00
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-504-summary/
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It ran low on cruise missiles.
It couldn’t sustain the electricity offensive. It was depending on numbers to saturate the SAM interceptors. Secondary purpose was to use up the S300 ammo.
It didn’t work.
Recent cruise missile barrages are lower in number and launched less frequently and more often aimed at less defended axes.
Much of the commentary here is annoyingly hyperbolic. Less is not “none”, one village is not “Moscow”, some is not “All”.
ARTICLE
Danilov: Kyiv may ask partners to create humanitarian convoys for grain corridor
Ukrainska Pravda
Iryna Balachuk
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 23:39
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/19/7412083/
Ukraine is considering asking its partners and the UN to set up humanitarian convoys for the grain corridor, National Security and Defence Council Secretary Oleksii Danilov has said.
SOURCE: Radio Liberty, citing remarks made by Danilov on the national joint 24/7 newscast
QUOTE from Danilov: “It is extremely important for us to keep our infrastructure on the Black Sea operational and untouched. We are doing everything in our power to ensure that this happens. To ensure that everything is protected. The issue of asking our partners and the UN to create humanitarian convoys that will ensure security is being considered at meetings held by the president.”
DETAILS: Danilov added that unless it is made possible to supply food to the countries that need it, it is only a matter of time before there will be a man-made famine.
“We insist that the UN should be involved as much as possible. One option is to create humanitarian convoys that should proceed under the protection of appropriate weaponry,” Danilov concluded.
BACKGROUND:
• Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for the Russian President, stated on July 17 that the grain deal had been suspended. Russia’s Foreign Ministry also announced the withdrawal of shipping safety guarantees under the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
• The President of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin actually wants the grain deal to be extended and intends to discuss this with him.
• Zelenskyy proposed to Türkiye and the UN that the grain corridor under the Black Sea Grain Initiative should continue to function without Russia.
• On 19 July, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would only “consider the possibility” of resuming the grain deal if his terms are fully met.
H/T Thank you!
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1. Ukraine Still Has Lots of Combat Power Still Waiting! 19 Jul 23 Daily Update
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2. Donetsk’s Unexpected Union: Russian and Ukrainian Soldiers Ignite an Extraordinary Civil War!
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Yes, this will help:
“UN to set up humanitarian convoys for the grain corridor”
It too bad that putin/russia is so barbaric that the UN needs to ensure the safety of the grain deliveries.
But nonetheless, May it be so!
ARTICLE
Russian terror affects everyone; everyone in the world should be interested in bringing Russia to justice – address by the President of Ukraine
President Zelenskyy
19 July 2023 - 19:53
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/rosijskij-teror-zachipaye-vsih-kozhen-u-sviti-maye-buti-zaci-84433
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_YVccSWqC4
Russian terror affects everyone; everyone in the world should be interested in bringing Russia to justice – address by the President of Ukraine
Good health to you, fellow Ukrainians!
Throughout the day, maximum attention was paid to eliminating the consequences of the Russian terrorists’ attack on Odesa, on communities in the region, on Chornomorsk, on our ports.
This was perhaps the largest attempt by Russia to inflict pain on Odesa in the entire period of full-scale war. Thanks to the air defense and all our defenders of the sky, the consequences of this strike are still less than they could have been. With each such strike, we appeal to our partners again and again: Ukraine’s sky shield needs to be strengthened.
This attack proves that their target is not only Ukraine, and not only the lives of our people. About a million tons of food is stored in the ports that were attacked today. This is the volume that should have been delivered to consumer countries in Africa and Asia long ago.
The port terminal that suffered the most from the Russian terror last night had 60,000 tons of agricultural products stored in it, which were intended to be shipped to China. That is, everyone is affected by this Russian terror. Everyone in the world should be interested in bringing Russia to justice for its terror.
I am grateful to all our warriors who protect our country from such attacks. I am grateful to all the rescuers, medical workers, employees of public utilities, local authorities, and volunteers who help our people overcome the consequences of terror. Odesa, Kherson, Zhytomyr, and Kirovohrad regions. Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. Everywhere where there was shelling, missile and drone strikes. I want to thank each and every person who helps save lives!
This morning, the military, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, other government officials, and the specialized Deputy Head of the Office for Regional Policy reported to me on the conference call. In the communities affected by last night’s strikes, initial repairs have already begun.
Today I held negotiations with the Taoiseach of Ireland, who was on a visit to Ukraine. Ireland is one of our most vigorous partners in Europe. Although the country is neutral, the Irish do not remain neutral to moral challenges.
In the face of such aggression, they are clearly on the bright side of history: they are helping us politically, in security issues, economically, and with sanctions. Humanitarian support is very important. Today we have discussed our further joint steps, in particular, those related to the Peace Formula and the Global Peace Summit. I am grateful to Ireland for supporting our position on the grain initiative.
I also met with Samantha Power, head of USAID, the United States Agency for International Development. The day before, she was in Odesa and absolutely understands the importance of our ports for the world’s food security and the Russian threat to global stability. Today we discussed in detail the possibilities of protecting our infrastructure and our global role. And it is very important that USAID is ready to continue working with Ukraine to support economic activity in our country, develop enterprises, and maintain jobs. I am grateful for this support!
And one more thing.
We are already actively preparing for international events scheduled for August and September. In particular, today I held a large meeting on the preparation of the Crimea Platform Summit at the level of state leaders and parliamentary level. We know for sure that the Summit will be meaningful and Crimea will become even closer to returning to the free world, even closer to liberation from occupation. All Ukrainian land and all Ukrainian people must be free.
Glory to all those who fight for Ukraine and freedom!
I thank everyone in the world who helps us!
Glory to Ukraine!
Same story as a year ago…Russia rains missiles on a town, Ukraine blows up an ammo dump. About the only thing that’s changed is Russia took Bakhmut, for whatever it’s worth, and a whole bunch of people on both sides are dead now.
Correction: there are a bunch of people dead on the Ukrainian side, and a bunch of dogs dead on the Russian side.
VIDEOS
1. The Scythian Gold – Returned Heritage of Ukraine
UATV English
397K subscribers
Jul 19, 2023 11:00 a.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkKm6aJsn-8
In 2013, Ukrainian museums in Crimea gave valuable heritage of the Scythian era for international exhibitions. Then in 2014, Russia annexed Crimea. Thus started a long-lasting battle for national treasures. More about ‘The Scythian Gold Case’ and why it is important for international justice in the video.
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ARTICLE
“I went to dig up my mother, I tried with my hands” - a documentary about deportation of Ukrainian children from Mariupol. PHOTOS
Censor.NET War
20.07.23 00:16
https://censor.net/en/n3432255
Director Olesia Bida made a documentary about Russian deportation of children from occupied Mariupol.
As informs Censor.NЕТ, it was made public in Facebook by Evheniya Motorevska.
“I went to dig up my mother, trying to do it with my hands because there were no shovels nearby. Airplanes were flying nearby. I was both scared at the time and wanted to help my mom. I dug her out so she could breathe, and then went to ask for help.”
14-year-old Sofia met the full-scale invasion in Mariupol. The girl, along with her mother, brother, and younger sister, were hiding in the city’s basements. One day, the family came under attack by Russian aircraft.
Her brother died immediately, and her mother died a few hours after she was pulled from the rubble. She was buried in the yard of the house.
After a while, the girls were deported first to occupied Novoazovsk and then to Donetsk. They were held in one of the city’s hospitals.
At the same time, their eldest sister, who lived in Dnipro, was looking for the girls. As soon as she found out that the children were in occupied Donetsk, she went to get them. She traveled through European countries and Russia. The older sister was only 19 at the time.
While she was on the road, a Russian family came to “meet” the girls for adoption. Although representatives of the occupation authorities gave their word that they would not give the girls anywhere until the elder sister arrived.
Sofia and her younger sister were miraculously rescued from Donetsk. The girls now live in Dnipro. But this story is an exception.
For several months, Olesya Bida has been working on a documentary about the deportation. We have also identified a large group of children who were taken by the Russians from Mariupol in the first months of the full-scale war. Out of 31 children, we managed to return only 4.
“I made his dream come true, on his birthday I took a picture near the Bandera monument in Lviv. He says we should pick him up if we get to Moscow,” says the boy’s friend, who has been living in Russia in a so-called foster family for two years.
These children live under total control. They are restricted from using phones, cameras are installed in their apartments, and they are forced to change their names on social media. Many of them have relatives waiting for them at home. But it is now almost impossible to take a child from the territory of Russia. Those teenagers who dare to escape are detained at the border and returned to their “new parents.”
I don’t know if Ukraine will ever be able to identify all the children who were abducted from our territory. We are talking about hundreds of thousands of deportees. I am also scared to think that we will never bring some of these young people back home.
But we must record every Russian official, every collaborator from the east or south who is involved in the abduction of Ukrainian children. Sooner or later, they will be held accountable for this crime.
You can watch our movie in English here. And in a week it will be on the Ukrainian Truth YouTube channel.
VIDEOS
1. Even the British people shocked: Here’s the move that collapsed Russia! Putin breath has stopped!
Oracle Eyes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS4aautSu7I
Even the British people shocked: Here’s the move that collapsed Russia!
2. Coup Reignited! Prigozhin’s Mercenaries Disguised as Russian Soldiers Hunted Down Putin’s General!
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Coup Reignited! Prigozhin’s Mercenaries Disguised as Russian Soldiers Hunted Down Putin’s General!
More good news:
paranoid putin is too scared to go to South Africa
“More good news: paranoid putin is too scared to go to South Africa”
He should be. Putin commits genocide in so many ways. Now Putin is going to starve millions!
Shashwat Saraf, regional emergency director for East Africa at the Kenya-International Rescue Committee (IRC),
called for a long-term extension to the deal to create “predictability and stability” for the region, which has lost vast amounts of crops because of drought and floods.
“With approximately 80% of East Africa’s grain being exported from Russia and Ukraine,” Saraf said, “over 50 million people across East Africa are facing hunger, and food prices have shot up by nearly 40% this year.”
Given how quickly Putin responded with a large array of their best missiles, I would not be surprised if it was Putin who had the bridge damaged. If there is in fact a shortage of gasoline in Crimea, this will provide some time to increase the supply of gas for the people trying to flee to Russia with their cars.
If Putin did it he got a 2-fer, One, an excuse to cancel the grain deal and bomb Odessa area, and two, time to ship some gasoline into Crimea and not be blamed because it was the Ukes who bombed the bridge (which frankly I suspect they knew was not in their best interest). The loss of the big dam means loss of the major source of water flowing into Crimea, and Russia has had a hard time getting off the hook for that one. If Ukraine plans to take Crimea, then they don’t want a whole lot of thirsty Russians trapped there unable to drive away.
A third reason for Putin to be happy the bridge is slowed down, not destroyed, is bombing the grain port and warehouse that housed 60,000 tons for grain scheduled for shipment to China is a good way to stick it to Xi for not being more supportive of Putin’s war. So to repeat, I believe Putin had more reason to damage the Bridge than did the Ukes.
VIDEO WITH SUMMARIZED COMMENTARY
19 Jul: FINALLY! THE FIRST MISSILE STRIKE ON CRIMEAN BASES | War in Ukraine Explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z94txHP0_JU
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I am Ukrainian. My country has been invaded by Russia. In this video I will tell you what happened on the five hundred eleventh day of the war.
Day 511: Jul 19
Today there are a lot of updates from the south.
Here, Ukrainian and Russian forces made a series of massive and devastating missile exchanges.
After a successful strike on the Kerch Bridge, President Putin declared that he was already discussing with the high command possible options for retaliation. The Ukrainian Command understood that this meant only one thing – a massive drone and missile strike. The only question was what would be the main target.
The main target of the Russian strike was the harbor in Odesa. At first, Russian Air Force launched several waves of drones to exhaust the Ukrainian air defense. Based on the footage of the successful interception of drones above Odesa by the Ukrainian air defense, this tactic worked.
After that, Russians flooded the air space with rockets, almost all of which headed towards Odesa. Local residents in Crimea filmed the moments of the launch of 16 Caliber cruise missiles from Kozacha bay in Sevastopol. On top of that, it was reported that at least 8 strategic bombers Tu-22 launched 15 missiles of various types.
The greatest devastation was faced by the harbor in Odesa. The strike aimed to destroy all the infrastructure necessary for loading cargo and also grain terminals. In fact, grain terminals took the largest hit because this was a symbolic withdrawal from the grain deal. It was reported that apart from rendering the whole harbor unusable, Russian missiles also destroyed 60 thousand tons of grain.
Later the Russian Ministry of Defense gave a statement and declared that the grain deal was officially over, and any ships passing through the region would be considered military targets, and the countries of the flags of these ships would be considered enemy states that entered the war.
Apart from the main harbor in Odesa City, Russians also made sure the target secondary harbors in the Odesa and Mykolaiv regions. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that several industrial objects were hit. Judging by the footage, one was an oil depot, and another one a small ammunition depot. Unfortunately, some missiles hit the residential areas, including a shopping mall in Odesa.
Ukrainian forces responded reciprocally. The first target of the Ukrainian strike became Melitopol. Local residents reported hearing at least 5 explosions somewhere on the outskirts of the city. Ukrainian Melitopol Mayor confirmed that Ukrainians struck Russian military bases. Immediately after that, explosions were reported in Mykhailivka, which is a prefrontal stronghold west of Tokmak.
Several hours ago, Ukrainians also hit the Russian base in Skadovsk, which is located on the Black Sea coast. All three strikes were reportedly conducted by HIMARS and primarily targeted areas of personnel concentrations.
Ukrainians also conducted several HIMARS strikes in the east. Local residents of Yasynuvata reported hearing multiple explosions followed by secondary detonations. Later it was confirmed that Ukrainians successfully stuck an ammunition depot. The second package of HIMARS rockets targeted Russian military objects in Donetsk. Geolocated footage shows an explosion on the Russian military site on the outskirts of the city.
But the most devastating strike was conducted in Crimea. Here, Russian forces had a huge military site that was even bigger than some of the villages around it. The site was also located on one of main supply roads. Russian sources reported that Ukrainians struck the Russian base with 3 ballistic missiles Hrim-2. The missiles hit the ammunition depot, which caused a massive explosion that could be heard more than 30 km away.
The secondary detonations continued throughout the day, which did not allow to put out the fire. Due to the sheer scale of fire, local authorities had to close the highway and start evacuating residents from the nearby villages. It was reported that at least 5 villages were considered to be in the dangerous zone. The fate of thousands of Russian soldiers on the base is unknown.
*** Select the 3 horizontal dots to view the Complete Transcript [Below video/ top right corner]
Ahh for once I have made a mistake in this discussions we have on the Ukraine war.
You are right it wasn’t an explosion of ammo—it was military grade FUEL. Which is also very important in war, would you not agree??? It was caused by Russian missile strikes on Ukr depots in the port of Odessa.
So I was basically correct exact in the details:
“ where it is it is probably around this
1:16
area here and uh in addition they also
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strike fewer storage uh allegedly 70 000
1:23
tons was destroyed and uh in the
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locations close to make life and Odessa
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and this fuel uh is allegedly meant for
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military use”
Huge secondary fires and explosions were seen in the distance with resulting smoke in the entire area.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLFz5p9AdaQ
They would never lie.
It is 'a thing of beauty' when a Methodist uses a Sunni Muslim to further a debate.
Here's another reflecting one the choice of Abdullah to further comments.
"In the Name of God, the Most Merciful and the Most Compassionate
Praise be to God Almighty, the knower of the unseen and the unknown who revealed the following in the Holy Qur'an: “Dispute not one with another lest ye falter and your strength depart from you.” Peace and prayer be upon the prophet of mercy, who urged that ranks and objectives be unified by stating that “the believers in their amicability, compassion and warmth are like the human body; if an organ feels an ailment, the rest of the body will react with pain and sleeplessness.”
Next a Methodist will prayerfully and again cite retired-to-Florida Gen. Ben Hodges, who endorsed Biden against Trump in the last election. See how this works? Muslims and Democrat-supporters have their voices heard. Here.
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