Russia aims new air strikes at Black Sea coastal targets

Russia targeted Ukraine’s Black Sea regions of Odesa and Mykolaiv with air strikes Tuesday, hitting private buildings and port infrastructure along the country's southern coast, the Ukrainian military said.

The Kremlin’s forces used air-launched missiles in the attack, Ukraine’s Operational Command South said in a Facebook post.

In the Odesa region, a number of private buildings in villages on the coast were hit and caught fire, the report said. In the Mykolaiv region, port infrastructure was targeted.

Hours after the renewed strikes on the south, a Moscow-installed official in the southern Kherson region said the Odesa and Mykolaiv regions will soon be “liberated” by the Russian forces, just like the Kherson region further east.

“Maybe Z should have been trying to negotiate a ceasefire instead? while he still holds a little bit of Donetsk to barter with ...”

Ukraine is sinking further...

From my favorite Ukraine Telegram channel
https://t.me/s/rezident_ua/

Resident
#political season Economic problems in Ukraine are growing like a snowball: a budget deficit of $50 billion recognized by the authorities, rising prices against the background of the devaluation of the hryvnia by the National Bank, as well as a decrease in Western financial assistance. All this as a whole “finishes off” the economy of the belligerent country, because of which the Ukrainian authorities will be forced to freeze (delay) the calculation of salaries, pensions, scholarships, allowances and other payments guaranteed by the state. Moreover, the problems with budgetary payments began a few months ago, but the monetary assistance of the West, in part, made it possible to “smooth the corners.”

But as soon as in July the funding from the “partners” sank by at least 50%, the bad bells of the growing crisis began to come from all sides. So, following the students (for a moment!) of the prestigious Kyiv National Shevchenko University, who received only part of the scholarship this month, other state employees began to complain about the reduction in salaries (in particular, employees of Ukrzaliznytsia, financed during the war from the budget, as well as doctors and employees of other budgetary organizations and government agencies).

Oleg Pendzin, head of the Economic Discussion Club, gave an accurate assessment of the current situation:”The reason lies on the surface. It is becoming more and more difficult for the Ministry of Finance to raise funds for war bonds. Assistance from international partners comes in smaller volumes than we need. To put it bluntly, they pay so that they don’t die of starvation. Therefore, the winter will be difficult.”

That’s just until the winter with a budget deficit of 30-35% of Ukraine’s GDP, we still have to live...

Resident
⚡️⚡️ ⚡️#Inside
Our source in the OP said that the General Staff began to prepare the #Battle_for_Kherson together with the Pentagon and the British military a month ago. The whole operation was classified and was supposed to come as a surprise to the Russian military, but the Minister of Defense leaked all plans to the media for the sake of PR . For these purposes, in the Odessa / Nikolaev / Dnipropetrovsk / Vinnitsa / Kirovograd / Cherkasy region, reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were formed in the amount of 200 thousand people and 1700 heavy guns for the counteroffensive.

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The Mayor of Dnipro sends strange signals to the Office of the President, which cannot but disturb. Already openly declares / accuses Kyiv of preparing the surrender of the city.
Resident
⚡️⚡️⚡️#Insider
MI-6 transmitted intelligence to the Office of the President and the General Staff about the ground transfer of military watercraft to Kherson, which should ensure the supply of Russian troops across the Dnieper if the bridges across the river are destroyed. The Kremlin has set the task of keeping the city at any cost.
Resident
#Battle_for_Kherson The
West is putting pressure on the Office of the President and pushing for the start of a counteroffensive, which should become a new stage in the war with Russia. Journalists focus on the losses that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will suffer during the offensive campaign, as the Zaluzhny Office of the President warns about . On Bankova, the arguments of the Commander-in-Chief are taken into account, but they insist on starting a counteroffensive before Independence Day in order to create a new symbol of resistance to the aggressor.
Resident
⚡️⚡️ ⚡️#Inside
Our source in the OP said that the grain deal was under pressure from the EU, whose politicians are afraid of an influx of refugees. The voiced demands of the Office of the President were ignored, we were given only the illusion of guarantees, and the supply of weapons continues to be sabotaged. In reality, we are forced to make a number of concessions, without fulfilling the requirements voiced by Andrey Yermak.

Firstly, sea routes around Odessa will have to be cleared of mines, which in the future will open up opportunities for amphibious assault.
Secondly, there is still not enough grain for export, only what is in the ports.
Thirdly, the supply of weapons by sea is excluded due to the control system.
Resident
⚡️⚡️ ⚡️#InsideOur
source in the OP said that Demchenko’s resignation is a continuation of the cleansing of power under the Head of the President’s Office, the top level of the security forces and the economic bloc are next in line. The resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers is expected in the fall, followed by a purge of regional elites and mayors.
Resident
⚡️⚡️ ⚡️#Inside
Our source in the OP said that the #Battle_for_Kherson will remove the threat of an attack on Nikolaev and Odessa. A military operation is being supported on Bankova, a symbolic campaign is now important for Ukraine, which should convince the West of the ability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine not only to defend itself. By destroying the bridges across the Dnieper, we cut off the entire Kherson region from Ukraine, but remove the threat from Nikolaev and Odessa, which will allow in the future to release a large grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the south.
Resident
⚡️⚡️⚡️#Insider
MI-6 transmitted intelligence to the Office of the President and the General Staff about the transfer of new units of the Russian army to Kherson. The city began to prepare for enhanced defense and create a layered system so that the Armed Forces of Ukraine get stuck in the fields and in street battles, in this way implementing the strategy of the Kherson Gambit.
Resident
⚡️⚡️ ⚡️#Inside
Our source in the OP said that the dismissal of Zaluzhny could take place before the attack on Slavyansk-Kramatorsk, after the loss of Bakhmut and Soledar, and also if there is no counteroffensive.

On Bankovaya, they are not satisfied with the constant retreats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which are perceived in the West as a weakness of the Ukrainian troops, unable to resist the Russian army.
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Resident
⚡️⚡️ ⚡️#Inside
Our source in the OP said that the political center of influence is dissatisfied with the cautious methods of Zaluzhny, who began to think in political categories. At Bankovaya they are sure that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will already try on the image of the President, which is why it slows down ...

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