Posted on 08/07/2023 8:15:04 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Update from Ukraine | The successful Counterattack of Ukraine | Ruzzians had to leave positions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to_mlKoqCkg
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 5th August 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-528-summary/
*** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front!
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Update from Ukraine | The successful Counterattack of Ukraine | Ruzzians had to leave positions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to_mlKoqCkg
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 5th August 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-528-summary/
*** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front!
https://militaryland.net/maps/
Ukrainian troops suffer heavy losses - New York Times
“American journalists spent some time in several Ukrainian brigades formed for the counteroffensive and trained in Western countries.
They note that a number of commanders are from English-speaking countries, and one of the brigades has an evangelist chaplain. All military personnel complain about heavy losses in the brigades. Before the start of the counteroffensive, they expected an easy victory, but immediately got stuck in positional battles with the RF Armed Forces, which were located in well-prepared positions. A lot of soldiers die in minefields. Some commanders are no strangers to losses - during the war they saw how entire units ceased to exist.
One of the battalion commanders, a participant in last year’s battles for Kherson, updated his battalion three times. The soldiers criticize the command for constantly urging them on. Many are dissatisfied with training in Western countries, as well as with some samples of Western military equipment - for example, MaxxPro armored cars, which were made to fight insurgents and were not ready to face the firepower of Russian troops.”
Summer Operations | Russians Develop Their Military Power. Military Summary For 2023.08.07
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXoV8WFnhCw&t=1254s
VIDEOS
1. Putin in Shock: 2 Russian Battleships ELIMINATED all at once! The Russians can’t come any closer!
Oracle Eyes
481K subscribers
8-7-2023 2:45 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmCEM6fZjb4
2. PUTIN IS IN TROUBLE- TURKEY SUSPECT THAT RUSSIANS BOMBED THEIR GRAIN DEPOT IN ISTANBUL || 2023
Warthog Defense
592K subscribers
Aug 7, 2023 7:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zThTPM6lfXA
Minefields are a way to kill those stupid enough to try to cross and forma kill zone for the ones forced to go through a narrow cleared path.
ARTICLE
Russians strike Pokrovsk with Iskanders – Zelenskyy
Ukrainska Pravda
Tetiana Lozovenko
Monday, 7 August 2023, 22:32
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/7/7414612/
Russian invaders have struck a residential building in Pokrovsk with Iskander [mobile short-range ballistic missile system] missiles on the evening of 7 August.
SOURCE: Zelenskyy in a video address
QUOTE from Zelenskyy: “A rescue operation is underway in Pokrovsk, Donetsk [Oblast], after Russian missile strikes. Iskander missiles against ordinary residential buildings.”
DETAILS: Zelenskyy also said that the State Emergency Service employee killed by the second strike on the city is Colonel Andrii Omelchenko, Deputy Head of the State Emergency Service of Donetsk Oblast.
QUOTE from Zelenskyy: “I would like to recognize the rescue [workers] today. Our employees of the State Emergency Service. Those who work in different cities of Ukraine for the sake of life. To make the Russian terror lose, because lives are saved.
Employees of the State Emergency Service of Kherson [Oblast]: civil protection service Sergeant Vitaliy Murzenko and civil protection service Lieutenant Volodymyr Yavtushenko. Employees of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine of Kharkiv [Oblast]: civil protection service Master Sergeant Serhiy Hladkyi and civil protection service Colonel Andriy Solianikov. Employees of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine of Dnipropetrovsk [Oblast]: civil protection service Sergeant Kostiantyn Poturaiko and civil protection service Captain Vitaliy Denysenko.
All of them have repeatedly participated - directly participated – in [dealing with the aftermath] of terrorist attacks, in saving the lives of our people. And, of course, all the employees of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Zaporizhzhia and Odesa regions. I thank the entire staff of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine!”
BACKGROUND:
• In the evening, Russian troops launched a missile attack on the city centre of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast.
• As a result of the strike, 5 civilians were killed and 31 injured. Deputy head of Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (SES) in Donetsk Oblast was killed. Police officers, rescue workers and a child were injured.
“ Ukrainian-Russian war. Day 530:
Situation on northeastern front: During the last 3-4 days Russian Army managed to capture a large strip of territory in Kharkov oblast south of the towns of Pershotravneve/Першотравневе and Vil’shana/Вільшана.
Map: [ https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?... ]”
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxjkKD1bnjgQEN-yaXvATULPrh0yx2J1ey
ARTICE
Death toll rises to 5 following Russian missile strike on Pokrovsk; deputy head of Ukraine’s State Emergency Service in Donetsk Oblast killed
Ukrainska Pravda
Monday, 07 August 2023, 23:50
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/7/7414608/
Five civilians were killed and 18 injured as a result of a Russian missile strike on central Pokrovsk, in Donetsk Oblast, which damaged several high-rise buildings. Deputy head of Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (SES) in Donetsk Oblast was killed and several rescue workers sustained injuries.
SOURCE: Ihor Klymenko, Head of Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, on Telegram; Serhii Kruk, Head of Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, on Telegram
QUOTE from Klymenko: “Five people have been killed and 18 injured as a result of two missile strikes on residential buildings in Pokrovsk. As of 21:20, [we know that] four civilians were killed and three injured in the first strike.
The second strike killed the deputy head of the State Emergency Service in Donetsk Oblast. Four rescue workers, eight police officers, and three civilians sustained injuries. Our heroes were the first ones to arrive at the site of the attack to help people.
Rescue and search operations are still underway. We are clearing away the rubble and rescuing people from the Russian terror.”
DETAILS: Serhii Kruk, Head of Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, confirmed that an SES employee was killed and added that another five SES rescue workers were injured.
BACKGROUND: In the evening, Russian troops launched a missile attack on a residential building in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, damaging high-rise buildings and killing one person; seven people were injured.
VIDEOS
1. US Army Combat Vet REACTS to Ukrainian Kamikaze Drone Attack!
Combat Veteran Reacts
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2. SCALP cruise missiles take first Russian scalps | Military Mind | TVP World
TVP World Polish public broadcast service.
405K subscribers
8-7-2023 5:30 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsVSEHum5Gs
France has donated SCALP cruise missiles to Ukraine
ARTICLE
Romania pledges to help Ukraine with grain exports amid Russia’s “cynical” actions
European Pravda, Ukrainska Pravda
Monday, 7 August 2023, 19:44
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/7/7414597/
Romania is working on finding new ways to transport Ukrainian grain after Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative and its attacks on port infrastructure in southern Ukraine.
SOURCE:
Luminița Odobescu, Romanian Foreign Minister, in an interview with Politico, reports European Pravda
DETAILS:
Odobescu said the security situation in the Black Sea is “quite serious” and condemned Russia’s “really cynical” bombardment of Ukrainian ports and granaries, exacerbating the global food crisis.
Odobescu stressed that in recent months Bucharest has made efforts to increase the transit of Ukrainian grain through Romania, in particular by expanding capacity at ports and border crossings.
“It takes time to see the results,” she said, adding that Romania is also coordinating with Ukraine “to see how we can do more”. Further talks between Bucharest and Kyiv on this topic are expected this week.
Speaking about the possible extension of the ban on imports of certain agricultural products of Ukraine, which Romania and four other EU countries want to extend after 15 September, Odobescu noted that it is necessary “to find solutions in order to financially help the farmers in the regions which are affected.”
More than half of Ukrainian exports transported by the EU solidarity routes pass through Romania. The European Commission estimates that more than 65% of grain exported through solidarity routes in June passed through the Danube Corridor.
VIDEOS
1. 3 MINUTES AGO: The Kerch Bridge was Hit! Great Nightmare of Russia Is Beginning!
The Pioneer
335K subscribers
Aug 7, 2023 6:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jepjh8SqKUs
There is a situation that Russian troops have been keeping out of account since the war between Russia and Ukraine first began. This is the firepower capacity that the Ukrainian troops have. The Ukrainian army has made a major breakthrough in firepower since the beginning of the war.
Thanks to this breakthrough, the Ukrainian army, which has given the Russian army a difficult moment, has carried out an attack that has attracted attention in recent days! The Kerch Bridge was targeted by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and naval vehicles! With the attacks organized by the Ukrainian army in the late hours of the night, sleepless hours began for the Russian occupation forces. The attacks of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned naval aircraft caused a great panic in the Russian occupation units in the region.
So what’s going on in the area? Let’s take a look at the latest developments together.
Russian sources recently shared a report with the public via emergency code during the night hours. According to the claims of Russian sources, the Kerch bridge seemed to be closed to traffic in navigation applications. Russian sources interpreted this situation as quite remarkable and unusual. Users following the sources were advised not to use the Kerch bridge. However, Russian sources also did not know what was happening in the region. Developments regarding the Kerch bridge emerged as the hours progressed.
Late at night, Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned naval vehicles took action. The target was the Russian landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak, located near the Kerch bridge. Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles had first taken action in unmanned sea vehicles. Because the main task of the unmanned aerial vehicles in the attack was to distract. Russian defense systems have struggled to destroy unmanned aerial vehicles for a long time. At that time, unmanned naval vehicles were quietly moving towards the Russian landing ship named Olenegorsky Gornyak.
2. Ukrainian howitzer obliterates Russian mortar near Bakhmut
The Sun
4.24M subscribers
Aug 7, 2023 3:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_QKfxGvysI
ARTICLE
No peace initiatives besides Zelenskyy’s peace formula – Head of President’s Office on success in Jeddah
Ukrainska Pravda
Monday, 7 August 2023, 17:48
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/7/7414580/
A total of 42 countries have joined physically or online the meeting of security advisors in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, initiated by Ukraine. The participants agreed that further work will only be based on the Ukrainian peace formula.
SOURCE: Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, during a press conference
QUOTE from Yermak: “The main result of the meeting [is that] no other peace initiatives besides the Ukrainian peace formula are being considered anymore. Everyone has agreed that the war is ongoing in Ukraine, so it is Ukraine that must determine the format of how to end this war.”
DETAILS: The meeting in Saudi Arabia consisted of several hours of negotiations between all participants and almost 30 bilateral meetings of the Ukrainian delegation with the participants of the summit.
At the meeting, the participants agreed to conduct the next stage of negotiations and are now choosing a country and continent where this meeting will be held.
QUOTE from Yermak: “Further on the advisors and experts will work to improve the formula, fill its clauses so that we have the document which will be accepted at the summit of heads of states. We are also choosing the time and place for this peace summit.”
MORE DETAILS: Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, stated that Ukraine will not agree to change the peace formula presented by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and only a change of tactics to implement it would be considered possible.
VIDEOS
1. Zelensky Assassination plot: Perfidious Russian threat ‘always exists’ | Brigadier General Zwack
Times Radio
473K subscribers
Aug 7, 2023 12:15 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FjbUj-NQus
A Ukrainian woman attempted to leak details about Zelensky’s visit to Mykolaiv to Russians ahead of a planned airstrike assassination.
2. 22 more men are back home in Ukraine. Address of President 07.08.2023
Office of the President of Ukraine
315K subscribers
Aug 7, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB8D83QVidQ
Today we have an important result for our team that deals with exchanges. 22 more men are back home in Ukraine. 20 of them are soldiers and sergeants, two are officers. They are servicemen of the Armed Forces. There are wounded among them. They were captured in different areas of the front. But now they are home. And we will do everything to bring back to Ukraine all our people who are now in Russian captivity.
We remember everyone and are looking for everyone on the list of missing persons. Fortunately, we manage to bring our people back. And it is important that this is a common task. It is a task for those who organize the exchanges: Yermak, Budanov, Malyuk, Klymenko. Thank you, guys! And the task of those who replenish the exchange fund for our country.
Everyone who captures the occupiers at the front, who is active on the frontline. Each such warrior of ours speeds up freedom for Ukrainians. It is important to remember this.
Glory to Ukraine!
ARTICLE
Russians attack Zaporizhzhia Oblast with projectiles loaded with chemical substance
OLEKSANDR SHUMILIN
Monday, 7 August 2023, 15:49
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/7/7414558/
Russians attack Zaporizhzhia Oblast with projectiles loaded with chemical substance
The Russians have launched two artillery attacks from multiple-launch rocket systems with the projectiles filled with a chemical substance, likely chloropicrin, on an area near the settlement of Novodanylivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
SOURCE: Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, commander of the Tavriia operative strategic grouping of forces, on Telegram
QUOTE: “The Russians continue to use chemical projectiles in violation of all conventions.
Yesterday (on 6 August – ed.), they launched two artillery attacks from multiple-launch rocket systems in the proximity of the settlement of Novodanylivka, usint the projectiles filled with a chemical substance (likely chloropicrin). This attack has not resulted in any victims.”
SCREENSHOT: Deepstatemap
BACKGROUND:
One person was killed and 12 more were injured in a Russian strike on Kherson on 6 August. A residential building was hit.
VIDEOS
1. RUSSIAN PROPAGANDIST ARE SHOCKED, RUSSIA LOST A QUARTER OF A MILLION SOLDIERS IN UKRAINE || 2023
Warthog Defense
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f25hWjlZrFA
2. Russians bring trucks with corpses in Chaplynka, Kherson Oblast
Kanal13
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Aug 7, 2023 6:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6GHXg4agF0
ARTICLE
US speaks about cooperation with ICC and Ukraine in investigation of war crimes
European Pravda, Ukrainska Pravda —
Monday, 7 August 2023, 22:48
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/7/7414618/
On Monday, Merrick Garland, US Attorney General, confirmed the US’ cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Ukrainian prosecutors to investigate war crimes committed by Russia.
SOURCE:
Garland in a speech for the American Bar Association in Denver, Colorado, reported by AP
DETAILS:
The US Attorney General noted that Congress has recently facilitated US cooperation with the ICC in investigating cases of foreign nationals related to Ukraine.
QUOTE from Garland:
“We are not waiting for the hostilities to end before pursuing justice and accountability. We are working closely with our international partners to gather evidence and build cases so that we are ready when the time comes to hold the perpetrators accountable.”
More details: Garland listed the assistance that the United States provides to Ukraine in the context of war crimes investigations, from training on environmental crimes to the development of a secure electronic case management system.
He also mentioned the seizure of US$500 million in sanctioned assets in the United States and more than 30 indictments that the US Department of Justice has issued to enforce sanctions.
QUOTE:
“Ukraine must do three things simultaneously: it must fight a war; it must investigate war crimes; and it must ensure that a just society comes out on the other side of the war. [The Justice Department – ed.] is honored to stand with them.”
MORE DETAILS:
In a speech to American lawyers, Garland also called on private lawyers to voluntarily help Ukrainian victims, recalling how his grandmother and his wife’s family were able to escape from Europe as refugees to the United States and avoid the Holocaust.
BACKGROUND:
-As it is known, the United States is not a signatory to the Rome Statute, which is the basis for the International Criminal Court. The position of American administrations was that the ICC cannot have jurisdiction over citizens of countries that are not parties to the Rome Statute – even if war crimes are committed on the territory of a signatory country, such as Ukraine.
-At the same time, the media reported that US President Joe Biden had secretly ordered the government to start handing over evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine to the ICC in The Hague. This information was confirmed by Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin.
VIDEOS
1. From inscription to incarceration or psychiatric hospital: Putin’s crackdown on anti-war activists
UATV English
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2. Ukrainian 78th Airborne Assault Regiment releases footage of combat operations
The Sun
4.24M subscribers
Aug 7, 2023 4:00 a.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Nl6LTcjWM
This footage released by the 78th Airborne Assault Regiment of Ukraine also known as the “Herts Regiment” shows Ukrainian troops taking part in various combat operation in Ukraine.
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