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KURSK OFFENSIVE /2110 UTC 10 AUG/ Ukrainian forces reported in contact at Belaya, SE of Sudzha. Possible expansion of UKR offensive. Russian Ka-52 reported downed by Ukrainian MANPADS.
Ukraine says it hit an offshore gas platform used by Russian forces
KYIV, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Ukraine's navy and military intelligence have attacked and damaged a former offshore gas platform used by Russian forces in the Black Sea, the navy spokesman said on Saturday.
"The occupiers used this location for GPS spoofing to make civilian navigation dangerous. We cannot allow this to happen," Dmytro Pletenchuk said on Facebook.
He posted a video taken at night showing an explosion on an offshore platform and the ensuing fire. He said that a half a day before the attack, Russian forces had stationed equipment and military personnel on the platform.
"There were no civilians there. The platform was not performing its normal functions," Pletenchuk said.
He gave no more details.
Reuters could not independently verify the information. There was no immediate comment from Moscow.
After Russia seized the Crimea in 2014, Ukraine lost control of numerous gas and oil offshore platforms, some of which it says Russian forces have since used for military purposes.
Ukraine has managed to dislodge the Russian navy from the western Black Sea using sea drones and missiles, allowing Kyiv to open a crucial maritime transit corridor that has transported about 60 million tons of cargo over the past year.
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Russia has failed to push back Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region despite sending in reinforcements as the incursion enters its sixth day, Ukrainian soldiers involved in its army’s operation told the Financial Times on Sunday.
Speaking near the international border, the troops said they remained in Russian territory.
Russian general Valery Gerasimov has repeatedly attempted to portray the situation as being under control, with the defence ministry posting videos on Sunday of fighter jets and helicopters purportedly striking columns of Ukrainian equipment.
But verified videos and photographs show Ukrainian troops and equipment have advanced 30km inside Russia since the operation began on Tuesday, moving further into Kursk and occupying the town of Sudzha near the Russian border.
“We are going deeper,” said Denys, a Ukrainian soldier who has made three rotations into Russian territory since the incursion began. Kyiv’s troops still had the upper hand despite Russia bringing in reinforcements, he added, as a Ukrainian fighter jet zoomed overhead.
His unit, which the FT is not identifying at the request of Denys and his senior officers, had been rotated to the area from the eastern Donetsk region more than a week ago to take part in the offensive.
Another soldier, Kostyantyn, said the early success of the surprise operation had “really lifted our spirits”. “We feel confident of Ukrainian victory,” he added, before driving back into the fight.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy broke five days of silence on Saturday night to refer to his forces’ incursion into Russia publicly for the first time.
Zelenskyy said his commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi had reported to him about “the frontline situation and on our actions to push the war out into the aggressor’s territory”.
“Ukraine is proving that it really knows how to restore justice and guarantees exactly the kind of pressure that is needed — pressure on the aggressor,” he added.
A Ukrainian defence ministry official told the FT that they were being tight-lipped on details of the operation because they were “waiting to see how it develops first”.
Russia’s foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova vowed on Sunday that there would be a “tough response” to the incursion.
The country’s defence ministry said it “continues to repel” Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region and on Sunday listed three settlements located about 25km-30km from the border — Tolpino, Zhuravli and Obshchii Kolodez — where it said it had struck Ukrainian troops.
Russia has deployed tank crews, artillery guns and drone units to the region after the Kremlin announced a “counter-terrorism” operation to try to halt the unprecedented Ukrainian operation.
The Russian defence ministry said more than a dozen Ukrainian drones and four missiles in the Kursk region had been shot down overnight on Saturday. A missile struck an apartment block in Kursk city on Saturday, injuring 13 people, its governor Alexey Smirnov said. Ukraine has not commented on the attack.
More than 76,000 civilians have also been evacuated from the Kursk border region. Smirnov referred to the Ukrainian forces as sabotage and reconnaissance groups, and said they had caused panic. “The situation is stable but very difficult,” he added.
The regional government in Ukraine’s nearby Sumy region has also evacuated several thousand people since Tuesday. About 50 arrived at an aid centre for internally displaced people on Sunday morning, where they were to receive food and financial assistance.
Anatoliy and his wife Nadiya said they had fled their cottage in the Ukrainian village of Khotin, where Russian forces have dropped devastating glide bombs.
They said they supported their military’s incursion. “Why can Russians invade us but we can’t invade them?” Nadiya asked. The ultimate aim of Ukraine’s incursion — which is using some of its best and most elite brigades — remains unclear. But the operation has demonstrated that Russia’s border defences are still weak more than a year after Ukraine’s first mini-incursion and has given Kyiv a much-needed morale boost.
Analysts have said Ukraine may be seeking to use the Kursk offensive to improve its position in potential talks. It is losing territory and men in eastern Ukraine and is still struggling to resolve ammunition and manpower shortages.
Videos posted by Ukrainian troops on Saturday showed them joyously hoisting the Ukrainian flag on a Russian village council building and allegedly telling residents to get ready for a referendum — both tactics often used by Russian forces in Ukraine. Several dozen captured Russian soldiers were also filmed being driven into Ukraine.
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I'm waiting for the whiny, high heeled war criminal to start complaining about Ukraine occupying his territory.
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He started long before you posted ^ that.Quote:
Originally Posted by harrybarracuda
Major embarrasment.
Can't understand why he doesn't kick those ukrainian terrorists out.
America seems to have a long standing problem with Russia.Still hurting about Aldrich Ames, loss of nuclear hegemony or the Bay of Pigs fiasco?
Jewish colonialists have been occupying parts of the middle east illegally for almost a century, and UN adjudged illegal settlements beyond their frontier for most of my life.
US reward send billions weapons and move embassy to Jerusalam despite sinkinng an American warship the Liberty. I cannot recall an American vessel sunk by the Russians, I am happy to be corrected.
USS Liberty incident - Wikipedia
Russians have been in Russian speaking Donbas a few years and Crimea a decade, Crimea was always part of Russia until 1950s, few of teh population are Ukrainian, Reward Russia's athletes they are barred from Olympics and rewarded with boycotts BLD all manner of sanctions.
I abhor Putin, but stopping young russian athletes to travel and meet the word and sets a precedent, should Canadians , Americans, Ozzies be barred for aboriginal issues, England for Strongbow, The Italians for Roman ills or the Greeks for depravity.
Russia is a warmongerer and any athletes that support it can fuck off.Quote:
Originally Posted by david44
The ones that didn't were allowed to compete and I doubt they were too worried.
They are liberators, you fucking vatnik turd. The ruzzians are the terrorists.Quote:
Originally Posted by helge
Wagity :)
Battle of the Bulge 2.0
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With Ukraine's alleged conquest of 1,000 square kilometers of Russia, the war has once again come on the agenda
The question is what the next step will be. Both from Ukraine and Russia.
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In one week, Ukrainian forces have gained control of a Russian area the size of Vejle Municipality. It is uncertain what the plan is and what reaction will come from Russia. (Photo: © Roman Pilipey/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix)
OfMartin FlinkMed Ukraines pastaede erobring af 1.000 kvadratkilometer af Rusland, er krigen igen kommet pa dagsordenen | Udland | DR
It came as a surprise to many when Ukraine crossed the border into Russia and the neighboring Kursk region a week ago.
According to the Ukrainian Chief of Defense, Oleksandr Syrskyj, Ukrainian forces have gained control of an area of about 1,000 square kilometers – the equivalent of Vejle Municipality – and the question is why they did it and what the plan is going forward.
- Ukraine has not been very vocal about what the goals are. Therefore, there has been a lot of conjecture and conjecture. It can be said with certainty that Ukraine has managed to show initiative that has been absent since December 2023, and it has succeeded in creating a stir in Russia and succeeding in getting the Ukraine war back on the media agenda, says Claus Mathiesen, who is an associate professor at the Royal Danish Defence College, to DR.
He points out that Russia has had problems "finding the right way to respond" and that we have yet to see the full response.
Troops in both countries are under pressure
The attack has forced the Russians to move forces from elsewhere near the front as well as reserve units. Thus, some of the pressure on the Ukrainian army in eastern Ukraine has been lifted, and according to Mathiesen, this has been needed.
At the same time, the attack probably also had the dual purpose of putting Russia under pressure, as according to Claus Mathiesen, they do not have "an infinite number of units they can deploy", and partly to influence attitudes in the United States in the run-up to the presidential election, as Ukraine is struggling to be allowed to use the long-range weapons that the West and especially the United States, has sent to the country, towards targets inside Russia.
Unclear Ukrainian plan
It was on Tuesday, August 6, that the world woke up to the surprising news that Ukraine had entered Russia.
The defense line that was set up on the border was not effective or attentive enough to keep the soldiers out, and Claus Mathiesen is surprised that Russia with drones and other equipment has not discovered that 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers were on their way to the border.
Since then, Russia has evacuated over 120,000 inhabitants of the region and 59,000 more are heading in the same direction, says the governor of Kursk, who states that Ukrainian military controls 22 settlements of about 500 square kilometers.
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What this will mean for the development of the war that has been going on since February 2022, when Russia tried to occupy Ukraine, is unclear, according to Claus Mathiesen, but it is a clear escalation that is taking place these days.
- It is a little unclear whether the Ukrainians' intention is to try to maintain the terrain, because then they will have to use a lot of resources if the Russians first take action. The idea may also be to have something to negotiate with if there is a negotiation in connection with the election in the United States. It is a long-term solution and can cost the Ukrainians dearly.
"The intention may also be to withdraw forces again after a while and then have shown the Russians that they should not think that they are invulnerable in some places," says the associate professor from the Royal Danish Defence College, who does not expect the Russians to do anything other than what they have been doing for a long time: intensify the attacks on the Ukrainian cities.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says according to the news agency Reuters that Ukraine is "with the help of its Western masters" trying to better position itself ahead of negotiations that he himself finds difficult to see happening.
"The enemy will definitely receive an appropriate response," Putin is quoted as saying.
At some point in the near future, a Russian general will be fired, arrested or moved to an inactive post.Quote:
Originally Posted by helge
Well done
I think Gerasimov (or such) just had someone kick him :)
You are a day late and a dollar short...Quote:
Originally Posted by Neverna
Putin Puts Former Bodyguard in Charge of Kursk Defense: Reports - NewsweekQuote:
Vladimir Putin has appointed Aleksey Dyumin, a former Kremlin agent, to take charge of defense in the Kursk region, seemingly replacing his army chief Valery Gerasimov's duties in the area, according to an official and multiple Russian pro-war military bloggers.
Media: Ukrainian diver is wanted internationally for Nord Stream sabotage
44-year-old Ukrainian suspected by German police of Nord Stream sabotage
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For several days after the blasts, gas could be seen gushing up to the sea surface. Here is the gas leak after the sabotage of Nord Stream 2. (Archive photo). (Photo: © HANDOUT, Ritzau Scanpix)
Medier: Ukrainsk dykker er internationalt efterlyst for Nord Stream-sabotage | Udland | DR
A 44-year-old Ukrainian diver is suspected of being behind the explosions of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September 2022.
This is according to the Swedish newspaper Expressen and the German newspapers Süddeutsche Zeitung and Die Zeit, as well as the TV station ARD.
A court in the German city of Karlsruhe has called for the Ukrainian internationally based on the suspicion. It happened in June.
According to the information provided by the four media outlets, the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Germany has identified a total of three suspects in the case, of which the 44-year-old Ukrainian diver is one of them.
It is said to be a man who lives with his family in a suburb of the Polish capital, Warsaw.
However, according to Expressen's information, he has gone underground.
Suspended investigation
Both Germany, Sweden and Denmark have investigated the case. But both Swedish and Danish police chose earlier this year to discontinue their investigation.
Specifically, the case concerns the fact that on 26 September 2022 at night, an explosion was registered at Nord Stream 2 in the Baltic Sea approximately 20 kilometers south of Dueodde on Bornholm.Quote:
At 7:03 p.m., an explosion was recorded at Nord Stream 1.
Subsequently, four large holes were found in three gas pipes.
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Here you can see the sailboat "Andromeda", which German police have previously linked to the sabotage of Nord Stream 1 and 2. (Photo: © OLIVER DENZER, Ritzau Scanpix)
The other two people who are suspects in the case are a woman and a man. They are both Ukrainians like the 44-year-old and, according to Expressen's information, run a diving company in Ukraine.
The man is put in touch with the diving company. However, it is not clear what connection he has to the Ukrainian enterprise.Quote:
It is allegedly a picture of a white Citroën van taken by one of the police's starling boxes - i.e. a speedometer - on the German island of Rügen, which has led German police on the trail of the three Ukrainians.
The photo was taken at the beginning of September 2022, at the same time as the sailboat "Andromeda" docked on the island, which is located in the Baltic Sea. German police have previously linked the sailboat in question to the sabotage of Nord Stream 1 and 2.Quote:
Nord Stream 1 was inaugurated in 2011 and 2012, while Nord Stream 2 had not yet been put into operation when the sabotage took place.
Both gas pipelines were to send gas from Russia into Europe via Germany.
Draconic !
And the way of the world these days.
Russian-American gets 12 years in prison for donation of 340 kroner to Ukraine
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In 2022, Russian-American Ksenia Karelina donated $50 - equivalent to DKK 340 - to an organization that provides aid to Ukraine.
The $50 first cost her charges of treason, for which she has now been sentenced by a Russian court to 12 years in prison.
In the court in Yekaterinburg, it was said that the investigation of the case had shown that Karelina made the donation on February 24, 2022, which is the first day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The 33-year-old Ksenia Karelina, who works in a health resort in Los Angeles, pleaded guilty last week, according to Reuters, but has not received her sentence until today.
According to the defense lawyer, she hoped to get a lighter sentence, and "because in this situation it would be stupid to deny the obvious."
Karelina, who was born in Russia, was arrested by the Russian security service FSB at the beginning of the year when she flew to Russia to visit her grandparents.
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Ksenia Karelina was brought before a judge last week, where she pleaded guilty to the charges against her. She had donated about $50 to the organization Razom, which supplies first aid kits, wood stoves and generators to Ukrainian health personnel at the front. (Photo: © HANDOUT, Ritzau Scanpix)
Are they swapping over or something?
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Getting 12 years in prison for giving money to Ukraine is 'the way of the world' in what way, exactly?Quote:
Originally Posted by helge
You haven't noticed that the elite's courts are getting thougher on "political crime" ?Quote:
Originally Posted by cyrille
Ofcourse you haven't. You obviously feel at home in a country, where you can get 15 for calling Elvis a [at][at][at][at].
Your service to the sheiks might have made you imune to such changes in political climate.
Definately to be avoided however donating to the Isaan Unwed Mothers foundation is highly recommended. Been donating over 40 years now and never once arrested. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by helge
:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Norton
Donating...what exactly ?
Hmm; I'm not sure about this
Any currency gladly accepted. ;)
Yeah
That was helpful :)