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Russian strikes render Burshtyn TPP beyond repair, officials say | New Voice of Ukraine | June 2024
The Burshtyn Thermal Power Plant (TPP) in Ukraine’s western Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast was severely damaged by Russian missile and drone strikes and cannot be restored, regional governor Svitlana Onyshchuk told the Western Pole radio posted on Facebook on June 28.
“We already understand that the Burshtyn TPP is not subject to restoration, it is extremely damaged” by 12 Russian attacks, she said, adding that this could leave the town of Burshtyn without heat and hot water during the winter.
To mitigate this, the city has agreed to allocate six boiler houses to provide heat and hot water to social institutions and the population.
According to the head of the community, Vasyl Andriyeshin, the situation with the power equipment and the TPP building itself is critical, with the roof and walls destroyed.
“Last year, there were two hits that damaged the roof of the building, and now there are more than ten attacks. Last year, we spent six months restoring the building, and now the roof of Burshtyn TPP is practically gone,” he said.
Earlier, Ukraine’s largest power utility company DTEK reported, that the March 22 Russian missile attack had severely damaged Burshtyn TPP in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and the Ladyzhyn TPP in Vinnytsia Oblast.
“We lost 50% of our generating capacity,” DTEK Executive Director Dmytro Sakharuk said in interview with Ekonomichna Pravda an on March 27.
“Two of our power plants were damaged: Burshtyn and Ladyzhyn. All units of Burshtyn TPP and all units of Ladyzhyn TPP were damaged.”
According to Sakharuk, the sections of the two power plants were between half- and completely destroyed.
On June 11, the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) estimated that the devastation to Ukraine’s energy sector after Russia’s repeated mass missile attacks had cost Ukraine $56.2 billion.
The Burshtyn TPP, the largest in western Ukraine and one of the most powerful in the country, has become one of the most frequent energy targets of Russian missile and drone strikes during the nearly two and a half years of Russian invasion.
The profit of the Russian coal industry, one of the largest raw materials industries in the economy, fell by 93%, or 15 times, over the year, The Moscow Times reported on June 27 with reference to Rosstat data.
Profitable companies accumulated 72 billion rubles ($840.4 million) of profit in January-April 2024, while unprofitable companies recorded 58 billion rubles ($677 million) of loss. In total, the Russian coal industry made 14 billion rubles ($163.4 million) in profit. This is almost 200 billion ($2.3 billion) less than in the same period a year earlier.
Less than half of the industry's companies ended the first four months of 2024 in the black, although a year ago there were two-thirds of them, and their total financial result was reduced threefold. At the same time, one in two companies, according to official statistics, became unprofitable (52.4%).
"Cut off from Western markets by sanctions, coal companies are rapidly losing clients in countries that the Kremlin calls 'friendly,'" the newspaper writes.
In the first quarter, Russian coal exports decreased by 13%, and in March the decline reached 17%. Every month, the industry lost about 3 million tons of exports, and prices for Russian coal fell to a three-year low: $95 per ton in the ports of the Far East (-6% since the beginning of the year), $72 per ton in Taman (-13% since the beginning of the year), and only $61 in the ports of the Baltic Sea (-14%).
India, which accounts for about a third of Russia's coal exports, reduced purchases by 22% to 6.76 million tons in March-May, NV reported earlier. Exports to Turkiye, South Korea, and Japan also fell.
China, the largest buyer of Russian raw materials, has imposed an import duty on coal that does not apply to other suppliers, such as Indonesia and Australia, which are members of the free trade zone with China.
India's largest steel company stopped buying Russian coal in May 2022.
So all the coal workers will be conscripted?
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And now possibly AA drones
Missiles and smart arty have been HUGE. Absolutely indispensable.
The average armchair general (not to say I'm any better) grossly, grossly under appreciates the role of artillery in modern warfare.
A lot of modern militaries have too. Germany had like 20,000 155 mm rounds in stock total at one point.
Not even one days worth along a major front.
Part of it is if assume that you can achieve air supremacy/superiority then artillery looks significantly less useful.
Yes, that's absolutely part of it. I would argue it's a mistake to just assume you can achieve air superiority in a near peer conflict and not prepare a Plan B if you can't, but I do understand both the tactical and financial rationales that lead to de-emphasizing artillery.
Better late than never..
Austria to build gas pipeline to reduce dependency on Russian gas
The federal government of Austria has earmarked €70 million to finance the construction of the 40-kilometer gas pipeline "WAG Loop." This initiative aims to decrease the country's reliance on Russian gas and secure access to gas sources from Northwestern Europe. Minister of Finance of Austria, Magnus Brunner, announced this.
According to him, the government's investment in expanding the West-Austria-Gasleitung (WAG) will significantly increase the capacity for transporting non-Russian natural gas to Austria
https://odessa-journal.com/austria-to-build-gas-pipeline-to-reduce-dependency-on-russian-gas
I hope they dedicate significant resources to security and surveillance for this project, because Russia will no doubt be trying to sabotage this.
I mean, if Austria leaves open a massive soft target, Russia will likely try to do Russian things. But, they can't really afford to divert too many addition resources to messing with other Nations' infrastructure projects at the moment.
Man, UK MoD really doesn't want anyone calling them wrong about anything lol. They'd call a sunrise "highly likely."
What do they mean by "sunrise"? I'm sorry for my lack of knowledge
When nighttime ends and the sun begins to rise.
In fairness that's because for large parts of the year the people of the UK have no idea if the sun actually exists
These are some good articles posted here, thank you to everyone posting, it's better to informed than to be in the dark about something!
I've seen and read articles saying North Korea is sending combat troops to Russia? Does anyone think this is legit or if this is just propaganda? If the DPRK is sending troops will they be frontline troops or will they relieve Russian troops in other areas for duty? How well will DPRK troops fare, none of their equipment and kit is modern, they lack sophisticated signals equipment. Will they be able to co-exist with Russian forces? Thoughts on this?
The reports are that it's engineering troops. And if it's ~10 000 men they for sure should be able to do something useful.
I think it's legit. They're obviously not going to cooperate with Russian troops the way NATO-troops are able to work together but they don't need to either.
That's a decent contingent and engineering troops are always needed! Especially in trench warfare and other type scenarios, where they can build defensive layers like the old Soviet doctrine would dictate.
I remember when I was stationed in South Korea from 98-00, I read the DoD Pam on the organization of DPRK combat forces to pass time. I do remember them putting a lot of emphasis on special operations and engineering operations, a combination of both to break through South Korea static defenses along the DMZ. But that was 25 years ago and that publication was at least from the late 80s.
New DeepStateMap update. Russian advances have resumed (after a four day long slowdown). In the past 24 hours or so, they are confirmed to have taken some 12.2 km2 of Ukrainian territory.
3.2 km2 in Toretsk direction (they've pushed deep into Pivdenne, but were pushed back a little near Shumy); 4.5 km2 in West Luhansk direction (some fields between Chervonopopivka and Nevske); 4.5 km2 in Ocheretyne direction (they fully captured the village of Sokil and advanced towards Novoselivka Persha)
It was more like a very delayed update.
Damn...
As if the last 24 hours haven't been shitty enough.
Any update on the destroyed S-500? Is it confirmed?
I doubt Russia would ever admit it if it was indeed hit. I will be trusting Western sources if they say it was hit. If Ukraine general staff say it was hit, then I'd also be inclined to believe them.
The problem is unless Russia admits it there is never going to be proof as it is really a software update of the s-400 so most of the hardware is identical like s-300 and s-400 share so much of video it is hard to tell what was hit.
The U.S. and several European countries will give Ukraine three Patriot air defense systems from Romania, Germany and the Netherlands, and several other countries will provide additional missiles to them.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced this during a telethon.
"Italy will give us the second SAMP-T system, which is effective and capable of intercepting ballistic missiles. Romania and Germany will provide one Patriot system each. Germany will also provide IRIS-T and Gepard systems," the prime minister said.
He noted that the United States has already given priority to Ukraine in supplying missiles for Patriot and NASAMS.
According to him, the Netherlands will provide another Patriot system.
"Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway provide additional missiles for the Patriot systems - having a stockpile of missiles is critically important. Spain will also provide such missiles separately," Shmyhal said.
How has the SAMP/T system actually performed? Haven't heard much about it, but I'm genuinely curious to hear how it fares vs. Patriot.
Me too but so far we've got basically no info on its performance, I bet Italy has requested secrecy on its use to keep a certain side of the government majority at bay.
Ukranian officials have requested more systems though, so I guess it had a positive impact.
And now have a look at what REALLY COOL presidential debates look like 😀😀😀
That battle between Zelensky and Poroshenko at a crowded arena in downtown Kyiv, with the entire nation (and many neighbors) watching live, was really something else. In Ukraine, you don’t fall asleep during presidential debates, to put it softly.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=N36tEtM-o01Alw5q&v=T4fEp5eS2nA&feature=youtu.be
Except for the set up and both candidates being able to express themselves in an understandable manner, seems like it was the same as in the US. The video says "Candidates exchanged accusations and ad hominem attacks" and barely discussed policy, which is the same we saw yesterday.
The tweet has 69k views, while the youtube video has only 2.8k (and it's 5 years old).
I understand that not everyone is going to click on that link, but that's a huge difference. I wonder how many bots on twitter have contributed to the number of views
The video is not debates itself. Debates did have an audience when it happened, I remember we watched it in office after work
There's also not much in this video, especially nothing which would help determine whether the debate was interesting.
It's because Twitter views count every time a tweet is accessed for any reason-- not just by humans or even twitter bots clicking on the link, but also web scrapers (search engines, archive sites like the Internet Archive, etc) automatically accessing it to add it to their databases.
If you want to get an idea of how much actual engagement (from both humans and twitter bots) a tweet has, look at how many likes / retweets / quote tweets it has. Ilya's tweet has 538 likes as of this writing, which seems plausible to me (since it's likely a good chunk of the people who liked the tweet didn't watch the video long enough for it to count as a YouTube view).
Pleased to welcome Slovenia’s President @nmusar to Ukraine on our Constitution Day.
I informed President Pirc Musar about preparations for the second Peace Summit. We are preparing groups of countries on the Peace Formula points. Together with all those who really want peace we must develop action plans to address all the security aspects violated by Russia.
We also discussed the preparation of our bilateral security agreement between Ukraine and Slovenia. We aim to establish a comprehensive framework for such agreements with all European countries. This will not only strengthen Ukraine but also enhance security across the entire continent.
I thank Slovenia for the unwavering support and the recent aid package for our country and people. 🇺🇦🇸🇮
I am grateful to Finland and President @alexstubb for the decision to provide Ukraine with the 24th military aid package totaling €159 million, as well as to join the IT and armored vehicle coalitions.
We highly value Finland's powerful and long-term military assistance to Ukraine, which has now totaled €2.2 billion. Finland understands better than many other countries the importance of such support during times of struggle for freedom and independence.
Today, strengthening Ukraine's defense means ensuring long-term peace and stability in all of our Europe.
I am grateful to Finland for its unwavering support for our country and people, as well as its important role in promoting a just and lasting peace in Ukraine based on the Peace Formula and the UN Charter.
In Warsaw, I met with @SikorskiRadek. We welcomed the beginning of Ukraine's EU accession negotiations. Poland has consistently supported Ukraine's EU membership over the years. The practical start of talks is a success for Ukraine, Poland, and all of Europe.
We discussed potential ways to unlock European Peace Fund assistance to Ukraine in order to increase EU military aid deliveries to Ukraine's Defense Forces.
We paid special attention to negotiations with third countries about providing Ukraine with additional air defense capabilities. We also talked about the finalization of a bilateral security agreement between Ukraine and Poland.
Together with the Head of the President’s Office, @AndriyYermak, we had a productive meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkiye, @HakanFidan.
We discussed a wide range of issues, including strengthening our strategic cooperation, security, and defense aspects. An important element of the meeting was the coordination of joint efforts aimed at achieving peace and stability in our region. 🇺🇦 🇹🇷
https://x.com/rustem_umerov/status/1806693069951021215
Together with the Minister of Defense of Ukraine @rustem_umerov, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey @HakanFidan in Ankara. We discussed deepening of cooperation between Ukraine and Turkey. 🇹🇷🇺🇦
Slovenia to send €5 million aid to Ukraine | EuroMaidenPress | June 2024
The Slovenian government has approved €5 million in aid for humanitarian needs in Ukraine and will continue to provide military assistance, President of Slovenia Nataša Pirc Musar announced during a joint press conference with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Earlier, Natasha Pirc Musar arrived in Kyiv for an official visit. Zelenskyy said his country is highly grateful for her visit on 28 June, when Ukraine celebrates its Constitution Day. He thanked Slovenia for all the support it provides to Ukraine in countering Russian aggression and on the path to EU membership.
“We brought another piece of good news to Kyiv – the Slovenian government has approved an additional €5 million in aid for humanitarian purposes,” Musar said during their meeting.
The official noted that Slovenia wants to continue providing support for Ukraine’s humanitarian issues and reminded that her country provided $80,000 to a rehabilitation center for wounded Ukrainian soldiers.
“Slovenia is a small country, and we cannot provide as much military aid as larger countries can. But still, we have given a lot and will give more,” assured the president of Slovenia.
During the meeting, the leaders discussed the situation on the battlefield, particularly on the Kharkiv front, joint work at the EU level, and the preparation of a bilateral security agreement between Ukraine and Slovenia. Both leaders also honored fallen Ukrainian soldiers at the Wall of Remembrance in Kyiv.
Russian missile hits residential building in Ukraine's Dnipro, three injured
KYIV, June 28 (Reuters) - A Russian missile strike hit a nine-storey residential building in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Friday, injuring at least three people and destroying four storeys, officials said.
A photograph published by Governor Serhiy Lysak on the Telegram messaging app and other images circulated on social media showed a badly damaged building that had smoke rising from a gaping hole in its upper storeys.
"A Russian missile directly hit an apartment building. Four floors have been destroyed. Three people injured," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on X.
He called on Ukraine’s allies to step up supplies of air defences to help the military intercept Russia’s regular aerial attacks.
Dnipro, which had a pre-war population of almost one million people, is a major Ukrainian city that lies on the road to the east of the country where the most intense fighting with Russian forces is raging.
It has been regularly targeted by missile and drone strikes since Russia launched its February 2022 invasion. Russia denies targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, but thousands of people have been killed.
Murderers.
In Kharkiv Oblast, the occupiers refuse to carry out combat missions due to losses
The spokesperson of the Khortytsia operational-strategic troop group, Lt. Col. Nazar Voloshyn, reported on the situation in the Kharkiv direction
"Numerous cases of refusal of enemy personnel, in particular from the assault squad of the 153rd Tank Regiment of the 47th Tank Division of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, to perform their tasks have been observed. Due to the fact that they lost several people in the command structure, the Russians refuse to perform combat tasks. This takes place at the level of specific units and individual failures. That's why they are not doing so well there. Ukrainian defenders are knocking out small tactical groups of the enemy, represented by the 153rd tank regiment of the 47th tank division. but were stopped there and rejected," he said.
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Honestly, I find it sobering, and even great that it happened now in June. Imagine if the debate was slated for September or October? Now that would be a trainwreck.
Now the Democratic Party can go into crisis mode, assess the situation and proceed accordingly. It's not too late for Biden to withdraw and endorse a more energetic candidate to be backed by his delegates at the convention. Maybe that someone would have a much better pull than Biden ever would have had, especially with undecideds and never-Trump republicans (even better if that candidate is from a swing state).
Any talk of Biden stepping aside is pure fantasy. All the polls show him very close to Trump, he will be the democratic candidate in the election because he has the best chance to beat Trump regardless of his issues or performance in the debate. To try and refocus the average person to some other candidate would be suicide for the democrats at this late stage, most people pay almost no attention to politics or debates, Biden is their guy.
At this point, their chance of winning is abysmal anyway, future polls certainly won't go in Biden's favor after last night's performance. Might as well go Hail Mary with someone recognizable and energetic like Whitmer or Warnock
I think Biden has a chance. Undecided voters may not have liked Bidens lack of energy but they hated even more of Trumps lies that he told all night. Also there is a second debate. Biden needs to bring the energy that he had at his State of the Union.
They should just put Bearnie in. He was supposed to be the one who ran againat Trump. We were supposed to get a radical reformer from the Left, but the DNC fucked us and kneecapped Bearnie. Instead we get the radical from the Right. They screwed up our chance for real change and this is the result, another 4 years of Trump because running the same establishment candidates for 30 years straight doesn't work.
Biden has no chance based on what exactly? Most polls show them within one point of each other.
Sure Biden performed poorly at the debate but Trump as always came off as a rambling but job, neither inspire confidence but both of them are going to on the ballot in November. Biden has massive name recognition as the standing president that no other Democrat has. The majority of voters don't watch the debates or even read an article about them.
The Democrats are just hoping Biden does better in the next one and if not they'll just try and make sure scripted apperances on the campaign trail go better. The democratic party isn't in some crisis mode after last night, that's you projecting your own feelings.
All I'm going to say is... I hope I get proven wrong, we'll see in November.
I am not saying that Biden is sure to win, just pushing back against the idea the democratic party has gone "into crisis mode" as you put it or thinking anyone else but Biden will be on the ballot.
Do you think that anyone in the party was surprised by Biden's performance last night?
I wasn't just based on when I have seen Biden speak off the cuff, it usually doesn't go well so I more or less expected what we saw last night, and I have never even met him. Those party insiders have met him and know exactly what it would be like for Biden to go into a unscripted event like a debate, they knew it wasn't going to go well. So why would they be in some kind of crisis mode over the debate last night when as expected it didn't go well?
And when has an incumbent US president ever not run again for their 2nd election? Everyone knew George Bush Senior was going to lose to Clinton and he still ran, Biden is neck and neck with Trump in the polls but you and many others are acting like he has no chance at all. I get the stakes in the election are very high but thinking Biden won't be on the ballot or that he has no chance is letting your emotions override reality. He will be running and he has a good chance at being reelected.
I'd still take Biden over Trump...any time.
I don't know how you could have watched last night coming away that either of those options was acceptable. One's a liar and the other barely knows who he is anymore and will only get worse from here. The Democrats and Republicans screwed us all.
Biden is old and sounds it. But he's still doing a solid job despite that, and clearly still has the heart for it. I have yet to see a criticism of him other than 'he's old." He's proven himself able to do the job and to not be a threat to society, which is infinitely more than the other can say
Nearly everyone here would. But we have to accept there are a lot of dumb people.
Yup, like 70k people in swing states who lack a consistent moral and political policy core who goes with who they feel is "stronger."
So this seems to be the Russian talking point of the day. Seems to be trying to divert from the news more and more Russian troops are refusing to fight and are starting to lose the gain they have made recently.
Cringe
Are you accusing me of spouting Russian talking point?You don't even know who I am.
Why am I being down voted?
Because literally the post under yours is the same thing and the other 10+ posts in the thread without adding anything new.
Dooming isn't very well received. Don't take it personal if it's not in bad faith
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What do the elections between 2 opposite candidates when it comes to the war, in Ukraine’s biggest supporter and ally have to do with the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
It's a narrative push. Some people have a vested interest in getting "Biden bad so everything Biden does bad." Which includes Ukraine.
If they can drag his credibility down they can focus on politicians to reject policy and voters to reject policy arguments due to "Biden unfit" arguments. It's an effort to cast doubt and.. in some ways its working.
But I am saying it would be detrimental if Biden does not win.
If Trump wins the presidency, the US will become a hindrance to Ukraine’s defense rather than a supporter
If Trump wins it can be detrimental to support for Ukraine. Trump will pave the way to Putin winning.
Memories are short. 5 months is a long time in US politics.
The total combat losses of the enemy from 02.24.22 to 06.28.24 approximately amounted to:
personnel - about 540,490 (+1,170) people,
tanks ‒ 8066 (+24),
armored combat vehicles ‒ 15480 (+21),
artillery systems – 14423 (+60),
MLRS – 1109 (+1),
air defense equipment ‒ 871 (+3),
planes – 360 (+1),
helicopters – 326 (+0),
UAVs of the operational-tactical level - 11509 (+50),
cruise missiles ‒ 2329 (+5),
ships/boats ‒ 28 (+0),
submarines – 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 19514 (+46),
special equipment ‒ 2431 (+11).
The data is being verified.
Beat the occupier! Together we will win! Our strength is in the truth!
Keep on picking off that air defense.
God DAMN that's a lot of artillery! Even if that only counts smaller mortar tunes like the 82mm Podnos, that's a significant strike on their medium-to-long range capabilites.
And tank kills are back up. It looks like Russia has to make big sacrifices for small land gains.
https://x.com/GloOouD/status/1806712257067270575?t=hbCwbM1DsONyob7C-ndGZA&s=19
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The 🇷🇺Russian assault group left their wounded comrade to die and decided to hide in a previously destroyed BTR-82A.
You can see the result :)
(Unblurred version in my TG channel😊)"
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OK, here is Russia's claimed evidence for taking out the M270. They definitely saw an M270 drive into a warehouse, and they definitely blew something up, but there are so many cuts in the video and changes in perspective that I can't tell if it's the same warehouse or if the M270 is even still there: https://www.twz.com/land/ukraine-may-have-lost-an-m270-mlrs-for-the-first-time
I still haven't found any photos or videos to back up the S-500 claim. It seems to be based on various Twitter and Telegram reports, summarized here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55s6pq66zpU
He claims the most likely location is here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/45%C2%B041'00.9%22N+34%C2%B025'16.4%22E/@45.6821648,34.419263,1090m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d45.6835833!4d34.4212222?entry=ttu
I think we'll need to wait for satellite imagery.
I'm going to need to see photographic evidence of either of those claims.....
Why would Ukraine store their MLRS in a warehouse? Why wouldn't they just keep it on the move?
They have to store it somewhere, people have to sleep. Also, it may not be a storage location, it could just as easily be where they intended to reload it or perform maintenance on it.
Like 24/7?
Some Ukrainian twitter accounts claim it was a radar
Can you link to the telegrams?
Songs by several pro-war Russian singers disappeared from Spotify
These include Oleg Gazmanov, Polina Gagarina, Shaman, Yulia Chicherina, Grigory Leps, the band Lyube, and some other singers. All of them support Russian leader Vladimir Putin's policies.
Earlier, the United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on many of these singers.
It is currently unknown whether the service itself removed the songs of pro-war Russian singers or whether it was the result of an external server hack.
Gosh I remember when Polina Gagarina competed in the Eurovision Song Contest and almost won (was placed 2nd at the end).
Hungarian PM's office demands recognition of all of Ukraine's Zakarpattia as "traditionally Hungarian"
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/06/27/7462849/
Mask off moment for Hungary
That would be one for the bingo card. hungary invading Ukraine.
They'd probably get a visit from NATO then
Can we finally go ahead and remove Hungary from NATO and the EU?
And make nato spying harder in hungary?
Bad move
I'd say both the EU and NATO have gotten pretty far in finding ways to cut Hungary out of decision making at this point.
Zakarpattia Oblast... where over 80% of population is Ukrainian, and only 12% is Hungarian. But yes, that is "rightful Hungarian land"
All this death and destruction for a few km of territory and so small men like Orban and Putin can be footnotes in history.
Unbelievable.
To be fair, Putler will be remembered for centuries, just not for the reasons he wants...
My worry is that history will show that the West won the Cold War in the 1980s and managed to lose it in the 2020s thanks to the Putin-Trump coalition.
Really it's more of a Putin is the master and trump is the slave in that relationship.
Burning down two countries at the same time, becoming NATO's biggest recruitment tool, and ushering in a new sense of unity and cooperation in the EU, while driving all of his neighbours to begin rethinking their future,
Has got to be worth something in the history books.
Running the largest mafia the world has ever seen too. The levels of wealth extraction coming from the country's future development and into oligarchs fun fund is disturbing. It's like the textbook example of how corruption festers and runs amok.
I think the moment that the corruption hit home for me, was the Convoy of Doom outside of Kyiv, and how it just did not have enough fuel to sustain itself, meanwhile Russian soldiers were being accused of taking the vehicles' gasoline and bartering it in order to get more Vodka.
I know that was a while ago, but the twin problems of "where's our fuel" and "we sold it all for booze", may have helped to save Kyiv, by way of complete stupidity.
Finland sends 24th military aid package to Ukraine
The value of the latest aid package is around 159 million euros, bringing Finland's overall support to Ukraine to 2.2 billion euros
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Finland is committed to supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia's unjustified attack. This is not only about Ukraine, but ultimately about the right of all free people to exist. Finns have learned from our own history how important this issue is
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As in previous aid deliveries to Ukraine, Finland did not disclose the contents, method of delivery or the schedule of its latest military materiel package — due to operational concerns as well as to ensure it arrives safely, the ministry said.
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Additionally, Finland has decided to participate in a so-called armour coalition led by Poland, Germany and Italy. Finland is also to take part in an information technology coalition led by Estonia and Luxembourg. Both coalitions aim to support Ukraine in the long term
Way to go Finland! 👍
Ukraine's Armed Forces show map of downed Russian aircraft over 6 months of 2024 – infographic.
It is noted that among those affected are:
- nine Su-25 aircraft;
- one Su-57;
- two MiG-31s;
- approximately 13 Su-34s;
- one Su-35;
- one Su-35S;
- two A-50 aircraft;
- one Il-22M11;
- one Tu-22M3.
When did Ukraine shoot down a Su-57?
Hit on the ground, damaged but extent of damage unknown. The hit/damage was confirmed by Russian mil bloggers like FighterBomber
I believe they destroyed one by drone strike about a month ago.
The “sorry we didn’t know it was supposed to be invisible” meme.
On the ground, to be clear.
Must be wild for people who do not know that there is a New York in Ukraine.
It’s a helluva town.
That’s the town that Russia attacks heavily on September 11 every year, yes?
Whoa
No fucking way, really?
Annual allied military aid $60 billion for next four years, says Ukraine PM
June 28 (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday that military pledges outlined in 20 security agreements Kyiv has signed with its partners total $60 billion annually for the next four years.
Kyiv relies heavily on military support from partners while it repels a 28-month-old Russian full-scale invasion.
The 10-year agreements, including with the EU and the U.S., set out commitments on long-term military and other assistance and pledge to hold immediate consultations to decide on the next steps in the event of a future Russian attack after the current conflict has ended.
"According to these agreements, in the next four years, our partners plan to provide Ukraine with total military support worth $60 billion annually," Shmyhal said during a governmental meeting. He did not provide breakdown of funding sources.
The agreements are struck bilaterally and are all different.
For instance, the text of the first deal signed with Britain says the country will provide Ukraine with a further 2.5 billion pounds ($3.16 billion) of support.
Estonia, according to its agreement, "has set the target" to allocate at least 0.25% of GDP annually for military support in 2024-27.
After Trump's comments in the debate last night, I think any long-term military & financial commitments the USA made to Ukraine's defense should be taken with a grain of salt after the change in government following the election over there.
It wasn't the first time he has stated that shit. He's been saying it for the last three years. He's the reason why Ukraine aid was held up by the MAGA Republicans in Congress for six months. His hold on the party has held inspite of his being out of office. Mike Johnson was deferring to Trump.
Not just after last night's debate. Trump has been very vocal about what he intends to do to Ukraine ever since the invasion began. The six months of aid delays still wouldn't have been lifted if he and his MAGA's had their way.
Fortunately, Ukraine have other allies who they can rely on if the Americans vote for DT: France, U.K, Germany, Denmark, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, Finland, Latvia, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Japan, Estonia, Lithuania, E.U., have already signed bilateral security agreements, and Croatia, Czechia, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Romania and South Korea are also currently negotiating their own bilateral agreements.
If he wins the election, he will do everything he can to disrupt the support, so these security agreements are an attempt to "Trump Proof" the Ukraine aid for the next 4 years (and to send a message to Putin that despite his best efforts we will not abandon the people of Ukraine). I'm also certain that Trump's aspiring authoritarian allies, Orban and Fico, will do their best to disrupt the flow of aid under the guise of "peace," but we should be better prepared to deal with it this time around.
I agree, they have many reliable allies... the thing that worries me with DT is just the physical weapons themselves. The funding will come from Ukraines other allies, but would Trump allow the sales? Surely right? but then I often underestimate his depravity so I just don't know.
Europe needs to up their weapon production double-time. UK and Germany... you know what to do.
This is why the idea of S. Korea beginning to help is a big deal. The biggest MICs that have their own technology without a US veto over their equipment transfers are France, Germany, and S. Korea.
The Western military industrial complex is slowly ramping up production and major companies like Rheinmetall, Thales, and BAE Systems etc.. are beginning contracts to supply Ukraine with vital equipment and training. Obviously, losing American support would be a huge, huge blow, and it could make things very difficult for Ukraine and her allies, but despite Trump's intentions there is far too much at stake for Europe to allow Putin to win.
If I had a nickel for every time in 2020 that some MAGA loser "guaranteed" a Trump win I'd currently be challenging Jeff Bezos to a yacht race. Don't be so quick to write Joe off just because he had a bad night.
He didn't say anything about Trump's victory being guaranteed. That's not the problem. The problem is that we can't guarantee Trump won't win, so it is important not to take for granted the future prospects of American aid.
There is very realistic possibility that Trump wins and halts all future aid packages to Ukraine, and we need to start planning for that scenario immediately.
It’s not over, but they need to seriously plan for the US basically exiting support after January of next year.
Also lobby Biden to just say fuck it and write off/donate stupid amounts of gear.
Yeah. This is part of any good program management scheme. Identify risks. Have plans for when they happen. And do your best to mitigate them. In this case - plan that La Pen will win France and plan that Trump will win the US. Being able to defend yourself in that situation is your goal. You have 6 months. Go
I'm assuming that is why most of the aid passed in the latest package has not been promised to Ukraine yet. Basically see how the election goes and if it goes poorly, just dump a bunch of equipment into Ukraine in November/December as a parting gift.
The president can't just unilaterally give US military gear away. Executive powers only reach so far. It takes acts of Congress.
Under a sane presidency yes, under a republican? Rules are for losers.
"Also lobby Biden to just say fuck it and write off/donate stupid amounts of gear." is what we're discussing.
That's not entirely true. There is an existing law that lets the President donate up to $500 million of "surplus" equipment to foreign countries without further Congressional approval. The law also does not specify how the value of the equipment is to be determined, so you could theoretically say each artillery shell is worth $1.
There's long-standing regulation and policy about how military hardware is depreciated and surplus values are set. What you're suggesting is pretty obviously extra-legal.
If Trump is elected, I can definitely see Biden playing a bit fast and loose with existing policies and regulations on that subject at the end of his term, especially if SCOTUS rules as expected on Monday that any official acts by a president are presumptively legal and the president is immune from prosecution for them (a dumb and anti-constitutional ruling in my opinion, but I think the most likely outcome).
Biden could theoretically quite easily get DOD to donate quite a bit of equipment to Ukraine at a low stated value. There would obviously be lawsuits and court challenges, but assuming they deliver the equipment before anyone figures it out and challenges it in court, those are sort of moot, because once it's in Ukrainian hands, US courts sure as hell won't be able to make them give it back.
National Guard fighters destroyed an enemy Su-25 attack aircraft in the Donetsk Region on June 23 with Igla MANPADS.
This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"The soldiers of the National Guard discovered an enemy Su-25 that was making a combat sortie. The combined unit of the Igla MANPADS of the 31st brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine shot down the russian attack aircraft with a well-aimed shot," the message said.
https://ukranews.com/en/news/1016413-national-guardsmen-destroy-enemy-su-25-with-igla-manpads
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I hope they were able to get the pilot too.
There’s a 50% chance the ejection seat completed that for them.
Poland very likely to sign security deal with Ukraine before NATO summit, says PM
WARSAW, June 28 (Reuters) - Poland will almost certainly sign a bilateral security agreement with Ukraine before July's NATO summit in Washington, the Polish prime minister said on Friday.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that before the NATO summit in Washington, which starts on July 9, talks will be held in Warsaw with the president of Ukraine.
"I must, together with the defence minister, determine how we can continue to help Ukraine, but we cannot weaken Poland's defence capabilities," Tusk told reporters.
"There is a 99% chance that we will sign this agreement with President Zelenskiy (before the summit)."
Tusk said that the agreement was practically "finished" and only a few details and wordings needed to be clarified.
The European Union and two of its member countries, Lithuania and Estonia, signed security agreements with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at a summit in Brussels on Thursday.
Blaze put out at Russian oil reservoir after Ukrainian drone strike, agencies report
June 28 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire to break out at an oil reservoir for Russia's Druzhba pipeline in the Tambov region southeast of Moscow on Friday, but the blaze was extinguished within hours, news agencies cited local authorities as saying.
Regional Governor Maksim Yegorov earlier reported a fire at a fuel depot in which he said no one was hurt.
Ukraine has stepped up a campaign of strikes on Russian oil reservoirs, having previous hit a number of refineries in attacks that caused significant disruption.
Ukraine says the strikes are aimed at infrastructure that is supporting Moscow's war effort. Russia has frequently attacked Ukrainian power plants and its electricity grid throughout the war that is now well into its third year.
The Druzhba pipeline is one of the largest parts of Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft's system. It starts in central Russia and connects West Siberian oilfields to major refineries in Europe.
Druzhba is capable of carrying 2 million barrels per day but flows dropped sharply after the EU stopped buying Russian oil following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The northern leg of Druzhba, which runs to Germany via Belarus and Poland, is now used for exports by Kazakhstan’s KEBCO to the Schwedt refinery which supplies most of Berlin's fuel.
"⚡️Denmark completed the training of the first 50 Ukrainian specialists for the maintenance of F-16 fighters.
This was announced by the commander of the Royal Danish Air Force, Major General Jan Dam.
Most of the above-mentioned specialists have already returned to Ukraine and are waiting to receive the first fighters at the air bases. The next group of 50 Ukrainians will also start training soon.
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Russia’s FSB Falsified Evidence Against Jailed Anti-War Teenager – Mediazona
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) falsified evidence against a 15-year-old schoolboy who was jailed last week on terrorism charges, the independent news outlet Mediazona reported Thursday, citing case materials.
A Moscow military court ordered Arseniy Turbin to spend five years at a juvenile correctional facility on charges of “participating in terrorist activities.” He was accused of trying to join the Freedom of Russia Legion, a militia made up of Russian nationals fighting on the side of Ukraine, which Russia’s Supreme Court has designated as a terrorist organization.
‘I Have Nothing to Fear’: The Anti-War Leningrad Siege Survivor Running for St. Petersburg Governor
Lyudmila Vasilyeva, at 83 years old, has a long history of activism.
A Leningrad siege survivor and pensioner, Vasilyeva is now a hopeful for governor of Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg. She aims to challenge the incumbent, Alexander Beglov, who is running from the ruling, pro-Kremlin United Russia party.
Calling for the end of the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine, she campaigns with the slogan “St. Petersburg — the city of peace.”
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I hope she stays safe 🙏
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112693707579791354
Ukrainian Artillery Group TIVAZ hints towards the destruction of an S-500 air defense radar by cluster ATACMS. This would be the first confirmed destruction of elements of this complex. Budanov recently confirmed Russia shipped this system to occupied Crimea.
Well that lasted about a week.
If true, then Russia just list parts of their state-of-the-art AA. The very best they had. Turns out it may not have been good enough to down ATACMS.
I really wish we had just armed Ukraine properly when we had the chance. Biden and Sullivan downplayed it and after last night, it's going to be a Trump presidency.
I'm really sad waking up this morning and seeing all of the takes. Biden just needs to go.
Fascinating to see slightly different versions of the same comment repeated incessantly
Not all bots. Sometimes real people propagandized by the same sources
It’s not propaganda. It’s emotion free analysis. That debate is equivalent to the Nixon Kennedy debate. It will be remembered. There is no way Biden wins. He said he defeated Medicare! After months of people saying he was suffering from dementia. It’s the end of his presidency. Unfortunately for us that means the end of support for Ukraine. The sooner people realize this the sooner we can make plans to adapt.
Lol
Oh absolutely, it’s just really interesting to see the same talking point getting hammered today. Incredibly effective messaging.
Is everyone giving Trump some kind of handicap? Only one candidate can be judged on performance?
Both didnt look good but man Biden looked and sounded worse and way to old. I hope someone different than Biden emerges from the democrats because if the duel Biden Trump stays it will be Trump that takes the presidency
I swear, when it comes to choosing a president, we Americans are all about judging a book based on its cover.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/15/biden-scholz-g7-00163585
Biden is old, but good.
Trump is old, but terrible.
Yep.
I think it's like this; a lot of voters are just pretty decent, honest folk, who can't really comprehend that someone will lie straight to their face.
Until they or their families are directly hurt (and sometimes even then), they just can't accept that the level of evil of a Putin or Sackler or Trump is a real thing that is living amongst us today and talking to us like a normal person. "They talk like me so they can't be bad".
Our mental programming is biased against more honest, pretty decent but bumbling people like Biden.
It's why all the "NFT billionaires" can grift and milk so many people to get rich while teachers, scientists and EMTs are scraping by.
The Democrats losing will hurt freedom massively, and if they stick with Biden then defeat becomes very likely.
Look and sound. Does no one in America listen to what people say? My figures are the greatest, someone just told me before, they're top experts, the best, my figures are the greatest of all time.
Don't forget that Trump had the best H20!
The problem isn't just that one guy is a total crook seemingly hellbent on destroying the country - the problem is that the only other viable candidate is OBVIOUSLY too old to run the country. So we essentially get to choose between a rock and a hard place. Well - that or the guy with the brain worm.
Old guy with competent people around him and with good intentions vs Old rapist guy trying to invite an enemy into western society and actively trying to destabilize the democracy. Damn who to vote for
Well good thing the really old guy will listen to those around him. We KNOW the really old crook will fire anyone who isnt a yesman, as that what he did last time.
I’m American. Most of the people I know are like you said. Almost all. But some of them are literally like Biden old. Then vote Trump. I don’t fucking get it either. Don’t ask me to explain it.
Biden had a greatest opportunity to make sure to supply Ukraine with more weapons it even needs, at the begining even republicans was on board with lend lease and everything, he would end up writing his name in history books, and voters choice would be clear , a russian asset agains't a man who defeated Russia , i defeated Russia would be such a powerfull line in debate. But , hey, let's go escalation control, let's ease sanction on Russia oil sector to help elections, well how it's working Sullivan?does it help? Now even Trump using this agains't Biden, imagine that, a Russian asset blame you for not being hard enough on Russia, and he most likely will win
The debate is about America, not about Ukraine. They stuck to American concerns.
who said it's about Ukraine? it's more about Russia, who literally have a puppet as a candidate and even helped to win one of the elections, and it doing it again
if your point that average american doesn't really care about that, and that Ukraine/Russia stuff doesn't have the biggest impact on them, thats true, but also true that most active political involved people are do care about that, and gathering their support is a big thing, those people are the one you want to be campaigning for you
The debate is the PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE for the UNITED STATES. While Ukraine is important to myself and people here, it's nowhere near as important as the policies of the US at this debate.
you probably too young to remember what a big deal was Russia interference in 2016 election, which was ordered by Putin and it successfully sabotaged Hillary campaign , to have success in election you need either internal popular policy or external victories on global stage, having neither is a disaster
If your point is that US voters only focused on internal problems, and really not gonna be budged by some massive events outside of US , then Russia can forever keep their puppets in US highest positions , just by stopping oil exports which would lead to gas prices in US rising , and making current candidate very unpopular
Ad hominem to deflect from the reality that the majority of America does not pay attention to the current conflict. Again, you conflate your and my interest with the national interest and continue to push the agenda instead of recognizing that it's minor in the grand scheme of America. They do not care as much as you wish they did. And no, I'm not too young to remember, I'm just cognizant of reality, something you should try.
My point was that defeated russia could be a big thing in Biden campaign ecpecially concidering that Trump a russian asset, maybe i am wrong and that would be nearly not impactful as i think, but you conflated it with an idea that i'm saying that for US voters Ukraine war matters today, that not what i'm saying, and you arguing with that.
The biggest thing what democrats campaigned in 2016 agains't Trump is that he is an Russian asset, it didn't help Hillary win, but she was very close to that, and that idea about Trump being a russian puppet is stucked to him forever now.
it didn't help Hillary win
So let's have Biden double down on a strategy that didn't work. Goddamned genius, this one.
A lot of words to draw attention away from the Republican obstructionism blocking weapon deliveries for what, half a year?
A few words to draw attention away from the lacklustre support of the Biden administration?
A few words to draw attention to the true culprit of "the lacklustre support" of Ukraine's military.
Which one of the 2 culprits? The Biden administration or the Republicans? Have to be specific.
No, you don't have to be specific, the answer if pretty fucking obvious unless you deliberately try to shift blame away from Republican Party and their interference in the aid to Ukraine.
It's also pretty fucking obvious that's what you're trying to do here.
Oh yeah, I forgot that the president is a powerless figurehead. My bad. I thought he was like the head of state but I guess that must have been a lie.
Sorry, the President of the Unites States won't be a dictator until Project 2025 fulfills its goals.
If only there was an act almost unanimously passed by congress that would “provide enhanced authority for the President to enter into agreements with the Government of Ukraine to lend or lease defense articles to that Government to protect civilian populations in Ukraine from Russian military invasion, and for other purposes”.
Oh silly me, the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 was passed unanimously and gave the president just that! Unfortunately Biden never touched it. I wonder how can that be, I thought Biden can do no wrong and it’s only the Republicans that are responsible for lacklustre support.
Hey at least Biden finally gave ATACMS and gave permission to attack into Russia, who cares if it’s too little too late? And hey at least he is giving F16s with all those other countries right? Right?
You realize that Trump was literally impeached for withholding military aid to Ukraine specifically, right?
yeah, and how many voters actually care about that? Republicans hiding behind the notion of better borders security, and now literally flipping agains't Biden his no escalation policy , we all know that Trump wining would be bad, but what is leading to that scenario, is a Biden administration choice to just try freeze the conflict where it is now. Republicans bunch of hypocritical creatures, but it'doesn't make their argument wrong, there is indeed no plan how to end this war or vision how Ukraien will win, and indeed Ukraine doesn't have enough weapons to make any counter-offensive attacks.
"🛑 [Ukrainian] Spokesmen spread information about the alleged complete de-occupation of Chasiv Yar settlement. The specified information regarding the complete de-occupation of Chasiv Yar settlement is not true .
🛑 In this case, it is worth noting and emphasizing the following that the Novy (Kanal) neighborhood is occupied by occupiers, but not all of it . The enemy does not control the neighborhood completely."
Source: deepstatemap. Very very reliable.
EDIT: this is in response to a Ukrainian spokesperson recently claiming that Ukraine had cleaned russians out of the Kanal microdistrict. They haven't. Most of Chasiv Yar remains Ukrainian.
I mean yeah, Chasiv Yar being lost would be major news, akin to he fall of Bakhmut. And yet nobody is speaking of it, and if you look at the map, you can see Russia holding only the easternmost of the neighborhoods (Kanal).
Bluff. Just like that one last month where they claimed they captured Bilohorivka.
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