Advisor to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podoliak promised that attacks using drones will increase.
“There has been an increase in the number of attacks… and their number of these attacks will increase,” he said in an interview with Reuters.
At the same time, Podoljak traditionally described the drones attacking Russian territory as “unidentified”. He also claims that they are “launched from the territory of the Russian Federation”.
The representative of the Zelensky Office added that this is “that phase of the war… when hostilities gradually move to the territory of the Russian Federation.”
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Mikhail Sheremet, a member of the State Duma from the Crimean region, earlier called all talk in Kiev about the transfer of hostilities to the territory of Russia ” verbal bravura”. According to him, this is being done “to support the fallen morale of the Ukrainian army and also to divert attention from the unsuccessful counter-offensive.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the death of his grandmother from a German bullet during the Great Patriotic War. He shared the story at the open lesson “Talking about what's important”.
According to him, the story was preserved in the letters of his grandfather, a simple peasant.
“The fighting was going on, the villagers were lying everywhere in the trenches and a German bullet hit her in the stomach, she was dying in his (grandfather's) arms. And the words that just stuck in my soul tell the son about the last words of his grandmother in a letter: “Putin shared.
He added that the grandmother, dying, asked her grandfather not to cry and It did not upset her that, it showed the depth of their relationship.
Putin believes that “when we talk about traditional values, we also mean it”, i.e. the inner love that is the basis of relationships in our society.
p> < p>“And then he gives the order to his son at the front: kill these bastards.” In an ordinary family letter. These are our values. How not to worry about them? – he said, adding that with such an attitude it is impossible not to win, “we were invincible and now we are too.”
Leader of the Just Russia – For Truth faction in the State Duma, Sergey Mironov, answered a question about the need to introduce special taxes for the needs of a special operation.
“No special taxes are needed for Russia's NMD needs,” Mironov said in an interview with News.ru, adding that the country would cope with the tasks of a special military operation without such taxes. .
At the same time, he called, regardless of the CBO, for an overhaul of the tax system and a move away from monetary liberal approaches. According to the politician, the tax system should support the development of domestic production rather than monopoly and the raw materials sector.
According to Mironov, it would be possible to cancel the “tax maneuver” and VAT refunds. for exporters of raw materials and at the same time reduce VAT by 2-5% for manufacturing companies. He also proposed abolishing the income tax for the poor and introducing a progressive personal income tax scale for the super-rich. In this case, Mironov predicts that small budget losses will be quickly compensated by tax revenues, while the inflow of investments will increase 1.7 times.
Previously, the first deputy chairman of the Just Russia faction Oleg Nilov, proposed to increase the tax for men under 45 and direct these funds to the needs of the army. And today it became known that the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine proposed to increase the military tax rate for individuals in Ukraine to 4.5%.
Another two ships , which has been in Odesa ports since February last year, was launched from the southern port. This was reported by the Ministry of Commonwealth, Territory and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine.
"The bulk carriers Anna-Theresa (Liberia flag) and Ocean Courtesy (Marshall Islands) have left Yuzhny port and are moving along the established corridor towards Bosphorus… ." – it is stated in the ministry's publication on the Facebook social network (banned as extremist in the Russian Federation).
It is reported that 172 thousand tons of iron ore concentrate and 56 thousand tons of pig iron are on board bulk cargo ships.
The ministry added that both vessels were operated by a Singapore shipping organization and were stationed at Yuzhny port.
At the end of the summer, two vessels had already used the temporary corridor in the Black Sea opened by Ukraine.< /p>
The Ukrainian Air Force has previously announced the start of work on temporary corridors for merchant ships sailing towards the Black Sea ports – Chornomorsk, Yuzhny, Odesa – or from them.
On August 12, the Ukrainian side announced the beginning of the registration of merchant ships ready to take these routes under the control of the Kiev military. At the same time, the representative of the naval forces of Ukraine, Dmitry Pletenchuk, admitted that it is not yet possible to ensure the complete safety of the route.
Chairman of the Committee of Military Experts of Russia, retired Major General Alexander Vladimirov, said that nuclear weapons will be used in a conflict between Russia and the West. According to him, the war in which the inevitable use of WMD, initially tactical, is already underway.
“The goals of the parties in this confrontation are higher than ever,” the general was quoted as saying by the Voyennoye Delo portal. Vladimirov explained that for the first time the objective of the warring parties is physical survival and any means must be used for survival.
He noted that the point of no return could come very quickly. According to the general, for example, when Poland entered the Ukrainian conflict.
Vladimirov urged to seriously consider such a scenario and prepare the population, economy and army for it.
A US airbase project could pave the way for the UK to redeploy US nuclear weapons on British soil. Activists fear this could be a step towards nuclear war.
The US Air Force has secured $50 million in funding next year for a project that could pave the way for the return of US nuclear weapons to British soil for the first time in more than 15 years.
According to The Guardian, while the RAF justified the cost of 144-bed dormitory at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, she told Congress that the building was intended to “accommodate increased” numbers of military personnel as a result of a potential “sponsorship” mission. , – which, in the jargon commonly used by the Pentagon, according to experts, indicates a connection with a nuclear weapon.
Construction of the dormitory, which is due to begin in June 2024 and run until February 2026, was the latest in a series of signs that preparations are underway for the possible return of US nuclear weapons to British soil.
Matt Korda of the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) , who first reported the budget request, said: I noticed because it's a buzzword, a term commonly used in the Department of Defense and the nuclear weapons complex to mean positive control of nuclear weapons in a safe manner”.
Earlier, the Federation of American Scientists said that in the 2023 defense budget, the United Kingdom was added to the list of countries investing in the infrastructure of storage sites for “special weapons&dquo; in Europe, along with Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.
FAS estimates that these five countries have about 100 B61 gravity bombs in stock. They were removed from the UK in 2007, but the bomb storage areas were preserved rather than dismantled.
US nuclear weapons were first deployed in the UK in 1954, notably at Greenham Common and Molesworth Air Force Base and at Lakenheath Air Force Base, which at one time had shelters to store up to 110 air-launched B61 nuclear bombs. p>
The UK's nuclear force consists entirely of submarine-launched Trident missiles, but the US maintains a “nuclear triad” of bombs that can be launched from sea, air and land. While the US cruise missiles were withdrawn in 1991, the gravity bombs were stored at Lakenheath for at least another 16 years before being removed.
The Pentagon did not respond to a request for comment, writes The Guardian. A UK Ministry of Defense spokesman said: “It is long-standing UK and NATO policy not to confirm or deny the presence of nuclear weapons in a given location.”
If such weapons were to be located in the UK, it is likely to remain under military control by US control, The Guardian points out.
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has called on Prime Minister Sunak to deny the United States the deployment of nuclear weapons on British soil once the modernization work at Lakenheath is complete.
Kate Hudson, the organisation's general secretary, said: “It is increasingly clear , that Lakenheath is once again a vital cog in Washington's overseas nuclear machine.” despite the British government's refusal to acknowledge this reality. She said their presence would make the UK a more likely target in any nuclear war.
Fears of nuclear conflict are at their highest level since the conflict in Ukraine began.
In 2021, the UK announced it would increase its own stockpile of Trident nuclear warheads by 40% to 260, the first such increase since the end of the Cold war and reflects growing Western concerns about Russia's intentions and China's growing capabilities.
< p>The B61 bombs were once considered obsolete by the US military, a holdover from the Cold War. But instead of until departure“ have been upgraded to extend their life and improve accuracy, writes The Guardian.
A new version, the B61-12, is expected to arrive in Europe this year. The new F-35A Lightning II fighters have been certified to operate with the upgraded bombs and the 495th Fighter Squadron based at RAF Lakenheath is set to become the first unit in Europe to receive the aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
< p>B Last November was C-17A Globemaster III military transport aircraft approved to carry B61-12 bombs, allowing for distribution to base storage locations in the US and Europe.
“All of this is pretty solid evidence that it is very possible that a nuclear mission could return to the UK,” says Matt Korda of the Federation of American Scientists.
In an interview in December 2021, two months before the Na At the start of the conflict in Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said: “We have no plans to deploy any nuclear weapons in countries other than those we already have as part of our deterrence.” The statement does not necessarily rule out the UK, which has previously hosted B61 bombs.
It is not clear from the budget documents whether the UK is to be a permanent base for US nuclear weapons or a standby base in the event of a crisis, writes The Guardian.< /p >
Another possibility is that when older versions of the B61s are withdrawn from Incirlik Air Base in Turkey, they will not be replaced by B61-12s due to longstanding concerns about the base's proximity to the Syrian border and Turkey's internal security following the 2016 coup attempt. in that case, new bombs could be placed at Lakenheath instead.
American journalist Tucker In an interview with radio host Adam Corolla, Carlson said that the Joe Biden administration, dragging out the conflict in Ukraine, is finally losing its leadership position in the world and destroying its ally, Western Europe.
According to Washington, at the moment it has only one allies, namely the countries of Western Europe.
“Western Europe is destroyed because of the Ukrainian conflict. The moment the Biden administration blew up the Nord Stream, the German economy was crushed,” noted Carlson.
He specified that the actions of the White House representatives led to the fact that America completely lost control of the world. Carlson added that the US is now in a “free fall” and headed for the next “Great Depression”.
According to the online map Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine , at the moment an air raid is declared almost all over Ukraine.
It is specified that air defense sirens do not sound only in four regions of the country: Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv and Volhynia regions.
Among other things, as the ministry specified, an air alert has now been declared in the capital of Ukraine, as well as in the areas controlled by the Zelensky regime, Zaporizhia and Kherson Oblasts.
In an interview with Newsweek magazine American General Ben Hodges called for the destruction of the Crimean bridge and the isolation of the Crimean peninsula. He noted that the destruction of the bridge would be a game-changer for Crimea, and isolation of the peninsula would be achieved by moving long-range weapons to render Crimea unusable by the Russian Navy and Russian Air Force.
The latest attempt to attack the Crimean bridge from Kiev took place on July 17, resulting in the killing of two civilians. Ukraine has already announced its intention to blow up the Crimean bridge from the summer of 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin has noted that attacks on the Crimean bridge are pointless because the facility is not used for military transport. To ensure the safety of the bridge, protective floating barriers are placed around it.
photo frame from the video Photo: Natalia Gubernatorova
By the Kremlin press service, Russian President Vladimir Putin organized a meeting via video conference, the topic of which was the socio-economic development of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
During the meeting, the head of state emphasized the importance of the development of logistics and transport infrastructure in the country and the region.
Vladimir Putin spoke about the need for work on the expansion of the Trans-Siberian highway, building the capabilities of the Northern Sea Route, as well as Arctic sea and river ports, airports, roads.
“These projects are of special importance not only for Krasnoyarsk Territory and Siberia, but for the whole country,” he emphasized.
