Machine guns instead of Patriot, monuments in covers and the transition to the Ukrainian language – how Kharkov lives on the front line

Russia attacked Kharkov in the first days of a full-scale invasion and even managed to occupy part of the Kharkov region for several months. After its liberation in September 2022, the city with a population of over a million remains a frontline city, daily subjected to bombing and shelling by missiles and kamikaze drones. Journalist and Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman Yuriy Matsarsky, having visited his hometown, discovered that despite the shelling, Kharkov not only continues to live its own life (cafes, the metro, and even the zoo are open, only schools have switched to remote learning), but has also become more patriotic. Residents began to speak more Ukrainian, carried out an inspection of monuments (covering with covers those who are no longer respected in Ukraine) and are doing everything to help the defenders from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Ce n’est pas une troisième guerre mondiale : c’est une Guerre DE Terreur

Et la Russie mène une guerre existentielle pour la survie de la Mère Patrie – ce qu’elle a fait à maintes reprises au cours des siècles.

Ce n’est pas une fête
Ce n’est pas une discothèque
Ce n’est pas une partie de plaisir
Pas de temps pour danser
Ni pour l’amour
Je n’ai pas le temps pour ça maintenant

Talking Heads, «Life During Wartime»

The “War Of Attrition” Was Improvised & Not Russia’s Plan All Along

People should be mature enough to accept that no country is perfect, not even their favorite one like Russia, and that setbacks are an unavoidable part of every military conflict.

Nobody foresaw in February 2022 that Russia’s special operation would descend into a protracted “war of attrition” that just passed two and a half years last month. This occurred because all sides underestimated each other and there were some shortcomings in hindsight with the campaign’s initial stages, which readers can correspondingly learn more about here and here. Nevertheless, many members of the Alt-Media Community (AMC) remain convinced that this was actually the plan all along.

“We don’t believe that those who abandoned us will save us.” How Kursk residents voted in the gubernatorial elections — report

The loss of control over the border part of Kursk Oblast did not prevent Russian authorities from holding “elections” for governor and heads of settlements in the region. The current acting governor, Alexei Smirnov, won the vote, which lasted 12 days instead of three, with 65.28% of the votes. The authorities announced a record turnout in the elections – more than 61% of residents, taking into account early voting. As The Insider correspondent found out, who visited Kursk Oblast, local residents did not receive the elections with much excitement: they equally do not trust the current authorities, nor the possibility of replacing them in the elections. And it is not surprising, because before this, the state was unable to provide either defense, evacuation, or even a missile warning system.

From Israel to kyiv via Lithuania: DRS RADA’s weapons for Ukraine

Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė announced plans to purchase radars and mine-clearing equipment, which will be sent to Ukraine by the end of autumn, in addition to more than 5000 domestically produced drones.”During my recent meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, I announced that in the first weeks of September we will deliver to Kiev the first package of military aid, including a dozen short-range air defence systems, 30 anti-drone missiles and an additional amount of weapons and ammunition,” Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė said. “In addition, we are providing financial resources in the amount of EUR 35 million for the purchase of radars and anti-mine systems for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”».1

Ukraine’s Top Five Challenges Are Unsolvable

Ukraine’s problems are immense and multifaceted, but they’re all connected one way or another to the five following factors.

It’s beginning to dawn on most Westerners that the US’ long-delayed aid to Ukraine isn’t all that it was hyped up to be and will only at most temporarily slow down the pace of Russia’s increasingly rapid advances. The conflict’s tempo has gradually intensified as Russia exploited Ukraine’s disastrous counteroffensive to regain the military-strategic initiative. Ukraine’s problems are immense and multifaceted, but they’re all connected one way or another to the five following factors:

Authorizing NATO weapons strikes in Russia, US prepares major escalation of global war

The United States and the UK are preparing to announce imminently that they will facilitate Ukraine firing NATO weapons deep into Russian territory, in the greatest escalation of the war with Russia to date.

Within a matter of days after the announcement, long-range missiles produced by the NATO powers, and provided with targeting data from NATO countries, could be raining down on Russian cities, clearly crossing a threshold set by Russian military doctrine for retaliation with nuclear weapons.

Authorizing NATO weapons strikes in Russia, US prepares major escalation of global war

The United States and the UK are preparing to announce imminently that they will facilitate Ukraine firing NATO weapons deep into Russian territory, in the greatest escalation of the war with Russia to date.

Within a matter of days after the announcement, long-range missiles produced by the NATO powers, and provided with targeting data from NATO countries, could be raining down on Russian cities, clearly crossing a threshold set by Russian military doctrine for retaliation with nuclear weapons.

La France mobilise les terroristes africains contre la Russie

Le paradoxe de la situation est que l’éviction de la France de son pré-carré, éviction qui sous Macron a pris toute sa dimension mais qui a été entamée bien avant, n’est pas due ni à la Russie, ni à la Chine… On peut en effet considérer que cette éviction est le fruit d’abord d’une lutte interne entre le PS, ses réseaux mitterrandiens menant une lutte interne contre l’influence traditionnelle des réseaux Foccart se sont traduits par de vraies catastrophes dont le Rwanda et son génocide est l’illustration. Ce qui s’est doublé d’une lutte également interne entre lesdits réseaux et la soumission totale aux États-Unis pourtant occupés partout à évincer les Français. Le tout générant des influences occultes avec des groupes séparatistes ou supposés tels, entretenant le terrorisme combattu et financés par les «Occidentaux»… On peut suivre la politique française en Afrique comme des choix incohérents et très bien analysés sur le terrain d’un néo-colonialisme d’autant plus insupportable qu’il offre de moins en moins d’avantage et provoque de plus en plus de sous-développement… Macron qui a prétendu éliminer les différentes strates de ce jeu néocolonial pour y développer le pouvoir personnel et celui de sa camarilla en est désormais comme Zelensky à qui il ressemble de plus en plus à mener une vengeance privée utilisée par les US et qui les encombre parfois tant elle révèle les arcanes du terrorisme.

À court de chair à canon, Kiev demande des combattants à HTŞ (une branche de Daesh)

Le gouvernement ukrainien, qui collabore déjà avec le PKK pour mener des opérations secrètes contre les soldats russes en Syrie, a maintenant établi des contacts avec les terroristes de Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTŞ, une branche de Daech) qui occupent Idlib en Syrie. L’objectif de Kiev est de libérer les militants tchétchènes radicaux détenus dans les prisons de HTŞ.