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Danone is Dannon's parent company. The CEO of Danone Russia, after it was effectively nationalized by the state, is now the deputy prime minister of Chechnya - Minister of Agriculture of the republic Yakub Zakriev - Who is also Kadyrov's nephew. More information on how Russian state took over control of Danone Russia: bbc.com/news/business-…

Speaker of the Eastern Group, Serhii Cherevatyi, commented on the information about the gathering of the 100,000-strong army of the russian federation in the Kupiansk direction. According to him, this group, although large, is not well-prepared and motivated, and most of the 900 tanks are old Soviet equipment. "For many months in a row, the defense forces have not given them any progress and have been hitting them hard," -Cherevatyi emphasized.

Russian tourist chats are full of panicked Russians who did not get the vacation they desired. I've translated some of their posts below. "Important information for those who are going to get out of Crimea by land route. The most important thing is to stock up on the necessary amount of water. Local "entrepreneurs" decided to take advantage of this situation and in order to enrich themselves increased the price by 8-10 times! Being on the territory of Crimea download offline maps, on the territory of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk regions, you can use mobile communication only if you have a SIM-card Phoenix, but there is an option to buy it right in the queue in front of the checkpoint, there they sell them for 2000 rubles. The situation with toilets is also miserable, free toilets at petrol stations have been closed, they justify themselves by saying that the influx of people is too large, you can make an agreement for 500 roubles, for children, pregnant women, disabled people and participants of the SMO the price is 400 roubles." "The first border has been passed. Customs. We fuelled up at the last Lukoil petrol station, but there are no toilets there. There are big traffic jams in the opposite direction, towards Rostov. Documents and passports and child's birth certificate were checked at the checkpoint. At the customs there is a toilet and a lot of people on foot with their bags, their bags are checked there like at the airport. For those with cars, only the documents." "Why didn't they say they guarantee safety on the land road to Crimea, if they can't protect the Crimean bridge, and it's a 50/50 ride there?" "Yes, Megaphone [cellphone service provider] is completely dead, it doesn't show anything." "Just yesterday I was thinking what a moron one should be to go on holiday to Crimea now. Well, now the holiday will definitely be remembered when they go home through the front. They are disrupting the logistics of our military with traffic jams, stupid faggots." "One thing that annoys me is that after the first time, the competent authorities swore that ordinary people have nothing to fear, that now combat dolphins, medusas, shrimps and plankton guard the bridge 50 hours a day. F**k, how did that happen? !!!!!! Did they screw up again? !!!!!!!!" "Are there gas stations along the road in the new territories?" Sure Bandits, too, not just gas stations".

I had a hard time believing it, but it looks like these numbers were accurately reported.

Ukraine has said things are difficult in the area, but this is also worth considering it looks like the russians have about 100k+ troops in the north with 700-900 tanks trying to conduct a offensive right now... from ALL reports on both sides it appears that it is gaining a few feet, BUT, the attack is disjointed, the units are understrength, many have been moving back and forth without advancing, and its confusing as hell with too many commands (eastern and central military districts).... and on BOTH sides we are finding out that ukr did pull back in preperation for this to much better lines and have let the russians walk into areas where ukr heavy guns and res forces are taking apart the russians... this russian counter / counter / counter.. i have lost count.. is much larger than what ukr has used in the south so far 100K+ vs 4-6000 (47th / 37th brigades)... and has gained less ground so far.. lets see how far the russians are willing to advance into the trap with 100K of cluster 155 shells already in country and about to be used. i have a feeling that russia sees the ramp up in production and donations from the west and ukr... and sees that it has to use the forces it has or watch them get taken apart by long range weapons.

Ukrainian helicopter crew say women flash them as they fly overhead to boost their morale fighting Russia https://www.businessinsider.com/ukrainian-air-force-crew-says-women-flash-them-fly-over-2023-7

Nearly a dozen European countries that pledged to train Ukrainian pilots are still waiting on the U.S. to formally approve. Earlier, European officials have said they hope to begin the program in August. But trainings on F-16s can’t start until the U.S. signs off on the necessary requests. Now, partners hope to start the training in Romania, in October. - Politico

It looks like purges in the ranks of the Russian army continue. Russian sources say that Major General Vladimir Selivestrov, who commanded the 106th Airborne Division, which is now located in the Bakhmut direction, was fired. As claimed, due to "unaccommodating character". P.S: A little earlier, Major General Ivan Popov, commander of the 58th Army of the RF Armed Forces, was also removed from his post.

Nice to see this brewing Russia has rejected South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's request that Lavrov attend the BRICS summit instead of Putin. "We realize we are bound by the Rome Statute, but we cannot invite someone and then arrest him. We would be happy if Putin did not come," South African Vice President Paul Mashatile said.

^Impressive

Probably not enough to interfere with supplying Russia because $$$, but not bad news A conflict is brewing between Iran and Russia after the Russian Federation supported the UAE in a territorial dispute with Tehran. Three islands: Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb have been controlled by Iran since 1971, but they are also claimed by the United Arab Emirates. The Emirates recently renewed their claims to the territories, and this week Russia and the Gulf Arab states issued a joint statement calling for a diplomatic solution to the territorial dispute . Instead, Iran declared that these islands "belong to it forever", and such statements contradict the friendly relations between Tehran and its neighbors. Two days after the announcement of the statement, Tehran summoned the Russian ambassador, and Iranian officials called on the Russian Federation to correct its position on the territorial conflict.

russian TG is saying that ukraine knew about the upcoming attack from the 1GTA they have prepped the battle field. they knew the attack rout and they knew the units and when they were going to attack.... so what could go wrong there???? just how long do you think it will take to get to 300k??? only 64K to go... and the 1GTA with the rest of the central military district has about... 75K alone. or its about 1.333 troops per cluster bomb. and yes they are attacking in the open.

Reuters: UN asks Putin to extend Black Sea grain deal in exchange for SWIFT access. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has offered Russian dictator Vladimir Putin that he extends the Black Sea grain deal in exchange for connecting a subsidiary of Russian sanctioned bank to the SWIFT international payment system, Reuters reported on July 13, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

Top notch troll, even if it's not actually him

Russian lieutenant general Oleg Tsokov was reportedly killed near temporarily occupied Berdiansk - advisor to Mariupol mayor Petro Andriushchenko. Tsokov was under sanctions of the EU, Great Britain and New Zealand. Since August 2022 he commanded the 144th motorized rifle division of the 20th combined arms army of the Russian Federation. He received the rank of lieutenant general in 2023. In addition to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he took part in two Chechen wars and the war in Syria. Russia hasn't confirmed this information. Some accounts I'm not familiar with are saying he and other officers were staying at a hotel and that nothing remains of the hotel.

“Krasnodar runner Kiril Budyonov reported that he was nearby at the time of the murder of the local deputy head of the mobilization department. The sportsman stated that he personally saw how the serviceman took out a black pistol and fired 2 9mm bullets into his own chest, after which he carefully buried the weapon, threw away the cartridges, laid down, and died.” 😂😂😂

We value our allies. We value our shared security. And we always appreciate an open conversation. Ukraine will be represented at the NATO summit in Vilnius. Because it is about respect. But Ukraine also deserves respect. Now, on the way to Vilnius, we received signals that certain wording is being discussed without Ukraine. And I would like to emphasize that this wording is about the invitation to become NATO member, not about Ukraine's membership. It’s unprecedented and absurd when time frame is not set neither for the invitation nor for Ukraine's membership. While at the same time vague wording about "conditions" is added even for inviting Ukraine. It seems there is no readiness neither to invite Ukraine to NATO nor to make it a member of the Alliance. This means that a window of opportunity is being left to bargain Ukraine's membership in NATO in negotiations with Russia. And for Russia, this means motivation to continue its terror. Uncertainty is weakness. And I will openly discuss this at the summit.

The largest German weapons manufacturer #Rheinmetall to open armored vehicle plant in Ukraine within 3 months, CNN reported. According to CNN, the plant will be located in the west of the country. Its estimated cost is $218 million. Its production capacity will be about 400 tanks per year.

I heard this one a few weeks ago talking to my wife's uncle. He was extremely confident about it.

After heavy losses at Klishchiivka, south of Bakhmut, a Russian elite airborne brigade notorious for atrocities at Bucha was forced to make a chaotic retreat under fire, suffering more casualties, and some survivors were detained for refusing orders to immediately return to combat, Russian open-source site CIT says citing Russian reports A powerful Ukrainian assault forced Russia's 83rd Airborne Assault Brigade to retreat on foot without an evacuation plan, only to be given "illegally issued orders" to go right back to the front, the Russian troops complained in a video appeal Russian draftees in another unit at Klishchiivka - the 1442nd Regiment - also refused to fight after suffering heavy losses under Ukrainian fire while being sent into combat without ammunition, their relatives said in an appeal. Some of the refuseniks were reportedly being held in a pit The Russian airborne troops said they were "fraudulently" sent to Klishchiivka, where they spent 15 days under mortar fire without Russian artillery or air support or communications (which had been shut down by Ukrainian electronic warfare) Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones reportedly zipped around freely overhead underhindered by Russian electronic warfare After refusing to fight, they said they were threatened with being forced to join a "Storm-Z" unit of ex-convicts, notorious for being deployed in Russia's virtually suicidal so-called "meat assaults" CIT report notes.citeam.org/ru-dispatch-ju… My post on recent Ukrainian advances south of Bakhmut twitter.com/ArmedMaidan/st… Russian airborne troops' appeal t.me/astrapress/319… Appeal by Russian draftees' relatives archive.is/wJzF9 Map source: deepstatemap.live/en#13/48.5258/… After heavy losses at Klishchiivka, south of Bakhmut, a Russian elite airborne brigade notorious for atrocities at Bucha was forced to make a chaotic retreat under fire, suffering more casualties, and some survivors were detained for refusing orders to immediately return to combat, Russian open-source site CIT says citing Russian reports A powerful Ukrainian assault forced Russia's 83rd Airborne Assault Brigade to retreat on foot without an evacuation plan, only to be given "illegally issued orders" to go right back to the front, the Russian troops complained in a video appeal Russian draftees in another unit at Klishchiivka - the 1442nd Regiment - also refused to fight after suffering heavy losses under Ukrainian fire while being sent into combat without ammunition, their relatives said in an appeal. Some of the refuseniks were reportedly being held in a pit The Russian airborne troops said they were "fraudulently" sent to Klishchiivka, where they spent 15 days under mortar fire without Russian artillery or air support or communications (which had been shut down by Ukrainian electronic warfare) Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones reportedly zipped around freely overhead underhindered by Russian electronic warfare After refusing to fight, they said they were threatened with being forced to join a "Storm-Z" unit of ex-convicts, notorious for being deployed in Russia's virtually suicidal so-called "meat assaults" CIT report notes.citeam.org/ru-dispatch-ju… My post on recent Ukrainian advances south of Bakhmut twitter.com/ArmedMaidan/st… Russian airborne troops' appeal t.me/astrapress/319… Appeal by Russian draftees' relatives archive.is/wJzF9 Map source: deepstatemap.live/en#13/48.5258/…