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Day 1266 of the war. Trump said a lot of nonsense at a press conference. However, it does not follow from this that he is going to Alaska to surrender Ukraine into Putin's hands. Ukrainians and Europeans themselves will ensure that this does not happen. On August 13, two days before the meeting, they plan to talk with Trump and Vice President Vance. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte assures that the meeting is only preliminary and in any case, no one will decide anything without Ukraine, and arms supplies will not stop regardless of the negotiation results. In general, we will consider in detail with you what Trump said and why, from his words, it does not follow that he is going to surrender Ukraine. We will talk about this in a minute. Meanwhile, Ukraine continues to strike at the Russian military-industrial complex. In Stavropol, the Monocrystal plant, which produces optical devices, including for the military-industrial complex, was attacked. Meanwhile, the Zamas instrument-making plant, attacked yesterday, is sending letters of happiness to local media demanding the removal of notes about the attack on this very plant under threat of fines. As you know, if there are no reports, then there was no attack. Russian troops made a breakthrough in the Pokrovsk direction, almost reaching the Dobropolye-Kramatorsk highway. Deepstate predicts that Dobropolye may fall before Pokrovsk, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine assure that only a breakthrough by small groups has occurred, which they are about to destroy. We will follow the developments, but I will say frankly, the situation is quite serious and close to catastrophic. Russian soldiers on the front line are evacuating the wounded on horses and guarding ground robots, which, in fact, are supposed to replace living soldiers on the battlefield. But in the Russian army, they are considered more valuable than the lives of soldiers. This attitude leads to the fact that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have to replenish their ranks with complete dregs of society. A resident of Arzamas, who raped a ninety-three-year-old pensioner, went to war. About this and much more in today's fresh report, which you can support with your likes, comments, and channel subscriptions. Subscriptions are especially important for YouTube algorithms. So, yesterday Trump held a press conference initially to talk about his plans to clear Washington of homeless people and street crime with the involvement of the National Guard. By the way, I understand him a little, last year I was in Washington, it amazed me. It turned out to be much dirtier than New York, and there were, let's say, a lot of people who were doing something right on the street. Whether this needs to be protected from the National Guard or anything like that, I don't know. But nevertheless, that's not the point. Let's not delve into American politics. He was immediately, of course, asked about the upcoming meeting with Putin and about plans for a peaceful settlement. Trump spoke as much concentrated nonsense as he hadn't spoken in a long time. It started with Trump misspeaking. As Astro explains, speaking about the future meeting in Alaska, he phrased it: "I'm going to make a deal with Russia. Going to deal," he said deal. It came out as: "I'm going to Russia! Going to Russi". That's Mr. Peace. Deal. Of course, this slip of the tongue by Trump immediately became a meme, especially the part about the exchange. At first, it caused a super-hype there. People started writing to me: "Michael, is Trump going to Russia?" I say: "No, of course not, he's just talking, it's obvious, it's Trump." Well, it also became a reason for jokes that the territorial exchange that Trump talked about would be that Russia would give Ukraine a number of captured territories in exchange for Alaska's return. However, the author of the channel "To Be or Not To Be" tried to discern a substantive component in Trump's conference, and he formed the following interesting impression. Still, if you look at it as a whole, he writes, I didn't get the impression that he was going to surrender Ukraine. I think he has some kind of excitement about whether he can achieve a favorable deal. The question is whether he can realize that Putin doesn't need any deal at all, and is simply using him for his own purposes. Next, I will provide some quotes from Trump with comments: "To be or not to be, otherwise this will be the only thing I manage to tell you here. You can read the full version of the analysis on the "To Be or Not To Be" channel. So, during Bush's time, they, the Russians, took a lot of territories. During Obama's time, they took a lot of territories. During Biden's time, they took everything. It's a matter of time. During Trump's time, do you know how much they took? Nothing," says Trump. Comment from "To Be or Not To Be". Here he is proud that he did not surrender territories to Russia. This does not sound like he is ready to surrender them. "We have good relations with Zelensky," Trump said. "But I don't agree with what he did. Very, very much disagree. This probably shouldn't have happened. But I will talk to Zelensky, and the next meeting will be between Zelensky and Putin or Zelensky, Putin and me. I'll be there if needed, but I want to arrange a meeting of the two leaders." "I was a little concerned by the fact," Trump continued, "that Zelensky said: 'I need constitutional approval. He got approval to go to war and kill everyone, and now he needs approval for territorial exchange.' Well, "To Be or Not To Be" comments on the obvious speech, that Zelensky did not go to war and did not intend to kill anyone. Russia attacked, and Ukraine is defending itself. You don't need to ask for approval for self-defense. Moreover, all provisions are enshrined in the Ukrainian constitution. And here I will add from myself that Zelensky, despite all this, still received approval and regularly renews it. Martial law and mobilization are introduced by the Verkhovna Rada and extended every time for several months, and in my opinion, for three. It is logical that any peace treaty should also be approved by parliament, and according to the Ukrainian constitution, for its amendment, a referendum is also needed. Russia has occupied large parts of Ukraine," Trump said. "They occupied some very important territories. We will try to return them to Ukraine." Again, he doesn't sound like someone who just wants to give something to Russia. "They occupied, you know, we call it ocean real estate," Trump said. "It's always the most valuable real estate that is on a river, lake, or ocean. I will not make a deal. It's not for me to make the decision, but I think a deal should be made for both of them. Russia will return to building its country. It's a huge country, they have huge potential, but right now they are going badly, they have economic problems," Trump said. "To Be or Not To Be" writes, it's not for him to decide, he said it himself, but he draws attention to Trump's words. "I gave them Javelins," Trump sang his favorite song. By the way, it's not that Trump never wanted to give Ukraine Javelins, maybe we'll talk about it. This is a separate story altogether. As one of the generals told about how Trump tried to block this, well, whatever, screw it, google it if you're interested. "I gave them Javelins," Trump said. "If it weren't for me, all those tanks destroyed in the first days, which got stuck in the mud, some commander made a big mistake. They would have already been in Kyiv in 4 hours if they had gone along the highway. But the Russian general made a brilliant decision to go by land. They went through the farmlands earlier and got stuck in the mud. I don't know, uh, who this general is, but knowing Vladimir Putin, he's no longer with us. Well, [ __ ] This is nonsense. Well, "To Be or Not To Be" comments as follows: Russian troops were moving along the highways. And here's what happened to them. I'll add from myself that Colonel-General Chaiko, who commanded the offensive on Kyiv from Belarus as commander of the Vostok group of forces, eventually held his post until July, after which he was sent to honorable exile in Syria. I just, since I've been covering events from day one, I remember these columns, they were driving along the highway, Bayraktars were hitting them, because Russia didn't have air defense systems properly deployed to these points yet. Bayraktars were hitting them, taking out the first tank in the column and the last tank in the column, and since there was mud and mines all around, they couldn't go anywhere. These columns were shot like in a shooting gallery. Therefore, what Trump is saying is untrue. Absolutely. Absolute nonsense that has no relation to reality. Well, okay, I'll see what Putin has in mind, Trump said. And if it's a fair deal, I'll tell the European leaders and President Zelensky about it. Out of respect for Zelensky, I will call him first, and then the Europeans. And I can say: "Good luck, fight." Or I can say, "We can make a deal." And here's what "To Be or Not To Be" writes in the comments. He talks about a fair deal. This doesn't sound like he's ready to be fooled. "I saw a poll from Ukraine," Trump said. "8% of people would like to see a deal, and 3 years ago everyone wanted war. Everyone wants war until it starts." "To Be or Not To Be" writes that this is untrue. 76-80% of Ukrainians are categorically against transferring territory to Russia. 37-56% are ready to accept a deal under which Russia would de facto retain control of the occupied territories. No one in Ukraine ever wanted this war. No one in the world wants its end more than Ukraine. And I, of course, agree with "To Be or Not To Be". Trump, first of all, made up these numbers, just as at some point he made up 4% for Zelensky. And then, as further research showed, he just took it from some random Z-channel poll. Like, you know, how polls are sometimes conducted on Telegram. And so, they conducted it in a Z-channel, and he's like: "4%." These 88, uh, are also taken from who knows where. And at no point in time did Ukraine want, expect, or crave war before the war. Ukraine wants to live, just live normally, peacefully, so that Russia doesn't bother it. Russia wants to destroy Ukraine." That's why it's very difficult to find a compromise between these two positions. Understand? Trump was asked: "What is your definition of a good meeting?" Trump said: "Well, we'll meet, and within the first two minutes I'll know for sure if we'll have a deal." Question: "How will you know that, Trump?" Because that's what I do. I make deals. Russia is a warlike nation. That's what they do. They fight. As my friend told me, Russia is strong because they defeated Hitler, and also Napoleon. "To Be or Not To Be" writes: "Specifically for Trump, three small victorious wars of Russia in the 20th century. One was completely lost to Japan in 1904-1905, another ended with a first victory against Finland in 1939-1940. In the third, the USSR got stuck for 10 years, which became one of the factors of its subsequent collapse. And it got stuck in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989. "We talk a lot with the Europeans," Trump said. "They are wonderful people, wonderful leaders. And honestly, as one of them said, I have an overdose of trying to resolve the situation in Ukraine. Bad expression, but accurate. They are tired of it. They want to spend money on their countries again. We have wonderful relations, you see for yourself. And they are counting on me. If it weren't for me, this would never have been resolved until the last living person." "To Be or Not To Be" asks if he spoke with Orbán, since Trump indeed referred to him several times in his speech. "I will talk to President Zelensky," Trump summarizes. "I will gather all the ideas. I am going into this meeting filled to the brim with this, and we will see what happens." Well, and "To Be or Not To Be" writes, he does not reject the vision of Ukraine and Europe. And adding from myself, this vision, let me remind you, is that any deal must begin with a ceasefire along the front line and that the legal recognition of Russian-occupied territories is impossible. And the last thing, "To Be or Not To Be" notes, is that all of this was already in February-May. Ukraine has already gone through all of this. Well, and I will only say that I will repeat once again that we need to hope for the best, prepare for the worst. I agree with "To Be or Not To Be" that Trump does not sound like a person who is going to give Ukraine away. Once again, both "To Be or Not To Be" and I are very skeptical of Trump. I consider him a degenerate. "To Be or Not To Be" is also not enthusiastic about his oral abilities. I consider it a curse on all of humanity. First, there was the curse in the form of Putin, now the curse in the form of Trump. Together. They are a double curse, and they only bring hemorrhoids. And no predictability, no adequate actions. Nevertheless, Trump does not look like a person who will come to Alaska. I still can't believe this meeting will happen, but that's my problem. I am not imposing this opinion on you. Moreover, I don't have the opinion that the meeting won't happen. My opinion is that the meeting will happen, but my feeling is that it won't. Understand it as you wish. In short, there is no feeling that he will come there and say: "Yes, Vladimir, Ukraine must agree to everything, to your terms. Now we will put pressure on Zelensky." That is, they may put pressure on Zelensky in the end, because, well, Trump likes to do it. And he likes Putin more than Zelensky. He wants to be like Putin himself, and he definitely doesn't want to be like Zelensky. And in this sense, of course, there will be some pressure, but it doesn't look like Trump is going to simply accept all of Putin's terms. There is a feeling that I have a growing feeling that Trump and his entourage are working according to the old American principle of "fake it till you make it." Well, that is, like, everyone is like: "Utkov misunderstood Russia, but did he really misunderstand?" or did he pretend to misunderstand? Because this is a very American thing. This "fake it till you make it," this phrase, it says that, um, how to put it, deceive until it becomes reality. That is, conditionally, Putin is not ready for anything. Trump announces that he is ready and let's meet. And now they have met. And Trump says: "Well, let's agree to this." Putin says: "Well, we didn't offer this." He says: "Yes, but we've already met, so let's do this." Or we'll screw you with sanctions and everything else. I think Trump has planned a maneuver like this. There is danger in this, because Putin is a KGB agent, quite cunning, quite insightful, and Trump is a fool. But because Trump is a fool, perhaps this Putin magic that everyone talks about won't affect him. We'll see, we'll live, we'll see. In fact, Europeans and Ukraine are preparing for negotiations between Putin and Trump. Ukraine and its European partners are not sitting idly by waiting for the meeting between Putin and Trump. European leaders and Zelensky will call Trump on Wednesday. Germany will hold a virtual meeting of European leaders on Wednesday, August 13, to discuss how to put pressure on Russia to end the war in Ukraine, reports Raider, citing a representative of the German government. The meeting will be followed by a phone call with US President Donald Trump. The first part of the meeting will begin at 2:00 PM Berlin time, i.e., 3:00 PM Moscow time. In addition to the German Chancellor, Merz, it will be attended by the leaders of Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, the European Commission, the European Council, as well as the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, writes Politico. An hour and fifteen minutes later, Berlin time, European leaders and Zelensky will call US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Earlier, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that the US had promised to consult with European leaders before the meeting between Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska, scheduled for August 15. As can be seen, the Europeans and Ukrainians want not only to present their wishes for the negotiations but also to advise Trump on how exactly to put pressure on Russia so that it agrees to terms acceptable to Ukraine. Let's see what comes of it. NATO will continue to supply Ukraine regardless of the outcome of the negotiations. A bit of, so to speak, reassuring news, in a good sense, from the NATO Secretary General. Mark Rutte promised that the procurement of weapons for Ukraine will continue regardless of the outcome of the negotiations between Trump and Putin on Friday. "I have no doubt," comments "To Be or Not To Be," that Europe will not run out of desire to buy weapons for Ukraine. The question is whether America's willingness to sell them will change. Well, as of Saturday, Vance said they are ready, so let's hope. Otherwise, Rutte assures that the positions of Ukraine, Europe, and the United States coincide, that no one intends to make a deal without considering Ukraine's interests, and so on. How much Rutte's word is worth in this regard, we'll see. Further. "To Be or Not To Be" provides the following quote from Rutte's interview with CBS. "President Putin is still the main threat to the alliance. It's very good that President Trump is protesting, testing, excuse him. Let's see how far he can go on Friday when this process begins." He is asked a question. And there is an opinion that in Alaska we will see a moment like 1938, when in an attempt to immediately stop the war, the foundation was laid for a much larger conflict due to the concessions made. Are you comfortable with Ukraine being excluded from these negotiations? Rutte says, Friday will be a test for Putin. When it comes to peace negotiations, ceasefire, territories, security guarantees for Ukraine, Ukraine must be and will be involved. But on Friday, it is important to see how serious Putin is. And the only one who can do this is President Trump. There will be no final word at this meeting. There will be no final deal. Trump will see how serious Putin is. If not, it will stop there. If he is serious, the process will continue. Putin will have to sit down at the negotiating table with Zelensky. He cannot do all this through President Trump. In the end, as Trump himself said, there should be a trilateral dialogue, which should also involve Europeans. We are all on the same positions. Americans, Europeans, Ukrainians, when it comes to Ukraine's geostrategic position in the future, the size of the Ukrainian army, the deployment of NATO on the eastern flank, in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Poland, Putin absolutely cannot have a say in any of these issues. He is asked: "And who will provide security guarantees for Ukraine if not NATO?" Rutte says: "We are all praying for the moment when a ceasefire will occur. If there is at least a ceasefire, then the Europeans, led by Macron and Starmer, will discuss with the US and NATO how to provide security guarantees." Question: What about arms purchases by the US, by NATO from the US? Do you plan to supply them regardless of what happens on Friday? Rutte says: "Absolutely. They are continuing. We have the first two packages from the Dutch and Scandinavians. I expect further announcements in the coming days and weeks. And this is critically important. In addition, Europeans are investing in Ukraine's defense industrial complex, and NATO is coordinating all of this from Wiesbaden so that Ukraine is in the best possible position. Well, and before we move on, I would like to remind you that you can support this channel not only with your likes, comments, and subscriptions but also with financial support. You can do this on Patreon, the link is in the description, or by buying NVPN, also via the link in the description. NVPN is a tool for bypassing blocks that allows you to bypass blocks of YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, blocked media, what else? Discord. Well, in short, it's hard to imagine life without a VPN now. If you want a reliable, cool VPN with good customer support, which I vouch for, so to speak, then the link to purchase is in the description. In Russia, buying and using a VPN is still legal. Well, and we continue. Residents of Stavropol report that drones are attacking a chemical industry enterprise. One of the main producers of sapphire for the optoelectronics industry, JSC Monocrystal. Eyewitness footage shows smoke. According to Astro's analysis, the photo was taken near the Rostik restaurant on Kulakov Avenue in Stavropol. Monocrystal is located on the same avenue. The smoke in the photo is captured directly above the enterprise, Astro analyzed. Monocrystal is one of the world's leading enterprises for the production of synthetic corundum sapphire, used in optoelectronics, solar energy, and other high-tech industries. As reported on the company's website, it is a subsidiary of the diversified industrial concern Energomer. Synthetic sapphire is used in optical systems, protective elements of sensors and lasers, including military devices. It is also used in components for the aerospace, instrument-making, and other high-tech industries, including the military sphere. As Astro noted, in May 2025, Bloknot Stavropol reported that Stavropol's AО Monocrystal could be overwhelmed by defense state orders and go to court for embezzlement of millions, thereby confirming that the enterprise is involved in the state defense order of the Russian Federation. As you know, if you ignore a problem, it ceases to exist. Therefore, the defense plant in Arzamas sent demands to Nizhny Novgorod media to remove news about drone attacks on it. Sorokin Khvost, an independent Nizhny Novgorod news channel, reported on August 11 receiving such a letter from the Tarzamas instrument-making plant, about which I told you yesterday. The plant's press service cited a ban on publishing data on the consequences of drone attacks. For violating the ban, residents of the region face a fine of 1-3,000 rubles. Officials 10-30,000, legal entities 100,000. As for the statistics of strikes on Ukraine in July, the Shahetker resource provides statistics of Russian strikes on Ukraine by drones and missiles. In the past month, a total of 261 hits were recorded, including 38. As a result of missile or combined missile-drone strikes, 111 fires occurred, 12 power outages occurred, one of them major. The Okogor resource notes that the strikes are mainly concentrated in front-line cities, although there were also mass selective launches on rear cities of Ukraine. Apparently, the concentration of strikes in the front-line zone, among other things, leads to a decrease in the effectiveness of drone countermeasures, as there is much less time to shoot them down and suppress them during such strikes. Well, and now, perhaps, the main news from the front, namely about the tactical breakthrough of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation near Dobropolye. Russian troops made a breakthrough in the Pokrovsk direction towards Dobropolye. Analysts from Deep State provided details about the events. The post is long, but it is necessary to read it to understand the situation. So, here's what the analysts wrote. For the past few days, discussions and questions have been circulating online about what is happening in the Dobropolye area, where Moscow troops are actively advancing. Currently, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, through constant pressure and superior numbers of infantry, have managed to advance into the settlements of Kucherov Yar and Zolotoi Kolodets, where they are accumulating forces for further development of success. On their way, the Muscovites are trying to consolidate their positions. Also, from Kucherovo Yar, along the plantings, the Russians have advanced to the settlement of Vesely. They are also accumulating forces there. In the last day, about two dozen enemy fighters have been recorded in this village, "wrote Deepstate yesterday. Simultaneously, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are not stopping at what they have achieved and continue to develop their successes in the direction of the Dobropolye-Kramatorsk highway, consolidating their positions in the Novovodiansk and Petrovka areas. Unfortunately, the Russians have found weak spots for further advancement and will use them, making similar attempts. The situation is quite chaotic, as the Russians, having discovered breaches in the defense, are seeping deeper, trying to quickly consolidate, accumulate forces for further advancement. While some individuals in the command of one of the brigades either do not understand the full depth of the problem or present the situation as controlled, where everyone has been killed, everyone has been stopped. However, the soldiers themselves, who are holding the defense there and trying to understand what is happening, disagree with this. The area of Zolotoi Kolodets, Shakhovo, and other settlements in these surroundings is the site of construction of new serious engineering and fortification structures with quality engineering barriers and, most importantly, competently equipped positions of the platoon and company strongpoint type, which the enemy calmly bypasses, and will subsequently occupy and use for its defense. As the soldiers comment, the worst thing is that we will have to drive them out of there if they occupy them. This is an example of how, along with well-built engineering fortifications, people are needed to hold them, as well as effective command capable of competently using such opportunities. The beginning of the path to Dobropolye and its logistics for the Russians began with fire control using drones. Now the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have found places to physically lay this path, fully realizing the consequences that this will create after achieving the goals. The end points they must reach have already been determined for them. And today they are implementing this plan, trying to completely occupy Zolotoi Kolodets, Kucherov Yar, Vesely, and other settlements. After final consolidation and accumulation of forces, attempts to advance deeper into the territory will certainly follow, and drone crews will be brought in, which will complicate the restructuring of alternative logistics and the holding of surrounding positions for the defense forces. With such a development of events, if it does not change, we may face the situation where Dobropolye falls faster than Pokrovsk," grimly predicts Deepstate. I will add from myself that the entire Russian strategy and tactics are focused on finding weak spots in Ukrainian defense and attempting to carry out such breakthroughs, which I talked about in a recent video. Therefore, the fact that breakthroughs have been avoided so far is a huge credit to the Ukrainian military. However, there is no perfect defense. Therefore, unfortunately, it is not surprising that the Russian strategy, at least in one sector, has borne fruit. The situation is assessed quite grimly from the Ukrainian side. In particular, here's what Ukrainian serviceman Stanislav Bunyatov writes. The situation on the Druzhkovka direction is really bad. I don't know if this is a consequence of the "position is under control" policy, a lack of people in positions, drone crews, or all of the above. Such breakthroughs are a clear result of an inaccurate assessment of one's own forces and resources, as well as Russian capabilities. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation do not appear out of thin air and do not make such breakthroughs in one moment. There was their work, there were strikes on the seams of positions, there were circumstances indicating such consequences in the near future, but they were not reacted to in time. This is no longer the fault of just one separate brigade. This is a systemic problem that the Russians have very skillfully used to their advantage, concludes Bunyatov. Perhaps the most sharply expressed about the situation was the former Azov staff officer Bohdan Kratevych, who, as I recall, resigned, taking advantage of the right of a former prisoner of war to demobilization, which now allows him to speak much more frankly than active Ukrainian officers. So, here's what Kratevych wrote, addressing the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. Mr. President, honestly, I don't know exactly what they are reporting to you, but I am informing you that on the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka line.
Without exaggeration, it is complete. And this has been building for a long time, worsening with each passing day. The commands that are now being appointed or have already been appointed to fix the unfixable will most likely be blamed for what is already happening. The line of combat contact, as stable lines, practically does not exist. Pokrovsk-Mirnograd is almost surrounded. Konstantinovka is semi-surrounded. The enemy is advancing in the direction of Kramatorsk and Druzhkovka. The problem has been worsening since last year. This was publicly warned about. This is exactly how everything happened. The cause of this problem is not newly created corps, which inherited a failed situation with subordinate, understaffed units, and non-operational-tactical or operational-strategic groupings, which have effectively managed nothing for the past year and a half. They also passed on orders in accordance with orders from the General Staff. The systemic problem began with the erasure of reserves, the mass fragmentation of units along the entire front line, reports of taking a village as a victory against the backdrop of failures in entire directions, the distribution of mobilization resources by cronyism, and also the absolute lack of strategic and even operational vision of the theater of military operations among part of the military leadership. I am an officer, and I have a concept of honor. My conscience is clear. Report finished. To all officers who accepted the rules of the game, what can I say to you? I don't understand you," concludes Kratsievich. In the Ukrainian operational-strategic grouping of troops "Dnipro," formerly known as OSGV "Khortytsia," which is responsible, among other things, for the Pokrovsk direction, a post was issued that looks more like an anti-crisis measure. But it should still be presented as the official position of the Ukrainian command at the moment. So, here's what they write in the grouping's channel. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, constantly changing their methods and ways of using troops, using numerical advantages and disregarding massive losses of personnel, are trying to infiltrate in small groups past the first lines of Ukrainian positions. The infiltration of such groups, although it requires the involvement of reserves to destroy them, is not taking control of territory. The misunderstanding of this has repeatedly led to errors in analyzing the situation in public discussions in the area of the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd agglomeration. Undoubtedly, the situation remains complex, and the fighting in this region is the most intense compared to other sections of the line of combat contact. Nevertheless, Ukrainian troops are making maximum efforts so that even those groups of Russians who managed to infiltrate through the first line of defense are destroyed in the shortest possible time, which is happening. We strongly urge you to consider this and not to spread information from unverified and insufficiently informed sources, they urge in OSGV Dnipro. For my part, I will note that the situation is, of course, disastrous. All Ukrainian military personnel are writing about this, including authoritative Ukrainian military personnel and authoritative Ukrainian analysts Taras Chmut, Kratsievich, Deepstate, Bunyatov. And their words, in my opinion, deserve much more attention than the next official reports from various, uh, troop groupings. However, as practice shows, such Russian breakthroughs are usually not followed by a collapse of the front, as the Russians begin to actively expand their flanks, fearing Ukrainian counterattacks. This takes some significant time, which allows Ukrainian forces to prepare new defensive lines. Moreover, Russia's logistical problems have not gone away. And the supply line for advanced Russian units in the Dobropillya-Kramatorsk highway area has just increased by another 10 km. I will not say that familiar scenarios, in which a relatively rapid Russian breakthrough for our times occurs, but is replaced by a creeping offensive, will necessarily come true. However, such an option is at least possible. So let's follow the developments and continue to support the Ukrainian army, which needs this support more than ever. Nevertheless, once again, if anyone from the Ukrainian leadership is watching me, including the army, I know that many Ukrainian military personnel are watching me, please pay attention to what the analysts are saying, to what the military are saying, and, let's say, to those calls for personnel changes that they, uh, demand, about which they are shouting and have been for quite some time. It seems to me that the time has long been ripe. More on this, I think, we will talk with you today about this breakthrough, because it is the most discussed topic on the front, as for a long time all Russian offensive actions in May, June, July did not yield any significant results for the Russian side. And now it's mid-August, on the eve of negotiations, I think this is also related. And I think that Russia has thrown in additional forces, uh, and used everything it had, including equipment that was accumulated, in order to carry out these breakthroughs. Therefore, we will discuss this in more detail in a separate video. So the situation, because the situation is truly very, very bad. But Russia's problems are also not going anywhere. The front does not end at the Pokrovsk direction. Deepstate writes about the advance of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the May district, north of Chasov Yar. At the same time, Ukrainian forces still hold part of the city. Over the past week, fighting continued in Chasov Yar, in Nikolaevka and in the areas of the treatment facilities, writes a Russian military correspondent, author of the Telegram channel "Dark". Movement has begun in the direction of the northern Konstantinovka dachas. Strikes are being carried out on Novodmitrovka, through which Ukrainians are trying to enter Podolskoye and Krasnoye. Why the Russians have not yet managed to take Chasov Yar becomes clear if you listen to regular stories about problems in the Russian 98th Airborne Division, which is responsible for the fighting in the city. A military pensioner from the Lipetsk region, Sergey, recorded a video message in which he expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that servicemen who received injuries and need medical assistance are being sent to the front again. According to him, this is happening in all branches of the military. In addition, he reported that after being wounded, they cannot be replaced in their positions because of a shortage of personnel. Sergey also believes that citizens who have received Russian citizenship should be subject to mobilization. >> Our valiant warriors are stuffed into buses half-dead and sent to the SMO. This is the morality of [ __ ] commanders, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Our guys. I've sent it so many times, and you've seen it, young guys who could have built families, good families, are dying, but they weren't given the chance. Putin has ended their path to life, to prosperity, to everything. >> He recorded the second video at the numerous requests of his fellow soldiers and friends from the 98th Airborne Division, military unit 65451, in which he spoke about a number of problems in the unit. Their wounded, who have even passed the Military Medical Commission, are not sent home, not discharged. That is, they want to send them back behind the lines. Some wounded and sick are not even sent for Military Medical Commission examination in order to send them behind the lines, that is, to military operations, half-dead. They are handcuffed. Later, I will show you this in the video, these photographs. They are handcuffed to weights, chained. Like dangerous people. >> According to Sergey, commanders are trying in every way to prevent servicemen from passing the Military Medical Commission with such actions, because there is no one to replace them. >> This is how the command of the 98th Airborne Division acts. So, my friends, this is not the only case about which paratroopers of the 98th Division are asking me, who, half-dead, before boarding the bus for dispatch behind the lines, have their crutches taken away, are put on the bus, and they go to fight half-dead. The man emphasized that the 98th Airborne Division is called the 98th Penal Battalion because the servicemen have no rights. >> And the fact that half of them die in hospitals, especially in Kostroma, where no proper medical care is provided, and therefore they are not sent for Military Medical Commission examination for any actions. No medical assistance is provided to them. They are simply pressured, and people die. When I was there for 2 weeks, nine people died in rehabilitation from lack of care. >> In the 100th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they showed a video illustrating the use of Russian army ground robotic complexes in a classic army manner. Here's how they described it in the brigade's channel. A person is not a drone. No pity. It is no secret that fierce races are underway between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the army of the savage horde in the development, production, and use of ground robotic complexes on the battlefield. True, the philosophy of using these complexes is diametrically opposed. Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine use ground robotic complexes to preserve the lives of personnel, while for the occupiers of the horde, the robot itself is a real value. To be convinced of this once again, admire the footage taken in the Toretsk direction, they write. The ground robotic complex is sent on a mission. The operator, instead of sitting in a safe shelter, walks behind it literally a few dozen meters away, without losing sight of it, so as not to lose it. But that's not all. Another orc walks in front of the robot, of course, not of his own free will, so that in case of an emergency situation, such as fire damage, they can take the blow themselves. As a result, this is exactly what happens. The orc guide is instantly sent to Kobzon's concert, and the expensive piece of iron remains intact. This is all the more strange because, in fact, even in the Russian army, a person is not cheaper than a drone. Payments for recruiting contract soldiers and death benefits are much more expensive than any drone, including a ground one. However, as you know, Russian military personnel can be paid nothing at all, by declaring them missing or having deserted. For this, the Russian commander will most likely not be held accountable. But explaining the loss of a ground drone and writing it off is still a hassle. Therefore, Russian robot operators fight this way. Of course, the Russian military lacks ground robots. In these conditions, evacuation has to be carried out by exotic methods, including on horseback. The corresponding video is provided by Ukrainian journalist Yuri Butusov. He also publishes a video message from a Russian soldier who asks for help in acquiring a new horse to replace the lost one. >> Good day, friends. We continue to provide material assistance to our military. If anyone has the opportunity, I will post a video now. We need to acquire a horse for the evacuation of the wounded. As one horse died in battle. The guys are asking to acquire a horse. If anyone has the opportunity or knows where to acquire it, please get in touch. Despite the rather curious videos with horses, the Russians should not be underestimated. This is evidenced by a Russian video of remote mining of Ukrainian logistics using Shaheds, which is described by the Ukrainian Telegram channel "Sh Shkhalin" as follows. The drop of a Russian Shahed with anti-tank mines PT M-3 occurred near the Stella on the border of Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions. The drone made several drops on the vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The destruction of four vehicles has been confirmed. The fact of losses is confirmed by a video that shows the consequences of these drops directly near the Stella of the Donetsk region. The use of PT M3 Shaheds allows the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to remotely mine roads deep in the rear and hit equipment. Separate areas of Donetsk and partially Dnipropetrovsk regions are becoming increasingly dangerous to travel in, concludes the author of the channel. This is indeed a serious problem that can only be solved by further increasing the production of interceptor drones and equipping front-line brigades with them. Ukrainian brigades have been allowed to purchase pickups and quad bikes. Meanwhile, important and useful innovations continue in the Ukrainian defense forces. Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about one of them. "I held a Stavka meeting," wrote the President of Ukraine. Stavka is an extraordinary body that exercises overall leadership in waging war. In Russia, it was introduced in the First and Second World Wars. And now there is no such body in Russia, because there is no war. There is a special military operation. We discussed precisely those issues, Zelensky reports, which were raised by our warriors on the front and which I instructed government officials to work on. There is a decision. The first absolutely clear decision regarding pickups, quad bikes, and other similar equipment, which can now be purchased through direct financing for combat brigades. This will work the same way as funds for brigades to purchase drones. We are providing the opportunity to purchase not only new pickups but also those that have already been used. This is exactly what was discussed in every brigade. This week, officials will formalize the decision in documents so that this opportunity appears in August. This decision is even overdue. Vehicles on the front have long become consumables. We have collected for dozens of these vehicles, especially in the conditions of constant use of drones. By the way, collections for cars compete with drones in terms of frequency, uh, it is precisely these drones that we are covering. Thank you very much. By the way, the last collection we closed, we did it very, very quickly. In 2 days, a collection for a million hryvnias. It seems to me this is some kind of incredible result. Thank you all very much to everyone who participated in it, especially from the fighters. And now at least some part of this burden is lifted from the shoulders of volunteers, which, of course, does not mean that collections for cars, including ours, will stop. As we know from the experience of purchasing drones under the same scheme of state funds, there are always not enough. Second, Zelensky continued and instructed to significantly increase funding for combat units so that it is fair, so that brigades receive truly more opportunities. Updated rules: 7 million hryvnias per brigade, calculated per battalion participating in combat operations, which is an increase of tens of millions of hryvnias. Logically, funds for the purchase of transport must come from somewhere. Third. We are significantly simplifying and digitizing the write-off of property. The government will change the relevant documents so that corps commanders and brigade commanders have more opportunities. We are also reducing write-off times. This is also a very important, although not obvious to ordinary mortals, point. The regulations inherited from the Soviet army do not reflect the situation when, as I have already said, drones and vehicles are effectively consumables. For every downed Mavic, you have to write off a stack of papers and almost conduct an investigation to get a new one. Now, hopefully, this will indeed become easier, and Ukrainian soldiers and officers will have more time to engage in actual combat operations. And they will also not have to save the issued equipment, and especially the drones themselves, to the detriment of completing tasks. This problem is much smaller in the Ukrainian army than in the Russian one, but nevertheless, its remnants, its aftershocks were there. A little more about maintaining discipline in Russian troops. Khastra discovered the twenty-fourth basement near Mariupol on the territory of the so-called LPR/DPR, in which more than 200 Russian servicemen are illegally held. Another illegal place of detention of military personnel is located in the village of Melekin, Donetsk region of Ukraine. Astria was informed about this by relatives of three Russian servicemen held there. The exact address of the detention has not yet been established. However, relatives assume that it could be one of the former hotel complexes. A resident of Buryatia, Irina S, whose name has been changed, told Astria that her husband, a contract soldier since April 2024, who served in the engineering and sapper troops, has been held in a basement in the village of Melekin, Donetsk region, for four months. This is about 20 km from Mariupol. According to her, there are more than twenty people there with him, including servicemen listed as missing. According to Marina, her husband voluntarily signed a contract with military unit 63411. For 7 months, he trained more than 9,000 servicemen in sapper skills and was awarded two medals. In October 2024, he arrived on leave, and then was seconded to the 37th brigade of another unit, 01605. In December, during training, he received an injury and was exempted from classes due to medical indications. In addition, his mother had a stroke, and Irina's husband, as the only son, looked after her. On January 13, he was accused of unauthorized absence from his unit, although he was in contact with the command, and a week later he was sent to Ukraine, where, according to Irina, for five months he and other servicemen were used as free labor in construction work without payment of monetary allowance. In June, the contract soldier's mother died. He submitted a report requesting to be released for the funeral. However, he was not released. And after contacting the deputy political officer, the man was unexpectedly transferred to the village of Melekin and placed in a basement. They are fed once a day, taken to the toilet once a day. For everything else, there is a bottle, there is a terrible stench, they do not wash. Wet wipes are in short supply. My animals live in better conditions, Astria's Irina said. As her husband recounted, among those held are servicemen who refused combat missions, who were also placed in the basement, and some of the prisoners are declared missing. At least two more relatives of servicemen from Buryatia from the 37th brigade confirmed to Astria that their relatives are in the basement in Melekin. The last time Irina's husband was in touch was July 9, complaining about complete lawlessness. Irina sent complaints to the military prosecutor's office. However, there were no clear answers to her appeals. According to Irina, the criminal case against her husband has been suspended, and the unit's command is not moving the investigation forward. All servicemen whose relatives Astria spoke with last contacted more than a month ago. According to relatives, earlier they were given a phone for a few minutes once a week to call relatives in the presence of military police. However, then the calls stopped. I am not telling this for sympathy for these Russian soldiers. If you went to kill Ukrainians, the Russian fascist occupation army, then you signed up for all of this yourself. I am telling this so that you understand that you should not go there under any circumstances. Even if you are a complete [ __ ] and you want to kill Ukrainians and wipe Kyiv off the face of the earth and blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, then know that you will end up in Irina's husband's place. You will end up in this basement in the best case, in the worst case, you will be killed in the first assault. The coordinator of the Russian community in Troitsk, a defender of family values, beat his wife and received 10 days of arrest. Nothing surprising in the representation of the so-called defenders of traditional values, domestic violence occupies a prominent place in the list of these very values, it is somewhere right after pedophilia. He was released and accused the court of violating his activities for collecting humanitarian aid for the SMO. The coordinator of the Troitsk Russian community, Stanislav Belous, was arrested for 10 days on August 2nd under Article 6.1.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation for battery. His ex-wife filed a police report against him for beating her on June 17th. After his release, Belous recorded a video message in which he accused the court of bias, of destroying the institution of family in Russia, and drew attention to Chelyabinsk's future. I am actively involved in collecting humanitarian aid for SMO fighters. And it was precisely during this period that we were sending humanitarian cargo. This was also not taken into account. I admit a biased attitude from the judge and their decisions towards my public activities," said Belous. From a VKontakte post by the Russian community, it became known that the defender of traditional values, Belous, has not lived with his de facto ex-wife since January, although he has not initiated divorce proceedings. Stanislav, a member of the Russian community, responded to a request for help to get home to his ex-wife, who was in a state of alcoholic intoxication. In the car, the woman, angered by the sound, snatched his phone, threw it away, and began to hit him on the head. To protect himself and prevent an accident, Stanislav was forced to hold her hands and slapped her to bring her to her senses. This is what was later presented as battery, the community stated. The Russian community called the information about this incident in the media provocations and a smear campaign to discredit the organization. Earlier, they stated that the secretary of the Interdepartmental Commission for Combating Extremism of the Troitsk District had instructed to establish the facts of subordinates' participation in the Russian community, including in its chats and social media and messengers. Representatives of the Russian community concluded that officials decided to declare their organization illegal. And I will remind you that the Russian community is an absolute ultra-group that lies about everything, that shamefully keeps silent when people die due to their actions, uh, that hunts not only migrants but also everyone who does not look Slavic, who does not have a Slavic appearance. They hunt those who, in their opinion, are drug addicts, set fire to dens, and so on. Well, that is, it's just a cesspool, and naturally, a cowardly cesspool, which, when it comes to some kind of business, starts saying that it wasn't me, I wasn't there. Well, you see, he held his wife by the hand to avoid an accident. Vera Atosh. At their commission, violating the norms of law, they made a decision that the Russian community is allegedly an undesirable organization of an extremist nature, it was stated in the message of the Russian community, which, of course, it is. In response, the administration of the Troitsk district said that the reason for the official statement was the information being disseminated on social networks, which could cause concern among the residents of the district. A very interesting story, of course, is happening in the regions with this very Russian community, which, it seems, supports its so-called goals, cooperates with the police and the Kremlin in raids on migrants, but at the same time has turned out to be extremely inconvenient for the authorities, like any forms of self-organization that are not fully controlled by the Kremlin or are outside its control. The Russian state has a long and strong symbiosis with neo-Nazis. Old-timers will remember Born. Now we can mention the Nazi group "Española" fighting under the wing of the GRU. But here something went wrong. But then again, nothing new. In fascist states, it is customary to periodically purge stormtroopers who have gone rogue. Not in a military sense, but in a Nazi sense. Let's recall at least the Night of the Long Knives in Hitler's Germany, when the leadership of the overly independent SA was beheaded. And let's also recall DPNI. Uh, I think those who remember, remember. A resident of Arzamas raped a ninety-three-year-old pensioner. The security forces offered him, naturally, to go to war to avoid punishment. He agreed: This is a new elite. As Astria found out, on July 24th, a ninety-three-year-old resident of the village of Matavilova in Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod region, reported that she had been raped by an unknown person. Later, Ivan Yakovlev, previously repeatedly convicted, including for sexual assault, was detained on suspicion of raping the pensioner. A criminal case for rape was initiated against him. However, the security forces offered the detainee to go to war. Thus, Ivan will be able to avoid responsibility for raping the ninety-three-year-old woman. I can't get my head around this at all. I don't understand how this can be done, what this, what should be in Pasha. Well, that is, we can only hope that a drone kills him faster, because well, such biological waste has no place on this planet. Yakovlev agreed to sign the contract, Astria sources familiar with the case reported. Since the autumn of 2024, Russian police officers and investigators have regularly offered detainees, suspects, and accused persons the opportunity to go to the SMO in exchange for avoiding punishment for crimes, Astria and many other publications have reported. Similar offers are also made to victims. And with you was Michael Naki, and see you soon. All the best. Bye.