Special Thread: Yanayojiri Mgogoro wa Ukraine na Urusi. Nini chanzo na hatma ya mzozo?

Special Thread: Yanayojiri Mgogoro wa Ukraine na Urusi. Nini chanzo na hatma ya mzozo?

[emoji845][emoji1058][emoji635] The #NATO-Ukraine Council believes that #Russia's actions in the Black Sea affect the economic zone of #Bulgaria, which is a member of the alliance, and this, in turn, carries risks of escalation.

NATO announced an increase in reconnaissance flights in the Black Sea region

NATO is stepping up reconnaissance flights of unmanned aircraft and patrol aircraft in the Black Sea region after the grain deal was broken. This is stated in the statement of the alliance, distributed following the meeting of the Ukraine - NATO Council.

"NATO countries are increasing surveillance and reconnaissance in the Black Sea region, including with the participation of maritime patrol aircraft and drones," the statement said.
 
[emoji3544] Ukrainians report a second wave of missiles launches towards #Ukraine

[emoji845][emoji635][emoji573][emoji573][emoji1255] They report missiles entering from the East and are maneuvering trough the country possibly throwing off AD

They may be several dozen cruise missiles in Ukrainian airspace. 18: 45 local time

[emoji3544] Ukrainian monitoring channels urge residents not to take photos or videos of AD operating.
 
[emoji3544] Ukrainians report a second wave of missiles launches towards #Ukraine

[emoji845][emoji635][emoji573][emoji573][emoji1255] They report missiles entering from the East and are maneuvering trough the country possibly throwing off AD

They may be several dozen cruise missiles in Ukrainian airspace. 18: 45 local time

[emoji3544] Ukrainian monitoring channels urge residents not to take photos or videos of AD operating.
Lere mvua
 
Tutazidi kuwachinja warusi Kwa wingi kadri iwezekanavyo [emoji56][emoji56]


[emoji298]another 590 Russian occupiers have been eliminated in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, according to the latest update from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[emoji298]
Tatizo la taarifa zako Kipanya ni kwamba they do not stand the test of time,zina crumble like a block of ice.Why,because it's cooked information.
 
Waziri Doto Mashaka Biteko akiwa Urusi hebu msikilize.


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Leo Tu-95 zipatazo 12 zilikuwa airbone, vp kuna mwenye taarifa zimefanya nini?
Baada ya kipigo Sasa majibu
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Kweli mzungu hana rafiki ha ha ha ...!


🤡Everyone can now hit Zelensky.

The French have launched a website where you can hit the Ukrainian president with hand, baton or sledgehammer.

Unfortunately the game creators did not add the dialogue where Zelensky is denied military assistance.

@ukraine_watch
 
BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCHES IN MAJOR AIR STRIKES AGAINST UKRAINE

26 JULY 2023

Reports are coming in that Russia has launched 12 TU-95 aircraft carrying missiles for Ukraine
If each aircraft is carrying a full load, that is up to 96 cruise missiles.
Air Raid Sirens are sounding throughout the red shaded areas of Ukraine shown on the map above. Explosions likely to follow.
Check back.

UPDATE 11:31 AM EDT --
13 Russian Tu-95MS and a number of Tu-160M Strategic Bombers are currently noted Airborne across Western Russia heading towards “Launch Zones” over the Caspian Sea.
A Large Missile Attack on Ukraine SEEMS Imminent.

UPDATE 11:34 AM EDT --
Preliminary launches of X-101/555 missiles from Tu-95 from the Caspian direction.
CONFIRMED! Initial Detection by the Ukrainian Air Force of Cruise Missile launches by at least 12 Russian Tu-95MS Strategic Bombers over the Caspian Sea; the Missiles should be entering Ukrainian Airspace within the next hour.


UPDATE 11:38 AM EDT --
ADDITIONAL MISSILE ATTACKS NOW TAKING PLACE! High-speed missiles entering Ukraine from the north, Ukraine's air force says.


These are DAYLIGHT launches, not something the Russians usually do.

UPDATE 11:40 AM EDT --
Cruise Missiles Flying towards Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk .
Possible direction - Kremenchuk, Kropyvnytskyi!
Explosions are reported in Berislav district of Kherson region and in Kharkov.

UPDATE 11:43 AM EDT --
Right now, Ukrainians are in a panic that has long crossed the line of hysteria.
Rockets over the Kirovograd region towards Kiev;
More missiles in the direction of the Vinnitsa region;
Rockets over the Zhytomyr region;
Zhytomyr region Powerful explosions;
Borispol, Kiev region, Explosions; Zhytomyr region.
Detonation of two warehouses with ammunition.


UPDATE 12:07 PM EDT --
Apparently, the Russian Air Force took significant steps to deceive the Ukrainian air defense; today's missiles are constantly changing course in mid-flight!
Russian cruise missiles are flying to Vinnytsia, Mykolaiv and Odesa regions, — Ukrainian Air Force.
Explosions reported in Dnepropetrovsk region.
The second wave of Russian missiles is entering from the East.
Cruise missiles on the approaches to Vinnytsia, Mykolaiv, and Odesa regions!
MORE:
Explosions Reported in Dnepropetrovsk and Kirovograd Regions
It appears that a portion of the Iskander missiles have successfully struck their intended targets.
The activation of the air raid alert following the initial strikes indirectly confirms the accuracy of the hits on these targets.
Moreover, there are indications that a ballistic missile strike targeted an assembly shop in Kharkov, which was allegedly involved in the production of drones.
As for the cruise missiles launched from the Caspian region, they have not yet reached their intended destinations.
There is speculation that these missiles could potentially target certain sites belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Khmelnitsky and Vinnitsa regions.
NEW: A group of missiles is moving along the border with Moldova in the direction of Khmelnytskyi region!

UPDATE 12:13 PM EDT --
Multiple explosions heard in Khmelnytskyi region


UPDATE 12:25 PM EDT --
Missiles entering Lviv.
Lviv region advised to take cover immediately, missiles inbound.

Volyn and Rivne regions. Missiles also fly towards you.
COURSE CHANGES - AGAIN: Several RU cruise missiles turned from Lviv to Volyn region NOW! Some rockets in the Ternopil region made a 180-degree turn.
A group of missiles from Ternopil Oblast changes course to Zhytomyr Oblast, another group in the direction of Lviv Oblast and Volyn Oblast.
UKRAINE authorities in panic, now hysteria: screaming to citizens "Missiles constantly change their flight path. Stay in shelters!"

UPDATE 12:46 PM EDT --
Russian "Dagger" missiles heading in the direction of Kyiv!
(NOTE: Today's ongoing missile barrages appear to be the largest and longest-sustained attack since the Russia-Ukraine conflict began. Ter for months, we were all told "Russia is running out of missiles." HMMMMM. Looks like the people telling us that were . . . ahem . . . wrong.)
AT LEAST FOUR (4) HYPERSONIC "KINZHAL" MISSILES HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED AND APPEAR HEADING TOWARD KIEV.

MORE:
Iskander missiles have JUST BEEN launched from the Bryansk region Russia.

***** FLASH *****
Multiple reports coming in claiming land-to-land BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCHES have taken place inside Russia, heading toward Ukraine.


UPDATE 12:57 PM EDT --
Explosions heard once again in the City of Khmelnytskyi in Western Ukraine.

UPDATE 1:13 PM EDT --
The attack seems to have subsided. No additional missiles are being tracked in, or toward, Ukraine.
Unconfirmed Reports that Starokostiantyniv Air Base in the Khmelnytskyi Region of Western Ukraine has been struck by at least 5 Russian Cruise Missiles. This Base is Home to the 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade who operate Su-24 Tactical Bombers which are claimed to be the ONLY Ukraine aircraft capable of utilizing “Storm Shadow” Air-Launched Cruise Missiles provided by the UK and France.
If this base and its planes have been put out of commission, then Russia achieved multiple wins; knocking out more Ukraine air power and HALTING the ability of Ukraine to use STORM SHADOW missiles, anywhere in the country.
Reports are that this is attack was focused on NATO Assets, Supplies, and Command Centers inside Ukraine, which would explain the daylight strikes.
 
Tanzania tunasonga mbele, tuko kwenye kumi Bora katika uchumi Africa
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~$18 billion - trade between the Russian Federation and African countries last year, but the potential for partnership is much higher.

Russian companies want to work more actively in Africa in the field of high technologies, geological exploration, the fuel and energy complex, including nuclear energy, as well as in the chemical industry, mining, transport engineering, agriculture and fisheries.

#Graphic
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Russian military repels ‘massive’ Ukrainian offensive – Defense Ministry​

Kiev’s forces have lost 22 tanks in a single assault in Zaporozhye Region
Russian military repels ‘massive’ Ukrainian offensive – Defense Ministry

Ukrainian soldiers fire toward Russian position on the frontline in Zaporozhye region,

Russian troops have stopped an “intensive” effort by the Ukrainian military to break their defensive lines near the village of Orekhov in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region. The village and its surroundings have been the scene of fierce fighting for weeks, as Ukraine’s floundering counteroffensive drags on.
Kiev’s forces “resumed intensive offensive operations” just south of Orekhov on Wednesday morning, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that evening. Despite the Ukrainian army launching a “massive” assault with three battalions backed by tanks, Russia’s 810th Marine Brigade, and 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division held their positions and repelled the Ukrainian advance, the ministry said.
During the battle, Ukraine lost 22 tanks, 10 infantry fighting vehicles, and more than 100 men, according to the ministry.
Nearby, Russian troops repelled an attack on the village of Rabotino, and used air and artillery power to hit Ukrainian units near Malaya Tokmachka, Yablokovo and Rabotino.
Kiev’s defense chief makes new excuses for counteroffensive failures
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Kiev’s defense chief makes new excuses for counteroffensive failures
All of these locations sit within the formerly Ukrainian region of Zaporozhye, where Kiev’s forces have been attempting for almost two months to penetrate Russia’s multi-layered defensive lines and push south to the Black Sea. If Ukraine were to succeed in this gambit, Russia’s land access to Kherson Region and Crimea would be severed.
However, Ukraine’s efforts have thus far been in vain. Russia has heavily mined the no-man’s-land in front of its defensive lines in this area, and early attempts to push through these minefields have proven disastrous for the Ukrainian military. Photos and videos from the beginning of Ukraine’s counteroffensive in June showed lines of destroyed tanks and armored vehicles sitting in minefields between Malaya Tokmachka and Rabotino, burning after they hit mines, and being targeted by artillery and Russian helicopters.
Ukraine’s 47th Mechanized Brigade – a NATO-trained unit – reportedly lost 30% of its US-supplied Bradley Infantry Fighting vehicles in two weeks near Orekhov and Rabotino, while the 33rd Mechanized Brigade lost nearly a third of its 32 German-made Leopard tanks in the same area in a single week.
[I][SIZE=2]READ MORE: Western bureaucracy affected Kiev’s counteroffensive – UK expert[/SIZE][/I]
Across the entire frontline, Ukraine’s summer counteroffensive has already cost Kiev 26,000 troops and 3,000 pieces of heavy military hardware since June, according to the latest figures from Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin has described the Ukrainian operation as “suicidal.”
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has admitted to having difficulties, saying the counteroffensive is developing “slower than desired.” Amid reports that his Western backers are displeased at the pace of the offensive, Zelensky has attempted to shift the blame for the apparent failure to the West, saying that Ukraine did not receive enough munitions, weaponry, or training to succeed.
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Tanzania tunasonga mbele, tuko kwenye kumi Bora katika uchumi Africa
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~$18 billion - trade between the Russian Federation and African countries last year, but the potential for partnership is much higher.

Russian companies want to work more actively in Africa in the field of high technologies, geological exploration, the fuel and energy complex, including nuclear energy, as well as in the chemical industry, mining, transport engineering, agriculture and fisheries.

#Graphic
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Tungekuwa hata wa kwanza isingekuwa CCM, na Serikali zake,very disgusting.
 
MoD Russia:
⚡️Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

(27 July 2023)

Part I (Part II)

▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out concentrated strikes with long-range air- and sea-based precision weapons against airfields, command and deployment points of the AFU, assembly workshops and storage sites for unmanned boats, as well as missiles, weapons and military hardware from European countries and the USA.

▫️The goal of the attacks has been reached. All the assigned targets have been neutralised.

▫️The AFU continued unsuccessful attempts to conduct offensive actions in Donetsk, Krasny Liman and South Donetsk directions.

▫️In Donetsk direction,
as a result of coordinated actions of the defending units in close cooperation with aviation and artillery of the Yug Group of Forces, 9 enemy attacks have been successfully repelled close to Avdeevka, Maryinka and north of Kirovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
AFU units have been also struck near Vesyoloye, Bogdanovka, Predtechino, Dyleevka and Novgorodskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️1 ammunition depot of the AFU 79th Airborne Assault Brigade has been destroyed near Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy losses were over 210 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 tank, seven infantry fighting vehicles, 3 armoured fighting vehicles, 2 pickup trucks, howitzers: D-20 and Msta-B, as well as 1 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station.

▫️In addition, over the past two days in this direction, units of the Russian troops foiled 4 attacks by the AFU near Kleshcheevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️During the fighting, as a result of the skilful use of anti-tank weapons with the support of Army Aviation, more than 120 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 tanks, 4 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 armoured personnel carriers and 1 Kozak armoured vehicle have been destroyed.

▫️In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, relying on a skilfully organised system of fire combined with engineering obstacle, have repelled 1 enemy attack forward Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️During the battle, more than 15 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 infantry fighting vehicle and 1 motor vehicle have been destroyed.

▫️In addition, as a result of actions by aviation and artillery, AFU manpower and hardware have been hit close to Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Torskoye and Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 185 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 armoured fighting vehicles, 3 pickup trucks, 2 D-30 howitzers, and 1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.

▫️1 ammunition depot of the AFU 100th Territorial Defence Brigade has been destroyed near Yampol (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️In total, since 23 July, the advance of the assault groups of the Tsentr Group of Forces near Sergeevka (Lugansk People's Republic) has been up to 12 kilometres along the front and 3 kilometres deep into the enemy defence.

▫️In South Donetsk direction,
as a result active actions by aviation, artillery, and units of the Vostok Group of Forces, 1 attack by an assault group of the 35th Marine Brigade has been repelled close to Urozhainoye (Donetsk People's Republic). The enemy losses were up to 16 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as 2 armoured fighting vehicles.

▫️In addition, enemy manpower and hardware have been hit close to Ugledar and Makarovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️The actions of 1 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group have been suppressed near Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

🔹Russian Defence Ministry

⚡️Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

(27 July 2023)

Part II (Part I)

▫️In Zaporozhye direction, after the failure of the AFU offensive north of Rabotino (Zaporozhye region), in which up to three battalion tactical groups from the strategic reserve brigades have been involved, the enemy, having suffered heavy losses, restored its combat capability overnight and did not take any active actions.

▫️As a result of actions by Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and artillery, Ukrainian units have been hit close to Belogorye, Omelnik, Novodanilovka, Orekhov and Pyatikhatki (Zaporozhye region).

▫️In addition, the actions of 1 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group have been disrupted close to Stepanovka (Zaporozhye region).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 280 Ukrainian servicemen, 25 tanks, 10 infantry fighting vehicles, 3 armoured fighting vehicles, 2 motor vehicles, 1 Czech-manufactured RM-70 Vampire multiple-launch rocket system and 2 UK-manufactured FH-70 howitzers.

▫️In Kupyansk direction, the assault groups of the 7th Motorised Rifle Regiment of the Zapad Group of Forces continued offensive operations west of Kuzyomovka (Lugansk People's Republic) and took more advantageous positions.

▫️As a result of actions by Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, as well as artillery, AFU units have been hit close to Sinkovka and Timkovka (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka and Novosyolovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy losses were over 35 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 armored fighting vehicles, 4 motor vehicles, 1 D-20 howitzer, as well as 1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.

▫️In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 25 servicemen, 3 motor vehicles, as well as 2 D-30 howitzers.

▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised 109 AFU artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware in 123 areas.

▫️In addition, aviation fuel depots have been destroyed near Starokonstantinov (Khmelnitskiy region).

▫️2 radar stations for detecting P-18 targets have been destroyed close to Chuguevo and Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▫️1 fuel depot of the AFU 47th Mechanized Brigade has been hit close to Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).

▫️Air defence facilities have shot down 5 projectiles launched by HIMARS MLRS.

▫️In addition, 20 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed close to Belogorovka, Kremennaya (Lugansk People's Republic), Gorlovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Vershina Vtoraya, Tokmak and Malye Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region).

📊In total, 457 airplanes, 244 helicopters, 5,291 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 air defence missile systems, 10,966 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,140 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 5,636 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 11,920 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.

🔹Russian Defence Ministry
 

Putin promises free grain to six African nations after collapse of Black Sea deal​

President says Russia will replace blocked Ukrainian exports after it abandoned pact on passage of ships

Vladimir Putin has promised free grain supplies to six African nations as Moscow seeks to capitalise on the collapse of the Black Sea grain deal.

What was the Black Sea grain deal and why did it collapse?
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Speaking on the first day of a Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg, the Russian president claimed his country would be able to replace Ukrainian grain exports blocked by Moscow’s decision to abandon the UN-brokered arrangement which had allowed the export of grain and other products from Ukrainethrough the Black Sea to markets, many of them in Africa.

“In the coming months, we will be ready to provide Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, the Central African Republic and Eritrea with 25,000-50,000 tonnes of grain free of charge,” Putin said, speaking in front of several African leaders on Thursday.

Russia is hosting a two-day summit with the African continent designed to portray Moscow as a great power despite crippling western sanctions and growing unease in the global south over the country’s destabilising war in Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin addresses the plenary session of the second Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg, 27 July 2023.

Vladimir Putin addresses the plenary session of the second Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg, 27 July 2023.Photograph: Alexander Ryumin/Tass Host Photo Agency/AFP/Getty Images

The summit comes a week after Russia’s decision to pull out of the grain deal. Putin partly blamed his country’s withdrawal on western sanctions that he said restricted the sale of Russia’s agricultural products abroad.

The grain deal, also brokered by Turkey, had lasted about a year and allowed billions of dollars worth of grain to safely transit out of Ukraine via the Black Sea.

Observers believe that Putin will use this week’s summit with African nations to push a plan to supply grain directly to Africa and cut Ukraine out of the global market.

Moscow has previously used the grain issue to find allies in the global south for its war in Ukraine and gather support against western sanctions.

Russia ‘holding humanity hostage’ over Black Sea grain deal, UN hears
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But, despite a flurry of Russian diplomatic efforts in Africa, there are clear signs that frustration on the continent is growing over Russia’s decision to withdraw from the deal, amid fears of a looming food supply crisis.

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that just 17 African heads of state would be attending the summit, fewer than half of the 43 who came to the first Russia-Africa summit in 2019 hosted in Sochi.

Asked about the low number of attenders, Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, blamed the west for “putting pressure” on African countries “in order to prevent their active participation in the forum”.

Less likely to be discussed in public is the role of the Wagner mercenary group, which is most active in Central African Republic, Libya, Mali and Sudan.

The Kremlin has repeatedly pledged that it will not reduce Wagner’s activities in Africa, following Yevgeny Prigozhin’s aborted rebellion last month.

Late on Wednesday, a close ally of Prigozhin posted a picture purportedly showing Prigozhin meeting African officials in St Petersburg. In the unverified photograph, Prigozhin is seen standing next to a senior official from Central African Republic (CAR), an impoverished nation that has welcomed thousands of Wagner mercenaries over the last few years.

The image was first published on Facebook by Dmitry Syty, a Russian national whom western officials have described as an important figure in the CAR branch of the Wagner group. According to local news outlet Fontanka, the image was taken at the Trezzini Palace hotel in St Petersburg, which is reportedly owned by Prigozhin.

If confirmed, the image would represent the first visual sighting of Prigozhin in Russia since the warlord halted his mutiny over a month ago. The Kremlin has previously said that Prigozhin met with Putin shortly after his march on Moscow to discuss Wagner’s future, but the warlord has since been photographed in Belarus.

Under a deal to end the rebellion, which saw Wagner troops seize a major southern city and march on the capital, charges against Prigozhin were dropped and he was ordered to move into exile in Belarus.

A video circulating on social media last week purportedly showed the mercenary chief addressing his fighters in Belarus and calling the Russian war effort in Ukraine a “disgrace”.

Before the summit, Prigozhin gave a rare interview with the pro-Kremlin television channel Afrique Média, which targets French-speaking African countries. “There was no, and there will be no, reduction in our programmes in Africa,” he said.
Ukrainians salvage barley and peas three days after five Russian missiles struck a grain storage facility in Pavlivka, Odesa region, on 24 July 2023.

Ukrainians salvage barley and peas three days after five Russian missiles struck a grain storage facility in Pavlivka, Odesa region, on 24 July 2023.Photograph: Scott Peterson/Getty Images
‘Trying to make the world starve’: Russian drones destroy grain warehouses at Ukraine ports
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Meanwhile, Russia’s military continued its targeting of grain infrastructure at Ukrainian port cities, hitting port infrastructure in Odesa’s Black Sea region, killing one person and causing significant damage.

Russia has stepped up its attempts to strangle Kyiv’s globally important agricultural exports after exiting the grain deal, damaging 26 port infrastructure facilities and five civilian vessels in the previous nine days, according to the deputy prime minister for the restoration of Ukraine, Oleksandr Kubrakov.

Kubrakov, the infrastructure minister, also said that Russia was restricting shipping in the area of the temporarily occupied Crimea and near the territorial waters of Bulgaria.
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New Russia strategy/policy in Africa "the grain deal"...
 
Ukweli ni kwamba hakuna resistance tena kwenye hii SMO

Kwa sasa huwezi yaita tena haya ni mapigano, kinachoendelea kwa sasa ni Russia kumpiga Ukraine.

lakini swali ni kwamba kwa nini Russia wanachelewa kuimaliza hii SMO. Kwa sababu wana means zote. Hakuna anayejua. Ila wao Russias wanajua.
Bado Ukraine anapambana
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Putin says Ukraine's military operations have intensified​

Throughout today we've been talking about a potential breakthrough for Ukraine on the frontline.

Vladimir Putin appears to have acknowledged this to an extent, saying Ukraine's military operations have intensified in recent days.

However, he claims Ukraine has not succeeded on any front.
Kyiv has remained tight-lipped on what is happening, but Volodymyr Zelenskyy last night said there had been "very good results" on the frontline.

Western military analysts have said a "significant" counteroffensive by Ukrainian troops broke through Russian defensive positions in the south yesterday.

Separately, Russia's Defence Ministry has said Ukrainian forces were continuing what it called "unsuccessful" attacks across several fronts.

It reported Russian forces had repelled attacks around the village of Klishchiivka near Bakhmut, and north of Robotyne on the frontline in Zaporizhzhia region.

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Are US and Russia negotiating deal out of war in secret?​

We've been putting your questions on the war to our experts and senior correspondents.

Today's question comes from Hillshome, who asks: Do you believe the USA and Russia are negotiating a deal out of this war, even though no such negotiation is known about?

Our US correspondent Mark Stone has picked this one up...
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A great question. There isn't a simple answer.

The first thing to say is that all wars, in time, are brought to an end through negotiation. This one will be no different. The question is what the terms of that negotiation will look like.

Publicly, the Americans say it is for Ukraine and only Ukraine to determine the terms on which it would be prepared to agree to a ceasefire. The Ukrainian government has repeatedly made clear that their objective is to take all their land back. This includes the Donbas region and also the Crimean peninsula, taken by Russia in 2014.

So what about behind-the-scenes negotiations between the Americans and the Russians? Well, yes – negotiations have taken place, but they are very much "unofficial".

In early July this year, we learnt that a group of former American national security officials met senior Russian officials who are believed to be close to the Kremlin.

On one occasion, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov was involved in the conversations.

The backchannel diplomacy involved Richard Hass, Charles Kupchan and Thomas Graham, all former American administration officials now aligned with the US thinktank, the Council on Foreign Relations.

In diplo-speak, this form of indirect contact between two governments, involving private individuals, is known as "track two diplomacy". In this case, however, given we know that Mr Lavrov was involved, the discussions have been dubbed "track 1.5"; one side of the conversation involves a serving government official.

The White House and the Kremlin offered no comment on the meetings. The individuals themselves would not comment either. But this represents an attempt to keep communication lines open and to explore any common ground from which a ceasefire could emerge.

As the war drags on, with a huge human and political cost, the efforts to find space for negotiation and compromise will grow.
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Diplomasia haikwepeki.
 
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