Ukrainian Conflict

Destroying a cathedral. At this point in the war it's clear they don't care about anything.

If they want to be fertilizer for polish farmers...

Zelensky commented on Putin's refusal to go to the BRICS summit

"A person with an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (The Hague) will not go to South Africa for the BRICS summit. Regardless of the fact that he still has the status of "president". This is how international law should work. Has he committed a crime? Start looking around. Limitation of any opportunities, fear of movement, self-isolation, reputational collapse. At the end, a mandatory bench of defendants..." - noted the adviser to the head of the OP Mykhailo Podolyak.

Having already transferred 10 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, Poland may provide an additional 20 aircraft, Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland, Vasyl Zvarych, said in an interview with Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform on July 19.

"Thus far, ten MiG-29s have been handed over, and there's a possibility that Poland will transfer the remainder – around 20 aircraft of this type that are still in service," Zvarych said.

However, he noted that Poland could only transfer these fighters after their replacements arrive from Warsaw’s allies. The process has already started, as Poland has received its first FA-50 jets from South Korea.

Zvarych also mentioned that Poland is among the 11 countries ready to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighters – a process set to commence in August.

"We are in discussions with the Polish side about the specific timeline, quantity, and implementation of these agreements on training Ukrainian pilots in Poland," he added.

Poland and Slovakia were the first NATO countries to provide combat aircraft to Ukrainian defenders. Slovakia transferred four Soviet MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine on March 23. On April 17, it was reported that Slovakia had delivered all 13 promised MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine.

On May 8, Poland's Minister of Defense, Mariusz Blaszczak, announced that his country had already provided Ukraine with 10 MiG-29 fighters.

Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksiy Hromov, announced on June 15 that the MiG-29 aircraft Kyiv received from Poland and Slovakia were already in service.

10th June 2023. RFs now standing at approximately 234k+ Military Personnel Losses.

A down to earth and simplified look at the day-by-day happenings on the ground, on the Ukraïne Map. Including news, military personnel losses for Russia, aided by imagery - for Day 502.

July 8th 2023

6th June 2023. RFs now standing at approximately 232,000 Military Personnel Losses.

A down to earth and simplified look at the day-by-day happenings on the ground, on the Ukraïne Map. Including news, military personnel losses for Russia, aided by imagery - for Day 498.

Dmitri of @wartranslated has proven a reliable translator, and Prigozhin — for all that he's a war criminal who we may hope will one day decorate The Hague — has often proven to be more reliably in touch with tactical realities than his counterparts in the VSRF command structure or Russian media.

A necessary caveat here is that underlying Prigozhin's communications is his own political game, IE discrediting the VSRF & Shoigu et al to gain more influence himself, but that doesn't mean he's incorrect in his assessment here.

It would be interesting to know if this hole (doesn't look too big actually?) affects the statics of the bridge.

Looks as if they've finally decided to release more of the western equipment into the wild.