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[W:#23,579]Ukraine War Thread

 
 

Majority of Americans back sanctions on Russia, allies that purchase oil: Survey​

A majority of Americans say they support sanctions on Russia and its allies over the ongoing war with Ukraine, according to a poll released Friday by YouGov.

The survey found that 44 percent of U.S. citizens said the country should increase sanctions on Moscow, compared to 19 percent who say the set sanctions should remain.

Twenty three percent of respondents were unsure about how to move forward while 6 percent said sanctions should be decrease. Nine percent said the U.S. should end all sanctions.

 
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Ukraine destroys Russian fighter-bombers in precision air base attack

Ukrainian drones struck four Su-34 fighter jets in Russia's Volgograd Oblast, according to Kyiv.
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>Four Russian fighter-bombers were targeted in a Ukrainian drone strike hundreds of miles away from the frontline, according to Ukraine's military. The drones destroyed two Su-34 fighter jets and damaged two others following the strike in Russia's Volgograd Oblast overnight Friday, according to Ukraine's General Staff.<

We need more of this!


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Unjammable fiber-optic drones are taking over and turning Ukrainian forests into spiderwebs of wires, video shows

Ukraine's 63rd Mechanized Brigade shared a video showing an area of the battlefield riddled with the wires from fiber-optic drones.
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>A new video shows how prolific jamming-resistant fiber-optic drones are becoming on the battlefields in Ukraine. There are wires scattered all over the place. On Friday, Ukraine's defense ministry shared a video from the 63rd Mechanized Brigade of Serebryansky Forest covered in webs of fiber optic cables. "Just imagine how many drones are flying here," it wrote.<

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Fiber-optic cables used by unjammable drones stretched across a battered battlespace.


Ukraine's parliament extends martial law until August

>Ukraine's parliament has extended martial law until August, lawmakers said, delaying the timing of new elections that the United States and Russia have been pushing for. As the war with Russia rages on, an overwhelming majority of 357 deputies on Wednesday supported the extension. It allows the country to continue mobilizing troops and suspends the election cycle. Petro Poroshenko, a former president and leader of the largest opposition party, "European Solidarity", said there was no doubt martial law should be extended, especially after deadly Russian strikes on Sumy and Kryvyi Rih this month.<

Following Ukraine's Constitution.


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Ukraine's first constitution isn't even in Ukraine — historian Oleksandr Alfiorov

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In 1710, an event of global importance occurred – the creation of a document called Pacta et Constitutiones, or in the Ukrainian version – Treaties and Resolutions of the Zaporizhian Host. The document is also called the Bender Constitution, since it was signed in the Bender Fortress, or the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk. This is a phenomenal event, which was destined to happen in Ukraine due to certain political and military circumstances.<

An interesting read.
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Thank you for the history lesson
From the time shortly after learning to read, history was number 1
 
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@ChrisO_wiki: 1/ Manpower shortages mean that Russia is sending scarce aerospace specialists, such as aircraft mechanics, to fight as front line infantry. However, these 'Space Marines' – as they are sarcastically t...…
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Russia hits Kharkiv with new Chernika drone for the first time

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>The Russian army has used a new drone called Chernika to strike the city of Kharkiv for the first time, reports the mayor of the city, Ihor Terekhov. Kharkiv has suffered 16 enemy attacks just in the past week. Most often, the enemy used Shahed drones. “But specialists from the State Emergency Service have also recorded for the first time a strike by a new type of drone called Chernika,” Terekhov said. This drone is similar in warhead power to the Molniya drone but has a different design.<

The Chernika-2 is a lightweight “flying wing” drone with a cruising speed of 75 km/h, an operational range of up to 80 kilometers, and a flight ceiling below 1.5 kilometers. It carries a 3.5-kilogram warhead and is equipped with a terminal guidance system, allowing it to strike targets even when control or GPS signals are jammed. The body color - black - suggests that it is principally intended for night operations.


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Russian drone strike hits near recruitment center in Kryvyi Rih, civilians injured

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>The Russian army attacked the city of Kryvyi Rih with a drone during the day on Monday, June 30. The strike was carried out near the building of the Territorial Recruitment Center, according to the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"Thanks to the timely security measures upon the air raid alert, it was possible to avoid injuries and losses among the personnel," the statement said. The military personnel and civilian employees of the institution were not receiving citizens and were in a shelter during the alert. Nevertheless, some civilians near the facility were injured.<

There may be a pro-Russia spotter in the area.


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Russia's fighter jet maker wants to crank out 30% more warplanes while laying off 1,500 managers

The CEO of United Aircraft Corporation, which owns the firms making Sukhoi and MiGs fighters, wants 30% increased production by 2030 amid the layoffs.
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>The country's largest military aviation contractor has plans to boost fighter jet production by 30% in five years, as its CEO said in the same month that he wants to lay off 1,500 management staff. "We plan to raise production effectiveness 30% by 2030," Vadim Badekha, CEO of the United Aircraft Corporation, told state media in a Wednesday report. The United Aircraft Corporation, which has no relation to United Airlines, is the Russian defense prime that oversees Sukhoi and Mikoyan — the producers of warplanes such as the MiG-35 and the fifth-generation Su-57 multirole fighter. Badekha, who took over UAC in November, made his remarks a week after telling Russian media outlet RBC in an interview that his company was looking to "optimize the number of managerial personnel" in its ranks. "1,500 people, or more than a quarter of the managerial staff," Badekha said, adding that the layoffs were targeted at its Moscow office. UAC's financial condition is far more dire. Badekha said the cuts were part of a push to bring UAC out of the red, after a decade of the firm posting consecutive annual losses of billions of rubles. The company's net loss was 34.8 billion rubles in 2023, which shrank to 14.2 billion rubles in 2024.<

Trying to remain relevant while drowning in red ink.


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'Forgive Russia for everything'? Ukraine slams shocking Slovak proposal

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>During a broadcast on STVR, Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár stated that resolving the full-scale invasion allegedly requires establishing communication with the Russian side and diplomatic solutions. He particularly emphasized that it is supposedly the West that should find a way to cooperate with the Russian side. "And maybe even forgive everything that happened," he added. Andrii Sybiha, head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded. "Juraj, Russia's sense of impunity is the root cause of its crimes. It's naive to expect a criminal to stop if their crime is forgiven instead of punished. Russia will hit your other cheek as well," Sybiha wrote on X. The Ukrainian Foreign Minister adds that those who have not lost anyone in this full-scale war have no right to make such statements.<

Slovakia's Robert Fico, like Hungary's Viktor Orban, is a Putin sychophant. Both odf these puppets need to go away in the next elections.


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