Ukraine War Watch Thread

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Ukraine says 9 Russian warplanes destroyed in Crimea blasts
Source: AP

By SUSIE BLANN

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s air force said Wednesday that nine Russian warplanes were destroyed in massive explosions at an air base in Crimea amid speculation they were the result of a Ukrainian attack that would represent a significant escalation in the war.

Russia denied any aircraft were damaged in Tuesday’s blasts — or that any attack took place.

Ukrainian officials have stopped short of publicly claiming responsibility for the explosions, while poking fun at Russia’s explanation that munitions at the Saki air base caught fire and blew up and also underscoring the importance of the peninsula that Moscow annexed eight years ago.

In his nightly video address several hours after the blasts, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed to retake the peninsula, saying that “this Russian war against Ukraine and against all of free Europe began with Crimea and must end with Crimea — its liberation.”



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Ukraine war must end with liberation of Crimea - Zelensky
Source: BBC

The war in Ukraine began with Crimea and must end with its liberation, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

He was speaking just hours after a string of explosions hit a Russian airbase there, killing one person.

Mr Zelensky did not mention the blasts but devoted his nightly address to the peninsula, saying: "Crimea is Ukrainian and we will never give it up."

Russia has played down the explosions, and a top Ukrainian adviser denied Ukraine was responsible
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Seven Russian warplanes were destroyed in huge blasts at Crimean air base, new satellite images show
Source: CNN

At least seven Russian warplanes were destroyed after explosions rocked annexed Crimea on Tuesday, new satellite images show, in what CNN research found could be Moscow's biggest loss of military aircraft in a single day since World War II.

The destroyed warplanes appear to be Su-24 bombers and Su-30 multirole fighter jets, said Peter Layton, a fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute and a former Australian Air Force pilot, who examined Planet Lab satellite photos showing the Saki Air Base before and after the explosions.

Two more warplanes appear to have been damaged, Layton said. On Wednesday, the Ukrainian armed forces added nine aircraft to the tally of Russian military hardware they say has been destroyed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said it could not determine the cause of the explosions at the air base, which lies 225 kilometers (140 miles) behind the Russian front line, according to the Institute for the Study of War think tank.
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Ukraine’s Uniquely Upgraded MiG-29 Fulcrum Is Back
by Thomas Newdick
August 8, 2022

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(The Drive) Ukraine’s most advanced MiG-29 Fulcrum jet fighter, the uniquely upgraded MiG-29MU2, is still active and, based on a recent video, very likely still taking part in the air battle against Russian aircraft and cruise missiles. Rarely seen even before the latest conflict, the MiG-29MU2 at one time embodied the Ukrainian Air Force’s hopes of significantly modernizing its Fulcrum fleet, ambitions since overtaken by calls for new Western fighter equipment to help even the odds in the air war.

Video of the MiG-29MU2 appeared yesterday on social media, very likely timed to coincide with Ukraine’s Air Force Day, celebrated on August 7. The upgraded Fulcrum, the code of which, ‘12 Blue,’ is just visible in the video, is shown fully armed with a pair of radar-guided R-27R (AA-10 Alamo) and four heat-seeking R-73 (AA-11 Archer) air-to-air missiles, all apparently live. It’s seen being inspected in an open-air dispersal before taxiing out. The video ends with a Fulcrum performing a low fly-by, but this is a different jet, unarmed, and seemingly a two-seat combat training version.
Conclusion:
It seems that the unique MiG-29MU2 is one of the aircraft that’s at least available to Ukraine to shoot down Russian aircraft (and missiles). But with no realistic means of upgrading other aircraft at this point, and with no further MiG-29 deliveries on the horizon, many in Ukraine will hope that Western fighter jets will be a much more realistic prospect at least by the time Air Force Day comes around again.
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U.N. Chief Demands 'Common Sense' Restraint After Fresh Shelling at Ukraine Nuclear Plant
by Kenny Stancil
August 11, 2022

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(Common Dreams) United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday renewed his plea for an end to all military activity around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine after it was reported that fresh shelling has damaged multiple radiation sensors.
Any damage to Europe's largest nuclear power plant could lead to "catastrophic consequences" in the region and beyond, Guterres said in a statement issued ahead of an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss security at the site.

Ukraine and Russia should proceed with "common sense and reason" to avoid doing anything "that might endanger the physical integrity, safety, or security" of the sprawling facility, he said.

"Urgent agreement is needed at a technical level on a safe perimeter of demilitarization to ensure the safety of the area," he added.

Guterres' comments came after Energoatom, Ukraine's state-owned nuclear power enterprise, said that missiles exploded near one of the plant's six reactors, damaging "several radiation sensors" and causing "extensive smoke."
Read more here: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022 ... ear-plant

caltrek's comment: The article goes on to make the usual fog of war disclaimers. The Russians are blaming the Ukrainians for the shelling, and the Ukrainians are blaming the Russians. Madness... :roll:
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Ukraine war: Crimea blasts significantly hit Russian navy - UK
1 hour ago

Blasts at a Russian-operated airfield in Crimea this week have "significantly degraded" its navy's Black Sea fleet, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) says.

The Saky base in the west of Russian-ruled Crimea was rocked by a string of blasts on Tuesday, killing one person.

The blasts led to the loss of eight Russian combat jets, the MoD said in its daily intelligence update.

Ukraine has not claimed responsibility, but satellite images suggest the possibility of a targeted attack.

The cause of the blasts is unclear, but at least five fighter-bombers and three multi-role jets were "almost certainly destroyed or seriously damaged", the statement says.
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What Will ‘Referendums’ in Occupied Ukraine Regions Look Like?
by Mansur Mirovalev
August 11, 2022

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(Al Jazeera) Russian-appointed officials say they are planning such processes, but observers say they will lack legitimacy.

Kyiv, Ukraine – The pro-Russian authorities had no choice but to bus in hundreds of “film extras”.

That is how Ivan Fyodorov, the pro-Ukrainian mayor of Melitopol, a city in the Russia-occupied southern region of Zaporizhia, described a rally this week backing an upcoming “referendum” to join Russia.

“They brought ‘film extras’ from other temporarily-occupied areas to Melitopol – 700 people – because they couldn’t even find that many [supporters] among locals,” Fyodorov, who fled the city after it was occupied in early March, wrote on Telegram on Tuesday, using a term that has been a trademark of pro-Kremlin parties and politicians for decades.
Read more here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/ ... look-like

caltrek's comment: This is what happens when a country such as Russia denies that they are planning to launch an invasion shortly before launching an invasion. Many of us simply don't trust them, and therefore conclude that a "referendum" will just be an exercise in futile propaganda that proves nothing.
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caltrek wrote: Sat Aug 13, 2022 5:55 pm What Will ‘Referendums’ in Occupied Ukraine Regions Look Like?
by Mansur Mirovalev
August 11, 2022

Introduction:
(Al Jazeera) Russian-appointed officials say they are planning such processes, but observers say they will lack legitimacy.

Kyiv, Ukraine – The pro-Russian authorities had no choice but to bus in hundreds of “film extras”.

That is how Ivan Fyodorov, the pro-Ukrainian mayor of Melitopol, a city in the Russia-occupied southern region of Zaporizhia, described a rally this week backing an upcoming “referendum” to join Russia.

“They brought ‘film extras’ from other temporarily-occupied areas to Melitopol – 700 people – because they couldn’t even find that many [supporters] among locals,” Fyodorov, who fled the city after it was occupied in early March, wrote on Telegram on Tuesday, using a term that has been a trademark of pro-Kremlin parties and politicians for decades.
Read more here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/ ... look-like

caltrek's comment: This is what happens when a country such as Russia denies that they are planning to launch an invasion shortly before launching an invasion. Many of us simply don't trust them, and therefore conclude that a "referendum" will just be an exercise in futile propaganda that proves nothing.
I Would think it would be something like the EU referendum, would you like to join Russia and leave Ukraine.
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https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/ ... f-capital/

Ukraine: the invasion of capital

In this blog post economist Micheal Roberts outlines the expansion of foreign and domestic capital into Ukraine's state and cooperative sectors of the economy both prior to and during the current war. Particularly emphasis is placed on the lifting of regulations in Ukraine that will permit foreign capital to "invest" in Ukraine's agricultural resources which are both the largest in Europe and have remained almost wholly state and or worker owned (coops) since the fall of the USSR.

Erowind's note, it seems that Ukraine is in for some Yeltsin styled "shock capitalism"
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Damn its still going? I thought the Ghost of Donbass helped out there especially with recent events in Crimea.
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