The Russian army is approaching the town of Chasiv Yar, located on the front line in Donbas, in several sectors of the front. Moscow's losses are not only enormous here.
Chasev Yar – What these photos of the Ukrainian war in Russia suggest is pure speculation. Ultimately, the Kremlin regime promotes murder and death as if the population were behind the “special military operation,” as the attack on Moscow’s western neighbor is called, which violates international law.
Ukraine War: Russian soldiers complain of heavy losses
Anton Herashchenko, Advisor to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry and former Deputy Interior Minister of Ukraine (2019 to 2021), shared a video of three Russian soldiers from the front on X (formerly Twitter) which was a blast for the regime of Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin.
In this video, the three men, recognizable by their Moscow Army uniforms, complain vociferously about the heavy losses Russia has suffered against the Ukrainian armed forces and about the allegedly devastating conditions in which they have to fight against the defenders. In the pictures, they appear completely surrendered and terrified.
Casualties in the Ukraine War: Russian soldiers reported many corpses
“We can't do anything, we're just cannon fodder. We've been bombed with all kinds of weapons,” one Russian soldier says in the video from a makeshift hole that was supposed to serve as a fire shelter. Another soldier talks about potential casualties in her unit: “There were 19 people out today. Zero left. They're all gone.” The other soldier continues, cataloging the nature of the Ukrainian bombing: „Cluster munitions are a nightmare. „It's the second day they've been shooting at us with cluster munitions.” He explains that the Ukrainians, using cluster munitions, prevented them from returning to their company.
„There's no contact with anyone, we don't have anything. Why were we thrown here?” One soldier explains, and the other replies: “There are bodies everywhere.” They both look very disappointed while the third soldier depicts the sad scenario. They say that when they were „dumped” into the area, their armored personnel carrier was set on fire with all their supplies and equipment. The tank was „shot down immediately.” They have no shovels to dig trenches. “No water, nothing,” one soldier explains. “If we hadn’t been bombed, we could have gone out and filmed how many boys were lying and lying and lying,” says the other. „Here in this forest.” And also: „Everything is covered with corpses.”
If we had not been bombed, we could have gone out and photographed how many men lie and lie in this forest.
Russia's heavy losses: Putin's army nevertheless advances towards Chasev Yar
At the end of April 2024, their report from the front lines is in line with Western observers' assessments of the military situation in the Ukrainian war, as the United States launches $61 billion in new military aid to Kiev. In several parts of the Donbass frontline, Putin's forces are nonetheless approaching the „fortified city of Chasiv Yar” (formerly population 13,000), according to the US news magazine. Newsweek The small town is five kilometers west of Bakhmut.
An indication of the current course of the war: the Ukrainians actually wanted to retake Bakhmut from there, which was evacuated in May 2023, but the Russian army has long since begun to attack here – as in many places. According to the report, the Ukrainian military recently warned that Russia wants to advance from Chasev Yar to Kramatorsk and Slovyansk. The large city of Kramatorsk, with a population of about 150,000, is the Ukrainians' central logistical point for the Donbass front due to its large train station and well-developed rail network to Kharkiv in the northeast of the country.
The town of Chasiv Yar is on the front line in Ukraine: Russia suffers heavy losses in Donbass
However, Chasev Yar is “strongly defended” and located on a hill, the British Ministry of Defense explained in an assessment of the situation on Sunday (April 22): “Russian ground forces are making slow progress in the area.” Institute for the Study of War (ISW) However, he wrote in an analysis that the invasion of Chasiv Yar “would enable Russia to penetrate the belt of operationally important fortified cities in Ukraine.”
Chasiv Yar and Kramatorsk are of great military importance not only to the Ukrainian army in the east of the country, but also to the neighboring city of Kostyantinivka, which once had a population of 70,000. high Newsweek Kostiantynivka is the „backbone of Ukrainian defence” in the Donetsk region. The city is located approximately six kilometers southwest of the besieged district of Chasiv Yar. It remains to be seen how the expected deliveries of several US 155-meter artillery shells will affect the front line in this Ukrainian region. (evening)
In an interview, Reinhold Messner, 79, settled scores with his sons. Now the son of the mountaineering star is coming forward – and revealing new details.
Updated as of July 25, 2024 at 2:45 PM: Reinhold Messner caused a stir in an interview last weekend. The mountaineering legend described, among other things, the early inheritance of his sons as “one of my biggest mistakes”. The 79-year-old revealed that “the question of who got more was the main focus”. But now son Simon responds: “It’s unfortunate and sad.” Bavaria Radio His father’s accusations.
He himself greatly values the inheritance he received from his father: two mountain farms in Vinschgau in South Tyrol, and he always passed this on to his father. „That’s why I fundamentally don’t understand this accusation,” says Simon Messner. He sees no similarity between the inheritance and the break in the family, which happened gradually and had other causes, says Simon Messner. Father Reinhold did not want to comment further on this topic.
After inheritance dispute: Mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner 'on the brink’
First report dated July 21, 2024: Bolzano – Mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner turns 80 in September. But things don’t always go well for Messner, especially in his old age – he recently drew attention to himself with a thoughtful Instagram post in which he wrote: “I’m coming to the end.” Now the 79-year-old is talking about the circumstances in his family. In an interview with Pharmacy Journal Miser gives insight into his relationship with his children, which was strained by his decision to leave the majority of his assets to them in his will before his death.
Reinhold Messner talks about the biggest mistake of his life – the 79-year-old was 'on the edge of the abyss’
“One of my biggest mistakes was leaving them the majority of my assets in my will before I died,” Meisner says of his children. “They don’t understand that everything was a gift and don’t appreciate my generosity.” This is very disappointing to him, especially compared to his childhood, when there was nothing to bequeath but respect and gratitude.
Meisner explains to Pharmacy Journal “We were a big family, with many brothers and sisters, and we took care of our parents when they were old. For me, it was the opposite. The moment I distributed my material inheritance to my children and my wife, the family collapsed. The question of who got more was at the forefront and I was on the edge of the abyss when I was 75 years old.
Reinhold Messner
September 17, 1944
Brixen (South Tyrol)
Member of the European Parliament (1999-2004)
Climbing Mount Everest Without Oxygen
Asked if he would like to improve the relationship again, Meisner replies, “What parent wouldn’t want to?” He stresses that each person should find their own path rather than following in the footsteps of others: “Everyone should do it. Follow their own path, go their own way.”
’I’m Coming to the End’: Reinhold Messner’s Fans Worried
Recently, Messner caused concern among fans with his Instagram post: “I’ve reached the end, this is reality,” the mountaineering legend used the words to say. Messner’s post caused great concern among some fans.
“I leave with a clear conscience and the knowledge that I was a good person, did my best, was a loving father, a good friend, and a good brother,” Meisner continued in his post. “Now it’s time to live my last dreams and love the people who mean the most to me, but most importantly, gratitude.”
Many years after his climbing career ended, Messner remains one of the world’s most famous mountaineers. He was the first person ever to climb all eight-thousanders. However, in his native South Tyrol, a different Messner has been in the spotlight in recent months: his younger brother Hubert Messner, 71, a former pediatrician who also took part in numerous expeditions, recently became health minister for the northern Italian region.
Recently, there was also a fuss about the Guinness World Records being stripped of Reinhold Messner’s record. The mountaineer spoke of „conspiracy theories”.
’Symbolic’ Consequences – EU Moves Ministerial Meeting From Budapest to Brussels
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Hungary, led by Viktor Orban, has held the presidency of the Council of the European Union since July 1.
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There is still a lot of anger in Brussels about Viktor Orbán’s “peace mission”: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell wants to ban Budapest from the next meeting of foreign and defence ministers. But the shot could backfire.
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DrThe European Commission is drawing further conclusions from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s unilateral actions: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday that upcoming meetings of foreign and defence ministers will be held in Brussels – not in the Hungarian capital Budapest.
Borrell said after a ministerial meeting in Brussels that he had taken the decision after a majority of ministers spoke out against Hungary and wanted to impose „symbolic” consequences on the country. According to Borrell, 25 foreign ministers condemned Orban’s behaviour. The Hungarian received support only from Slovakia.
But Borrell has also been heavily criticised for his uncoordinated move to cancel the Budapest meeting. “Spain does not support a boycott in the EU,” Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said. Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel called the idea of a boycott “nonsense”. Bettel said he would rather go to Budapest and express his opinion to the Hungarians. Germany, France and the Netherlands have also voiced opposition to Borrell’s proposal.
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In Brussels, it cannot be ruled out that Borrell’s boycott campaign will ultimately backfire: several ministers are now said to be staying away from the Brussels meeting on 28-30 August in protest.
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Hungary has held the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union since the beginning of July. Immediately after that visit began, Orbán made a surprise visit to Ukraine, Russia and China on a self-proclaimed “peace mission.” He also met with US presidential candidate Donald Trump. His meetings have drawn criticism from EU member states.
The European Commission had already reached its first conclusions a week ago. A Council spokesman had said that no commissioners would be sent to informal meetings of the Hungarian Council Presidency, but only senior officials. The decision was taken by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. There will also be no customary inaugural visit by the Commission to the new Council Presidency.
After Biden’s withdrawal from the US election campaign, Vice President Harris appears to be the new Democratic nominee. The Trump camp and the Republicans have already adjusted their strategy.
While US President Joe Biden is widely respected by Democrats for his decision, the reaction from Republicans seems somewhat different.
The crowd began to boo when Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, declared at a rally in Ohio: “Joe Biden is out of the race.” In his hometown of Middletown, the newly elected Vance has now thrown himself into the campaign.
That has changed dramatically for the Republican Party as a result of Biden’s withdrawal. So they are immediately adopting a new strategy and portraying the planned change of candidates as undemocratic.
Republicans make serious claims
Vance, for example, rails against the supposed Democratic elite who, in his view, were pulling the strings in the background: “Now to nominate someone else because George Soros and Barack Obama and a few elite Democrats decided behind closed doors to prioritize the Democrats.” Joe Biden is out “This is a threat to democracy. It’s not the Republican Party that fights for democracy every day.”
House Republican Leader Mike Johnson goes a step further. On CNN, he says that in some states you can’t just change the nominee. 14 million people voted for him in the primary — and Biden’s withdrawal now renders their votes invalid.
In the US states of Wisconsin, Georgia and Nevada, there are already regulations on how to conduct a candidate swap, but since Biden has not yet been formally nominated, it probably won’t help that Republicans go to court much.
The second strategy directly targets Biden’s likely successor, current Vice President Kamala Harris. Donald Trump, who is running for the White House as a Republican, has already made a pitch at a campaign event in Michigan..
Trump, who mispronounced her name, says he just calls her „Laughing Kamala.” „You can tell a lot from her amazing smile,” the 78-year-old said. „She’s crazy.”
But the attacks are not limited to the personal level: Trump and Republicans are also blaming Harris on the political level — for everything the Biden administration has done.
Just an hour after he announced he would not run for re-election, the first TV ads came out: Harris was accused of covering up Biden’s supposedly poor health.
The short ad reads: “Kamala knew Joe couldn’t do the job, so she did it.” What they achieved was an invasion of the border, soaring inflation, and the death of the American dream.
Attack Surface When It Comes to Immigration
The immigration issue in particular could make Harris vulnerable to Republicans. As vice president, President Biden has tasked her with immigration policy.
“She didn’t do her job,” Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said on Fox News. “Harris is a failure.” Abbott said Americans should reject her at the ballot box in November.
It remains unclear whether Kamala Harris will actually run as a Democrat. Republicans are certainly preparing for that.
