well, those who took part in the war were active aggressors, after the second world war in 1948 , germany and japan were not invited to london, which were also aggressors in the second world war, that is, the olympic committee reacted to this, well, now we see they didn't invite belarus and russia to the olympic games, they didn't invite them, but they allowed some... if athletes who don't support this aggression to perform. the best result at the olympic games was shown by the ukrainian national team in 1996 in atlanta. these were the first summers the olympic games, where our country was represented by a separate team. then our sportsmen won 23 medals, of which nine were gold. this made it possible to take the ninth team place. unfortunately, the olympics of recent years are far from. result, although we will

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is created for a russian special operation. the current vice president of the united states and a candidate for... the position of president from the democratic party, kamela garis, has officially named her running mate. he became the governor of minnesota , tim walls. garis shared the corresponding statement on her page in the x social network. the wall street journal tells who this person is. so the details of the biography of the candidate for vice president from the democratic party in our plot. us presidential candidate kamala harris on august 6 chose former congressman and current governor of minnesota tim wold as her democratic candidate for us vice president if she wins the election. as

a governor, coach, teacher and veteran, he helps working families like his own, it's great to have him on the team. and now to work. tim volz is 60 years old, grew up in nebraska, and graduated from chadron state college with a degree in social sciences. later, he taught social sciences in the state of minnesota, coached the high school football team and served 24 years in the us national guard. walsh is currently in his second term as governor of minnesota and chairs the democratic governors association. previously, he worked in congress for 12 years and represented the conservative rural district. as a governor. advocated for the provision of shelter to transgender people, who are denied a full range of medical services, and since the 1990s he has taken care of the rules of the lgbt community. as governor, vols implemented health and education reforms, writes the new york times. in

in 2023, he signed legislation codifying abortion rights into state law, legalized marijuana, passed new gun control laws, and provided free lunch to all state students. out of school created a paid leave program and gave illegal immigrants access to minnesota driver's licenses. at the same time, in 2020 , the governor received a flurry of criticism due to the killing of a black man, george floyd, by police officers, union recalls. it happened in minneapolis, the largest city in minnesota, which walsh runs. then everyone turned note that vols was in no hurry to abandon the minnesota national guard. on the suppression of popular riots that broke out after this murder. his caution has been qualified in different ways, both as an indecisive moment of crisis and as a correct response to a situation when his electorate was on both sides of the conflict. regarding ukraine, after the start of the full-scale invasion, tim walls

supported ukraine, condemned the invasion of the russian federation and said that he was ready to help ukrainian refugees. in particular, walsh signed a law requiring the state of minnesota to no longer drive business in or belarus at the same time , in february 2024, walz personally signed an agreement on cooperation between minnesota and chernihiv oblast in the agricultural sphere. after the election of tim wall as a candidate for vice president of the united states on august 7 at a rally in philadelphia, the governor of minnesota for the first time appeared on the same stage with kamala garis in the role of her partner in the upcoming elections - the bbc reports. during the speech, he said that donald trump will pull the united states back, that he is not pulling anything in public service. because he is too busy serving himself. ahead of kamala garis and tim walz is a five-day tour of key states for the elections. during the party congress on august 19-22, they will officially accept the nomination and address their fellow party members with keynote speeches. the intrigue surrounding

the democratic party's nomination for vice president this week has finally been resolved. majority. american observers were convinced that vice president kamala garis would choose pennsylvania governor shapiro as her election partner. shapiro was known for using the largest support among donors of the democratic party. however, most likely, he was let down by his too much publicity and ambiguous statements, which he already managed to make during the current presidential campaign. from this point of view. one of the key so-called battleground states in this campaign looks like a less risky candidate. in addition, walls is a person who literally came from the people. for a long time, he worked

as a teacher, and as you know, this specialty in the united states traditionally enjoys great authority among voters. vols is also an extraordinary person. diplomatic skills. in addition, it is also a very good choice for ukraine, because tim walls, while in the position of governor of minnesota , managed to do enough. a lot, as for the governor, in order to support us in the war against russia. as governor, tim walls, in particular, banned all local businesses from doing any business with russians. vols also participated in a video call to the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, during which he also expressed full support for our war with russia. proceeding from all of this. his american viewers come to the conclusion: kamela garis and political technologists made a fairly good

choice. against the background of the worsening chances of republican candidate donald trump and his vice presidential candidate vance. the current pair of garis walls looks more modern and attractive. according to the latest polls of the american tv channel cbs , camala haris is ahead. donald trump in the anti-national field by 1%. and in the states where the greatest struggle will take place, their chances have now become even. however, the dynamics election campaign of kamela harris and now volza looks more powerful. however, it is at least too early to make final conclusions about the winner of the american elections, because there are key televised debates ahead that may take place. already next month. donald trump, meanwhile, continued to collect

likes from users of social networks. he actively promotes his content not only on television, but also on the chinese tiktok. by the way, vice president kamela harris also opened her page on this chinese social network. trump and harris is actively competing for the votes of young voters, and trump did this week. another bid to appeal to young americans. he received as a gift the latest cybertrack, produced by elon musk's tesla company. for us, the key thing should be that the topic of ukraine continues to be preserved in the american pre-election discourse, and currently this is exactly what is happening. at the same time , it must be said that so far the leadership in this absentee confrontation, using the topic of ukraine at the moment. holds the presidential candidate usa donald trump. he actively comments on this

topic, and his speakers and experts who support the former us president also do it for him. on tuesday , august 6, the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi , held a meeting of the supreme commander-in-chief, where pokrovsky, turetsky, and other directions were given the most attention. in his turn, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces oleksandr syrsky informed the president that he was at the scene of the events and was personally monitoring the situation. read more about the situation at the front later in our story. defense forces of ukraine entered the territory of the kursk region of the russian federation. the offensive has been going on for several days, various tv channels are publishing a video of a breakthrough in the territory of the russian federation, ruins, concerns of local residents and

the detention of russian soldiers in captivity. there is no official information from kyiv yet. the russian public assures that the armed forces managed not only to break through the russian border, but also to create a bridgehead on the enemy's territory in these few days. according to the american institute for the study of war and zaeconomist during august 6-7 in ukrainian troops in kursk region managed to advance 10 km. here. on august 8 , the telegraph wrote that in less than 48 hours, the armed forces captured more territory in the kursk region than during the entire summer counteroffensive of 2023 . ukrainian troops quickly occupied about 350 km of russian territory and took dozens of russians prisoner. in the meantime, the russian public is panicking about the possible capture of the kurdish as in order to exchange it for the zaporizhia as. however, ukrainian military experts believe that this operation in the kursk region is a stretching of russian forces, as it tried to do by moscow during the offensive on

kharkiv oblast and sumy oblast, breaching the border, invading there and other such words, these are not quite correct, correct words, because we apply, we are on the defensive today, only in the defense there are five -seven ways to defend yourself, this is a counterattack, it is not a counterattack, it is a counterattack, you know how active armor is on a tank, what active armor is, it is armor with explosives, well , to put it simply, that is, when something comes to the armor of the tank , explodes, there is an explosion in the nose. meeting, this is an active reservation, this is an active one defense, this is an explosion to meet, so it is a counterattack in order to make it impossible for the russians to concentrate there, to concentrate and to take offensive actions in the sub-region, i am somehow convinced that this is not a raid, as the russian legions, russian volunteer corps, which legions, which take part

in combat operations on our bots, because then they also commented on caesar, if... i called their leader, he said that it was a raid, a raid - it means entered and exited, here it is not like a raid, rather for all this is an attempt to create a bridgehead, a sanitary zone, well , at least a few tens of kilometers deep into the russian federation, in order not to give them the opportunity to prepare and carry out the same offensive actions in sumy oblast, as they did in kharkiv oblast. i hope that there will be enough strength and resources for this. at the same time, su returned part of the lost positions in the district. chasivyar city. the ukrainian military advanced through the siverskyi donets-donbas reclamation canal and retook positions in the stupka golubovsk-2 botanical reserve. fighting continues in the eastern neighborhoods of novy and october city of chasiv yar. this was reported by the american institute for the study of war. the situation in the turkish and pokrov directions is also difficult. these three directions,

from the time of yarteressky pokrovsk, can be conventionally combined into one direction. this is the direction to kostyantynivka, this is a railway hut. our road, that is, the road that we actively use, is our logistical way, and the russians are trying to prevent us from doing this, or in general they dream of physically seizing this road so that they can use it independently, where it becomes more difficult for them, where we give up, they are there the intensity decreases in one of these three directions, but it increases, well , they move there at a short distance, they move troops in that... they move, well , maybe not manpower, but at least artillery shells, lances, lancets, well, everything, what they are conducting combat operations, and they are trying in another direction, well, for example, now they are most active in the chisevoyam direction, more, three days ago it was the pokrovsky direction, and a week ago it was the turkish direction, that is , we see, and so on and on

account, so to say that these are some separate ones directions are still not worth it, it's three in one, as they say. also, as the analytical channel deep state reports, the fighters of the 53rd ombr regained the lost position near the new york special boarding school number 38. however, the fighting in new york continues, the situation remains difficult. head of the subcommittee on defense of the european parliament, marie agnes strack zimmerman, called on the government of germany and other countries. of the european union to improve the efficiency of f-16 fighter jets, which ukraine officially adopted on august 4. about this is reported by the german tv channel cdf. according to the mep, effective support should also include the supply of taurus cruise missiles. why has germany been read so far?

more about the situation in the next story. ukraine officially received the first f-16 aircraft, this was confirmed by the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi on august 4, on the day of the 20th anniversary of the air force of the armed forces of ukraine. during the ceremony of welcoming the soldiers, several f-16 fighter jets flew over the ukrainian sky. as vzekonomist reported, ukraine received 10 of the promised 79 aircraft, and by the end of 2024 ukraine should fly 20 fighters. american production. the first 10 of a possible 79 arrived in ukraine on the last day of july, a year after a reluctant biden administration finally gave its more impatient european allies the green light to send them. by the end of 2024, ukraine should be flying 20

american-made fighter jets. the rest is promised by the so-called f-16 coalition led by denmark and the netherlands. will arrive in batches throughout 2025. f-16 is the most massive aircraft of the fourth generation, 25 of them are in service countries in total, there are more than 10 of its modifications. the f-16 can reach a maximum speed of 2,410 km/h, a flight range of 4,220 km, a practical ceiling of 18 km, and a combat radius of 550 km. this fighter can use air missiles. ground, air, ground, guided and unguided bombs. defines express experts noticed that the fighter jets handed over to ukraine are armed with two types of air-to-air missiles. ain-9 with infrared guidance for... destruction of targets in the near zone and im-120 guided by radar radiation, which is responsible for the average and longer range

the unusual golden color of the cabin light can also attract attention. its coating uses gold and this allows to reduce the radar visibility of the f-16. f-16 fighters are a powerful help to the armed forces, but it all depends on what weapons the partners equip these fighters with. this is for ukrinform - the deputy said. bundestag, defense policy expert ruderigka zavetr. the former colonel of the bundesferu general staff noted that individual weapon systems cannot be changed by themselves the situation at the front, since it always depends on a combination of factors, deployment options, time, the amount of delivered materials, etc. the number of f-16s transferred to ukraine is small, so they will most likely be used to close gaps in air defense, because they shoot down. missiles and drones are more cost-effective with air-to-air missiles than with more expensive missiles for the airist or patriot systems. according to the expert, in order to achieve

air superiority over the enemy , a significantly larger number of aircraft is needed. if the f-16 will actually be used for direct air support of ukrainian troops at the front, especially against hovering bombs, their number should be much larger, that is why ukraine asked for at least 128 aircraft, ukraine cannot win, cannot liberate any territory, with only air defense from the air force. also, according to him , ukraine must contrast the quality and efficiency of its forces with the russian superiority in numbers, so it is necessary to remove political restrictions on the use of western weapons to destroy military targets on territory of the russian federation within the limits of international law. in addition , it is necessary that ukraine. not only had the opportunity to hit the places of deployment of russian assets in limited regions, but also related to military tasks, logistics facilities, ammunition warehouses, factories for the production

of drones, airfields and command posts on the territory of russia. according to journalists, two iranian officials, one of whom is a member of the islamic revolutionary guard corps, confirmed that... iran has requested russian air defense equipment and that russia agreed to the deliveries. in addition, this week it became known that the former minister of defense of russia, and now the secretary of the security council of the russian federation, sergei shoigul, visited tehran. in iran, the russian official met with the new president of this country, massoud pazeshkian, as well as the commander of the iranian armed forces. by the nasty general mohamed bagheri, who is in charge of planning military strikes against israel. read more about the situation in the middle east later in our story. iran

decided to attack israel. about august 5 said the head of the israeli foreign ministry, israel kats, the jerusalem post reports. the minister of foreign affairs of hungary péter conveyed the message about this decision to iran. siyarto, who explained that he received this information from iran's acting foreign minister, ali bagherri. iran has told us that it intends to attack israel. the world must demand a price from iran for any aggressive actions it takes. hungary's foreign minister confirmed on facebook that he called the foreign ministers of israel and iran to express concern regarding development in the near future. is growing, so time is short. everyone can be sure that if the current security crisis spreads to another country, it will not stop there, and

in this case, the conflict can easily escalate into a regional war, which can pose a threat to global security as a whole. therefore, the international community should concentrate all its efforts on preventing escalation. hungary's position is clear. we cannot allow israel to suffer. one terrorist attack similar to the one that happened last october, but at the same time we must do everything possible to prevent the outbreak of a major regional war. tensions between israel and iran have risen since the death of hamas political leader ismail haniyeh in tehran on july 31. iran accused israel of this and promised to take cruel revenge. as it became known from the new york times, iran asked russia for the latest systems. air defense to prepare for war with israel. the russian federation, in turn, has already started supplying weapons. the publication also notes that on august 5 , a russian security official and

ex-minister of ob. serhiy shuigu visited the russian federation iran and met with president massoud pezeshkian, general mohammad bagheri, who heads the planning of military strikes against israel and the secretary of iran's supreme national security council. after this meeting, shaigu said that the russian federation is ready for full cooperation with iran on regional issues. although russia also has economic and cultural ties to israel, a large number of russian jews live in israel. analysts say russia cannot afford to turn down iran's aid requests because it relies heavily on iranian drones in ukraine. as reported by the bbc, biden said that he was informed about the preparation of support for israel in the event of an attack. and secretary of state anthony blinken added that the us is working around the clock to prevent escalation. ilya kus, an international policy expert at the analytical center ukrainian institute for the future.

noted for unian that destabilization in the middle east is not profitable for ukraine, on the other hand such chaos is profitable for russia, so they will help inflame the atmosphere in the media. at the same time, as regards direct players in the middle east, then no one wants a total war, because no one is ready for it. it's risky, expensive, and could hit the economy, especially iran, which has a weak economy. however, no one in the region. don't want to appear weak and everyone needs to save face. this is the goal now. they are trying to find a way to save face, but at the same time not to bring the situation to an uncontrollable escalation. hence all these cautionary tales. when the media part is used more than real that is, there is almost a virtual war going on in the media, in fact, everything can be much more difficult, as it was already in april.

the visit of former minister of defense of the russian federation sergey shuigu to iran created quite a stir. first of all, israel should be stressed because of him. however, insiders reported that the real purpose of sergei shoigu's visit to the islamic republic of iran was another reason. he apparently came because of the insistence of the dictator vladimir putin to convince the leadership of iran to refrain from radical actions in relation to. israel, it looks like moscow is trying to conduct behind-the-scenes diplomacy, with one hand, supporting iran, providing it with modern air defense systems, and with the other, trying to maintain at least any relations with israel. it is currently unknown whether such strange diplomacy will work. but in addition, russia continued this week to actively intrigue against ukraine on the african continent. this week.

immediately two african countries, mali and niger, broke off diplomatic relations with ukraine. the official reason, which was announced, seems to be ukraine's support for terrorists movements, tuaregs, rebels who have been competing for many decades to create their own state in africa. as the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine stated in the corresponding statement, the governments of mali and niger have not provided any evidence of this, so the decision of these two african countries to break diplomatic relations with ukraine was premature. there can be no doubt. behind the diplomatic démarche of the governments of mali and niger is definitely the kremlin, which actively intrigues against ukraine on the african continent. so, it is not excluded that russia can also prepare new surprises for ukrainian diplomacy.

russia declared an employee of the embassy of moldova in the russian federation to be nongrat. before this, last week in moldova , the parliament building was searched and two people were detained in the case of high treason. after that, kishinev announced the expulsion of one of the employees of the russian embassy for activities incompatible with diplomatic status. we will remind that on august 1 , the presidential election campaign officially started in moldova, which is extremely important both for the current government and for partners in the west. the kremlin, in turn , is trying to use the situation to bring moldova back into its orbit. more on all this in our next story. in moldova.