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[00:00:10] Ukrainian drones attacked an oil refinery in Yaroslavl region. The governor
[00:00:13] stated that the region was subjected to the most massive attack since the
[00:00:16] war began. This is a live broadcast of Current Time TV channel. Today is Thursday, August
[00:00:20] 6th. My name is Evgenia Taganovich.
[00:00:22] Hello.
[00:00:25] Protection against ballistic missiles. Ukraine is looking for ways to repel Russian
[00:00:29] attacks, asking its allies to supply weapons for
[00:00:32] defense. Consequences of attacks in the AFU, Wildberries company
[00:00:35] is building logistics centers outside Russia, in particular in
[00:00:39] Kazakhstan and Belarus. The third blackout
[00:00:42] in two weeks occurred in Georgia. A massive power outage occurred in
[00:00:45] Tbilisi. The subway stopped, and railway operations were
[00:00:49] disrupted.
[00:00:52] Vladimir Zelensky stated that Ukrainian forces attacked
[00:00:55] the Slav Neftis oil refinery in the Yaroslavl
[00:00:59] region. Later, the information was confirmed by local authorities.
[00:01:15] They
[00:01:16] only kill,
[00:01:25] this is a refinery,
[00:01:28] many have probably heard what happened to us last night
[00:01:32] until the morning, this is it, this
[00:01:35] is
[00:01:36] everything
[00:01:40] today, tomorrow and the following days
[00:01:42] will be our
[00:01:45] air.
[00:01:48] The governor of the Yaroslavl region stated that air defense forces shot down
[00:01:51] 88 drones. According to him, this is the most massive attack on the region since
[00:01:55] the beginning of the war. A private house burned down, in several multi-story buildings, windows were
[00:01:58] broken, cars were damaged, there were no deaths or injuries. During
[00:02:02] the attack, authorities blocked the exit from Yaroslavl towards
[00:02:05] Moscow. Vladimir Zelensky also announced attacks by Ukrainian forces in the Black
[00:02:09] Sea. According to him, two Russian military patrol boats and
[00:02:12] vessels of the so-called shadow fleet were damaged. This morning,
[00:02:15] after a drone attack, a fire broke out in the Tver region. Eyewitnesses
[00:02:19] published footage of the fire in a private sector. The acting
[00:02:23] governor stated that the attack was repelled by air defense forces. The Russian
[00:02:26] Ministry of Defense reported that in total, over the past night,
[00:02:30] 605 Ukrainian drones were destroyed.
[00:02:33] беспилотников.
[00:02:36] In the Tver region, as a result of a drone attack, the facade of
[00:02:40] a Wildberries logistics complex was damaged. This was reported by the governor of the region,
[00:02:43] Vitaly Korolyov. According to him, due to the falling debris of the drone,
[00:02:46] there was minor damage. This was a quote: "damage
[00:02:49] to the facade." Against the backdrop of regular attacks, the Russian marketplace is actively
[00:02:53] looking for safe sites in neighboring countries. New hubs are already being built in
[00:02:57] Belarus and Kazakhstan. Will this help save Wildberries?
[00:03:01] Roman Vasyukovich will tell you. The construction of the logistics center
[00:03:05] of the Russian marketplace Wildberries in Belarus is proceeding at an accelerated
[00:03:08] pace. The facility is located in the Great Stone industrial park near
[00:03:12] Minsk. The warehouse has been operating in test mode since spring of this
[00:03:15] year. Earlier, the Wildberries management reported that this
[00:03:19] center would be the largest in Belarus. Its area would be
[00:03:22] 14,000 square kilometers. Unfortunately, the
[00:03:25] circumstances that are currently developing in the Russian Federation force
[00:03:29] investors to build faster, as quickly as possible, to fully
[00:03:33] launch it into operation. Currently, the company is
[00:03:36] recruiting staff, training staff,
[00:03:40] however, the logistics center near Minsk is designed exclusively for
[00:03:43] Belarusian consumers, as explained to Current Time by economic
[00:03:47] observer of the Belarusian market project Andrey Makhovsky, this facility will not
[00:03:51] be able to replace the burned-down warehouses in Russia. To build
[00:03:54] such warehouses in such quantities as to replace the burned ones, well, you
[00:03:58] need time.
[00:04:10] 110 million dollars for its construction, well, at least that's what was stated, perhaps even
[00:04:13] more than 110 million. The Russian marketplace plans to launch
[00:04:17] new logistics centers in Kazakhstan, for now the company
[00:04:21] only leases space there, but soon its own retail warehouses
[00:04:24] should appear in Astana and Almaty, as far
[00:04:27] as is known, about 46.
[00:05:00] who are not directly involved in the war, and where else
[00:05:03] can Russians increase their
[00:05:06] warehouses, if not in Kazakhstan, which is, excuse
[00:05:09] me, right next door, a comfortable Russian-speaking environment.
[00:05:14] and millions of economic ties. Economist Aydar
[00:05:17] Alibayev is confident that AFU strikes on Russian centers in Kazakhstan
[00:05:21] are excluded. However, the presence of such a business creates
[00:05:24] serious sanction risks for Astana. Especially since earlier
[00:05:27] Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky directly stated that the warehouses that
[00:05:31] Ukrainian drones hit are involved in supplying Russian troops
[00:05:35] with navigation equipment, components for drones and
[00:05:38] other military goods.
[00:05:42] dual-use items will definitely
[00:05:45] be there, all of this will push Kazakhstan towards us
[00:05:49] getting sanctioned, tomorrow the West will find out that
[00:05:52] Wildberries changed and started using us
[00:05:55] to support the Russian army with its
[00:05:59] components, and so on, they use us purely as
[00:06:03] a platform. Economic observer Andrey Makhovsky
[00:06:06] doubts that logistics centers, whether in Kazakhstan or Belarus,
[00:06:10] will help Wildberries fully recover after the crisis, and will
[00:06:14] Wildberries survive until the time when it, finally, when these
[00:06:17] new warehouses will be needed? I mean,
[00:06:21] that attacks on warehouses continue, they happen on average every 2
[00:06:24] days, on average every 2 days some warehouse burns down,
[00:06:28] Russian sellers already want to leave Wildberries, that is,
[00:06:32] Wildberries creates some administrative obstacles to keep them from leaving,
[00:06:35] well, you won't be able to create them for long, well, in the end, okay,
[00:06:39] the goods of these sellers will burn down, which you don't allow
[00:06:42] to be taken out of the warehouse, well, new sellers won't bring in
[00:06:46] goods. Fires at Russian Wildberries warehouses after drone attacks
[00:06:49] have been happening regularly since mid- July. Part of the marketplace's
[00:06:53] facilities in Russia are either completely destroyed or seriously
[00:06:56] damaged. To maintain logistics, the company's management
[00:06:59] is forced to actively search for new storage sites in Belarus,
[00:07:03] Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. Roman Vasikovich, Current
[00:07:06] Time.
[00:07:09] In the Kharkiv region, as a result of night attacks by Russian drones, five
[00:07:13] people died. According to the head of the region, due to a strike on the Lozova railway station,
[00:07:16] two people died and eight were injured. Three more
[00:07:20] deaths were reported by rescuers in the city of Balakleya. There, drones attacked the private
[00:07:23] sector. In the Black Sea, a merchant ship flying the flag of
[00:07:27] Guinea-Bissau was attacked. It was transporting Ukrainian wheat. As reported by
[00:07:31] the head of the Odesa region, there are dead and three more people injured. According to
[00:07:34] local authorities, at least five passengers were injured, including
[00:07:38] a fifteen-year-old teenager. The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that in the Black
[00:07:41] Sea, two vessels carrying military
[00:07:45] cargo were hit. In Dnipro, a drone hit a minibuss. In the Kherson region,
[00:07:49] a drone attacked a bus with people who were going to field
[00:07:52] work. According to local authorities, six people were injured. In
[00:07:55] Zaporizhzhia, due to a drone attack, the roof of a nine-story
[00:07:59] building was partially destroyed. The State Emergency Service reported four
[00:08:02] injured. According to the AFU, over the past night, Russian
[00:08:06] military used 101 drones and four missiles. Air defense forces, it was
[00:08:10] reported, managed to shoot down 66.
[00:08:15] In the Kyiv region, today is a day of mourning for the victims of the Russian missile
[00:08:19] attack. The State Emergency Service reported that the aftermath
[00:08:22] is still being eliminated. Rescuers are clearing debris in several
[00:08:26] districts, and sappers are simultaneously inspecting the territories. Earlier,
[00:08:29] Ukrainian air defense could not intercept a single ballistic
[00:08:33] missile. How Kyiv plans to solve the problem of missile shortages,
[00:08:36] will be explained. These are shots from a meeting
[00:08:40] of the Ukrainian National Council.
[00:09:12] component suppliers are simply not ready for a sharp
[00:09:16] increase in capacity. Last month, to shoot down
[00:09:19] 127 ballistic supersonic missiles, it took
[00:09:23] 254 Patriot missiles, and that was in one month, despite the fact that the US
[00:09:27] has about 800 missiles left. Annual production is 650.
[00:09:30] Simple arithmetic is sad. We need at least 1,500 missiles a year.
[00:09:34] Today this is unrealistic. Hence the second thesis,
[00:09:38] which boils down to the well-known formula: the best defense is
[00:09:41] offense. Famous Ukrainian volunteer Serhiy Sternenko is confident that it is necessary
[00:09:45] to destroy the missile launchers themselves. The previous commander-in-chief
[00:09:48] did not prioritize hunting for launchers and did not provide
[00:09:51] appropriate support to units that struck
[00:09:55] launchers. Such work was mainly carried out
[00:09:58] circumventing the General Staff through horizontal connections. Such
[00:10:01] operations require a strong organizational and
[00:10:05] technological component. I want to believe that previous developments will not
[00:10:08] be lost and will be used. Ukraine has already successfully
[00:10:15] struck Russian ballistic missile
[00:10:18] launchers several times, these are isolated cases so far, but
[00:10:22] military experts note that such strikes are capable
[00:10:25] of significantly reducing the enemy's potential. On June 5th,
[00:10:29] the 26th brigade in Klintsy was attacked,
[00:10:32] one launcher
[00:10:34] detonated. In August, the 448th
[00:10:38] missile brigade was attacked,
[00:10:41] one of the launchers was found in
[00:10:44] Crimea. In total, five Russian
[00:10:48] missile brigades of the armed forces
[00:10:51] are deployed against Ukraine. Each brigade has
[00:10:55] 12 launchers according to its staff. That is, a total of about
[00:10:58] 60 launchers. Experts also
[00:11:01] believe that regular attacks on the Russian military-industrial complex can help, which will reduce the rate of
[00:11:05] missile production. At the same time, hitting the launcher itself is an extremely
[00:11:09] difficult task. Iskander does not stand still waiting for a strike. The machine can
[00:11:13] travel to the launch position for several hours,
[00:11:16] constantly confusing its tracks. For this,
[00:11:20] you need eyes in the air, satellite links. The task
[00:11:23] is very, very difficult, to catch an Iskander on the move,
[00:11:27] or near positions where it deploys, attacks, it's difficult,
[00:11:31] indeed, it's the same when they say that we need to destroy the production
[00:11:34] of Iskanders, we understand that it is produced deep underground,
[00:11:38] specifically air defense is another option for solving the problem, which
[00:11:41] is actively discussed online. The Ukrainian company Firepoint
[00:11:45] previously stated that in addition to ballistic missiles, it intends
[00:11:48] to produce anti-missile systems, and to develop domestic
[00:11:51] interception systems.
[00:12:25] situation, well,
[00:12:27] a deficit, the direction that we
[00:12:29] started, our domestic
[00:12:33] air defense system, it is correct for
[00:12:37] today, to implement as quickly as possible. At
[00:12:40] the same time, Vladimir Zelensky thanked the allies for the provided
[00:12:44] assistance, however, added, quote: Our
[00:12:47] country, it is ours, in the end, everything depends on
[00:12:51] us. Boris Ichalka, Sergey Dakun, Current Time, Ukraine.
[00:12:57] Russian military struck Sumy with air bombs overnight. According to
[00:13:00] rescuers, 12 people were injured, and more than a dozen
[00:13:04] apartment buildings, cars, and civilian infrastructure were damaged. Sumy
[00:13:07] is only 30 km from the Russian border, and is daily
[00:13:11] subjected to shelling. Earlier, Vladimir Putin announced plans to create a buffer
[00:13:14] zone there. How the AFU is holding back the Russian offensive in
[00:13:18] the region, Andrey
[00:13:20] Kuzakov will tell you.
[00:13:57] At this time, Nazar, with the call sign "Taxi Driver", carefully watches the
[00:14:01] sky. A Russian kamikaze drone could appear at any
[00:14:04] moment.
[00:14:08] Closer to the front line, there are more and more destroyed houses, and burnt
[00:14:11] equipment along the roads. We drove into the twenty-kilometer
[00:14:15] border zone in the Sumy region, which, according to
[00:14:18] statements from Russian authorities, they have wanted to turn into a buffer
[00:14:22] zone for over a year.
[00:15:25] We hide under trees, because it might be
[00:15:28] flying. I hear it, but I don't
[00:15:31] see it.
[00:15:34] At the next post, there's shooting.
[00:15:39] they are shooting down a drone.
[00:15:42] Despite constant attacks, Russian troops in the Sumy region
[00:15:45] are unable to advance deep into Ukrainian territory, say
[00:15:49] Ukrainian military, all attacks are repelled, but the Russian
[00:15:52] army constantly storms the border zone and strikes
[00:15:56] populated areas, all the way to Sumy with a large
[00:15:59] number of attack drones. In our
[00:16:01] direction, the situation is difficult, very difficult.
[00:16:05] Very dangerous. Drones have started flying
[00:16:08] often, but since we set up
[00:16:11] our air defense posts,
[00:16:15] there are many fewer shot down vehicles.
[00:16:19] How do you, with this, we
[00:16:21] have reduced
[00:16:23] the damage to equipment and saved much more personnel.
[00:16:27] During the time we have been working in this
[00:16:30] direction, well, we have had no fatalities,
[00:16:33] no fatalities on our side.
[00:16:55] he was wounded by shrapnel in his arm and
[00:16:58] neck. He was given first aid,
[00:17:02] an evac team arrived and picked him up, unfortunately,
[00:17:06] he could not be saved, full stop.
[00:18:42] and her and her husband. Andrey Kuzakov, Vasily Martynchenko, Current
[00:18:42] Time.
[00:18:46] The bill on new US sanctions against Russia may be submitted for
[00:18:49] final approval in the Senate as early as this week. This was stated in an interview
[00:18:53] with Radio Free Europe by John Curtis, a member of the Committee
[00:18:57] on International Relations. The document provides for large-scale restrictions
[00:19:00] on the financial and energy sectors in Russia and measures against
[00:19:04] the shadow fleet that Russia uses to circumvent sanctions. In addition, it
[00:19:07] will allow the US president to impose duties against buyers of
[00:19:11] Russian fuel. According to Curtis, the initiative enjoys broad
[00:19:14] bipartisan support. The Republican senator emphasized that
[00:19:18] Russia must not win the war. A Radio Free Europe correspondent in Washington
[00:19:21] asked Curtis what he considered a victory for
[00:19:25] Ukraine in that case. If you ask President
[00:19:28] Zelensky, victory simply means not
[00:19:32] losing today, not losing tomorrow, and not losing
[00:19:35] the day after tomorrow. From the very beginning, Russia defined
[00:19:39] its victory as the complete capture of Ukraine, so for
[00:19:42] Ukraine, victory is any outcome in which this did not
[00:19:46] happen. The very fact that Ukraine was able to
[00:19:49] withstand 4 and a half years of this aggression is a huge
[00:19:53] victory.
[00:19:57] How do you manage to advocate for decisive bipartisan support for Ukraine,
[00:20:01] given that some of your Republican colleagues advocate
[00:20:04] for reducing foreign aid? Listen,
[00:20:08] in fact, we can't do everything at once. There's common sense
[00:20:12] in their arguments, but I'll say again, defeat is not
[00:20:15] an option. If Putin is allowed to win in
[00:20:18] Ukraine, it will have serious consequences for many
[00:20:22] other regions of the world. Just look at China and
[00:20:25] Taiwan. We perfectly understand that President Xi
[00:20:28] is closely watching what is happening in Ukraine, and if
[00:20:32] we retreat here, he will understand that we will retreat on the issue of
[00:20:35] Taiwan, so the consequences...
[00:20:50] She was assigned bail of 6 million hryvnias, which is about 130 thousand
[00:20:53] dollars. She is obliged to appear for interrogations at the request of anti-corruption
[00:20:57] bodies and notify them of her trips. At the request of the defense,
[00:21:00] the court session was held in closed session. Stefanishina is accused
[00:21:04] of three episodes: illegal enrichment and inaccurate
[00:21:07] declaration. This refers to the purchase of apartments in a residential complex in
[00:21:11] Kyiv, which, according to media reports, could have been acquired at an understated
[00:21:14] price. Stefanishina herself claims that she has nothing
[00:21:17] to hide. Today's session in detail.
[00:22:20] intercity trains, cable cars, buses
[00:22:23] stopped, funicular and subway. Passengers had to
[00:22:26] make their way to the surface on their own. Power began
[00:22:29] to return in stages by 9:00 PM. Later, the state
[00:22:33] electricity system of Georgia explained that the blackout occurred during
[00:22:36] equipment testing at the Enguri HPP.
[00:22:39] They were looking for the causes of the two previous large-scale
[00:22:42] outages. After systemic accidents on July 24 and
[00:22:46] 25 at the Enguri hydroelectric power station,
[00:22:50] technical work was carried out. To check the equipment, the energy system
[00:22:53] had to be switched to an isolated mode with a non-standard
[00:22:56] frequency. This caused a temporary power outage across the
[00:23:00] country. The first two blackouts at the end of July lasted about
[00:23:04] 2.5 hours. The National Energy Regulatory Commission
[00:23:07] found out that then there was a sudden
[00:23:10] disconnection of the Georgian and Azerbaijani
[00:23:12] energy systems. The Georgian network, being isolated, could not
[00:23:16] cope with the load. The regulator placed part of the blame on...
[00:24:22] For 10 years now, our energy sector has been destroyed by parasitic
[00:24:25] crypto mining, it consumes a whole billion
[00:24:27] kilowatt-hours. Georgia produces only 14 billion
[00:24:31] kilowatt-hours, which is much more than large factories consume,
[00:24:34] twice as much as the subway and railway consume,
[00:24:37] this is approximately the expenses of one city like
[00:24:40] Kutaisi.
[00:24:44] Another version that is actively discussed in the country is a possible
[00:24:48] sabotage by Russia. This was stated on the air of the opposition TV channel
[00:24:52] TV Pirveli by political scientist Gia Khukhashvili. The video where he
[00:24:55] goes live by candlelight went viral on
[00:24:59] Georgian social networks. One can
[00:25:02] talk about technical reasons or corruption, but the main reason, in my
[00:25:05] opinion, is political. The first blackout coincided with European
[00:25:09] sanctions against Russian-linked structures and
[00:25:12] a US investigation into the influence of Russian special services in
[00:25:15] Georgia. I consider this a political response and sabotage by
[00:25:19] Russia. Its tentacles have penetrated the entire system, and
[00:25:22] disguising sabotage as a common accident is not
[00:25:25] difficult. The EU sanctions, which
[00:25:28] Khukhashvili mentions, concerned the Georgian oil refinery
[00:25:32] Kulevi, which was involved in the transit of Russian oil, as well as a number
[00:25:36] of Russian-linked crypto platforms. The State
[00:25:39] Security Service of Georgia does not rule out the sabotage version. After
[00:25:43] the first two blackouts, the agency announced the start
[00:25:46] of an investigation under the article "Sabotage."
[00:25:51] A large-scale internet outage occurred in Russia. Starting around 1 PM
[00:25:54] Moscow time, dozens of popular websites stopped opening across the country,
[00:25:58] including marketplaces like Wildberries, Avito, Kinopoisk, and portals of some
[00:26:01] banks. According to outage tracking services, there are problems
[00:26:04] with mobile and home internet. Complaints were massively received from
[00:26:08] Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar Krai, Novosibirsk Oblast, and other
[00:26:12] regions. Later, Rostelecom reported that the problem
[00:26:16] occurred in their data transmission network. Everything is now
[00:26:18] working normally. In mid-July, Russia already had a major outage, when
[00:26:22] websites of Apple, Google, and other tech giants did not load for several
[00:26:26] hours. Roskomnadzor denied its involvement in
[00:26:29] the outage.
[00:26:34] A part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the moon. The second stage,
[00:26:37] weighing 4 tons, had been drifting in space since last year and collided with
[00:26:41] Earth's satellite at a speed of almost 8,700 km/h. No one managed to
[00:26:45] capture this moment up close. Now scientists are waiting for data from
[00:26:48] satellites that photograph the moon's surface to compare photos
[00:26:52] before and after. Here are the first such images. The collision
[00:26:56] was unintentional. Usually, such stages return to the atmosphere,
[00:27:00] burn up, or fall into the ocean, but
[00:27:03] generally, falling onto the moon is one of the ways spacecraft are disposed
[00:27:07] of, and it is not dangerous for Earth's inhabitants. Moreover,
[00:27:10] the collision is of scientific interest: the dust plume allowed
[00:27:14] conclusions to be drawn about the composition of the lunar soil. For example, by how
[00:27:17] sunlight played in the dust cloud, scientists understood that it
[00:27:21] contained
[00:27:22] sodium.
[00:27:25] We love the moon, among other things, because it is a natural laboratory for
[00:27:29] studying processes throughout the solar system. There is no
[00:27:32] atmosphere and practically no external influences, and regolith,
[00:27:36] the surface layer of the Moon, remains in place for a very long
[00:27:40] time. The formation of craters is a process that
[00:27:43] occurs throughout the solar system, so when
[00:27:46] an object of a known size collides with the Moon at a known
[00:27:49] speed, it helps scientists better understand the mechanism of crater
[00:27:53] formation and determine what kind of crater arises from a collision
[00:27:57] of such magnitude.
[00:28:00] There's no need to worry about this collision. It will leave a tiny
[00:28:03] mark on the moon. For astronomers, it's an interesting opportunity to learn more
[00:28:07] about it. It won't affect Earth in any way, but space debris in
[00:28:11] general is indeed a cause for concern. Each year,
[00:28:14] space becomes increasingly crowded. Huge satellite constellations
[00:28:17] like Starlink are launched into orbit. It's possible that in just a few
[00:28:21] decades, leaving Earth's orbit will become quite difficult due to
[00:28:25] the large amount of space debris.
[00:28:28] That's all for now, you can find more on our
[00:28:32] website current time.tv. Thank you for being with us, I'm Evgenia Taganovich, peace to all
[00:28:36] and see you soon.
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[00:30:25] and the improvement of the structure
[00:30:28] of the Ministry of Defense continues in connection
[00:30:31] with the needs and experience of the special military
[00:30:34] operation. Personnel rotation of personnel. Putin
[00:30:38] announced the unification of the Ministry of Defense's
[00:30:40] rear services. He seeks to improve the
[00:30:44] leadership of the war, but at the same time not to nominate any
[00:30:47] general who would appear to be his competitor. And about
[00:30:51] the change of the head of the UAV forces. The previous chief
[00:30:54] was engaged in selling plumbing. Meanwhile, assassination attempts
[00:30:57] on factory directors continue in Russia.