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[00:00:58] 5:00 AM in Moscow. TV channel Russia-24 continues
[00:01:02] information broadcasting. Now, the main news for this
[00:01:04] hour. A massive strike by Iskanders and
[00:01:08] Zircons. Ukrainian air defense could not intercept a single
[00:01:12] Russian missile. In Kiev and the region, our military
[00:01:15] attacked large logistics centers that were used in
[00:01:19] the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Some of them burned down completely. The restoration
[00:01:23] of others, as the owner companies admit, will take years.
[00:01:26] About the results of the high-precision strike, Evgeny Nipot.
[00:01:30] This is all that remained of the largest warehouse of the Ukrainian marketplace Rozetka. At night, it
[00:01:34] burned so fiercely that the smoke from the fire did not dissipate even during the day, covering the entire
[00:01:38] Kiev region of Brovary. As soon as the smell of burning appeared, a real howl rose
[00:01:41] in the Verkhovna Rada. The terrorist in the deputy's chair, Alexey
[00:01:44] Goncharenko, took the lead. That night, the warehouses of Rozetka, Nova
[00:01:48] Poshta, and Epicenter were damaged. The largest Rozetka warehouse is not subject
[00:01:51] to restoration. An attack on civilian objects is simply
[00:01:54] terrible. True, what's terrible here is more likely the hypocrisy of this
[00:01:58] demagogue, who keeps silent about the fact that... Rozetka actively sold military
[00:02:01] equipment, giving good discounts to Ukrainian Armed Forces members on holidays, just so
[00:02:05] they would buy more combat goods specifically from Rozetka, for example, spools of
[00:02:09] fiber optic cable for FPV drones for 250 dollars, and for about
[00:02:12] a hundred, kits for quick repair of copters in the field,
[00:02:16] various antennas and Starlink terminals, which provide stable
[00:02:19] communication for wings that strike Russian territory. Customers in uniform
[00:02:22] were offered a large assortment of optical sights. Naturally, all
[00:02:26] of them are involved not only in delivering some small items there.
[00:02:41] somehow differently, but from Europe, all of this
[00:02:44] 100% goes through transshipment points
[00:02:48] and reaches the main drone ports
[00:02:51] from where attacks on Russia are launched. The leadership of Rozetka
[00:02:54] supported these attacks not only logistically, but also financially. For just one collection, they
[00:02:58] raised almost 60 million hryvnias
[00:03:00] for GUR terrorists, who direct their drones at civilians in Russia.
[00:03:04] The Epicenter company also provided its area and capacity for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In its hangars,
[00:03:07] according to the Ministry of Defense, components for drones and
[00:03:11] dual-use goods were stored. True, Kiev once again resorted to the formula
[00:03:14] "this is different." Thus, the bloated face of Ukrainian diplomacy, Sibiga,
[00:03:17] without much ado, forbade his subscribers from justifying Russian
[00:03:21] strikes, even if they are retaliatory for Ukrainian
[00:03:24] attacks on civilian objects. And the prospect of regular, powerful,
[00:03:28] ballistic and drone responses greatly worries local experts, such
[00:03:31] as the advisor to Bankova, nicknamed Flash. "And there will be
[00:03:35] more of these, and these will become more numerous.
[00:03:38] Enemies will look for such warehouses of ours
[00:03:41] to strike them to cause a shortage
[00:03:45] of various goods for us." What exact goods become scarce after
[00:03:48] Russian raids was recently shown by police in the Sumy region,
[00:03:52] by posting and then quickly deleting photos of a destroyed warehouse where
[00:03:56] strike drones of a Ukrainian company were stored. Nova Poshta actively participates
[00:03:59] in the delivery of such purely military cargo, as well as equipment. That is why its
[00:04:03] terminals are regularly subjected to attacks. Civilian
[00:04:06] infrastructure in Ukraine has turned into such a
[00:04:10] mixed module, that is, it is now a military-civilian structure.
[00:04:13] This is indeed true, meaning there are separate
[00:04:16] areas where all of this is stored and assembled. So it's not just
[00:04:20] some small package mixed among hundreds
[00:04:24] of thousands of others. Moreover, the management of Nova Poshta itself admitted to
[00:04:28] actively supporting Ukrainian formations by donating almost 5 billion hryvnias to them.
[00:04:32] Now, the company has far fewer opportunities to service and sponsor
[00:04:35] militants, and there will be even less, as the strikes will continue, and the smoke from
[00:04:38] the burning Kiev warehouses will only thicken. Evgenia
[00:04:42] Neptana, Poginin and Artem Artyshov,
[00:04:44] Vesti.
[00:04:46] The Russian army is expanding the security zone in the Sumy
[00:04:50] region. The Ministry of Defense reported the capture of the village of Ryzhovka
[00:04:53] on the left bank of the Seim River. This settlement
[00:04:56] was liberated by servicemen of the North group.
[00:05:00] During the mop-up operations, Russian assault aircraft dislodged Ukrainian nationalists.
[00:05:03] Our servicemen received fire support from artillery crews
[00:05:07] and strike drones, timely
[00:05:10] destroying enemy firing positions and reserves. And the village
[00:05:13] of Zornitsa in the Zaporozhye region
[00:05:16] came under the control of the Vostok group.
[00:05:20] Iran and Oman have agreed on the coordinates of a new route
[00:05:23] through the Strait of Hormuz. All other routes will be closed to
[00:05:27] navigation. This was stated by the Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic,
[00:05:31] adding that they cannot guarantee safety even
[00:05:34] after the opening of the new sea route, due to the aggressive
[00:05:37] actions of the United States. Meanwhile, Donald Trump also announced
[00:05:41] a deal with Iran.
[00:06:00] Spain, after the migration crisis in Ceuta, can no longer
[00:06:04] consider its NATO allies reliable. This is a disappointing
[00:06:08] situation, as noted by the publication Politika. Almost immediately,
[00:06:11] border control with the kingdom was introduced by Italy. However,
[00:06:15] Madrid should have far more questions for the main investor of the North Atlantic
[00:06:19] Alliance, the United States.
[00:06:22] The Republican Party allocated 40 million
[00:06:25] dollars to Morocco, right before the influx of illegal immigrants into
[00:06:29] the exclave of Ceuta. The situation remains extremely
[00:06:33] volatile. The situation with child migrants in the city has become
[00:06:36] unbearable, the mayor states. The centers for their
[00:06:39] containment are overcrowded by 27 times, and the government's
[00:06:43] response to what is happening, according to him, is simply
[00:06:46] insufficient, this
[00:06:48] is a quote.
[00:06:51] Moldova has started using its strategic water reserve
[00:06:54] due to the shallowing of the Dniester. This was
[00:06:57] reported by the Minister of Environment of the Republic. Anomalous heat
[00:07:01] threatens Europe's most important river arteries.
[00:07:04] A critical situation on the Rhine and Danube. The consequences have already
[00:07:07] affected shipping, nuclear energy, and fuel
[00:07:11] supplies. Prolonged
[00:07:13] drought has threatened
[00:07:17] the harvest in Bordeaux. Anomalous heat has forced local winemakers
[00:07:20] to reconsider centuries-old traditions of production. If earlier the first clusters
[00:07:24] were harvested only in mid-September, and sometimes in October, this year
[00:07:28] the grape harvest will begin as early as August
[00:07:31] 15.
[00:07:36] The grapevine suffers too much, and climate change is happening
[00:07:40] faster than we think. The largest glacier in Austria, Pasterze,
[00:07:44] one of the national symbols of the country, is melting at an alarming
[00:07:47] rate. Due to record warming, it may soon
[00:07:50] split in half. Where eternal ice once lay,
[00:07:53] now streams of meltwater descend and
[00:07:56] lakes form.
[00:08:00] Glaciers used to advance and retreat, but human
[00:08:04] activity undoubtedly accelerates the process. Even here, high in
[00:08:07] the mountains, temperatures reach 30 degrees Celsius. This
[00:08:10] is not normal. Natural fires have also affected
[00:08:14] with ground services and
[00:08:16] aviation fighting the flames.
[00:08:20] To help city residents survive the heat, Albanian firefighters
[00:08:24] spray them with cool
[00:08:25] water.
[00:08:29] In many areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina, temperatures have exceeded
[00:08:32] 40 degrees Celsius, and the water level in rivers, including the Bosna,
[00:08:35] has dropped to critically low levels. Local authorities urged
[00:08:39] the population to use water and electricity more carefully, and
[00:08:42] recommended that companies suspend outdoor work from
[00:08:46] 11 AM to 5
[00:08:47] PM.
[00:08:50] Most of the time I try not to leave the house at all, I do all my chores
[00:08:53] in the morning, the earlier the better, at night I open the windows and ventilate
[00:08:57] the room so it cools down, and in the morning I close everything again. The Danube
[00:09:01] also became shallow. In these shots, residents of Bratislava walk along
[00:09:04] the exposed riverbed. And this is a British mine from the Second
[00:09:08] World War, which the drought raised from years of
[00:09:11] oblivion. Moreover, the low water level almost led to
[00:09:15] the shutdown of the largest nuclear power plant in Hungary,
[00:09:18] Paks.
[00:09:21] The water intake is located here, and by the wall you can see a water level meter. Its
[00:09:25] readings determine the current situation, and the operation of the entire
[00:09:29] Paks NPP depends on them. Currently, only one of the eight turbines is working,
[00:09:33] the fourth turbine of the second power unit. Last night, literally a few
[00:09:36] millimeters remained until the complete shutdown of the station. The European Commission considers the prospect
[00:09:40] of a large-scale energy supply crisis
[00:09:43] currently unnoticeable. However, if the situation worsens, Brussels
[00:09:46] promises to urgently convene the Electricity Coordination
[00:09:49] Group.
[00:09:53] We are closely monitoring the situation in Hungary, as well as in Romania, Bulgaria, and
[00:09:57] other countries in the region. It is obvious that the low water level in the Danube
[00:10:00] will affect electricity generation by nuclear power plants
[00:10:04] located along the river. Thus, the problem affects several
[00:10:07] EU member states at once. According to meteorologists and
[00:10:10] climatologists, 2020 may become one of the hottest
[00:10:14] on record. The El Niño phenomenon is cited as an aggravating
[00:10:17] factor, an increase in temperature in the equatorial Pacific
[00:10:21] Ocean. This climatic phenomenon is capable of intensifying
[00:10:25] drought, leading to mass crop failures and
[00:10:27] famine.
[00:10:31] In the coming months, temperatures are expected to rise significantly as
[00:10:34] the extremely powerful El Niño continues to develop.
[00:10:38] We currently believe that by the end of the year, the global temperature will be
[00:10:41] approximately 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial
[00:10:45] levels. Experts emphasize that temperature records are being set not only in
[00:10:49] Europe, but also in North and South America. India
[00:10:52] is also experiencing exhausting heatwaves. However, for Europe,
[00:10:55] the current season has been unprecedented in the frequency and
[00:10:59] scale of climatic anomalies. Ksenia Bykova and
[00:11:02] Evgenia Semtsova,
[00:11:03] Vesti.
[00:11:06] Britain will release prisoners early due to
[00:11:10] a shortage of prisons. This was announced by Prime Minister Byrnham, and
[00:11:13] predictably, he blamed his predecessors from the
[00:11:16] Conservative Party for everything. They brought the situation to
[00:11:20] a catastrophe. They plan to release those who have served
[00:11:23] 40% of their term. The only exceptions are those convicted of
[00:11:27] rape or crimes against children. According to the latest
[00:11:31] reports from the British Ministry of Justice, the prison
[00:11:34] system in the kingdom is almost 98% full.
[00:11:37] Maria Petrashko will continue the topic.
[00:11:41] If there are not enough cells in prisons, you can, of course,
[00:11:44] build new ones. You can also engage in social policy
[00:11:48] to reduce crime at its root, or you can simply open the doors
[00:11:52] and send some prisoners back to.
[00:11:55] This is exactly the logic behind the new early release program of the
[00:11:58] government, tired of the vacationing Prime Minister Andy
[00:12:01] Byrnham. British
[00:12:04] logic is as logical as the discoveries of British scientists: if
[00:12:08] prisons are overcrowded, we'll release criminals, sir. The problem must
[00:12:12] disappear somewhere, maybe they will kill each other in freedom, because all of
[00:12:15] this does not mean at all that only minor offenders
[00:12:18] will be released. According to British media, some of those
[00:12:22] convicted of murder and domestic violence
[00:12:25] are still covered by the program. violence?
[00:12:28] Participants in the campaign also expressed
[00:12:31] concern that, according to the plans, some murderers and
[00:12:34] domestic abusers are still eligible for
[00:12:37] early release, for example, two men imprisoned
[00:12:41] for the death of police officer Andrew Harper in
[00:12:44] 2019. year.
[00:12:46] But some, on the contrary, think that too few criminals
[00:12:50] will be released. They probably haven't been robbed enough.
[00:12:56] Justice experts expressed concern that freeing
[00:13:00] 5,000 prison places may not be enough to
[00:13:03] prevent a capacity
[00:13:04] crisis.
[00:13:07] Particular outrage was caused by the fact that two of those convicted in the case of the murder
[00:13:11] of police officer Andrew Harper could fall under the new rules.
[00:13:15] His family, police representatives, and public organizations state that
[00:13:18] this undermines trust in the justice system. A petition
[00:13:22] against the release gathered more than 100 thousand signatures, and
[00:13:25] the Thames Valley Police Federation announced its readiness
[00:13:29] to seek a judicial review of the government's
[00:13:31] decisions.
[00:13:33] Andy Burnham faces a lawsuit from outraged police officers because he
[00:13:37] did not prevent the early release of two killers of hero
[00:13:41] police officer Andrew Harper. A representative of the Police Federation
[00:13:44] stated that they are ready to go to court if Burnham does
[00:13:48] not cancel this decision.
[00:13:50] Naturally, Burnham had to strain himself even on vacation.
[00:13:55] rapists and those convicted of the most serious sexual
[00:13:58] offenses will not be released early.
[00:14:01] Well, of course they won't, they're not even put in prisons,
[00:14:05] they're everywhere in Britain
[00:14:07] at large. Let's play a game, who received
[00:14:11] the longest prison sentence in Britain out of these three? It was Shaun Took,
[00:14:15] who left a racist comment on Facebook, Sam Melia, who sold
[00:14:18] patriotic stickers, or Aisayami, who committed
[00:14:21] the most terrible crime against a twelve-year-old girl. I can't
[00:14:25] say the word, but you understand. So, Shaun Took received 15 weeks
[00:14:29] in prison for his Russian comments. Sam Melia received
[00:14:32] 2 years in prison for stickers like these: "We will become a minority in our
[00:14:36] homeland by 2066."
[00:14:38] The last one, Al-Sayami, who did something terrible to a twelve-year-old
[00:14:42] girl, received a suspended sentence and 180 hours
[00:14:46] of community service, not a day of actual prison. Welcome to modern
[00:14:50] Britain.
[00:14:52] If there aren't enough cells, we'll reduce the number...
[00:16:09] Today, the Russian Armed Forces celebrate 175 years
[00:16:12] since the creation of the Railway Troops. To mark this significant date,
[00:16:16] the Ministry of Defense website published unique,
[00:16:19] declassified documents from the archives of the Central Archive
[00:16:22] of the military department. The texts discuss the contribution
[00:16:26] of railway soldiers to the victory in the Great Patriotic
[00:16:29] War. In the new section, "Steel Highways of Victory,"
[00:16:33] orders and directives of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR,
[00:16:36] instructions to armies and fronts, combat reports,
[00:16:39] award materials for railway soldiers, rare
[00:16:43] photographs from the Great Patriotic War period, and other
[00:16:46] documents that have not been presented to the general public before.
[00:17:27] What was this day remembered for in
[00:17:34] 1806, the Emperor of the Holy
[00:17:39] Hapsburgs, abdicated the throne, bringing an end to the Holy
[00:17:42] Roman Empire, which had existed for over eight
[00:17:46] centuries. This theocratic power
[00:17:49] was founded in the 10th century by the German King Otto the Great,
[00:17:52] as a continuation of the Roman Empire and the Frankish Empire of Charlemagne
[00:17:55] the Great, but it never managed to achieve unity due to
[00:17:59] disputes with the Vatican, the Reformation, and the emergence
[00:18:02] of nation-states. By the 15th century, the Holy Roman
[00:18:06] Empire had lost all its possessions, except for the German
[00:18:10] principalities, and Napoleon's conquests put an end to them.
[00:18:14] Franz II secured a guarantee from Bonaparte that he would not
[00:18:17] take his place, and only after that did he issue a manifesto of
[00:18:21] abdication. But the idea of unification in
[00:18:24] Europe did not disappear. After Napoleon's defeat, the monarchical
[00:18:27] Holy Alliance appeared. In the early 20th
[00:18:31] century, such diverse figures as Kaiser Wilhelm II, Leon
[00:18:34] Trotsky, and Winston Churchill proposed
[00:18:37] the creation of the United States of Europe, and after the Second
[00:18:40] World War, the European Economic Community was created,
[00:18:44] which became the European
[00:18:46] Union. On August 6,
[00:18:49] 1945, Americans dropped an atomic
[00:18:53] bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The deadly
[00:18:56] charge was delivered to the target by a B-29
[00:18:58] bomber.
[00:19:02] Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed. Tens of
[00:19:05] thousands of people burned to
[00:19:07] death, died under the rubble, were maimed, and continued
[00:19:11] to die from radiation sickness. The total
[00:19:14] number of dead, including the victims of the second atomic
[00:19:17] bomb, dropped three days later, exceeded 200,000
[00:19:21] people. U.S. President Harry Truman said that in
[00:19:24] using nuclear weapons, he saw his duty, and that this was,
[00:19:28] I quote, "the greatest event in history." He
[00:19:31] said it was necessary to achieve victory in the war against
[00:19:34] militaristic Japan.
[00:19:38] But, firstly, Japan capitulated only when
[00:19:41] the Soviet Union entered the war against it, and secondly, the true
[00:19:45] goal of Washington was the desire to demonstrate its
[00:19:48] power to other countries. And four
[00:19:51] years later, the USSR conducted its nuclear tests and
[00:19:54] eliminated the US nuclear
[00:19:56] monopoly.
[00:21:20] 96, scientists answered a question that had
[00:21:23] plagued humanity for centuries: Is there life on Mars? This was
[00:21:26] reported by the American journal Science. NASA specialists
[00:21:29] examined a meteorite that was found in Antarctica 12
[00:21:33] years earlier and found fossilized
[00:21:36] bacteria there, ranging in size from
[00:21:39] 20 to 100 nanometers. Previously, this
[00:21:42] was a fragment of rock 4.5 billion
[00:21:45] years old, meaning that when life on Earth was just
[00:21:49] emerging, on Mars it still
[00:21:51] existed. About 16 million years ago, the rock
[00:21:55] was ejected from the Martian surface, probably as a result
[00:21:58] of a collision with some celestial body.
[00:22:01] Electron microscopes revealed traces of polycyclic
[00:22:05] aromatic hydrocarbons in mineralized
[00:22:08] deposits, probably of organic
[00:22:10] origin. This discovery was a sensation, and
[00:22:14] although many consider it controversial, it undoubtedly gave
[00:22:17] a powerful impetus to the development of astrobiology
[00:22:20] worldwide.
[00:22:23] This is how this day went down in history. On August
[00:22:26] 6, 1915, the defenders of the Russian fortress
[00:22:30] of Osovets counterattacked after the Germans used poisonous
[00:22:34] gases. This heroic episode remained in history as the attack
[00:22:37] of the dead. At 4:00 AM, a dark green gas
[00:22:41] wave 10 meters high approached the fortress. 7,000 German
[00:22:45] infantry followed. But the Russian soldiers, wrapped in bloody bandages,
[00:22:48] rushed to meet them, and the treacherous enemy shamefully fled.
[00:22:52] August 6 is a memorable date in the military history of Russia.
[00:23:56] Protecting citizens from telephone and Internet fraudsters is the concern
[00:23:59] of the state. Recently, the arsenal for combating this has been supplemented by more than two
[00:24:03] dozen initiatives. They were adopted as part of the second package of measures
[00:24:06] to counter malefactors. We will talk about several
[00:24:09] important innovations in this episode of the
[00:24:12] Instruction program.
[00:24:14] So, new measures to combat cybercriminals were adopted in the summer, and they will
[00:24:18] come into force.
[00:24:50] mailings without the subscriber's consent, the possibility of introducing
[00:24:54] a self-ban on registering SIM cards without
[00:24:57] personal presence was established,
[00:25:00] and mandatory labeling of calls
[00:25:03] from legal entities and entrepreneurs
[00:25:06] was introduced.
[00:25:08] Anti-fraud has become the foundation upon which countering
[00:25:12] fraudsters is built. If previously their activities were seen fragmentarily: the bank,
[00:25:16] suspicious transactions, the mobile operator, calls, law enforcement...
[00:25:52] If a bank or telecom operator ignores the procedure for identifying
[00:25:55] and combating fraud, a citizen has
[00:25:59] the right to demand compensation in the amount of losses incurred. Here it is worth
[00:26:03] noting that compensation
[00:26:06] in case of theft due to
[00:26:10] the fault of the bank, it was already previously available, right? But now
[00:26:14] there is a new type of liability, such as compensation from
[00:26:17] the mobile operator. That is, as of today,
[00:26:21] there is - there will be a delineation of areas of responsibility between
[00:26:24] the bank and the mobile operator.
[00:26:26] It must be understood that compensation will in no
[00:26:30] case be automatic. First, it is necessary to write an appeal to
[00:26:34] the bank and law enforcement agencies. The credit
[00:26:37] organization will conduct an investigation within 10 days, and if
[00:26:40] it is convinced that its employees are at fault, it will reimburse
[00:26:44] the stolen amount within a month. If it is determined that the operator
[00:26:48] is at fault, then the bank will transfer the claim to him, and he will
[00:26:51] be the one to reimburse the money. But if it turns out that the victim
[00:26:55] himself is at fault, no one will compensate him for the losses. That is,
[00:26:58] if the bank or operator repeatedly warned
[00:27:02] the subscriber about a fraudulent
[00:27:05] act being committed against him, that the number was suspicious,
[00:27:09] and so on, but the citizen deliberately
[00:27:12] went ahead and consciously made
[00:27:15] a transfer, possessing this information,
[00:27:18] then, of course, here -
[00:27:22] the citizen is fully responsible.
[00:27:25] Among the key measures from the second package is a limit on the number of
[00:27:29] bank cards, no more than twenty per person, in total across
[00:27:32] all banks. Before issuing a new card, employees of
[00:27:36] credit organizations will have to check if the limit
[00:27:39] has been exceeded. This measure is a strong blow to droppers and
[00:27:42] drop-leaders. They use huge pools of cards not only for
[00:27:45] the fraudulent actions themselves, but also for laundering criminal
[00:27:48] proceeds. And one more important measure is the so-called
[00:27:52] panic button on Gosuslugi. The portal will have
[00:27:56] the ability to promptly report possible fraud.
[00:27:59] The signal will immediately go to communication operators and other
[00:28:03] platforms connected to the state anti-fraud
[00:28:06] system.
[00:28:08] Let's repeat the most important points. In July, the second package of measures to combat
[00:28:12] telephone and Internet fraud was adopted. It
[00:28:15] included more than twenty initiatives. Banks and
[00:28:18] communication operators are now obliged to exchange information in
[00:28:20] the state information system Anti-fraud. If a credit
[00:28:24] organization or communication operator violated the procedure for
[00:28:28] detecting fraud or ignored this data, they are
[00:28:31] obliged to compensate their client for losses. However, if a person,
[00:28:35] despite the warning, made a transfer, the responsibility
[00:28:39] lies with him. The number of bank cards per person will be
[00:28:42] limited to twenty in total across all banks. A panic button will appear
[00:28:46] on Gosuslugi, with its help you can report
[00:28:50] fraud. Do you have questions, do you want to know what other
[00:28:54] measures have been taken to counter telephone and
[00:28:56] Internet fraudsters? Watch new episodes of the
[00:29:00] "Instruction" program.