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[00:01:00] deep in the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In Dnipropetrovsk region, a substation was damaged,
[00:01:02] it provided movement of electric trains,
[00:01:06] carrying cargo for Ukrainian troops. In the city of Zaporizhzhia,
[00:01:09] which is now under enemy control, drones struck warehouses and
[00:01:13] workshops of the Zaporizhzhia plant. Objects in the Black
[00:01:17] Sea were also hit. Vladislav Kharchenko will tell more.
[00:01:21] Dnipropetrovsk region, black smoke plumes rise over the forest,
[00:01:24] Bogdanovskaya substation is burning. This energy hub powered not just residential
[00:01:28] areas of Pokrov and enterprises. For the neighboring Nikopol district, it
[00:01:31] held the logistical pulse of an entire direction, now
[00:01:35] traffic on the tracks is completely paralyzed, electric trains delivering ammunition
[00:01:38] and provisions for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the front have stopped. The energy
[00:01:42] collapse instantly turned into a logistical dead end and significantly worsened the supply
[00:01:46] of Ukrainian troops in this sector of the front. The second time
[00:01:49] in a day there was a hit at
[00:01:52] the substation. Since 3 PM, no
[00:01:56] light, no water. Outside
[00:01:59] +38. On the map, Odesa, daily in the city's ports,
[00:02:02] our drones destroy the naval potential of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. On the horizon
[00:02:06] not far from the coast, a dry cargo ship is burning, which was delivering military aid from
[00:02:09] Europe, a little further are other potential targets of
[00:02:13] Giran-4 drones.
[00:02:18] Jet Geraniums launched a combined attack in the airspace of several
[00:02:22] regions of Ukraine at once, in the Black Sea, south and
[00:02:25] east of Odesa, two dry cargo ships with military cargo were hit by precision drone
[00:02:28] strikes. Simultaneously, a series of powerful strikes
[00:02:32] covered weapons warehouses in the part of Zaporizhzhia controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in
[00:02:36] Dnipropetrovsk region, pinpoint hits plunged key
[00:02:39] energy facilities into darkness. Logistical hubs of the enemy
[00:02:43] are de-energized. A satellite image clearly shows an industrial zone in one of the
[00:02:47] districts of the still Ukrainian Armed Forces-controlled part of Zaporizhzhia region. The same
[00:02:50] image shows a plant that the enemy used for army needs. Here it is still
[00:02:54] intact, but in the objective control footage, thick
[00:02:57] smoke is already rising above it. A precise strike in Dnipropetrovsk.
[00:03:30] active offensive in all strategic directions of the special operation,
[00:03:33] units of the Northern, Western, Southern, Central and
[00:03:37] Eastern groupings improved their tactical positions, the Ministry of Defense reported.
[00:03:40] The enemy lost more than 1,100 militants, a large amount
[00:03:44] of armored vehicles, artillery, vehicles and
[00:03:48] electronic warfare equipment per day. In addition,
[00:03:50] operational-tactical aviation, UAVs and missiles struck
[00:03:54] energy and transport infrastructure facilities, logistical
[00:03:57] centers. temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in
[00:04:00] 155 districts, air defense systems shot down more than
[00:04:04] 1,100 drones, 20 aerial bombs and a
[00:04:07] Haimers missile, in the Black Sea, naval aviation destroyed an unmanned
[00:04:11] boat of the Ukrainian Armed
[00:04:13] Forces.
[00:04:16] The Far East consistently manages to exceed investment
[00:04:19] attraction targets, Vladimir Putin said. Today he
[00:04:22] met with the Deputy Prime Minister, his special representative in the Far Eastern
[00:04:26] Federal District, Yuri Trutnev. More than
[00:04:33] was signed, we were tasked with reaching 12
[00:04:35] trillion rubles in investment attraction by 2030, I want to
[00:04:39] report to you that this task is being fulfilled,
[00:04:43] this year we should have
[00:04:47] reached a level of 5.8 trillion during this period, that's correct,
[00:04:51] now we have 6.5, uh-huh, so we will try, in
[00:04:54] previous years we also exceeded,
[00:04:57] we tried. It worked,
[00:05:00] thanks to the decisions
[00:05:03] you made, the dynamics of the main
[00:05:07] development indicators of the Far East
[00:05:10] exceed.
[00:05:42] special military operation in the Far East
[00:05:45] operates a territory of priority development
[00:05:48] patriotic, it allowed to deliver to the combat zone
[00:05:52] more than 600,000
[00:05:54] products, in addition, I consider
[00:05:57] it important that 3,600
[00:06:00] state, municipal employees, employees
[00:06:03] of the Ministry for the Development of the Far East, authorized
[00:06:07] representatives of the president, also went through the school of
[00:06:10] combat actions, they... The current
[00:06:45] task of deepening integration and special attention will also be paid to improving cooperation in the field of
[00:06:48] customs regulation and administration, the development of
[00:06:52] electronic commerce, ensuring food
[00:06:54] security, digitalization of railway cargo
[00:06:57] transportation, and the formation of a common financial
[00:07:00] market.
[00:07:03] 2 years ago, Ukrainian Armed Forces militants invaded Kursk region.
[00:07:07] Nationalists cut off all evacuation routes for civilians,
[00:07:10] those who tried to leave the dangerous area were shot right in their cars. According
[00:07:14] to the Investigative Committee of Russia, 640
[00:07:17] civilians died at the hands of Ukrainian militants. More than 500 people, including
[00:07:21] children, were injured. Our fighters stood up to defend the Russian borderland and,
[00:07:25] mobilizing all their forces, drove the enemy from their land.
[00:07:28] Elizaveta Bukreeva will continue the
[00:07:31] topic.
[00:07:37] Anti-drone corridors lead to Sudzha. Today, the wounded
[00:07:41] city is a gathering place.
[00:08:12] Forever in Artyom Kuznetsov's memory, a machine gun burst
[00:08:16] riddled his pregnant wife Nina's car.
[00:08:19] She died before reaching the hospital, her son received
[00:08:22] shrapnel wounds, one here, three
[00:08:26] here, one here in the shoulder. Now
[00:08:29] Artyom and Matvey are in Kursk, they bought an apartment with a certificate,
[00:08:33] the little one goes to kindergarten and often remembers his mother, misses her,
[00:08:36] they often visit her at the cemetery, on the monument, the date
[00:08:40] that divided life, hundreds of thousands of people. into before and
[00:08:43] after, how
[00:08:46] so?
[00:08:53] The atrocities of the SSU became an additional motivation to quickly
[00:08:57] liberate the borderland. Northern fighters threw all their forces into it,
[00:09:00] enemy strongholds and positions were continuously ironed by our
[00:09:04] artillery and aviation. Assault groups moved
[00:09:07] forward, supplies were very fast, that is, weapons,
[00:09:10] equipment were given out right then and there.
[00:09:25] thousands of tons of aid arrived in the region, volunteers came from different regions, the Popular Front set up a humanitarian headquarters,
[00:09:28] day and night caring people were on duty at temporary
[00:09:32] accommodation points, working in
[00:09:34] warehouses.
[00:09:37] Our fighters liberated one settlement after another, the final
[00:09:41] turning point of the battles... Operation Stream, Russian
[00:09:44] assault aircraft in full ammunition and equipment entered the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
[00:09:48] via a gas pipeline. Participated in the Kursk operation from the very first
[00:09:52] days until the days when we, thanks to
[00:09:55] Operation Stream-3, planned by our marine brigadier,
[00:09:59] pushed the enemy back, Operation Stream-3 was simply
[00:10:03] unsurpassed in its audacity and engineering ingenuity, the task was
[00:10:07] brilliantly executed, the whole world was surprised at how
[00:10:10] we worked. The militants fled from Sudzha, and then from
[00:10:14] Gornali, a small village right on the border. On April 26,
[00:10:18] 2025, the Russian flag was raised over the commanding
[00:10:21] height, well done!
[00:10:27] Residents of Kursk region, taken to Sumy during the occupation,
[00:10:31] are returning home, 170 people have already
[00:10:33] reunited with their families, smiles and tears of joy at the meeting -
[00:10:37] the result of large-scale work. The fate of about
[00:10:40] 300 residents of Kursk region still remains
[00:10:44] unknown. We continue to use all possible
[00:10:47] humanitarian mechanisms to determine the fate of each
[00:10:51] person. The crimes of the Kyiv regime do not go unpunished.
[00:10:55] Investigators have opened 111 criminal cases
[00:10:58] (the lion's share) under the article on terrorism, more than 400
[00:11:01] Ukrainian militants have already been convicted, 83
[00:11:04] received life sentences. Do you admit
[00:11:07] your guilt? That's right. As a result of the brutal actions of
[00:11:11] the militants, 640 civilians were killed,
[00:11:13] 561 people were injured.
[00:11:16] There is evidence of cases of
[00:11:20] mass murders, as well as looting. Neo-Nazis
[00:11:23] shelled civilian homes. to raze
[00:11:31] to the ground, if you pay attention to the background, it might seem
[00:11:36] that the main damage fell precisely on the roof of the building, but
[00:11:39] in fact, the collapse was so severe that it reached
[00:11:43] the training floor. All destruction is recorded, the damage
[00:11:47] caused to the region has been established, the amount exceeds 500 billion
[00:11:50] rubles. This is presumably a fragment from a shell,
[00:11:54] probably.
[00:12:29] In honor of the memorable date, a concert was organized, in the midst of the event, the
[00:12:33] lights suddenly went out in the hall, but the celebration
[00:12:36] continued, the guests and participants were not confused,
[00:12:39] they turned on the backlights on their mobile phones and happily
[00:12:42] sang everyone's favorite songs of the war years, including
[00:12:46] the legendary Katyusha,
[00:12:49] let her hear how
[00:12:52] she sings let... He
[00:12:55] is fresh
[00:12:57] native, and
[00:13:00] beloved with
[00:13:02] a virgin.
[00:13:05] The crew of the plane that disappeared in Irkutsk region returned home.
[00:13:08] The light engine, a private fire service, disappeared from radar during
[00:13:12] a planned fly-by on Monday. For 3 days, the pilots survived in the Siberian
[00:13:15] taiga. Pavel Marchukov will tell how they were found.
[00:13:18] The helicopter of the aviation rescue center
[00:13:21] delivered the surviving crew to Bodaibo. The first words after landing from the aircraft commander
[00:13:25] Alexander Nazarov and observer pilot Philip Zykov were
[00:13:28] "thank you". First, they thanked their rescuers, the pilots of
[00:13:32] Rosaviatsia, and only then spoke with us. How do you
[00:13:36] feel? Great. How did you survive,
[00:13:38] what did you eat? Nothing. Just hunger?
[00:13:42] Candies. That's it. The crew was immediately taken to the Bodaibo district hospital
[00:13:45] where doctors examined the pilots. They had no serious
[00:13:48] injuries. They got off lightly.
[00:13:51] Minor injuries. Superficial wounds,
[00:13:55] abrasions on the faces of both, so
[00:13:59] no serious injuries. Nothing
[00:14:03] at all. Colleagues brought the survivors a change of clothes and food. The pilots
[00:14:06] tell the story of their rescue. During aerial monitoring of forest fires,
[00:14:10] visibility suddenly disappeared in the fog, the plane landed on a cliff. From these
[00:14:13] shots, it is clear that the impact was softened by trees, while the emergency tracker stopped sending
[00:14:17] a signal, so no one knew where to look for the crashed plane. They did not
[00:14:21] lose hope. Who told the crew the plane was nothing, he was happy,
[00:14:25] quickly said, well the battery was dying, probably quickly,
[00:14:29] we warmed up under the plane's cover, uh-huh, it was very
[00:14:32] cold, we had ice on the glass,
[00:14:35] it was blowing, well we warmed up slowly like
[00:14:38] that, of course, doctors hospitalized the pilots in intensive care for several days
[00:14:42] to thoroughly examine them and help them recover, the most
[00:14:45] important desire now is to talk to their relatives in a calm
[00:14:49] atmosphere, before that Alexander and Philip
[00:14:53] only sent short messages with the text that they were alive.
[00:14:57] Pavel Marchukov, Eduard Chuzhiy, Vesti, Irkutsk
[00:14:59] region.
[00:15:02] In Omsk, a car crashed into a group of pedestrians. Eight
[00:15:06] people were injured, including the driver himself. They were hospitalized
[00:15:09] with injuries of varying degrees of severity. The accident occurred
[00:15:12] on a so-called safety island, which the car
[00:15:15] entered. According to news agencies, the elderly driver felt ill at
[00:15:19] the wheel.
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[00:19:44] In the Donetsk People's Republic, Russian military personnel systematically destroy
[00:19:48] Ukrainian Armed Forces fortifications, as well as arsenals and temporary deployment
[00:19:51] points for enemy forces. For each target, the fighters choose their
[00:19:55] own type of drone or ammunition. Igor
[00:19:59] Pikhanov reports from the front. In a positive shelter, fighters of the
[00:20:02] 75th separate drone regiment of the Southern Military District are preparing for
[00:20:05] deployment. On assignment, they equip FPV drones with
[00:20:08] high-power ammunition, the calculation's goal is to destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds
[00:20:11] in the Druzhkivka direction of the front, where
[00:20:15] there is a powerful fortified area of Ukrainian militants. I
[00:20:18] fly on fiber optics, it's mostly KVN, Prince
[00:20:21] Vladimir of Novgorod, personally
[00:20:24] for me it's the best bird right now, it's possible
[00:20:27] to fly into any spot, any
[00:20:31] corner. One of the latest targets was
[00:20:34] personnel in a shelter
[00:20:38] in the settlement of Druzhkivka, an armored vehicle delivered
[00:20:41] the fighters to the control point, then the UAV crew walks
[00:20:44] through the forest belts. It is necessary to secretly approach the enemy,
[00:20:48] the range of the FPV drone is several tens of kilometers,
[00:20:52] control is carried out via fiber optics, thanks to this
[00:20:55] drones cannot be hindered by enemy radio interference stations,
[00:20:59] the operator sees the picture in 4K format.
[00:21:02] We hang different shells, cumulative,
[00:21:05] high-explosive fragmentation, if it's enemy infantry, we hang
[00:21:08] fragmentation shells, if it hits somewhere, then we need
[00:21:11] high-explosive or thermobaric. The drone rose into the sky and within a few
[00:21:15] minutes crashed into the enemy position, the enemy had taken cover in
[00:21:18] the basement of a house, a scattered group of militants are trying
[00:21:22] to consolidate in this settlement, units of the Southern
[00:21:25] group of troops immediately destroy the militants, for
[00:21:28] reconnaissance, drones are also used. Through closed communication
[00:21:31] channels, the drone's picture is sent to the UAV control
[00:21:35] point. Specialists monitor the operational situation
[00:21:38] around the clock. Drones strike the enemy both on
[00:21:41] the front line and deep in their rear. Fighters launch
[00:21:45] drones en masse. Each type is equipped with a large
[00:21:48] munition, destroying deployment points, weapons depots,
[00:21:52] and blocking the delivery of reinforcements to the front line. Modern
[00:21:55] combat operations have shown
[00:21:59] how important the work of unmanned
[00:22:01] systems is, in this direction
[00:22:04] there is active work on our part.
[00:22:08] Units of the southern group of troops are advancing, civilians are being evacuated
[00:22:12] from liberated settlements, the enemy is striking at people,
[00:22:15] trying to prevent evacuation. The latest thing
[00:22:19] is that they are targeting civilians,
[00:22:21] they understand that they are losing this war,
[00:22:24] their humanity is probably gone, or
[00:22:27] they've become embittered, to do more damage, to hurt,
[00:22:31] probably. Fighters of the seventy-fifth separate drone regiment
[00:22:34] identify and burn out drone launch points, control
[00:22:37] points, and also shoot down attack drones. Each destroyed
[00:22:41] aerial target saves lives. Igor Pikhanov, Vladislav
[00:22:44] Mirzayants, Khali Tankiev, Vesti, Donetsk People's.
[00:22:48] Iran and Oman have agreed
[00:22:52] on a route for ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the Islamic Republic's media reported. Under the terms
[00:22:55] of the deal, control over ships will go to Tehran, Reuters writes.
[00:22:59] Meanwhile, Donald Trump demanded an explanation from the Pentagon
[00:23:02] as to where almost all American missiles went.
[00:23:06] Leila Gadzhieva will continue the topic.
[00:23:09] Energy facilities in Persian Gulf countries will be attacked in
[00:23:12] case of new US aggression. About Tehran's warnings.
[00:23:16] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic reported that Iran and Oman
[00:23:25] have agreed on a route for ships in the Strait of Hormuz, implying that
[00:23:28] the agreement will come into force if no one interferes. Control
[00:23:32] over shipping will be directly with Tehran. Reuters calls
[00:23:36] this a serious concession to the Iranian side. Washington has not yet
[00:23:39] commented on this. The route agreed by Iran and Oman
[00:23:43] is temporary, and may be valid for two to four months.
[00:23:47] after the start of mutual strikes in July, the Islamic Republic's foreign ministry added,
[00:24:20] the Iranian president recalled Washington's
[00:24:24] plans at the very beginning of the conflict.
[00:24:27] They started a twelve-day war, the events that happened
[00:24:31] on December 18-19 revealed the plans
[00:24:34] they had. The US thought they could capture Iran,
[00:24:37] like, for example, Syria in 48 hours. Trump invariably
[00:24:41] claims that the Iranians asked for negotiations, while
[00:24:44] he himself again insists on a deal.
[00:24:48] I would prefer to make a
[00:24:50] deal because I don't want to kill people. We were ready for
[00:24:54] the biggest attack ever. And over the last
[00:24:57] few months, we've hit them very hard.
[00:25:01] Speaking to voters in Las Vegas, Trump managed once
[00:25:04] again to criticize the EU, calling the armies of
[00:25:08] European allies weak. The Democrats also
[00:25:11] got their share. According to the head of the White House, due to their rhetoric in
[00:25:14] Congress, by the end of the year the country may...
[00:25:17] Now, since all forces are going to fight Iran, the US has no time
[00:26:06] left for Ukraine. Trump refused to transfer
[00:26:10] interceptor missiles for Patriot complexes to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The US
[00:26:13] itself lacks them, writes Financial Times. Trump questioned
[00:26:17] Pete Hegseth about why the depletion of stocks happened at all. According to
[00:26:21] the Washington Post, the US President reprimanded the head of
[00:26:24] the Pentagon, as he was sure that the arsenal problem was already
[00:26:28] solved. In response to Washington's inaction, complaints immediately followed
[00:26:31] from Kyiv. Zelensky again urged
[00:26:35] partners to help. Leila Gadzhieva,
[00:26:38] Vesti. The mayor of Hiroshima did not name the country
[00:26:41] that dropped the atomic bomb on his
[00:26:44] city, but criticized Russia's operation in
[00:26:47] Ukraine. This is how the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria
[00:26:50] Zakharova, commented on the Japanese mayor's speech on the anniversary
[00:26:54] of the US nuclear strike. The diplomat recalled Tokyo's
[00:26:57] aggression in the East and
[00:27:00] stressed that Moscow never forgot the victims
[00:27:03] of the two Japanese cities and cited the tragedy as an example
[00:27:07] of unacceptable cruelty. From Japan, a report by Sergey
[00:27:10] Mengazhev. The main burial site for the victims of the atomic bombing of
[00:27:14] Hiroshima is located on the territory of the Peace Park, where the
[00:27:18] epicenter was. Here they buried bodies that were collected throughout
[00:27:21] the city, but there was no one to collect in this part of the city.
[00:27:24] At the moment of the explosion, the temperature at the epicenter reached
[00:27:27] 3 degrees. It leaves nothing of people
[00:27:31] but a stain on the ground.
[00:27:34] The remaining shadow of a person sitting on the stone steps of
[00:27:37] a destroyed bank is among the exhibits of the local
[00:27:40] museum.
[00:27:41] The nuclear mushroom cloud from a tiny uranium
[00:27:48] charge of 12 kilotons, dropped from an American
[00:27:51] bomber at 8:15 AM on August 6,
[00:27:54] 1945, leveled half of the city
[00:27:57] with a population of 4,000 people. The Americans then
[00:28:00] meticulously recorded the horrifying injuries, including those of Japanese
[00:28:04] children, as a testament to the power of American
[00:28:07] weapons. Hibakusha, as survivors of the blast or those suffering
[00:28:10] from the effects of radiation sickness are called in Japan, every year
[00:28:14] add to the mournful list of victims.
[00:28:17] My husband was a Hibakusha, 8 years ago he died of cancer. He managed
[00:28:21] to survive the explosion, but the symptoms of radiation sickness plagued him throughout
[00:28:25] his life. His name is included in the official list of victims. I always come
[00:28:28] here to pray. We must remember that tragedy so that it never happens again. The lists of Hibakusha who passed away in
[00:28:35] the past year are brought to the memorial in Hiroshima before the eternal flame every
[00:28:38] August 6th, now officially there are already over
[00:28:42] 350 thousand of them.
[00:28:44] Specially trained, banded
[00:28:48] doves are brought in advance on the night before the ceremony, they must spend the night in
[00:28:52] these cages, there are about 400 of them in total.
[00:28:56] The chimes of the memorial bell ring
[00:29:06] at exactly 8:15 AM, after which all those present bow their heads
[00:29:09] in a moment of silence, then the order is worked out over the years,
[00:29:13] the traditional declaration of peace from the Mayor of Hiroshima, in which he
[00:29:17] calls on all countries to abandon nuclear weapons and end
[00:29:20] conflicts, but does so in his own way. Hiroshima
[00:29:24] authorities in 2022 banned the delegation of Russia, the only country,
[00:29:27] from participating in the ceremonies, for example, in the case of Israel or
[00:29:31] the US, such principledness is not observed, and of all
[00:29:34] current conflicts, the mayor mentioned again only
[00:29:38] the Ukrainian one. The instantaneous annihilation by atomic
[00:29:41] fire of tens of thousands of people, about 70 thousand in Hiroshima died
[00:29:44] immediately, and as many more by the end of 1945, the thirty-third
[00:29:48] US President Harry Truman called it the greatest thing in history. He said
[00:29:52] this phrase aboard the cruiser Augusta, returning from the Potsdam
[00:29:55] Conference. Since then, no American leader has uttered
[00:29:59] even a hint of remorse or... and the current forty-seventh US President Donald Trump, when he visited
[00:30:04] Japan last year, called it nothing but
[00:30:08] the bombing of Japanese cities as a small conflict, after which
[00:30:11] the United States and Japan became the closest of friends.
[00:30:15] A year after the war, on Christmas 1946, Americans even held
[00:30:19] a football tournament among the ruins of burnt-out Nagasaki, in order,
[00:30:22] as the command explained, to let off steam and show the glory
[00:30:25] of American sports. Along the way, they organized a beauty pageant called
[00:30:29] "Miss Atomic Bomb." Japanese
[00:30:33] cities
[00:30:41] with nuclear explosions. Having occupied the Japanese islands in September
[00:30:44] 1945, American troops remain to this day at
[00:30:48] their bases in Japan. Japan itself is now officially under the protection
[00:30:52] of the US nuclear umbrella. And the tragedy of August
[00:30:55] 1945 was called a mistake. This is written.