RUSSIA24 — broadcast 20260806 170000 UTC 401 transcript segments Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API (Chirp) + Gemini 2.5 Flash Non-Thinking Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:10] regions are people and real changes, with even more [00:00:13] ahead. By 2030, 60% of regional roads in the country [00:00:17] will be put in order according to the national project "Infrastructure for Life", and [00:00:20] in cities - 85%. This [00:00:23] means there will be more safe routes and [00:00:26] comfortable journeys. [00:01:32] Russian forces are successfully advancing along the entire front line. Strikes [00:01:35] are being carried out against strategically important enterprises of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. What is known about [00:01:39] the results? [00:01:43] The planned indicators for attracting investments in the Far Eastern region [00:01:47] have been exceeded by 1.5 times. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev at [00:01:50] a meeting with Vladimir Putin. What else [00:01:52] was discussed? [00:01:57] Not long ago, the US ambassador today. Stefanyshina, [00:02:00] a participant in a corruption scandal, what punishment did the Anti-Corruption Bureau [00:02:04] of Ukraine choose and what else is known about the case? [00:02:24] Russian military forces struck the workshops of the former enterprise [00:02:27] Neftprom Mash in the city of Okhtyrka, Sumy region. According to our [00:02:31] Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian Armed Forces used these premises for the repair and [00:02:35] storage of automotive equipment, drones, and their [00:02:38] components. Today, it became known that in the Kherson [00:02:41] region, warehouses of enterprises where, it is reported, [00:02:44] military equipment was stored, were attacked. In the Kharkiv [00:02:47] region, drones struck the railway station [00:02:51] Lyzova, which is called a key transit point for [00:02:54] transferring Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves. In the Zaporizhzhia [00:02:57] region, a gas station was destroyed in Pavlohrad. This is [00:03:00] the Dnipropetrovsk region. The targets of Russian drones were a parking [00:03:04] lot for large vehicles. According to the [00:03:07] Ministry of Defense, the enemy used this territory for covert [00:03:10] transportation of drones and their parts. [00:03:12] ним. [00:03:15] Earlier today, the Ministry of Defense reported a strike on the warehouse [00:03:19] and production facilities of the Zaporizhzhia Consumer [00:03:22] Goods Plant. In Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, [00:03:25] a gas station was destroyed where fuel and lubricants [00:03:29] for... [00:04:00] The army improved its positions in 24 hours, including our military continuing [00:04:03] to advance in the Dobropol direction and approaching Druzhkovka [00:04:07] from two sides simultaneously. The liberation of this settlement, according to [00:04:10] experts, will allow access to the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration [00:04:14] from the south. The course of the battles from the front, a report by Igor [00:04:18] Pikhanov. In an underground shelter, soldiers of the 75th [00:04:22] Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment of the Southern Military District are preparing [00:04:26] to go on a mission, equipping FPV drones with ammunition. [00:05:00] in the settlement of Druzhkovka. A Tigr armored vehicle delivered [00:05:04] the soldiers to a control point, then the UAV crew walks through [00:05:08] the forest belt, it is necessary to secretly approach the enemy. The range [00:05:11] of the ... drone is several tens of kilometers, control [00:05:15] is carried out via fiber optics, thanks to this, enemy radio jamming [00:05:19] stations cannot interfere with the drones. The operator sees [00:05:22] the picture in 4K format. We hang [00:05:25] different shells, cumulative, high-explosive fragmentation, if [00:05:29] enemy infantry, we hang fragmentation shells, [00:05:32] if it flies somewhere, then we need high-explosive or thermobaric. The drone [00:05:36] took to the sky and a few minutes later struck the enemy's [00:05:39] location. The enemy holed up in the basement of a house. Dispersed [00:05:43] groups of militants are trying to entrench themselves in this [00:05:46] settlement. The unit of the southern group of troops immediately [00:05:49] destroys the militants. For reconnaissance, drones [00:05:52] are also used. Through closed communication channels, the image from the drones goes to [00:05:56] the UAV control point. Specialists continuously [00:06:00] monitor the operational situation. Drones strike [00:06:03] the enemy both at the front and in their deep rear. Fighters [00:06:07] carry out a massive launch of aircraft-type drones. Each is equipped [00:06:10] with a large ammunition. U... systems detect and [00:06:56] burn out drone launch points and control points, and also [00:06:59] shoot down attack UAVs. Each destroyed air target is [00:07:03] saved lives. Igor Pikhanov, Vladislav Mirzayans, Khali [00:07:06] Tankiev, Vesti Donetsk People's [00:07:08] Republic. [00:07:11] The Ministry of Defense published footage of the destruction of a temporary deployment point [00:07:14] of a Ukrainian Armed Forces unit. It is reported that it was located in the area of the village of Privolnaya in [00:07:18] the DPR. The strike was carried out by a long-range Geranium [00:07:22] drone. This was stated by the Russian military [00:07:24] department. [00:07:27] More than 300 complaints in the last six months from foreign [00:07:30] mercenaries. These are data from the report of the Ukrainian military [00:07:33] ombudsman. It is reported that citizens from more than 70 countries [00:07:37] are in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Mostly Latin Americans. How [00:07:41] are they recruited? So far, why do they write complaints, [00:07:44] do they manage to return home, Yegor [00:07:47] Grigoriev found out. 16 thousand [00:07:51] mercenaries in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, figures from the Ukrainian military [00:07:55] ombudsman, so we need to make an allowance for [00:07:58] the number. As for the quality of the personnel, there are questions [00:08:02] from the commanders of the Ukrainian army, and [00:08:05] complaints from the mercenaries themselves, whose voices are becoming [00:08:08] louder in Kyiv itself. We never [00:08:11] received. [00:08:14] We never received military IDs, we received temporary A4 [00:08:18] format certificates, but I was told that even this piece of paper [00:08:21] was worthless, mostly it was shown at the checkpoint. [00:08:25] Almost 40% of the total number of mercenaries are representatives of Latin American [00:08:29] countries, citizens of Brazil, Venezuela, [00:08:33] Colombia joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces. [00:08:36] In the latter, cannon fodder is recruited through TikTok. The entertainment [00:08:39] social network has become a recruiting one. [00:08:42] TikTok, I saw a lot of guys who watch TikTok, I saw a lot of [00:08:46] guys who said they were in Ukraine, this video made [00:08:49] me want to know what was behind this advertisement, I [00:08:52] had to register on the site, and I took advantage of this opportunity, because living in [00:08:56] Colombia, it is not so easy to find money for such a trip to [00:09:00] Ukraine, this was one of the reasons that motivated me to come [00:09:03] here. I am here because of economic problems, I [00:09:07] am here because of economic problems, I need to improve the life of my [00:09:10] family and children. Only advertisements on TikTok will not [00:09:14] tell you that the children of this Colombian woman will most likely [00:09:17] never see their mother again, representatives of this state [00:09:20] lead in the number of liquidated, according to [00:09:24] open data alone, 750 mercenaries had their contracts terminated [00:09:28] due to death, in second place are citizens [00:09:31] of the USA. I am Gaider, [00:09:35] I am from the United States, Florida? I [00:09:38] am Gaider, I am from the United States, Florida, I came to Ukraine in early 20. A large [00:09:46] part of us still do not have the status of combatants, despite the promises [00:09:50] made to us: we participated for a year in assault and defensive [00:09:53] operations, I myself paid twice 25 thousand [00:09:56] hryvnias to start the process of granting me the status [00:10:00] of combatant, but I never received it. Not a single person from [00:10:03] the company ever received any award for their wounds, everyone [00:10:07] had to pay certain money to start [00:10:10] the process of awarding for wounds. [00:10:57] simply incompetent, meanwhile we were threatened with being sent to a penal battalion, they said that it would be difficult for us to leave [00:11:01] Ukraine, only to the office of the Ukrainian military ombudsman [00:11:05] mercenaries sent 300 clauses, they are even supposedly [00:11:09] being considered, but the chances of not living to receive [00:11:12] an answer for the complainants are extremely high. Yegor [00:11:16] Grigoriev, Vesti. [00:11:19] The Far East consistently manages to exceed [00:11:22] investment attraction indicators, Vladimir said. I would like to report that [00:11:33] this [00:11:42] task is being fulfilled, this [00:11:45] year we were supposed to reach a level of [00:11:49] 5.8 trillion during this period, exactly, [00:11:52] now we have 6.5. Uh-huh. [00:11:55] In previous years we also exceeded, tried, [00:11:59] got, thanks to [00:12:03] the decisions you made, [00:12:07] the dynamics of the main indicators of the Far East's [00:12:09] development exceed the average Russian [00:12:12] indicators for investments [00:12:16] by 1.5 times, for industrial [00:12:19] production by 20%, for manufacturing by [00:12:23] 1.8 times. and the volume of construction work [00:12:27] exceeds the average Russian level by 1.5 times, which is what we [00:12:31] strived for, thanks to your decisions to [00:12:35] create preferential, [00:12:38] very good, we consider important work also to [00:12:41] support the special military operation in the Far [00:12:44] East. The territory of advanced development operates [00:12:48] patriotically, it allowed more than 600 [00:12:51] thousand products to be supplied to the combat zone. [00:12:55] In addition, I consider it important that [00:12:58] 3,600 state and municipal employees, [00:13:02] employees of the Ministry for the [00:13:04] Development of the Far East, and the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President also [00:13:08] went through the school of combat operations. [00:13:11] In my opinion, they are [00:13:14] better motivated, and we can entrust them with important areas [00:13:18] of work. [00:13:21] 640 civilians died, and 56 were wounded. [00:13:55] 2 years ago it was impossible to get here, today the war-torn [00:13:58] city is a place for collecting evidence of the atrocities [00:14:01] of neo-Nazis. Almost the entire road was [00:14:04] littered with burned civilian [00:14:07] cars. On August 6, 2024, Ukrainian Armed Forces militants [00:14:11] invaded the Kursk region, the enemy spared no one, cut off evacuation [00:14:14] routes and opened fire on civilians, elderly people, [00:14:18] women, children. There was a child, look, [00:14:21] yes, you can see children's slippers. [00:14:33] Nina died before reaching the hospital, her son received [00:14:36] shrapnel wounds, one here, three [00:14:40] here, one here in the shoulder. Now Artyom and [00:14:44] Matvey are in Kursk, they bought an apartment with a certificate, the child remembers [00:14:47] his mother every day, misses her, they often visit her at the cemetery on [00:14:51] the monument, the date that divided hundreds of lives. [00:15:06] All the forces of the Northern group were thrown into the liberation of the border area then, [00:15:09] the enemy's fortified positions were continuously pounded by our [00:15:13] artillery and aviation, assault aircraft went forward, [00:15:17] the advance was very fast, that is, weapons and equipment were given directly [00:15:21] to the personnel, everything was so fast. [00:15:51] Flow. Russian assault troops in full ammunition and equipment entered the rear [00:15:54] of the Ukrainian Armed Forces through a gas pipeline. Ripley, a female [00:15:57] sniper, covered a fifteen-kilometer path [00:16:01] underground, alongside her combat comrades. Entering through the [00:16:04] pipe was really very difficult. [00:16:37] and could have been poisoned by gas and died in the very first steps [00:16:41] underground. Listen, well, you already imagine what the enemy [00:16:45] will feel when you suddenly jump out. Well, of course, [00:16:48] of course, it's a joy for us that we are not going above [00:16:51] ground, we are going underground. The militants fled from [00:16:55] Sudzha, and then from Gornal, a small village right on the [00:16:58] border. On April 26, 2025, the Russian flag was raised [00:17:01] over the dominant height. [00:17:05] Well done. [00:17:09] The monastery, which traces its history back to a small wooden church [00:17:12] built in the 16th century, has risen from the ruins many times, the brothers believe [00:17:16] that the war-torn abode will be revived again. [00:17:19] We spent 25 years to restore it [00:17:22] in its time, perhaps now [00:17:26] God will decide, everything is God's [00:17:29] will. 170 residents of the region, who were abducted during [00:17:33] the occupation in Sumy, have been returned home. Large-scale work [00:17:36] continues. The crimes of the Kyiv regime do not go [00:17:39] unpunished, the number of criminal cases is growing daily, the lion's [00:17:43] share under the article on terrorism. Do you admit [00:17:46] your guilt? Exactly. As a result of the brutal actions [00:17:49] of the militants, 640 civilians [00:17:52] died, and 561 [00:17:55] people were wounded. There is evidence of cases [00:17:58] of mass murders, as well as looting. Neo-Nazis [00:18:01] shelled the homes of civilians. Artillery and tanks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled [00:18:05] shops, kindergartens, and hospitals. [00:18:37] are restoring homes damaged by shelling. [00:18:40] Sappers are getting closer to the border. More than [00:18:43] 170,000 hectares of land have already been demined. [00:18:47] The work does not stop, volunteer Bars-Kursk [00:18:50] helps [00:18:51] the engineering troops. [00:18:55] Peaceful life will return to Sudzha, Yevgeny Shestopalov, [00:18:58] the abbot of the Holy Trinity Church, is confident. He has appeared in our reports many [00:19:02] times. In the first days of the invasion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, he sheltered civilians in [00:19:06] the monastery, a video recording made by the priest during the shelling [00:19:09] flew around the entire [00:19:10] country. [00:19:18] After the evacuation, Eugene returned to dangerous areas many times, [00:19:22] evacuating people and delivering humanitarian aid. Despite [00:19:25] two injuries and a forthcoming operation, he still [00:19:28] supports the fighters. I will return, I have a church [00:19:32] that I still need to finish building, [00:19:34] I have a parish that will also be there everything. But it will be, we need to pray [00:19:38] to God together, and then build our Sudzha further. Sudzha with [00:19:42] songs and flowering fields, without cannon fire and sirens. [00:19:45] Elizaveta Bukreeva, Alexander Azarov, Vesti [00:19:48] Kursk. [00:19:50] In Kursk today, on the second anniversary of the invasion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the memory [00:19:53] of the fallen was honored. Flowers were laid at the stone laid at the [00:19:57] base of the monument to the heroes who saved the civilian population. Priests [00:20:00] served a litany. Governor Alexander Khenshtein, addressing the residents [00:20:04] of the border region, thanked them for their resilience and courage. He also [00:20:07] noted that during those terrible events, the whole country [00:20:11] sympathized with the people of Kursk. We will never [00:20:15] forget what happened on Kursk land. These [00:20:18] events [00:20:21] showed the whole country and the whole [00:20:24] world the solidarity of our people, our [00:20:28] unity. [00:20:31] In the Far East, the FSB detained schoolchildren who were planning [00:20:34] a terrorist attack against Rosgvardia officers. This is far from the first such [00:20:38] attempt to commit a crime using children. Ukrainian [00:20:42] special services are massively recruiting teenagers in Russia through [00:20:45] social networks and messengers. Arina Belozertseva will continue [00:20:47] the topic. [00:20:50] Now they will spend many years behind bars, in Primorye [00:20:54] FSB officers detained three teenagers, residents of Vladivostok [00:20:57] and Nakhodka, who were planning to commit a terrorist attack at one of the [00:21:01] Rosgvardia facilities. They acted on the instructions of a member of an organization banned in Russia, [00:21:04] collecting information about participants in the special operation. For [00:21:08] what were you detained? Participation in a terrorist community. What were your [00:21:12] duties? Photographing the residence of a certain serviceman, [00:21:16] as I learned later, this serviceman was a serviceman. [00:21:20] Then the defendants found out where video cameras were installed, where improvised bombs [00:21:24] could be secretly placed. Searches were carried out in the guys' homes, important [00:21:28] documents and components for explosives [00:21:31] were seized from the suspects. A bottle of gasoline, [00:21:34] what kind of gasoline, ninety- second, ninety-second [00:21:37] gasoline, two empty green glass [00:21:41] bottles, [00:21:46] the FSB reminds that punishment is inevitable, the defendants are currently... [00:21:54] The Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia for the Primorsky Krai has initiated criminal [00:21:57] cases on the grounds of crimes provided for by [00:22:00] Article 275, state treason, Part [00:22:04] Two of Article 205.5, participation in [00:22:06] the activities of a terrorist organization of the Criminal Code of the Russian [00:22:10] Federation. The maximum penalty for committing this [00:22:13] crime is life imprisonment. Victims [00:22:17] of recruitment most often become. motives [00:22:20] are revenge, money, excitement, crimes are presented as levels in a game, the age [00:22:24] is decreasing, everyone gets involved from 12 years old, for example, [00:22:28] recently FSB officers of the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained [00:22:31] a seventeen-year-old boy who was the administrator of [00:22:34] the largest international community of terrorists, worked under [00:22:38] the leadership of Ukrainian special services, taught recruited [00:22:41] individuals to commit terrorist attacks, mass murders and make bombs, under his [00:22:45] supervision 15 crimes in ten regions of Russia, and [00:22:48] dozens more in the USA, Germany and Italy, also [00:22:52] the actions of our organization included [00:22:55] the promotion of the Columbine [00:22:57] movement for mass murders. My role was [00:23:01] specifically in administration, I managed [00:23:04] the organization and communicated with participants, it was initially [00:23:07] created with the goal of being recognized as terrorist, so that [00:23:11] we and my co-founders could become famous. Another [00:23:14] high-profile case involving children. In July, the court sentenced twelve [00:23:18] defendants in the attempted murder case. In spring, [00:23:32] FSB officers detained minors who threatened specialists from [00:23:36] Roskomnadzor, leaving hammers painted with artificial [00:23:40] blood at their apartments, and got away with an article of hooliganism. The involvement [00:23:44] of children in terrorist activities, the involvement of women, [00:23:47] pregnant women is not characteristic [00:23:50] of terrorism, not long ago this began to be actively practiced, [00:23:54] and Ukraine here became, well, essentially one of [00:23:57] the main innovators, they are used to destroy [00:24:01] infrastructure of various logistics centers, they [00:24:04] are used for actions that are psychological in [00:24:08] nature, they are ideal scouts. Experts advise [00:24:11] parents to monitor their children's communication, it all starts with games, [00:24:15] then recruiters move to messengers, if a child [00:24:18] suddenly has money, it's also a reason to think, the [00:24:21] FSB reminds that voluntary refusal from a crime exempts from [00:24:25] punishment. Arina Belozertseva, Anna Pogonia, [00:24:28] Vesti. [00:24:30] Suspected of false income declaration and [00:24:33] illegal enrichment of almost 14 million [00:24:37] hryvnias. This is a statement by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine about [00:24:40] Olga Stefanyshina. Quite recently she was an ambassador to the USA, and before that [00:24:44] she held the post of Minister of Justice. Today the court chose [00:24:48] a preventive measure for her in the form of bail. Details of another corruption case [00:24:52] in Ukraine from Mari Skorodilk. [00:24:55] Everyone is standing, the court has passed. On the defendant's stand, the ex-right hand [00:24:58] of Zelensky in the USA, former ambassador to this country, Olga [00:25:01] Stefanyshina. The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine assigned [00:25:05] her a preventive measure in the form of bail in the amount of 6 [00:25:08] million hryvnias, which is about 134 million [00:25:12] dollars. The prosecution, and interestingly, her lawyer asked for [00:25:15] more. The full text will be on the tenth. We will have the full text [00:25:19] on the tenth. We will have time to analyze it [00:25:22] and formulate our accusation, the prosecution [00:25:25] asked for 13 million hryvnias in bail, and her [00:25:28] lawyer announced the figure of 10 million, but the court's decision [00:25:32] is already there, I will not comment on it. Dismissed just 3 [00:25:36] days ago from the post of Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA, Stefanyshina tried [00:25:40] to appeal to the court, shedding tears, stating that she [00:25:44] supposedly did not have these 134 thousand [00:25:47] dollars for bail. [00:26:02] declaration, but the Ukrainian corrupt official denies [00:26:06] everything, of course, in the eyes of the prosecutor, or [00:26:09] investigator, or someone from NABU, we are all villains, but I [00:26:12] don't think so, I lived with dignity, Stefanyshina lived [00:26:16] truly with dignity, specifically richly, according to the [00:26:19] investigation, the former US ambassador did not declare two apartments in [00:26:23] Kyiv, personal money she spent on apartment renovation, her mother's treatment, [00:26:26] airline tickets, rent, another apartment, and did not specify [00:26:30] the use of a Mercedes for... Stefanyshina [00:26:32] however, [00:26:35] negotiated the purchase of a house near Kyiv for $55,000, [00:26:40] the official refused the deal, presumably [00:26:44] due to an appointment to a diplomatic position [00:26:46] abroad. Stefanyshina's official income did not allow [00:26:50] her to acquire such property. Officially, from [00:26:53] the beginning of 2024 to mid-2025, [00:26:56] she earned about 3.7 million hryvnias, [00:27:00] only from her bank accounts was [00:27:02] approximately 4.2 million hryvnias spent. In addition, Stefanyshina [00:27:06] was involved in another high-profile case, she quite [00:27:10] possibly tried to influence the election of the NABU director, - [00:27:13] reported in social networks, included in the list of terrorists and extremists [00:27:16] of Rosfinmonitoring, People's Deputy Goncharenko. Referring to [00:27:20] the correspondence of the ex-ambassador of Ukraine to the USA and the head of the commission for the election [00:27:23] of the NABU director, which was already read in court. Ukrainian [00:27:27] political scientists stated that Zelensky himself can manage [00:27:31] this network of corrupt officials. The fact that she, while being [00:27:34] Minister of Justice, controlled, [00:27:37] controlled such a state structure [00:27:40] as ARMA, this is a structure [00:27:43] that, well, let's say, uses [00:27:47] confiscated property, including yachts, [00:27:50] houses, factories, and steamships. According to [00:27:54] my information, she provided a grandiose [00:27:58] service, so that Zelensky's partners, [00:28:01] and... they act in Zelensky's interests, acquired [00:28:05] this property for peanuts. Of course, [00:28:08] if she enters into cooperation, [00:28:12] a deal with the investigation, then she can tell a lot [00:28:15] about Zelensky, and Zelensky now has problems, [00:28:19] who will be the ambassador of Ukraine to the USA, one of [00:28:22] the candidates was Rustam Umerov, but [00:28:25] Washington has already refused Kyiv in appointing the ex-secretary of the National [00:28:29] Security and Defense Council as ambassador of Ukraine to the country. They asked [00:28:34] to send them a competent ambassador, why? Because the USA needs [00:28:38] to reformat its line of war, Abrams tanks and [00:28:41] artillery are no longer needed, dialogue is needed. Among the versions why [00:28:45] the USA does not want Umerov as ambassador, his American [00:28:48] citizenship was named, which may create legal issues, but [00:28:51] the main thing is a close connection with another Ukrainian corrupt official [00:28:55] Andriy Yermak, whom he replaced after NABU and SAB accused him [00:28:59] of corruption, and Umerov himself is implicated in high-profile cases. [00:30:02] with the characteristic surname of Ukrainian received a new suspicion in [00:30:06] a corruption case. Earlier, he was suspected of embezzling budget funds [00:30:09] allocated for the construction of strategically defensive [00:30:12] weapons for aviation. Under the guise of war, he bought six [00:30:16] apartments in Kyiv, Vinnytsia, and even Zhytomyr, as well as apartments in [00:30:20] Bukovel, six land plots, and at least four luxury [00:30:23] cars. All the wealth, according to the classic Ukrainian genre, [00:30:27] was registered to his parents, son, cohabitant, and [00:30:30] godfather. Mare Srodilka. [00:30:39] Remember, FSB officers of Russia [00:30:45] can only call to invite you for a personal conversation at [00:30:48] a department of the Agency. If you are threatened or someone tries [00:30:52] to find out your personal data, do not give in.