“The air raid continues!
Around 2:45 am, several explosions were heard in the town.
Investigators report that there are currently around 10 Shaheeds around Kyiv.
Updated at 3:16
Explosions are heard again in Kyiv during air defense operations.
2024-09-29 23:16:02
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12 countries, including China, Brazil, Türkiye and Kazakhstan, sent a joint statement warning against threats to use nuclear weapons. The statement was released at UN headquarters as part of the General Assembly’s high-level week.
In addition to China, Brazil, Turkey and Kazakhstan, the statement was signed by South Africa, Indonesia, Algeria, Bolivia, Colombia, Egypt, Kenya, and Zambia.
“We demand not to use or threaten to use weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear, chemical and biological,” the text of the document says.
It also notes that civilian infrastructure, “especially peaceful nuclear and other energy facilities,” should not be targets for military operations.
The signatories of the statement call for a “comprehensive and lasting resolution of the conflict by the parties through inclusive diplomacy and political means based on the UN Charter.”
The group notes that Russia is not mentioned in the text, but they are sure that the doubts relate to the recent statement made by the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin regarding changes on Russia’s nuclear doctrine allowing the use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.
Let’s remember that Putin recently “proposed” to expand the list of conditions for the use of nuclear weapons. In the updated version of the nuclear doctrine, it is proposed that aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear state, be considered as their joint attack on the Russian Federation .
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Putin’s nuclear threats “irresponsible.”
Read more about what is known about Putin’s nuclear threats and how Ukraine is responding in the article RBC-Ukraine.
On September 27, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced that China and the countries of the South want to create a “Friends of the World” platform. It focuses on the political situation of the war in Ukraine.
15 countries have already joined this campaign, including Türkiye, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Zambia and Kenya.
Read urgent and important messages about Russia’s war against Ukraine on the channel RBC-Ukraine on Telegram.
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2024-09-28 01:41:23
A Pentagon spokesman said in a statement that this is the first time the Ukrainian military will receive JSOW glide bombs as part of the $375 million aid package.
These bombs can be installed on the F-16 fighter, which was acquired by Ukraine. The bombs have retractable wings that help them reach targets up to 70 miles (about 110 km) away. There are several versions of the JSOW, but the ones sent to Ukraine are equipped with cluster munitions, according to the US official.
ABC sources also report that the United States will soon announce more than $2 billion in aid to Ukraine under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI).
Unlike the $350 million package, which will send weapons from existing stockpiles to Ukraine, USAI funds are being used for aid contracts that could take months or years. take to complete. According to the official, the new aid will mainly go to the purchase of weapons for Ukraine.
JSOW can be mistakenly called a missile. In fact, it is a stealth, high-precision glide bomb with a total weight of about 500 kg.
The difference is that a missile can be launched, while an aerial bomb is designed to be dropped from an aircraft. Analysts suggest that the Ukrainian military will be able to use JSOW at a distance of several tens of kilometers due to Russian air defense and superiority in the sky.
The cluster version of the JSOW bomb carries 145 submunitions, weighing 1.5 kg each and having a combined cumulative and fragmentation effect.
2024-09-26 10:02:02
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According to the Kiev Regional Military Administration, two energy facilities were damaged today. Without specifying whether this includes the hydroelectric power station in Vyshgorod.
Addressing media publications, Andrei Kovalenko, head of the Center for Combating Disinformation, noted There is no threat regarding the Kyiv hydroelectric power station dam.
“It is impossible to destroy it with missiles. inside. he wrote on Telegram.
The Kiev hydroelectric power station is the first (upper) step of the Dnieper cascade of hydroelectric power stations. Located on the Dnieper and a few kilometers from Kyiv.
The station was built in the peak period from 1960 to 1968. The main feature is the use of horizontal capsule irrigation units, which made it possible to design a combined spillway type building. The width of the building of the hydroelectric power station is 51 m, and the length is 285 m.
The spillway part is combined with the hydroelectric power station building, which is structurally divided into five blocks of 4 horizontal capsule units in each. As of September 2021, the installed capacity of the Kyiv HPP was 440 MW. This is especially important in the current generation shortage, when every megawatt literally counts.
During the construction, the latest design solutions were introduced. Among other things, cost reduction and time reduction were achieved through the use of precast reinforced concrete. New technologies for high-frequency installation of large concrete structures were introduced for the first time at the Kyiv HPP.
In total, 20 horizontal capsule units with rotary blade hydraulic turbines of type VL 15/3251-GK-600M and horizontal synchronous generators of type SGK-538/160-70M UHL4 have been installed at the hydroelectric power station.
Above the top of the flow path in the supergeneral rooms are located: the main terminals of the generators, oil pressure units with unit speed regulators, pumps, etc. The upper roof of these chambers, together with the very complex metal cover, forms the threshold of the spillway.
From the late 1990s and into the 2000s, all irrigation units were rebuilt. As stated on the Ukrhydroenergo website, the power system consists of 16 units connected to an automatic power system and frequency control, which will be carried out from the NEC Ukrenergo distribution center without intervention operational staff.
Threats to the Kyiv hydroelectric power station are usually considered in the context of possible attacks on the dam. In July, the Ukrainian media, citing sources in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, wrote that the military command believes that the threat is real. But he believes that the Russians will not be able to destroy it completely, although they may try to damage critical elements of the structure.
This is not surprising, especially after the Russians blew up the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, which led to a massive and man-made disaster last summer. Although the enemy first attacked the dam of the Kyiv hydroelectric station itself on February 26, 2022. Since then, in the official communication of the Air Force and monitoring channel posts, there are messages about missiles flying to Vyshgorod on appear from time to time.
In July, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused Ukraine of preparing a provocation, including the destruction of the Kyiv hydroelectric power station dam. The Ukrainian side called the accusations absurd. As the Ukrainian ministry said, “the Russian regime itself is doing an excellent job in dealing with its war crimes,” and if Moscow implements any of its intentions regarding the dam, it will only Russia will be responsible.
The real purpose of such statements by the Russian Federation is an attempt to intimidate Ukrainian society and mislead the international community and the media. Russia has demonstrated this strategy many times: blaming others for what it does or intends to do.
“The latest Russian fantasies on the subject of the Dnieper dams are a reason for the international community to keep a closer eye on Russia’s actions,” the Foreign Ministry said.
Taking into account the strategic importance of the hydroelectric power station, it is protected by the paramilitary security of the region in collaboration with special services. departments of other departments.
Even if the Russian Federation tries to attack the Kyiv hydroelectric station dam, it will not be possible to destroy it like the Kakhovskaya one.
As the press service of Ukrhydroenergo said in the fall of 2022, the station itself and the dam were designed and built during the Cold War with a strong margin of strength and stability. Therefore, it is not so easy to damage them with a missile strike.
“If the metal gates of the dam are damaged, a gradual leakage of water from the Kyiv reservoir may occur, resulting in short-term flooding in some areas within the river of the hydroelectric plant small and the flood areas will be known to the State Emergency Service and local authorities, so local residents will be notified in advance”, said the announcement.
In the summer, the General Director of Ukrhydroenergo Igor Sirota confirmed that the largest hydroelectric power stations in Ukraine are almost impossible to destroy from the outside. To do this, the enemy had to fly into the territory ofUkraine on planes and drop several air bombs.
“Kiev and Kaniv hydroelectric power stations are located in the center of Ukraine, far from the front line, so it is unlikely that enemy aircraft will be able to get closer to this position power station from the side in because they lived there,” he said.
Moreover, even the destruction of the dam at the Kyiv hydroelectric station, according to him, will not have a catastrophic effect. Because in the worst case, this threatens “underground flooding in some areas of Kyiv.”
“In the event of significant damage from missiles, the reservoir could be triggered – people in nearby villages will be left without water, but there will be no catastrophic consequences, as in the Kherson region several missile hits can in one place to make a hole In the dam, where water flows out at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, the entire station and 12 spill gates were largely destroyed. it is impossible to achieve with hits,” he explained.
Meanwhile, the impact of a dam breach at the Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Station was predicted back in April 2022 by scientists from the Institute for Mathematical Machine Problems and Systems of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Detailed calculations are publicly available on the NAS website.
In their opinion, the destruction of the dam is dangerous because of the sudden release of a lot of water, the rapid spread of waves on the Dnieper floodplain, and the flooding of Kyiv’s banks. Developed for fast response three scenes possible side effects:
unlikely – if the size of the lake is 400 meters with complete destruction of hydroelectric power station structures
more realistic – complete destruction of the dam with a 280-meter scour
also true – destruction of part of a dam with a 100-meter scour
Photo: expected consequences of dam failure in the second and third scenarios (nas.gov.ua)
According to calculations, the largest flood areas are observed in areas with low relief. In the north – from the dam to the borders of Kyiv, in the micro-district of Obolon and Troeshchina, with an increase in the water level of 3 meters or more. In the south – from the South Bridge to the protective dams in the town of Kozin and the village of Protsiv.
In the capital, there could be flooding on small areas of borders on the lakes of Obolon; islands (Trukhanov, Dolobetsky, Venetsiansky), as well as rural villages and cottages on the left (Rusanovsky Gardens, Lower Gardens, Desnyanskoye). In addition, flooding threatens the area from the Dnieper to Stolichnoye Highway in the Goloseevsky district, in Oskokorki, to some extent in Poznyaki and in Bortnichi closer to Vitovets and Zaplavnoe lakes.
Scientists emphasize that even if the dam is completely destroyed, there will be time to evacuate the residents of Kyiv or raise them to a height above the first floor in high-rise buildings. Therefore, we are not talking about an apocalyptic “tsunami” situation for the entire metropolitan area.
When preparing the material, we used: a message from the head of the Center for Combating Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council Andrey Kovalenko, information from the Ukrhydroenergo website, an interview with the company’s general director Igor Sirota for Forbes, calculations from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
2024-08-26 12:35:01
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Residents of Russia today, August 15, launched their Shahed attack drones across Ukraine. They are known to fly from the north.
According to the Air Force, enemy kamikaze drones are already being detected in the Sumy region. They are moving towards Poltava region.
The Air Force said that enemy drones are already in the suburbs of Poltava.
2024-08-15 19:36:00
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Ukrainian military in the Kursk region captured more than a hundred Russian soldiers. The company made this decision after the military leadership abandoned them to their fate.
It is noted that more than a hundred Russians made a decision to abandon their leaders and surrendered yesterday, August 14.
“It can be understood; it is difficult to do military work when you are led by spies and traitors, and your sides are “covered” by Kadyrov’s spies, who abandon everyone and everything so that they are their own prisoners,” the message says.
The project also mentioned the name of the Russian General Lapin, who in 2022 was responsible for the defense of the Kharkov region (when Ukrainian troops quickly left the region – ed.), and is now responsible for the defense of Kursk. .
2024-08-15 07:17:42
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