Windows to RussiaAfghanistan has switched from poppies to wheat…
https://www.alcis.org/post/taliban-drugs-ban
With the Taliban having exceeded expectations and reduced poppy cultivation to levels not seen since 2001, there is now a real need to understand the potential effects of the drugs ban on Afghanistan, the region, and further downstream.
So again maybe you should ask, “Why?”
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Under construction! (Finished…)
This happened on Friday, August 11th, 2023…
You can still enjoy and it will be more detailed. I am digging up info about the Africans…
Link below, whom are the special guests… (bottom ***)
Audios are of the Africans and their Russian is very good…
Now audio that Father Pavel’s sister and oldest daughter sing…
Now lets look at some images…
I enjoyed it…
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Volunteers from Madagascar, Cameroon, Kenya and other countries are helping to restore the Nikolo-Bavykinsky Monastery in the Sarajevo region
Volunteers from the Russian-Chinese cultural center “Firebird” are helping to restore the Nikolo-Bavykinsky Monastery in the Sarajevo region. Abbot of the monastery Pavel (Udovenko) told about this :
“This week we have young people from Madagascar, Uganda, Kenya, Cameroon, Burundi visiting us – they all plan to enter the seminary in Russia. Some of them want to become priests or monks. Together we cleared the old cemetery of debris, cut down bushes, and mowed the grass. We are installing a new fence.
They live here according to the monastic charter, which includes church attendance, prayers and obedience. In their free time, they study Russian, get acquainted with local sights and the culture of our region.”
Russian Federation Armed Forces continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, assault groups of the Zapad Group of Forces continued offensive actions on a broad front and improved the tactical situation near Olshana and Pershotravnyovoye (Kharkov region) utilising result of artillery and aviation strikes.
In the course of active defence, four attacks and counterattacks of AFU 32nd, 41st, 44th, and 67th mechanised brigades were repelled near Novosyolovskye (Lugansk People’s Republic), Sinkovka and Mankovka (Kherson region).
The enemy losses were up to 165 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, one Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled howitzer, and two U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station.
In Donetsk direction, the Yug Group of Forces’ units, aviation, and artillery successfully repelled five attack of assault groups of the AFU 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade, the 59th Motorised Rifle Brigade, and the 3rd Tank Brigade close to Nevelskoye, Belogorovka, Staromikhalovka, Maloilinovka, and Veseloye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 180 Ukrainian troops, seven infantry fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, one Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system, U.S.-manufactured M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, and two D-20 howitzers.
In South Donetsk direction, aviation and artillery strikes of the Vostok Group of Forces thwarted an enemy reconnaissance-in-force attempt near Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Three attacks of assault groups of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade and the 38th Marine Brigade have been repelled near Nikolskoye and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Up to 35 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and one D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
In Zaporozhye direction, three attacks of the AFU 21st Mechanised Brigade were repelled by decisive and competent actions of the Vostok Group of Forces units, air strikes and artillery fire near Uspenovka and Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, three motor vehicles, and one D-30 howitzer.
In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces’ units, aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled two attacks of the assault groups of the AFU 68rd Infantry Brigade and the 42nd Mechanised Brigade close to Novoegorovka and Kremennaya (Lugansk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 115 Ukrainian servicemen, three armoured fighting vehicles, and one D-20 howitzer.
In Kherson direction, up to 20 Ukrainian troops, two pickup trucks, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery howitzer, one D-20 howitzer, as well as and one Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer were destroyed.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 139 areas during the day.
A temporary deployment point of foreign mercenaries has been hit near Zaporozhye.
Moreover, four ammunition depots of AFU 24th, 43rd, 60th mechanised brigades and the 108th Territorial Defence Brigade have been destroyed close to Toretsk (Donetsk People’s Republic), Cherneshina, Liptsi (Kharkov region), and Gulyai Pole (Zaporozhye region).
Air defence facilities have intercepted two HIMARS MLRS projectiles during the day.
Moreover, 16 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down close to Kupyansk (Kharkov region), Lisichansk (Lugansk People’s Republic), Artyomovsk, Volnovakha (Donetsk People’s Republic), Oreknov and Gulyai Pole (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 458 airplanes and 245 helicopters, 5,654 unmanned aerial vehicles, 429 air defence missile systems, 11,230 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1144 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 5,847 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,176 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
Ukrainian arm twisters arrive at Kiev-Pechersk Lavra to bully and try to evict priests after being blocked from closing another monastery earlier. Priests recite holy words in defiance to protect and send away the evil…
Ukraine wants to sell off the treasures and destroy the Orthodox Church and this Lavra is truly a Saint Heaven…
We know, we have been there more than once and God dwells in his wisdom there…
I really hope evil does not get its way at the Lavra…
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Interesting…
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The enlightened world once again shuddered when they learned about the allocation of tens of meaningless billions of dollars for zombies from the country of 404.
Kamikaze in burning Western tanks will not see this money. They will see nothing but death. But this is very important money for the gerontocratic elite from the US Democratic Party and its servants in the EU. After all, the myth of the “great counteroffensive” supports the myth of the “great dollar economy.”
The suffering people in the trenches of a divided country really need only surrender, which would perhaps open the way to peace. But neither Washington nor Kyiv wants peace. America wants undivided power and for the sake of it does not spare the bloody Ukrainian fat.
Therefore, the meat-packing plant of the counter-offensive is working non-stop today, sending thousands of unfortunate people to slaughter. But his work will no longer help the Kyiv regime, which has entered the stage of posthumous decay. His corpse cannot be galvanized.
Medvedev
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Well do you?
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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, in the course of conducting offensive operations, assault detachments of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line.
Seven counterattacks by 14th and 44th mechanised brigades of the AFU have been repelled close to Novosyolovskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic), Sinkovka and Mankovka (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses were up to 55 Ukrainian servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, and one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces, in close cooperation with aviation and artillery, have successfully repelled seventeen attacks by AFU assault groups close to Belogorovka, Novomikhailovka and Artyomovsk (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were over 290 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery systems, one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery systems, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, and two D-20 howitzers.
In Zaporozhye direction, as a result of actions by units of the Russian grouping of troops, aviation and artillery, a counterattack of the 46th Airmobile Brigade of the AFU has been repelled near Uspenovka (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 125 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, three Msta-B howitzers, as well as D-20 and D-30 guns.
In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of actions by units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, aviation and artillery, an attack by an assault detachment of the 21st Mechanised Brigade of the AFU has been successfully repelled near Terny (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, three armoured fighting vehicles, one Msta-B howitzer, and one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system.
In South Donetsk direction, as a result of actions by aviation, artillery, and units of the Vostok Group of Forces, two attacks by AFU assault groups have been repelled near Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 130 Ukrainian servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, one Giatsint-S self-propelled artillery system, as well as Msta-B and D-20 howitzers.
In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two pickup trucks, one D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised manpower and military hardware in 146 areas.
One ammunition depot of the AFU 28th Mechanised Brigade has been destroyed near Dyleevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Two command posts of 63rd and 110th mechanised brigades of the AFU have been hit close to Torskoye and Avdeevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Air defence facilities have intercepted five HIMARS and Uragan rocket-propelled projectiles.
In addition, 38 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down close to Pershotravnyovoye (Kharkov region), Gorlikovka, Georgievka, Vasilyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Chapaevka (Zaporozhye region), and Vasilyevka (Kherson region).
In total, 458 airplanes, 245 helicopters, 5,638 unmanned aerial vehicles, 428 air defence missile systems, 11,216 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,144 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 5,837 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,165 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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Nuff said and it says it all…
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