Ukraine War Update NEWS (20240801b): Military Aid & Geopolitical News

Here is today's UWU NEWS giving you all the nuggets you need to add to your understanding of events.

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Russian losses open-source data set (from Del):

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[LadaGaga]

Great subject matter today JP. Tough things to hear, tough things to speak about I’m sure.

[jmtpolitico]

JP it was the biggest Prisoner Swap between the US and Russia since the Cold War!

[mike]

Thanks Johnathan for the update, & agree that the civilians have more value ( than just face value ) .. 💙💛💙

[patrickkarlsson]

The stabber was a 17 year old christian whos family was from Rwanda (citizents in GB) he was diagnost with autism (according to news in Sweden)

[jmtpolitico]

Hi JP, TEAM! Thank You Germany, very much appreciated!!!

[richardbennett]

Good Afternoon Jonathan and the ATP team

[tisme]

I'm so pleased to hear Kara Murza has been released. I hadn't heard this and was so disappointed, so great news. He's a good man,

[alandoherty]

Great video thank you for the information provided glory to Ukraine slava Ukraine pryvit keep smiling and be happy

[viggoholmsen]

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That there are no new public announcements does not necessarily mean there isn't a substantial amount of aid going to Ukraine from many partners.
- equipment pledged earlier has to be delivered, but isn't necessarily announced
- a continuous stream of ammo and replacement parts is not headline news
- many partners do not (or rarely) divulge what or when they deliver materiel
- ongoing monthly financial support
- equipment being purchased by Ukraine from the various funds financially set up and refilled by partners is not necessarily announced

[Orcdie]

I made the mistake once of commenting on gun law and gun crime in US

[thierryschmidlin]

Jonathan, Turkye has a coastline of 1400 km on the Black Sea, the corvettes may have been constructed on a harbor there ! At least 7 Shipyards on that zone in Turkye ... The most important in Samsun & Träbzon etc.

[Orcdie]

Thanks again Jp for this cracking content, I only put sky news on for the dogs now 😅😅

[NikkiOwen]

Thank you Jonathan ❤ Love to all ❤️ 🫂
I'm so glad you've covered the things you did here. The ruzzian influence in the UK and so on. I skim xitter in bite size chunks then yt so I can just listen and hopefully take info in as I rest. You do a fantastic job Jonathan! I can't fully express your value. ❤

[peterpalmer]

The media experts need to get together to find options to control this kind of thing I know that many politicians will have no idea so we should all encourage some kind of solutions to at least curb the rehteric.

[nancyhope]

Putin would not care about random Russians, not the way we care about our people.

[kevpetchey]

I am at the stage where I think there should be NO equipment donations declared by the countries. Maybe?

[brotherbuddha]

The Hetman Ivan Vyhovskyi corvette launched in Istanbul from the RMK Marine Shipyard. From the response to querying the location in google maps it shows the ship launched into the Sea of Marmara north of the Dardanelles and south of the Bosporus.

[ericmaclaurin]

A jailed spy is not an intelligence asset. A freed spy is not an intelligence asset. A Russian opposition candidate is a far better asset than ANY outed spy and its not close.

Thinking a spy is an intelligence asset forever is just stupid.

Of course trades like this have downsides. Being better always comes at a higher price. That doesn't mean you give up on being better.

[moryaviles]

Ukraine just cancel debt payments ... western countries are starting to give loans lately not giveaways.

[jorgprinzlin]

Hi Jonathan,

thank you for your incredible hard work!

This is a technical comment I have posted before but I'm unsure if you noticed it:
Very often, when you play a video clip, the volume is much lower than your speech, making it near inaudible. ( example here: Biden's speech) Since I listen on speakers whilst doing other work I can't adjust the volume quickly.

I wonder if the problem stems from you calibrating the sound level when listening through head phones rather than speakers?

I'm not expert enough to suggest a solution but I thought I'd let you know.

Thank you again

Jörg