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Ukrainian troops secure nearly full control of Svatove-Kreminna road, regional head says.<\/strong> The Ukrainian Armed Forces have almost full control of the Svatove-Kreminna road, head of the Luhansk regional military administration Serhiy Hayday said, calling to wait for official confirmation by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. \u201cWe will not name the towns and villages. Let the General Staff do that. But we can say that the Svatove-Kreminna road is almost under full control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,\u201d Hayday said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDespite the bad weather and heavy rain for a few days in a row, [the Ukrainian troops] have advanced slightly,\u201d he added. Hayday called on the residents to keep quiet on the advance and wait for official confirmation by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said he hopes that next week he\u2019ll have military clearance to share photos and videos from retaken areas of Luhansk region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mobilization in Russia \u201ccomplete\u201d, Shoigu tells Putin.<\/strong> Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday said that the \u201cpartial mobilization\u201d of 300,000 reservists was complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at a meeting with Russian President Putin broadcast on Russian state television, Shoigu said that of the 300,000 mobilized recruits, 82,000 had been sent to fight in Ukraine after \u201ctraining\u201d. The supply problems were \u201cresolved\u201d, he added. \u201cThe task set by you of (mobilizing) 300,000 people has been completed. No further measures are planned,\u201d Shoigu told Putin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus sent more than 65,000 tons of ammunition to Russia since invasion.<\/strong> During the first seven months of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Belarus transported more than 65,000 tons of ammunition to Russia, the Belaruski Hajun monitoring group said, quoting the Telegram channel @belzhd_live that released the number. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBetween March and September 2022, Lukashenka\u2019s regime sent 65,089 tons of ammunition by railway from Belarus to Russia, a total of 1,940 rail cars,\u201d the message reads. The cargo peaked in April 2022 when 534 tons of ammunition (689 rail cars) were transported to Russia. Belarus also sends tanks and other military equipment to Russia.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past weeks, it sent at least 94 T-72A tanks and between 36 and 44 Ural trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decolonization of culture: claiming back what’s ours. Ukraine in Flames #232<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine is clearly a colonial war \u2013 and it always has been, but it is since the large-scale invasion of February 2022 that the Ukrainian society has fully realized it, together with the need for the decolonization of its culture. Watch Ukraine in flames #232 to learn how Ukrainian artists and scholars get involved internationally to explain why the process of decolonization is so vital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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