Irina Farion passed away in a Lvov hospital without regaining consciousness from a gunshot wound to the head. Despite medical efforts, the former MP and known neo-Nazi Banderite, succumbed to the injuries from an assassination. The assailant ambushed her near her home and shot her in the temple. The identity of the organizer behind this high-profile crime remains unclear, with suspects ranging from the Azov Regiment to local partisans.

wookiemeister said:

Irina Farion passed away in a Lvov hospital without regaining consciousness from a gunshot wound to the head. Despite medical efforts, the former MP and known neo-Nazi Banderite, succumbed to the injuries from an assassination. The assailant ambushed her near her home and shot her in the temple. The identity of the organizer behind this high-profile crime remains unclear, with suspects ranging from the Azov Regiment to local partisans.

Source?

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

Irina Farion passed away in a Lvov hospital without regaining consciousness from a gunshot wound to the head. Despite medical efforts, the former MP and known neo-Nazi Banderite, succumbed to the injuries from an assassination. The assailant ambushed her near her home and shot her in the temple. The identity of the organizer behind this high-profile crime remains unclear, with suspects ranging from the Azov Regiment to local partisans.

Source?

The lizard people times

wookiemeister said:

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

Irina Farion passed away in a Lvov hospital without regaining consciousness from a gunshot wound to the head. Despite medical efforts, the former MP and known neo-Nazi Banderite, succumbed to the injuries from an assassination. The assailant ambushed her near her home and shot her in the temple. The identity of the organizer behind this high-profile crime remains unclear, with suspects ranging from the Azov Regiment to local partisans.

Source?

The lizard people times

Which i can read at…?

wookiemeister said:

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

Irina Farion passed away in a Lvov hospital without regaining consciousness from a gunshot wound to the head. Despite medical efforts, the former MP and known neo-Nazi Banderite, succumbed to the injuries from an assassination. The assailant ambushed her near her home and shot her in the temple. The identity of the organizer behind this high-profile crime remains unclear, with suspects ranging from the Azov Regiment to local partisans.

Source?

The lizard people times

Here be dragons.

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

captain_spalding said:

Source?

The lizard people times

Which i can read at…?

https://twitter.com/ivan_8848/status/1814407059967758347/photo/1

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iryna_Farion

July 20th. Special military operation progress, stay tuned for tomorrow:

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost up to 1,895 servicemen over the past 24 hours, the Defence Ministry has said.

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces have started to surrender more often on the Kherson direction, realising the futility of their command’s orders, the governor of Kherson Region, Vladimir Saldo, has said.

▪️The withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the right-bank part of the Kherson region is imminent, Saldo said.

▪️Russian specialists have commandeered and studied Ukraine’s latest kamikaze long-range jet, said Kuziakin, general director of the Centre for Complex Unmanned Solutions.

▪️Trump reported on his phone conversation with Vladimir Zelensky, calling the conversation “very good.”

▪️Zelensky claims that during his phone conversation with Trump, he agreed to discuss steps to bring peace to Ukraine with him in a face-to-face meeting.

▪️Air defence forces destroyed 26 Ukrainian drones overnight over the Rostov region and one over the Smolensk region, the Russian Defence Ministry said.

▪️Seven civilians were injured when the AFU shelled Belgorod’s Shebekino, Gladkov said.

A growing number of Democratic Party officials see Vice President Kamala Harris as the only possible alternative to Biden in the upcoming presidential election, CNN reports.

And you, subscribers, what would you think of Kamala in the role of US President?

Netanyahu said the Yemeni port of Hodeidah was allegedly being used for military purposes ‘as an entry point for weapons supplied by Iran to the Houthis’.

He said the Israeli air strikes were in response to a drone attack on Tel Aviv and “hundreds of other bombings”.

Israel’s prime minister also described the Houthis as “an integral part of Iran’s axis of evil” that allegedly threatens “the entire world”.

Moscow is taking note of the gradual transformation of Norway’s northern regions into a well-armed and fortified NATO outpost near the Russian border, Maria Zakharova said in a commentary.

The militarisation of Norway’s north will not increase its security, but will provoke an escalation of tensions.

Hungary may face a fuel crisis as Ukraine restricts Russian oil transit – Politico

The publication writes that “Kiev last month imposed sanctions blocking the transit of pipeline crude sold by Moscow’s largest private oil firm, Lukoil, to Central Europe — partially negating an exemption to sanctions set up by the European Union to give Russian-reliant countries extra time to wean off supplies”.

Ukraine’s ban, however, does not affect other Russian oil exporters that still use the pipeline.

The move has raised concerns about supply shortages in Budapest, which depends on Russian oil exports for 70 % of its supplies.

Kiev TG channels write that the heart of Ukraine was attacked last night by a new Russian drone that flies lower than the Shahed – at an altitude of 20-30 metres.

Its wreckage is now being studied.

This information has not been officially confirmed. At the same time, in the morning, the air force claimed to have shot down a drone of an unknown type.

German citizen Rico Krieger, who may have fought in Ukraine, has been sentenced to death in Belarus, reports The Guardian

The Belarusian Foreign Ministry confirmed the sentence and said a German consul had been allowed to visit the convict. The articles of the prosecution are not officially named.

Belarusian opposition media write that Krieger fought in the Kastus Kalinowski regiment, which consists of Belarusians fighting against Russia in Ukraine. This regiment is made up of opponents of President Lukashenko.

According to public records, Krieger worked as a medic for the German Red Cross and as a security officer at the US Embassy in Berlin.

The death penalty is used in Belarus for aggravated murder, terrorism and treason. It is not yet clear whether Krieger has appealed against the sentence.

July 20th. Special military operation progress, stay tuned for tomorrow:

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost up to 1,895 servicemen over the past 24 hours, the Defence Ministry has said.

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces have started to surrender more often on the Kherson direction, realising the futility of their command’s orders, the governor of Kherson Region, Vladimir Saldo, has said.

▪️The withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the right-bank part of the Kherson region is imminent, Saldo said.

▪️Russian specialists have commandeered and studied Ukraine’s latest kamikaze long-range jet, said Kuziakin, general director of the Centre for Complex Unmanned Solutions.

▪️Trump reported on his phone conversation with Vladimir Zelensky, calling the conversation “very good.”

▪️Zelensky claims that during his phone conversation with Trump, he agreed to discuss steps to bring peace to Ukraine with him in a face-to-face meeting.

▪️Air defence forces destroyed 26 Ukrainian drones overnight over the Rostov region and one over the Smolensk region, the Russian Defence Ministry said.

▪️Seven civilians were injured when the AFU shelled Belgorod’s Shebekino, Gladkov said.

I think you might be repeating yourself…

Michael V said:

I think you might be repeating yourself…

Probably means that none of that actually happened?

wookiemeister said:

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost up to 1,895 servicemen over the past 24 hours, the Defence Ministry has said.

Seems sensible.

As you would understand, wookie, it’s often a very sound defensive move to withdraw from a hazardous position on the ‘far’ side of a river to a much more easily defended and supplied position of strength on the ‘near’ side.

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

I think you might be repeating yourself…

Probably means that none of that actually happened?

I was reading a variety of sources yesterday, and the separate opinion of several of them is that total Russian losses (including those killed and those wounded severely enough to not return to combat) is at least 500,000, and very likely to be closer to 750,000.

A lot of that seems to be due to Russian troops not having enough training to be able to execute any movements that are in the least complicated, like flanking movements, and that leavethe Russians to rely on small-front ‘local’wave attacks to try to over whelm Ukrainian forces.

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost up to 1,895 servicemen over the past 24 hours, the Defence Ministry has said.

Seems sensible.

As you would understand, wookie, it’s often a very sound defensive move to withdraw from a hazardous position on the ‘far’ side of a river to a much more easily defended and supplied position of strength on the ‘near’ side.

Oops, quoted the wrong line there.

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

I think you might be repeating yourself…

Probably means that none of that actually happened?

I was reading a variety of sources yesterday, and the separate opinion of several of them is that total Russian losses (including those killed and those wounded severely enough to not return to combat) is at least 500,000, and very likely to be closer to 750,000.

A lot of that seems to be due to Russian troops not having enough training to be able to execute any movements that are in the least complicated, like flanking movements, and that leave the Russians to rely on small-front ‘local’ wave attacks to try to overwhelm Ukrainian forces.

If Wookie’s figures are to be believed and extrapolated to the last 2 years 5 months of the invasion stage of this war, then over 1.5 million UKR troops have died.

az ufóm tele van angolnával

ChrispenEvan said:

az ufóm tele van angolnával

No, haven’t seen one, but i’m a stranger here myself.

ChrispenEvan said:

az ufóm tele van angolnával

Well, yes, of course. (Backs away slowly.)

Michael V said:

ChrispenEvan said:

az ufóm tele van angolnával

Well, yes, of course. (Backs away slowly.)

it is hungarian. and a classic.

Michael V said:

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

Probably means that none of that actually happened?

I was reading a variety of sources yesterday, and the separate opinion of several of them is that total Russian losses (including those killed and those wounded severely enough to not return to combat) is at least 500,000, and very likely to be closer to 750,000.

A lot of that seems to be due to Russian troops not having enough training to be able to execute any movements that are in the least complicated, like flanking movements, and that leave the Russians to rely on small-front ‘local’ wave attacks to try to overwhelm Ukrainian forces.

If Wookie’s figures are to be believed and extrapolated to the last 2 years 5 months of the invasion stage of this war, then over 1.5 million UKR troops have died.

Those numbers are from the Russians, and actually fit in. The Ukrainians are claiming about 1100+ russian casualties daily, which is at the high end of (but still within the bounds of) the totals calculated by others, including independent russian media. The russian’s numbers of their losses are about 20% of the Ukrainian figures.

By using that factor of 5 exaggeration to their numbers of Ukrainian casualties, it would make the ~2000 closer to 400. This 400 Ukrainians to 1100 russians is probably a realistic figure, especially now that the russians have learned they can just send meat waves to keep the Ukrainians pinned down and safely drop glide bombs on them.

ChrispenEvan said:

Michael V said:

ChrispenEvan said:

az ufóm tele van angolnával

Well, yes, of course. (Backs away slowly.)

it is hungarian. and a classic.

I used to know how to say, ‘kiss your hand’in Hungarian (kezet csokolom?), but that could often get you into trouble as easily as anything else.

i doubt anything will come from the “peace” conference that zelensky is proposing – if we assume russia has lost 750,000 men there will be NO deals, the missiles , bombs will continue. oh and if theres more concerted killings of russian civillians you might find the russians get hot and heavy and start bombing ukrainian cities going for kill numbers. remember – the WW2 bombing raids against germany had the deliberate razing of cities to kill as many civillians as possible. assuming 750,000 dead on the russian side, you’ll see an INCREASE in russian bombing – after all, they’d be looking to even up the score a little. i see no armies of the west riding into ukraine despite the supposedly weakened state of russia – strange , no ?

wookiemeister said:

i see no armies of the west riding into ukraine despite the supposedly weakened state of russia – strange , no ?

Ukraine is still not a member of Nato so those countries are not able to join in without radically increasing the risk of nukes getting chucked around.

Nukes are bad, ok? Putin is unhinged enough to use them if he starts losing badly enough. For now, the West can only watch on and assist Ukraine while they try to defend themselves against an unprovoked, brutal, and illegal invasion.

Russia’s “Mighty” black sea fleet has given up and retreated completely from a country with no navy, and Nato ships are about to be sailing around the Black sea unhindered.

wookiemeister said:

i doubt anything will come from the “peace” conference that zelensky is proposing – if we assume russia has lost 750,000 men there will be NO deals, the missiles , bombs will continue. oh and if theres more concerted killings of russian civillians you might find the russians get hot and heavy and start bombing ukrainian cities going for kill numbers. remember – the WW2 bombing raids against germany had the deliberate razing of cities to kill as many civillians as possible. assuming 750,000 dead on the russian side, you’ll see an INCREASE in russian bombing – after all, they’d be looking to even up the score a little. i see no armies of the west riding into ukraine despite the supposedly weakened state of russia – strange , no ?

Neither will the Ukrainians won’t go all amnesiac about all the civilian corpses, found executed with their hands bound, like the bloke who was shot because some Russian soldiers found a military greatcoat in his wardrobe from his national service twenty years ago. Or the ones who ‘represented’ the Ukrainian government, like mayors and civil servants and teachers. Or people who the Russians just decided they didn’t like the look of.

Nor about all the civilians killed in shelling and bombing of residential areas, and places of refuge, like in Mariupol.

Nor about the thousands of children, kidnapped from Ukraine and taken no-one knows where in Russia.

No about the ‘interrogation centres’ where people were tortured in a variety of ingenious and disgusting ways.

wookiemeister said:

i doubt anything will come from the “peace” conference that zelensky is proposing – if we assume russia has lost 750,000 men there will be NO deals, the missiles , bombs will continue. oh and if theres more concerted killings of russian civillians you might find the russians get hot and heavy and start bombing ukrainian cities going for kill numbers. remember – the WW2 bombing raids against germany had the deliberate razing of cities to kill as many civillians as possible. assuming 750,000 dead on the russian side, you’ll see an INCREASE in russian bombing – after all, they’d be looking to even up the score a little. i see no armies of the west riding into ukraine despite the supposedly weakened state of russia – strange , no ?

Putin’s peace deal was for Ukraine to surrender and give up all the contested land and some other stuff on top.

Zelenskey’s pace deal was for russia to get out of Ukraine and he’ll stop fucking up russia’s economy and demographics.

Putin should take the deal.

Michael V said:

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

Probably means that none of that actually happened?

I was reading a variety of sources yesterday, and the separate opinion of several of them is that total Russian losses (including those killed and those wounded severely enough to not return to combat) is at least 500,000, and very likely to be closer to 750,000.

A lot of that seems to be due to Russian troops not having enough training to be able to execute any movements that are in the least complicated, like flanking movements, and that leave the Russians to rely on small-front ‘local’ wave attacks to try to overwhelm Ukrainian forces.

If Wookie’s figures are to be believed and extrapolated to the last 2 years 5 months of the invasion stage of this war, then over 1.5 million UKR troops have died.

But he thinks UFO’s made his baby cry.

ChrispenEvan said:

Michael V said:

ChrispenEvan said:

az ufóm tele van angolnával

Well, yes, of course. (Backs away slowly.)

it is hungarian. and a classic.

I dunno. How do eels get into UFO’s?

July 21st. Developments around Ukraine:

▪️ Russian military forces have liberated the settlements of Rozovka in the LPR and Peschanoye Nizhnee in the Kharkov Oblast, according to the Ministry of Defense.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a warehouse containing up to 400 tons of ammunition belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a single day, the Ministry of Defense reported.

▪️ The Iskander-M missile system hit two echelons with personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the DPR, resulting in the destruction of up to 240 Ukrainian militants and more than 60 units of military equipment, according to the military department.

▪️ The liberation of Krasnogorovka in the DPR is nearing completion – only a few streets and houses remain, reported the deputy commander of the 5th separate motorized rifle brigade “Southern” with the call sign “Mamay.”

▪️ Air defense systems destroyed three UAVs over the Belgorod Oblast during the night, and five UAVs were intercepted over the Black Sea, the Ministry of Defense reported.

▪️ During the day, five Ukrainian drones were destroyed over the Belgorod Oblast, according to the Ministry of Defense.

▪️ Russian air defense shot down two high-precision ATACMS missiles over the Kherson region in the morning, as the enemy attempted to attack Crimea;

▪️ Ruslan Sidiki, accused of sabotaging a railway in the Ryazan Oblast, is expected to have received $15,000 from Ukrainian special services.

wookiemeister said:

July 21st. Developments around Ukraine:

▪️ Russian military forces have liberated the settlements of Rozovka in the LPR and Peschanoye Nizhnee in the Kharkov Oblast, according to the Ministry of Defense.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a warehouse containing up to 400 tons of ammunition belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a single day, the Ministry of Defense reported.

▪️ The Iskander-M missile system hit two echelons with personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the DPR, resulting in the destruction of up to 240 Ukrainian militants and more than 60 units of military equipment, according to the military department.

▪️ The liberation of Krasnogorovka in the DPR is nearing completion – only a few streets and houses remain, reported the deputy commander of the 5th separate motorized rifle brigade “Southern” with the call sign “Mamay.”

▪️ Air defense systems destroyed three UAVs over the Belgorod Oblast during the night, and five UAVs were intercepted over the Black Sea, the Ministry of Defense reported.

▪️ During the day, five Ukrainian drones were destroyed over the Belgorod Oblast, according to the Ministry of Defense.

▪️ Russian air defense shot down two high-precision ATACMS missiles over the Kherson region in the morning, as the enemy attempted to attack Crimea;

▪️ Ruslan Sidiki, accused of sabotaging a railway in the Ryazan Oblast, is expected to have received $15,000 from Ukrainian special services.

This is all interesting news.

On the other hand, the Russian Ministry of Defence has not made any mention of the fact that they’ve been losing some very expensive and rare equipment quite regularly.

At a rate of about one a month , Ukrainians have been destroying Russia’s R-330Zh Zhitel electronic warfare systems.

The R-330ZH Zhitel is a jamming communication station that was designed to detect, analyze, and find the positions of a wide variety of signals.

Given the limited number of these systems available to the Russians, andthe regular rate of their destruction, there’s every appearance that, as soon as the Russians get one ready, and deploy it in Ukraine, they’re getting destroyed as soon as they appear.

This will not be helping the Russian signals intelligence and electronic warfare efforts one bit. In some ways, they’ll be rather more blind and deaf than they would have liked to be.

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

July 21st. Developments around Ukraine:

▪️ Russian military forces have liberated the settlements of Rozovka in the LPR and Peschanoye Nizhnee in the Kharkov Oblast, according to the Ministry of Defense.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a warehouse containing up to 400 tons of ammunition belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a single day, the Ministry of Defense reported.

▪️ The Iskander-M missile system hit two echelons with personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the DPR, resulting in the destruction of up to 240 Ukrainian militants and more than 60 units of military equipment, according to the military department.

▪️ The liberation of Krasnogorovka in the DPR is nearing completion – only a few streets and houses remain, reported the deputy commander of the 5th separate motorized rifle brigade “Southern” with the call sign “Mamay.”

▪️ Air defense systems destroyed three UAVs over the Belgorod Oblast during the night, and five UAVs were intercepted over the Black Sea, the Ministry of Defense reported.

▪️ During the day, five Ukrainian drones were destroyed over the Belgorod Oblast, according to the Ministry of Defense.

▪️ Russian air defense shot down two high-precision ATACMS missiles over the Kherson region in the morning, as the enemy attempted to attack Crimea;

▪️ Ruslan Sidiki, accused of sabotaging a railway in the Ryazan Oblast, is expected to have received $15,000 from Ukrainian special services.

This is all interesting news.

On the other hand, the Russian Ministry of Defence has not made any mention of the fact that they’ve been losing some very expensive and rare equipment quite regularly.

At a rate of about one a month , Ukrainians have been destroying Russia’s R-330Zh Zhitel electronic warfare systems.

The R-330ZH Zhitel is a jamming communication station that was designed to detect, analyze, and find the positions of a wide variety of signals.

Given the limited number of these systems available to the Russians, andthe regular rate of their destruction, there’s every appearance that, as soon as the Russians get one ready, and deploy it in Ukraine, they’re getting destroyed as soon as they appear.

This will not be helping the Russian signals intelligence and electronic warfare efforts one bit. In some ways, they’ll be rather more blind and deaf than they would have liked to be.

The new jamming sta

Cymek said:

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

July 21st. Developments around Ukraine:

▪️ Russian military forces have liberated the settlements of Rozovka in the LPR and Peschanoye Nizhnee in the Kharkov Oblast, according to the Ministry of Defense.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a warehouse containing up to 400 tons of ammunition belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a single day, the Ministry of Defense reported.

▪️ The Iskander-M missile system hit two echelons with personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the DPR, resulting in the destruction of up to 240 Ukrainian militants and more than 60 units of military equipment, according to the military department.

▪️ The liberation of Krasnogorovka in the DPR is nearing completion – only a few streets and houses remain, reported the deputy commander of the 5th separate motorized rifle brigade “Southern” with the call sign “Mamay.”

▪️ Air defense systems destroyed three UAVs over the Belgorod Oblast during the night, and five UAVs were intercepted over the Black Sea, the Ministry of Defense reported.

▪️ During the day, five Ukrainian drones were destroyed over the Belgorod Oblast, according to the Ministry of Defense.

▪️ Russian air defense shot down two high-precision ATACMS missiles over the Kherson region in the morning, as the enemy attempted to attack Crimea;

▪️ Ruslan Sidiki, accused of sabotaging a railway in the Ryazan Oblast, is expected to have received $15,000 from Ukrainian special services.

This is all interesting news.

On the other hand, the Russian Ministry of Defence has not made any mention of the fact that they’ve been losing some very expensive and rare equipment quite regularly.

At a rate of about one a month , Ukrainians have been destroying Russia’s R-330Zh Zhitel electronic warfare systems.

The R-330ZH Zhitel is a jamming communication station that was designed to detect, analyze, and find the positions of a wide variety of signals.

Given the limited number of these systems available to the Russians, andthe regular rate of their destruction, there’s every appearance that, as soon as the Russians get one ready, and deploy it in Ukraine, they’re getting destroyed as soon as they appear.

This will not be helping the Russian signals intelligence and electronic warfare efforts one bit. In some ways, they’ll be rather more blind and deaf than they would have liked to be.

The new jamming station is due to be put into active service soon, the Namrem Lethe

If you fly thousands of cheap $100 drones into an area you can degrade the defense system and then hit them with the real thing.
Michael Bentine said I was a genius.

Peak Warming Man said:

If you fly thousands of cheap $100 drones into an area you can degrade the defense system and then hit them with the real thing.
Michael Bentine said I was a genius.

One does wonder how many missiles you might need to overcome say the defensive system of carrier fleet.
If you fired a 1000 missiles all at once, varying types from numerous directions and sources, would you wipe out the fleet.
These being standard ones not hypersonic or glide

Cymek said:

Peak Warming Man said:

If you fly thousands of cheap $100 drones into an area you can degrade the defense system and then hit them with the real thing.
Michael Bentine said I was a genius.

One does wonder how many missiles you might need to overcome say the defensive system of carrier fleet.
If you fired a 1000 missiles all at once, varying types from numerous directions and sources, would you wipe out the fleet.
These being standard ones not hypersonic or glide

If the missile is moving fast enough on approach no radar will see it until it’s too late. The missile will come out of hypersonic and then dive vertically down onto it.

22nd July. Key developments around Ukraine:

▪️ Combined losses of Ukrainian troops over the past day amounted to up to 1970 personnel, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense’s summary. Among the destroyed Ukrainian equipment is another Leopard tank.

▪️ According to the ministry, air defense forces destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones over the Rostov Oblast, one drone each over the Voronezh and Smolensk Oblasts, two over the Belgorod Oblast, eight over the Kuban Krai, five over the Astrakhan Oblast, and 17 over the waters of the Black and Azov seas.

▪️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a tractor with a drone in the village of Ustinka in the Belgorod Oblast, killing one person and injuring another. In the city of Grayvoron, a social facility was attacked by a drone, injuring an employee, reported Governor Gladkov.

▪️ The infrastructure of the Tuapse oil refinery was damaged due to falling UAV debris. Specialists extinguished the fire, and there were no casualties, according to the operational headquarters.

▪️ Governor Gladkov instructed the heads of districts in the Belgorod Oblast to walk daily through residents’ homes in the 15-kilometer border zone and persuade people to leave.

▪️ The FSB uncovered a channel for delivering explosives and detonators to Russia, which were sent in parcels from Italy and Germany. Those involved in preparing the terrorist attack have been detained, and they were supervised by Roman Mashovets, the deputy head of Zelensky’s office.

▪️ A HIMARS MLRS launcher was destroyed by an Iskander strike in Novopetrovka, Nikolaev Oblast, according to the Ministry of Defense.

July 23rd. Special military operation progress, stay tuned for tomorrow:

▪️The Russian military has liberated Ivano-Darievka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the cumulative losses of Ukrainian troops over the day were up to 2,040 military personnel and four tanks, including Abrams, the Defence Ministry said.

▪️The Iskander-M missile system launched a missile strike on a temporary staging area for trainers and mercenaries from Western countries in Dergachy, Kharkov region, destroying about 50 trainers, the Defence Ministry said.

▪️Russia’s Federal Security Service reported the arrest in Mariupol of two Russian citizens who, at the behest of Ukraine’s special services, planned to set fire to a mosque in Belgorod to stir up hostility between Christians and Muslims in Russia.

▪️Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto said Budapest would not approve €6.5 billion in compensation to EU countries for arms supplies to Ukraine until Kiev resolves the issue of Russian oil transit to Hungary and Slovakia.

▪️Ukrainian MP Zheleznyak said the Verkhovnaya Rada had backed Zelensky-initiated bills to extend mobilisation and martial law for 90 days – until 9 November.

▪️The commander of the AFU’s unmanned systems forces, Sukharevsky, complained of a lack of funds to develop the technology.

wookiemeister said:

July 23rd. Special military operation progress, stay tuned for tomorrow:

▪️The Russian military has liberated Ivano-Darievka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the cumulative losses of Ukrainian troops over the day were up to 2,040 military personnel and four tanks, including Abrams, the Defence Ministry said.

▪️The Iskander-M missile system launched a missile strike on a temporary staging area for trainers and mercenaries from Western countries in Dergachy, Kharkov region, destroying about 50 trainers, the Defence Ministry said.

▪️Russia’s Federal Security Service reported the arrest in Mariupol of two Russian citizens who, at the behest of Ukraine’s special services, planned to set fire to a mosque in Belgorod to stir up hostility between Christians and Muslims in Russia.

▪️Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto said Budapest would not approve €6.5 billion in compensation to EU countries for arms supplies to Ukraine until Kiev resolves the issue of Russian oil transit to Hungary and Slovakia.

▪️Ukrainian MP Zheleznyak said the Verkhovnaya Rada had backed Zelensky-initiated bills to extend mobilisation and martial law for 90 days – until 9 November.

▪️The commander of the AFU’s unmanned systems forces, Sukharevsky, complained of a lack of funds to develop the technology.

In other news, Russia’s artillery systems have suffered such losses that they have begun to take M-46 130mm towed artillery pieces (originating from immediately after WW2) out of storage, where they were placed after being ‘retired’ in the 1970s.

This presents something of a problem, as Russia no longer has manufacturing facilities for 130mm shells, and is presumably going to be buying them from North Korea. That’s a long supply route.

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

July 23rd. Special military operation progress, stay tuned for tomorrow:

▪️The Russian military has liberated Ivano-Darievka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the cumulative losses of Ukrainian troops over the day were up to 2,040 military personnel and four tanks, including Abrams, the Defence Ministry said.

▪️The Iskander-M missile system launched a missile strike on a temporary staging area for trainers and mercenaries from Western countries in Dergachy, Kharkov region, destroying about 50 trainers, the Defence Ministry said.

▪️Russia’s Federal Security Service reported the arrest in Mariupol of two Russian citizens who, at the behest of Ukraine’s special services, planned to set fire to a mosque in Belgorod to stir up hostility between Christians and Muslims in Russia.

▪️Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto said Budapest would not approve €6.5 billion in compensation to EU countries for arms supplies to Ukraine until Kiev resolves the issue of Russian oil transit to Hungary and Slovakia.

▪️Ukrainian MP Zheleznyak said the Verkhovnaya Rada had backed Zelensky-initiated bills to extend mobilisation and martial law for 90 days – until 9 November.

▪️The commander of the AFU’s unmanned systems forces, Sukharevsky, complained of a lack of funds to develop the technology.

In other news, Russia’s artillery systems have suffered such losses that they have begun to take M-46 130mm towed artillery pieces (originating from immediately after WW2) out of storage, where they were placed after being ‘retired’ in the 1970s.

This presents something of a problem, as Russia no longer has manufacturing facilities for 130mm shells, and is presumably going to be buying them from North Korea. That’s a long supply route.

That’s OK

I reckon they’ve got heaps of shells – there’s no shortage

Towed artillery, self propelled artillery ( seen those monsters?), they’ll be fine. Add to that drones like lancet or the ones with RPGs slung under them and continuous strikes do ongoing damage.

It will be hard to get to the factories deep in Russia , the Luftwaffe found that out. Assuming the russians take the time and care to create proper AA / anti drone defences output from these factories continue increasing.

You could use much older tanks as artillery but have drone Defence systems providing an umbrella

wookiemeister said:

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

July 23rd. Special military operation progress, stay tuned for tomorrow:

▪️The Russian military has liberated Ivano-Darievka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the cumulative losses of Ukrainian troops over the day were up to 2,040 military personnel and four tanks, including Abrams, the Defence Ministry said.

▪️The Iskander-M missile system launched a missile strike on a temporary staging area for trainers and mercenaries from Western countries in Dergachy, Kharkov region, destroying about 50 trainers, the Defence Ministry said.

▪️Russia’s Federal Security Service reported the arrest in Mariupol of two Russian citizens who, at the behest of Ukraine’s special services, planned to set fire to a mosque in Belgorod to stir up hostility between Christians and Muslims in Russia.

▪️Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto said Budapest would not approve €6.5 billion in compensation to EU countries for arms supplies to Ukraine until Kiev resolves the issue of Russian oil transit to Hungary and Slovakia.

▪️Ukrainian MP Zheleznyak said the Verkhovnaya Rada had backed Zelensky-initiated bills to extend mobilisation and martial law for 90 days – until 9 November.

▪️The commander of the AFU’s unmanned systems forces, Sukharevsky, complained of a lack of funds to develop the technology.

In other news, Russia’s artillery systems have suffered such losses that they have begun to take M-46 130mm towed artillery pieces (originating from immediately after WW2) out of storage, where they were placed after being ‘retired’ in the 1970s.

This presents something of a problem, as Russia no longer has manufacturing facilities for 130mm shells, and is presumably going to be buying them from North Korea. That’s a long supply route.

That’s OK

I reckon they’ve got heaps of shells – there’s no shortage

Towed artillery, self propelled artillery ( seen those monsters?), they’ll be fine. Add to that drones like lancet or the ones with RPGs slung under them and continuous strikes do ongoing damage.

It will be hard to get to the factories deep in Russia , the Luftwaffe found that out. Assuming the russians take the time and care to create proper AA / anti drone defences output from these factories continue increasing.

Cannot fully defeat any power who has nukes can you
Push them back over their boarders but I imagine an actual invasion to defeat them won’t happen

wookiemeister said:

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

July 23rd. Special military operation progress, stay tuned for tomorrow:

▪️The Russian military has liberated Ivano-Darievka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the cumulative losses of Ukrainian troops over the day were up to 2,040 military personnel and four tanks, including Abrams, the Defence Ministry said.

▪️The Iskander-M missile system launched a missile strike on a temporary staging area for trainers and mercenaries from Western countries in Dergachy, Kharkov region, destroying about 50 trainers, the Defence Ministry said.

▪️Russia’s Federal Security Service reported the arrest in Mariupol of two Russian citizens who, at the behest of Ukraine’s special services, planned to set fire to a mosque in Belgorod to stir up hostility between Christians and Muslims in Russia.

▪️Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto said Budapest would not approve €6.5 billion in compensation to EU countries for arms supplies to Ukraine until Kiev resolves the issue of Russian oil transit to Hungary and Slovakia.

▪️Ukrainian MP Zheleznyak said the Verkhovnaya Rada had backed Zelensky-initiated bills to extend mobilisation and martial law for 90 days – until 9 November.

▪️The commander of the AFU’s unmanned systems forces, Sukharevsky, complained of a lack of funds to develop the technology.

In other news, Russia’s artillery systems have suffered such losses that they have begun to take M-46 130mm towed artillery pieces (originating from immediately after WW2) out of storage, where they were placed after being ‘retired’ in the 1970s.

This presents something of a problem, as Russia no longer has manufacturing facilities for 130mm shells, and is presumably going to be buying them from North Korea. That’s a long supply route.

That’s OK

I reckon they’ve got heaps of shells – there’s no shortage

Towed artillery, self propelled artillery ( seen those monsters?), they’ll be fine. Add to that drones like lancet or the ones with RPGs slung under them and continuous strikes do ongoing damage.

It will be hard to get to the factories deep in Russia , the Luftwaffe found that out. Assuming the russians take the time and care to create proper AA / anti drone defences output from these factories continue increasing.

well, it may be more complicated than that.

It’s unlikely that Russia has significant stocks of 130mm ammunition distributed about the place. Armaments depots don’t have unlimited storage. Storage facilities are best used for stuff that you have some realistic expectations of using sometime soonish.

Even if they do have some stocks of 130mm, it’s going to be dodgy stuff, not having been manufactured for at least 50 years. Proper storage requires good maintenance of the facilities, and we all know that standards of care in Russia declined drastically some thirty years back. Personally, i would not have a lot of confidence in ammunition that’s been lying around in questionable circumstances for fifty years. In fact, i’d be rather afraid of it, if asked to handle it!

Towed artillery has proven to be a real liability in the Ukraine war. Towed artillery must be moved into position behind a prime mover, unlimbered from the mover, set up and orientated, then, after its fire mission, has to be dislocated from the site, re-hitched to the mover, and then evacuate the position. And it’s probably being accompanied by an ammunition transport.

All this makes for a large target that isn’t going to be moving in and moving out frightfully quickly (as both sides have found), allowing plenty of time for the ever-threatening drones to locate the gun(s), and for counter-battery fire to arrive on top of them (as both sides have also found).

Both sides have found that self-propelled artillery is much more agile, and much more likely to survive. Putting crews into Ukraine with old towed artillery is really just another way of feeding cannon fodder into the grinder. The Russians would clearly be considering them to be quite expendable.

The Russians have no production line still in existence for 130mm ammunition. It will have to come from, most probably, North Korea, and that’s about the longest land supply line there’s ever been.

▪️ After its failure in Peschanoye, the Ukrainian military is hastily reinforcing its positions and setting up barriers in villages near Kupyansk, a military expert, retired LPR lieutenant-colonel Andrey Marochko, told RIA Novosti;

▪️ The State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine is summoning for questioning the command of the 125th brigade of the AFU over the retreat in the Kharkov region, the brigade’s former commander Artur Gorbenko said;

▪️ Ukraine should not be admitted to the EU until Warsaw and Kiev resolve the Volyn massacre issue, Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz told Polsat TV;

▪️ Tokyo fears that sanctions imposed by Russia on 13 Japanese citizens could put ‘psychological pressure’ on local companies interested in reconstruction projects in Ukraine, a diplomatic source told NHK TV channel.

I’d expect the russians use the mobile rocket launchers more often

They’ve started dropping the FAB 3 tonne / 0.5 tonne and other variants on uko positions – it kills everything for hundreds of meters. By rights lots of 0.5 fuel air bombs spread out over an area does a better job rather than one big bomb – though they reserve the big bombs for buildings. They drop it amongst buildings – the pressure wave ripples through the buildings around it killing everything. People think the bomb has “missed”, it hasn’t, it’s being used for maximum kill ratio.

The GPS guided wing modules are dropped from Su34s and glide to their targets ( fab bombs).

They seem to reserve the iskander for long range strikes against NATO troops “training” uko forces in the west. 50 of them got wiped out in the last day or so.

As a general rule when battles are being fought , news from the front line goes quiet.

24th July. Developments around Ukraine:

▪️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 2,005 personnel in the past day, according to a report from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

▪️ Russian military forces destroyed the command post of the 63rd brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Krasny Liman with an Iskander missile, reported the Russian Ministry of Defense.

▪️ Kiev is ready to engage in negotiations with the Russian side, stated Dmytro Kuleba in a conversation with the Chinese Foreign Minister.

▪️ The message from the Ukrainian Foreign Minister about readiness to start negotiations aligns with Moscow’s position, but the details are important, said Peskov.

▪️ Following the adoption of the law in Ukraine to strengthen mobilization, the flow of draft evaders illegally leaving the country has significantly increased, stated former SBU Lieutenant Colonel Vasily Prozorov to RIA Novosti.

▪️ Rheinmetall announced that it has received its first order from Ukraine to build a munitions production plant.

▪️ Ambassadors from the 27 EU member states will meet on Wednesday to discuss the European Commission’s proposal for the indefinite immobilization of the assets of the Central Bank of Russia, writes the Financial Times.

▪️ Overnight, the Geraniums struck enemy facilities in the Zhytomyr region, as well as near Belaya Tserkov in the Kiev region and Smela in the Cherkasy region. Warehouses in the Kiev region where the AFU stores long-range missiles and possibly depleted uranium shells were destroyed, Nikolaev underground coordinator Lebedev told RIA Novosti;

▪️ A Khabarovsk resident is accused of collecting information for Ukrainian military intelligence on Russian servicemen and FSB officers in the Russian Far East, the FSB’s Eastern Military District Department said;

▪️ Russia has begun production of the new MiS-35 military hexacopter. It is a heavy drone that can drop ammunition and carry out reconnaissance. The hexacopter can carry various mines and grenades, the Russian newspaper Izvestia reported.

Renowned economist Valentina Bondarenko fell out of her window in Moscow, #Russia, and died.

“Injuries sustained were not compatible with life.”

Her career focused on long-term socio-economic forecasting and modeling in #Russia.

25th July. Developments around Ukraine:

▫️ The total losses of Ukrainian troops for the day amounted to up to 2025 people, according to a summary from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

▫️ According to the Ministry of Defense, Russian strikes destroyed a fuel depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a base for unmanned boats, as well as up to five Bradley infantry fighting vehicles at a site with foreign military equipment, and another Abrams tank was destroyed.

▫️ A strike in the Kiev Oblast hit warehouses where the Ukrainian Armed Forces store long-range missiles and possibly depleted uranium shells, reported Nikolaev region underground coordinator Lebedev.

▫️ The “Iskander-M” missile strike targeted a temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries in a construction company’s building in the industrial zone of Kharkov, according to the Ministry of Defense. The strike resulted in the elimination of up to 100 militants, including 40 foreign instructors and about 60 Ukrainian servicemen.

▫️ One person was killed and two were injured during the shelling of Belgorod’s Shebekino by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, reported Governor Gladkov.

▫️ Russian forces struck the Kharkiv armored plant with “Iskander” missiles, destroying two workshops for repairing armored vehicles, reported the Ministry of Defense.

▫️ Russia is generally open to a negotiation process with Ukraine, but it needs to be understood whether the Ukrainian side is ready for this, stated Peskov.

A Ukrainian brigade has disintegrated, with hundreds of soldiers surrounded near Progres – Forbes

In recent days, Russian motorized rifle regiments have advanced 6.5 km to the west of Avdeevka, which is considered a significant achievement in the context of the Ukrainian war, writes the publication.

Forbes reports that as Russian forces approached Progres, they split into two groups, almost encircling two battalions of the 31st Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU).

The AFU’s forward brigade disintegrated due to command and control issues, the publication writes, citing Ukrainian journalist Butusov.

An attempt by the elite 47th Mechanized Brigade of the AFU to close the gap and prevent the Russian advance failed due to the numerical superiority of the Russians.

The surrounded battalions near Progres now face either breaking through to the west or waiting for help. Otherwise, they will face either slow attrition or rapid collapse under the pressure of Russian forces, Forbes concludes.

Secret Aims of the Vatican, the Rothschilds, and the Remnants of Ukraine: Why the Vatican’s ‘Grey Cardinal’ Visited Kiev.

This week, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of the Holy See—essentially the Vatican’s Prime Minister—visited Kiev. Although not widely known to the general public, Parolin is a significant figure in the Catholic Church, wielding considerable power.

Using contemporary terminology, Parolin can be seen as a representative of the Vatican’s deep state, pursuing its own goals and interests independently of whoever currently occupies the Holy See.

The specifics of what the Vatican envoy discussed are, of course, shrouded in secrecy. However, history reveals that in 1596, through political manoeuvring, nearly two thousand Orthodox parishes in what is now Ukraine with almost two million parishioners were forcibly brought under the Vatican’s control. In a sense, this event marked the beginning of the division of the once-unified East Slavic people. Concurrently, a similarly forceful conversion from Orthodoxy to Catholicism was underway, part of the Westernisation of the Western Russian nobility.

Today, under the guidance of Britain and the Vatican, meticulous work is being done to re-establish an aggressive anti-Russian alliance of states, led by Catholic Poland and involving Catholic Lithuania and the remnants of Ukraine. There are also ambitions to include Belarus and Moldova.

The Rothschilds have significant financial investments in Ukraine that are now at risk, necessitating their protection. The Ukrainian crisis is nearing its endgame, and the future actions of a potential new administration in Washington remain uncertain. “Big money loves silence,” and the Rothschilds, concerned about their investments and dividends, are turning to their long-standing partners rather than the noisy and erratic figures like Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and even French politicians. Yes, French: few people know that Macron once worked at Rothschild & Cie, where he became a managing partner.

In summary, both the Rothschilds and the Vatican need Ukraine to remain weak and pliable. Given this context, there was certainly no shortage of topics for discussion between Zelensky and the Vatican’s Secretary of State. The consequences of their meeting will likely become apparent soon.

wookiemeister said:

A Ukrainian brigade has disintegrated

It is usually known as; scatter!

🇷🇺The Russian army has broken through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, entered Kostyantynivka, and is finishing off the enemy in Paraskoviivka.

▫️ In the Southern Donetsk direction, Russian troops attacked from the south, broke through several enemy defense lines, and fought their way into the southeastern outskirts of the settlement.
▫️ They are also finishing off the enemy in neighboring Paraskoviivka, the outskirts of which are still in the gray zone.
▫️ In a video, Russian forces are seen destroying Ukrainian infantry and positions.

roughbarked said:

wookiemeister said:

A Ukrainian brigade has disintegrated

It is usually known as; scatter!

The hit them with fuel air bombs

wookiemeister said:

roughbarked said:

wookiemeister said:

A Ukrainian brigade has disintegrated

It is usually known as; scatter!

The hit them with fuel air bombs

The nazi nasty bastards

July 26th.

▪️The cumulative losses of Ukrainian troops over the week totalled up to 1,825 people, according to a Russian defence ministry summary.

▪️The head of the Russian Defence Ministry, Andrey Belousov, inspected a training area in the Leningrad Military District, where he spoke to participants in the special military operation.

▪️The Russian military destroyed a rocket and artillery weapons depot of the 56th brigade of the AFU in Kramatorsk with an Iskander missile, the Defence Ministry said.

▪️The RaHDit hacking group has published the details of more than 3,200 foreign mercenaries in the AFU’s ranks.

▪️The EU announced on Friday that it would transfer 1.5 billion euros in proceeds from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.

▪️Kiev is blackmailing Hungary and Slovakia for their stance on the conflict in Ukraine by cutting off oil transit from Russia, Orban’s chief of staff said.

▪️Russia could become stronger as a result of a possible peace deal with Moscow, said Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the head of Zelensky’s office.

▪️Kiev will be able to avoid default as a result of the agreement reached with the Committee of Holders of Ukrainian Eurobonds, Finance Minister Marchenko said.

wookiemeister said:

July 26th.

▪️The cumulative losses of Ukrainian troops over the week totalled up to 1,825 people, according to a Russian defence ministry summary.

▪️The head of the Russian Defence Ministry, Andrey Belousov, inspected a training area in the Leningrad Military District, where he spoke to participants in the special military operation.

▪️The Russian military destroyed a rocket and artillery weapons depot of the 56th brigade of the AFU in Kramatorsk with an Iskander missile, the Defence Ministry said.

▪️The RaHDit hacking group has published the details of more than 3,200 foreign mercenaries in the AFU’s ranks.

▪️The EU announced on Friday that it would transfer 1.5 billion euros in proceeds from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.

▪️Kiev is blackmailing Hungary and Slovakia for their stance on the conflict in Ukraine by cutting off oil transit from Russia, Orban’s chief of staff said.

▪️Russia could become stronger as a result of a possible peace deal with Moscow, said Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the head of Zelensky’s office.

▪️Kiev will be able to avoid default as a result of the agreement reached with the Committee of Holders of Ukrainian Eurobonds, Finance Minister Marchenko said.

‘▪️The cumulative losses of Ukrainian troops over the week totalled up to 1,825 people, according to a Russian defence ministry summary.’

Really? Weren’t the Russians previously claiming those kinds of numbers as daily Ukrainian losses? Make up you minds, boys. If you going to tell fibs, consistency is a must.

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

July 26th.

▪️The cumulative losses of Ukrainian troops over the week totalled up to 1,825 people, according to a Russian defence ministry summary.

▪️The head of the Russian Defence Ministry, Andrey Belousov, inspected a training area in the Leningrad Military District, where he spoke to participants in the special military operation.

▪️The Russian military destroyed a rocket and artillery weapons depot of the 56th brigade of the AFU in Kramatorsk with an Iskander missile, the Defence Ministry said.

▪️The RaHDit hacking group has published the details of more than 3,200 foreign mercenaries in the AFU’s ranks.

▪️The EU announced on Friday that it would transfer 1.5 billion euros in proceeds from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.

▪️Kiev is blackmailing Hungary and Slovakia for their stance on the conflict in Ukraine by cutting off oil transit from Russia, Orban’s chief of staff said.

▪️Russia could become stronger as a result of a possible peace deal with Moscow, said Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the head of Zelensky’s office.

▪️Kiev will be able to avoid default as a result of the agreement reached with the Committee of Holders of Ukrainian Eurobonds, Finance Minister Marchenko said.

‘▪️The cumulative losses of Ukrainian troops over the week totalled up to 1,825 people, according to a Russian defence ministry summary.’

Really? Weren’t the Russians previously claiming those kinds of numbers as daily Ukrainian losses? Make up you minds, boys. If you going to tell fibs, consistency is a must.

The Russian Army advances on all fronts

‘▪️Kiev is blackmailing Hungary and Slovakia for their stance on the conflict in Ukraine by cutting off oil transit from Russia, Orban’s chief of staff said.’

You know, if Germany had had a pipleine running through Russia to supply, say, Turkey, with some resource, i can’t really imagine that Uncle Joe Stalin would have told his people, ‘hands off that, we don’t want to interfere with commerce, now do we?’.

wookiemeister said:

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

July 26th.

▪️The cumulative losses of Ukrainian troops over the week totalled up to 1,825 people, according to a Russian defence ministry summary.

▪️The head of the Russian Defence Ministry, Andrey Belousov, inspected a training area in the Leningrad Military District, where he spoke to participants in the special military operation.

▪️The Russian military destroyed a rocket and artillery weapons depot of the 56th brigade of the AFU in Kramatorsk with an Iskander missile, the Defence Ministry said.

▪️The RaHDit hacking group has published the details of more than 3,200 foreign mercenaries in the AFU’s ranks.

▪️The EU announced on Friday that it would transfer 1.5 billion euros in proceeds from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.

▪️Kiev is blackmailing Hungary and Slovakia for their stance on the conflict in Ukraine by cutting off oil transit from Russia, Orban’s chief of staff said.

▪️Russia could become stronger as a result of a possible peace deal with Moscow, said Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the head of Zelensky’s office.

▪️Kiev will be able to avoid default as a result of the agreement reached with the Committee of Holders of Ukrainian Eurobonds, Finance Minister Marchenko said.

‘▪️The cumulative losses of Ukrainian troops over the week totalled up to 1,825 people, according to a Russian defence ministry summary.’

Really? Weren’t the Russians previously claiming those kinds of numbers as daily Ukrainian losses? Make up you minds, boys. If you going to tell fibs, consistency is a must.

The Russian Army advances on all fronts

Ah, well, that explains it.

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

captain_spalding said:

‘▪️The cumulative losses of Ukrainian troops over the week totalled up to 1,825 people, according to a Russian defence ministry summary.’

Really? Weren’t the Russians previously claiming those kinds of numbers as daily Ukrainian losses? Make up you minds, boys. If you going to tell fibs, consistency is a must.

The Russian Army advances on all fronts

Ah, well, that explains it.

Russian troops are pushing Ukrainians back daily and advancing deeper into the country — Welt

There are currently four hotspots in Ukraine where intense fighting is taking place, reports Christoph Wanner, a correspondent for the German TV channel Welt.

According to him, the Ukrainian army is facing particularly tough conditions in the Ocheretyno area: Russian troops in this region are making significant westward advances almost every day.

— Russian troops are now pushing the Ukrainian army back in Donbass. What is the current situation with the course of hostilities, Christoph? What information do you have on this matter?

Christoph Wanner, Welt correspondent:
“So, we have four main areas where fierce fighting is currently taking place. These are the northern conflict zone — Volchansk, located above Kharkov; then further south, Chasov Yar; then the small town of Toretsk; and finally, Ocheretyno, slightly to the west, aiming for a breakthrough towards Pokrovsk. There is very intense positional fighting here, with a lot of trench warfare. Specifically, in the vicinity of Ocheretyno towards Pokrovsk, the Russians are making significant westward advances almost every day.”

July 29th. Special military operation updates:

▪️ Russian forces have taken control of the settlement of Volchye in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), according to the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

▪️ The combined losses of Ukrainian forces over the past day amounted to up to 1,885 personnel, six tanks, and a Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense’s report.

▪️ A woman and her 16-year-old daughter were injured in an attack by Ukrainian forces on the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Belgorod Oblast, as reported by Governor Gladkov.

▪️ Russian National Guard special forces detained 25 individuals suspected of aiding the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye and Kherson Oblasts during special operations.

▪️ Ukrainian forces have completely lost their first line of defense in the special operation zone in the DPR, and Russian forces there now have the ability to maneuver in various directions, stated Alautdinov.

▪️ Russian military forces destroyed an American MLRS and up to 15 Ukrainian servicemen near Novotroitskoye with an Iskander missile strike, according to the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

▪️ Verkhovna Rada deputy Artem Dmitruk called for urgent negotiations with Moscow to end the military conflict in Ukraine.

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The Russian army has completed its preparations for a new massive attack on Ukraine

This was reported by the Ukrainian news and analysis website LB, citing sources in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

It is claimed that the forthcoming missile attack by the Russian army and navy will focus on energy and transport infrastructure, particularly airfields.

In addition, the publication notes that the Russian Air Force has been conducting drills with Tu-160 missile carriers. The format of the training flights is close to the practice attack on Ukraine. This indicates likely preparations to use such aircraft for strikes.

July 30th. Special military operation progress, stay tuned for tomorrow:

▪️The Russian military liberated Leninskoye in the DPR, Ukrainian troops lost about 1,930 soldiers, two tanks and 7 armoured vehicles during the day, the defence ministry said.

▪️Four mercenaries from the US, Finland, Georgia and Latvia who fought on the Ukrainian side were convicted in absentia, Russia’s Investigative Committee said.

▪️The F-16s being transferred to Kiev are to be armed with AGM-88 HARM, AMRAAM, AIM-9X missiles and bombs, but their use will be limited, the Wall Street Journal reported.

▪️The number of FPV drones used by the Russian military in the special military operation zone has risen sharply to four thousand a day, Belousov said.

▪️Tens of billions of roubles have been allocated to modernise Rostec’s gunpowder plants, Chemezov said at a meeting with Putin.

▪️New York Post: ‘The loss of Urozhaynoye and Staromayorskoye in Donbass was a blow to Ukraine, in part because of the effort expended to capture these settlements during last year’s counter-offensive.

Russian air defence forces shot down a Patriot missile, seven HIMARS shells and 45 Ukrainian drones.

❗️New briefing of the Russian Defence Ministry. Key points:

☑️ The Sever group hit four AFU brigades in 24 hours, repulsed seven counter-attacks, the AFU losses totalled up to 250 militants;

☑️ The Centre group of forces hit formations of five AFU brigades;

☑️ The Yug group of forces eliminated up to 650 AFU fighters and three warehouses;

☑️ The West group of forces improved its position along the front line, the AFU lost up to 500 militants and a tank;

☑️ The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the AFU’s Mars-L air reconnaissance radar station;

☑️ The Dnepr group of forces destroyed four AFU field ammunition depots.

Russian forces have begun using the North Korean Bulsae-4 anti-tank missile system in Ukraine

This was reported by Ukrainian military telegram channels. The machine was detected by a drone on one of the sections of the front.

The Bulsae-4 is a self-propelled system capable of hitting targets over ten kilometres away. It carries up to eight guided missiles aimed at the top of the tank where the armour is thinnest.

The missiles are also equipped with video cameras.

In other news:

Ukraine is now deploying BMP, BTR, and MT-LB armoured vehicles which have been updated with BM-7 Parus turrets.

These turrets have a main 30mm automatic gun as well as a 7.62 mm machine gun, a 30mm automatic grenade launcher, and an anti-tank guided missile launcher system. The updated turret system also allows the installation of two anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), thereby boosting their combat effectiveness.

They can fire accurately while moving, and engage stationary or moving armored vehicles and targets as well as low-flying and low-speed air targets, which likely makes them effective tools against aerial drones.

Much more dangerous to Russians than they used to be.

captain_spalding said:

In other news:

Ukraine is now deploying BMP, BTR, and MT-LB armoured vehicles which have been updated with BM-7 Parus turrets.

These turrets have a main 30mm automatic gun as well as a 7.62 mm machine gun, a 30mm automatic grenade launcher, and an anti-tank guided missile launcher system. The updated turret system also allows the installation of two anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), thereby boosting their combat effectiveness.

They can fire accurately while moving, and engage stationary or moving armored vehicles and targets as well as low-flying and low-speed air targets, which likely makes them effective tools against aerial drones.

Much more dangerous to Russians than they used to be.

They’ll use KORNETS , fpv drones and LANCET on them.

If that doesn’t stop them, artillery will

August 1st. Special military operation progress, stay tuned for tomorrow:

▪️The Russian military destroyed three Ukrainian Patriot SAM launchers and a UAV control centre, the defence ministry said.

▪️The cumulative losses of Ukrainian troops over the day totalled up to 1,965 people, the military ministry said.

▪️Ukraine has received six F-16s from the Netherlands and will soon receive a new batch of fighter jets from Denmark, The Times wrote.

▪️Ukraine has flown its first F-16 missions, using the fighters as an air defence system, the Telegraph newspaper reported.

▪️Deliveries of F-16s to Kiev will not be able to significantly influence the dynamics of events on the front, the planes will be shot down and destroyed, Peskov said.

▪️As possible carriers of long-range weapons, including nuclear weapons, the F-16s pose a threat that should be taken seriously, warned Gorbachev, executive director of the CIS Institute in Sevastopol.

wookiemeister said:

August 1st. Special military operation progress, stay tuned for tomorrow:

▪️The Russian military destroyed three Ukrainian Patriot SAM launchers and a UAV control centre, the defence ministry said.

▪️The cumulative losses of Ukrainian troops over the day totalled up to 1,965 people, the military ministry said.

▪️Ukraine has received six F-16s from the Netherlands and will soon receive a new batch of fighter jets from Denmark, The Times wrote.

▪️Ukraine has flown its first F-16 missions, using the fighters as an air defence system, the Telegraph newspaper reported.

▪️Deliveries of F-16s to Kiev will not be able to significantly influence the dynamics of events on the front, the planes will be shot down and destroyed, Peskov said.

▪️As possible carriers of long-range weapons, including nuclear weapons, the F-16s pose a threat that should be taken seriously, warned Gorbachev, executive director of the CIS Institute in Sevastopol.

▪️The Russian military destroyed three Ukrainian Patriot SAM launchers and a UAV control centre, the defence ministry said.

Possibly. The Russians, not surprisingly, tend to overstate their ‘successes’. My estimate: a Patriot launcher destroyed OR a UAV centre damaged/destroyed.

▪️The cumulative losses of Ukrainian troops over the day totalled up to 1,965 people, the military ministry said.

Again, possibly. However, given the 3 to 1 ratio generally accepted as required for attackers vs. defenders (‘Assessing the Conventional Balance – The 3:1 Rule and Its Critics’, John J. Mearsheimer, 2019, https://www.mearsheimer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/A0013.pdf), it’s reasonable to assume that the attacking Russians suffered losses in similar 3:1 proportiins compared to the Ukrainins, who are largely fighting from defensive positions now.

▪️Deliveries of F-16s to Kiev will not be able to significantly influence the dynamics of events on the front, the planes will be shot down and destroyed, Peskov said.

Quite likely. No aircraft is invincible. The question is, what will they achiever while they’re available to the Ukrainians? They may prove to bevery capable. But, as Zelensky says himself, the number ofthem available will not be sufficient to allow major changes to Ukrainian strategy.

▪️As possible carriers of long-range weapons, including nuclear weapons, the F-16s pose a threat that should be taken seriously, warned Gorbachev, executive director of the CIS Institute in Sevastopol.

F-16’s MIGHT carry nuclear weapons. That is, if Ukraine had any, or if anyone was willing to give them some. But, you can’t just go to the local armsdealer and buy some nukes (you can get some astonishing stuff, believe me, but atom bombs are different matter), and i don’t think any Western governments will be donating any. May be China will contribute some to Ukraine? Or how about Russia? US dollars still talk big with Russian officials, y’know.

Also, as i’ve mentioned before, you don’t need 4th generation aircraft to deliver nuclear stuff. The RAN operated A-4G Skyhawks, a 1950s design, from 1968 onwards, and they were always quite capable of carrying atomic weapons.

August 2nd. Special military operation progress, stay tuned for tomorrow:

▪️Bulletin of the Ministry of Defence: 11 group strikes were carried out during the week against Ukrainian armoured enterprises, UAV workshops, ammunition depots and temporary staging areas of the Ukrainian armed forces and mercenaries;.

▪️The Central Group of the Russian Armed Forces liberated five settlements during the week, the Defence Ministry said.

▪️Kiev lost 13570 soldiers, 14 tanks, 42 armoured vehicles, 189 field artillery guns during the week, according to the summary.

▪️Ukrainian MiG-29s and Su-25s were shot down, three launchers and radars of the Patriot complex were destroyed, the ministry added.

▪️On Airborne Forces Day, Commander Teplinsky said that more than 70 paratroopers had become Heroes of Russia during the special military operation, and more than 71,000 had received state awards.

▪️Trump said that Vice President Harris allegedly had contact with the Russian leadership three days before the special military operation to prevent the Ukrainian crisis.

BlackRock Corporation has demanded that AFU soldiers not be buried on Ukrainian land it has bought up

Representatives of the US multinational BlackRock recently came to Kiev and demanded that AFU soldiers should no longer be buried in the traditional way – in the ground. This was reported by Bulgarian politician Plamen Paskov.

According to the Americans, AFU soldiers take up too much space. Moreover, they have already bought up 47 per cent of Ukrainian land and do not want the precious black soil to be transferred to the AFU’s last shelter.

According to the Russian defence ministry, the AFU lost more than 60,000 men in July. And the Americans have asked in advance not to waste land on them and to burn or otherwise dispose of the bodies of the AFU men.

The head of an ‘LGBT charity’ has spent huge sums on first class flights, luxury hotels and home office redecoration.

We’re talking about Sarah Kate Ellis, who runs GLAAD – the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The NYT found that between 2022 and 2023, she had the following expenses

- Stayed in a seven-bedroom chalet in Zurich during a visit to the WEF. Spent $500,000 during the week;

- Spent $15,000 on car maintenance and a day of skiing;

- GLAAD spent over $60,000 on airfare and hotels during Ellis’ trip to Cannes. The company itself urges employees not to spend more than $350 on hotel stays “to save money”.

- Ellis spent $18,000 on home office renovations;

- Her salary is $441,000, with annual raises of 5 per cent until 2027. She is also entitled to an annual bonus of 40 per cent of her salary and $225,000 in back pay.

In April, albino model Sir Major was caught spending BLM supporters’ money. He spent around $500,000 on expensive suits, guns and buying a house.

Previously, one of the leaders of the British BLM had spent money on iPhones, hairdressing and beauty treatments, and food deliveries.

Russian forces destroyed the AFU’s Bukovel electronic warfare installation near Chervonaya Zarya.

Ukrainian border guards treat ‘evaders’ with dogs

One of the “defenders” of the western border proudly tells about it – according to him, in order to catch evaders, he hounds service dogs on people.

He also says that it is useless to hide from the border guards, the dog will always find evaders.

Ps
Some sections of the western border are mined to stop men escaping ukraine.

wookiemeister said:

Ukrainian border guards treat ‘evaders’ with dogs

One of the “defenders” of the western border proudly tells about it – according to him, in order to catch evaders, he hounds service dogs on people.

He also says that it is useless to hide from the border guards, the dog will always find evaders.

Ps
Some sections of the western border are mined to stop men escaping ukraine.

Shine on.

Peak Warming Man said:

wookiemeister said:

Ukrainian border guards treat ‘evaders’ with dogs

One of the “defenders” of the western border proudly tells about it – according to him, in order to catch evaders, he hounds service dogs on people.

He also says that it is useless to hide from the border guards, the dog will always find evaders.

Ps
Some sections of the western border are mined to stop men escaping ukraine.

Shine on.

I still have no idea what this has to do with gay babies or UFO’s?

Peak Warming Man said:

wookiemeister said:

Ukrainian border guards treat ‘evaders’ with dogs

One of the “defenders” of the western border proudly tells about it – according to him, in order to catch evaders, he hounds service dogs on people.

He also says that it is useless to hide from the border guards, the dog will always find evaders.

Ps
Some sections of the western border are mined to stop men escaping ukraine.

Shine on.

harvest moon.

3rd August. Key updates:

▪️ The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the last 24 hours amounted to up to 1975 soldiers, 4 tanks, 2 Bradley infantry vehicles, 1 Marder infantry vehicle, 2 M113 armored personnel carriers, and 1 HMMWV armored vehicle, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense;

▪️ Russian forces struck two S-125 air defense missile systems, a P-18 radar detection and tracking station, fuel depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a temporary deployment point of foreign mercenaries, reported the Russian Ministry of Defense;

▪️ Overnight, air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 75 Ukrainian drones, including 36 over Rostov Oblast, 8 over Kursk Oblast, 9 over Belgorod Oblast, 17 over Oryol Oblast, 2 over Ryazan Oblast, and 1 each over Voronezh Oblast, the Azov Sea, and Krasnodar Krai, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense;

▪️ A state of emergency has been declared in the Morozovsky district of Rostov Oblast following a drone attack at night, said the governor. He noted that damage to windows in several social facilities, including schools and kindergartens, has been reported;

▪️ One person was injured after a drone struck a residential building in Oryol, reported Governor Klychkov, while four civilians were injured as a result of Ukrainian shelling in the city of Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast, according to Governor Gladkov;

▪️ Russian forces continue to advance on the Kharkov front in the area of high-rise buildings in Volchansk, having occupied almost half of this section of the city, said Aptý Alaudínov, commander of the “Akhmat” special forces.

▪️ Explosions were reported in the Kiev Oblast, according to the Ukrainian publication “Zerkalo Nedeli”.

wookiemeister said:

3rd August. Key updates:

▪️ The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the last 24 hours amounted to up to 1975 soldiers, 4 tanks, 2 Bradley infantry vehicles, 1 Marder infantry vehicle, 2 M113 armored personnel carriers, and 1 HMMWV armored vehicle, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense;

▪️ Russian forces struck two S-125 air defense missile systems, a P-18 radar detection and tracking station, fuel depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a temporary deployment point of foreign mercenaries, reported the Russian Ministry of Defense;

▪️ Overnight, air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 75 Ukrainian drones, including 36 over Rostov Oblast, 8 over Kursk Oblast, 9 over Belgorod Oblast, 17 over Oryol Oblast, 2 over Ryazan Oblast, and 1 each over Voronezh Oblast, the Azov Sea, and Krasnodar Krai, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense;

▪️ A state of emergency has been declared in the Morozovsky district of Rostov Oblast following a drone attack at night, said the governor. He noted that damage to windows in several social facilities, including schools and kindergartens, has been reported;

▪️ One person was injured after a drone struck a residential building in Oryol, reported Governor Klychkov, while four civilians were injured as a result of Ukrainian shelling in the city of Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast, according to Governor Gladkov;

▪️ Russian forces continue to advance on the Kharkov front in the area of high-rise buildings in Volchansk, having occupied almost half of this section of the city, said Aptý Alaudínov, commander of the “Akhmat” special forces.

▪️ Explosions were reported in the Kiev Oblast, according to the Ukrainian publication “Zerkalo Nedeli”.

Submarine? What submarine?

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

3rd August. Key updates:

▪️ The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the last 24 hours amounted to up to 1975 soldiers, 4 tanks, 2 Bradley infantry vehicles, 1 Marder infantry vehicle, 2 M113 armored personnel carriers, and 1 HMMWV armored vehicle, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense;

▪️ Russian forces struck two S-125 air defense missile systems, a P-18 radar detection and tracking station, fuel depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a temporary deployment point of foreign mercenaries, reported the Russian Ministry of Defense;

▪️ Overnight, air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 75 Ukrainian drones, including 36 over Rostov Oblast, 8 over Kursk Oblast, 9 over Belgorod Oblast, 17 over Oryol Oblast, 2 over Ryazan Oblast, and 1 each over Voronezh Oblast, the Azov Sea, and Krasnodar Krai, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense;

▪️ A state of emergency has been declared in the Morozovsky district of Rostov Oblast following a drone attack at night, said the governor. He noted that damage to windows in several social facilities, including schools and kindergartens, has been reported;

▪️ One person was injured after a drone struck a residential building in Oryol, reported Governor Klychkov, while four civilians were injured as a result of Ukrainian shelling in the city of Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast, according to Governor Gladkov;

▪️ Russian forces continue to advance on the Kharkov front in the area of high-rise buildings in Volchansk, having occupied almost half of this section of the city, said Aptý Alaudínov, commander of the “Akhmat” special forces.

▪️ Explosions were reported in the Kiev Oblast, according to the Ukrainian publication “Zerkalo Nedeli”.

Submarine? What submarine?

The one that sank.

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

3rd August. Key updates:

▪️ The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the last 24 hours amounted to up to 1975 soldiers, 4 tanks, 2 Bradley infantry vehicles, 1 Marder infantry vehicle, 2 M113 armored personnel carriers, and 1 HMMWV armored vehicle, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense;

▪️ Russian forces struck two S-125 air defense missile systems, a P-18 radar detection and tracking station, fuel depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a temporary deployment point of foreign mercenaries, reported the Russian Ministry of Defense;

▪️ Overnight, air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 75 Ukrainian drones, including 36 over Rostov Oblast, 8 over Kursk Oblast, 9 over Belgorod Oblast, 17 over Oryol Oblast, 2 over Ryazan Oblast, and 1 each over Voronezh Oblast, the Azov Sea, and Krasnodar Krai, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense;

▪️ A state of emergency has been declared in the Morozovsky district of Rostov Oblast following a drone attack at night, said the governor. He noted that damage to windows in several social facilities, including schools and kindergartens, has been reported;

▪️ One person was injured after a drone struck a residential building in Oryol, reported Governor Klychkov, while four civilians were injured as a result of Ukrainian shelling in the city of Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast, according to Governor Gladkov;

▪️ Russian forces continue to advance on the Kharkov front in the area of high-rise buildings in Volchansk, having occupied almost half of this section of the city, said Aptý Alaudínov, commander of the “Akhmat” special forces.

▪️ Explosions were reported in the Kiev Oblast, according to the Ukrainian publication “Zerkalo Nedeli”.

Submarine? What submarine?

The one that sank.

Oh, did a submarine sink? Has anyone told the Russians?

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

Submarine? What submarine?

The one that sank.

Oh, did a submarine sink? Has anyone told the Russians?

Apparently not.

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

The one that sank.

Oh, did a submarine sink? Has anyone told the Russians?

Apparently not.

That’s quite amusing!

Well it just goes to show, if you can’t get your shit together – yes, you’ll get your arse kicked. Just counting down the days till the russians lose another one, it’s just how large militarisation work; they will absorb large losses if need be but not fundamentally change.

In the meantime the russian army advances on all fronts

wookiemeister said:

In the meantime the russian army advances on all fronts

If they keep advancing at this rate, Mr Meister, they’ll be in New York by lunchtime.

Woodie said:

wookiemeister said:

In the meantime the russian army advances on all fronts

If they keep advancing at this rate, Mr Meister, they’ll be in New York by lunchtime.

T%hey keep advancing over the same territory over and over again. Towards the machine emplacements and adjacent killing grounds. Just like the troops in WWI trenches did.

They don’t

They take village after village, town after town

They shell uko concentrations or hit stuff with FPV drones, lancet, KORNET, FAGOT

The thing is this, if the russians are going to win those war – what about our inevitable victory ?

4th August. Military operation updates:

▪️ Russian forces have taken control of the settlement of Novoselovka Peredova in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), according to the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD).

▪️ The Russian MoD reported that Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) losses over the past day totaled up to 1,905 military personnel, with two Leopard tanks destroyed and a Patriot SAM radar station targeted.

▪️ Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Su-27 aircraft, as well as 13 HIMARS rockets and one Vampire missile, according to the MoD.

▪️ The AFU launched approximately 8 ATACMS and 4 Storm Shadow missiles at Lugansk, with information on casualties still being clarified, according to Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) head Pasechnik.

▪️ Russian air defenses shot down two drones over Belgorod Oblast overnight, with another drone shot down around 15:00 Moscow time, the Russian MoD reported.

▪️ A woman was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on a residential building in Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast, local authorities reported.

▪️ Ukraine has received 10 of the 79 F-16 fighter jets promised by the United States, according to The Economist.

▪️ Zelensky confirmed that Kiev has received Western F-16 aircraft, though he did not specify the number or whether they are based in Ukraine.

▪️ Ukrainian authorities plan to forcibly evacuate nearly 750 children from two districts of the DPR under Kiev’s control, according to Pavel Filashkin, the Ukrainian-appointed head of the Donetsk regional military administration.

wookiemeister said:

They don’t

They take village after village, town after town

They shell uko concentrations or hit stuff with FPV drones, lancet, KORNET, FAGOT

The thing is this, if the russians are going to win those war – what about our inevitable victory ?

That comes when Ukraine eventually, inevitably, joins NATO, and Putin is seen to have failed in ALL of the so-called ‘objectives’ he put forward to excuse his invasion of Ukraine.

Not only to have failed, but to have actually made things ‘worse’, from the Kremlin’s viewpoint. And at a phenomenal cost to Russia.

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

They don’t

They take village after village, town after town

They shell uko concentrations or hit stuff with FPV drones, lancet, KORNET, FAGOT

The thing is this, if the russians are going to win those war – what about our inevitable victory ?

That comes when Ukraine eventually, inevitably, joins NATO, and Putin is seen to have failed in ALL of the so-called ‘objectives’ he put forward to excuse his invasion of Ukraine.

Not only to have failed, but to have actually made things ‘worse’, from the Kremlin’s viewpoint. And at a phenomenal cost to Russia.

The russians will swallow those costs

The tank, missile, bomb, soldier, bullet, machine gun factories are still coming on line and producing lots of things that work. The russians have already factored that NATO will be at war with Russia – soon. My guesses the russians will strike perhaps 10,000 NATO targets in perhaps 1/2 hour – you’ll probably find out When your power goes out and then discover there’s no more petrol or diesel to be had. Within a few weeks life as you’ve known it will be over. I pity the children that will suffer because of the stupid government. That’s how war works

wookiemeister said:

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

They don’t

They take village after village, town after town

They shell uko concentrations or hit stuff with FPV drones, lancet, KORNET, FAGOT

The thing is this, if the russians are going to win those war – what about our inevitable victory ?

That comes when Ukraine eventually, inevitably, joins NATO, and Putin is seen to have failed in ALL of the so-called ‘objectives’ he put forward to excuse his invasion of Ukraine.

Not only to have failed, but to have actually made things ‘worse’, from the Kremlin’s viewpoint. And at a phenomenal cost to Russia.

The russians will swallow those costs

The tank, missile, bomb, soldier, bullet, machine gun factories are still coming on line and producing lots of things that work. The russians have already factored that NATO will be at war with Russia – soon. My guesses the russians will strike perhaps 10,000 NATO targets in perhaps 1/2 hour – you’ll probably find out When your power goes out and then discover there’s no more petrol or diesel to be had. Within a few weeks life as you’ve known it will be over. I pity the children that will suffer because of the stupid government. That’s how war works

Hold on, this is the same military machine that was confident that it could capture Kyiv in three days, the rest of Ukraine in a week, three weeks at very outside. It was going to be all over before the West could even realise what was going on.

But, for all their daydreams of a daring, modern, technological, lightning war, here we are going on for three years later, having seen so much of the actual half-arsedness of the Russian military, with them bogged down in what’s basically trench warfare and reduced to their old, old strategy sending waves of unfortunates forward to be slaughtered on the off-chance that one of them might get through.

I would take reports from Russia of the capabilities of its militar/industrial complexwith a large grain of salt.

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

captain_spalding said:

That comes when Ukraine eventually, inevitably, joins NATO, and Putin is seen to have failed in ALL of the so-called ‘objectives’ he put forward to excuse his invasion of Ukraine.

Not only to have failed, but to have actually made things ‘worse’, from the Kremlin’s viewpoint. And at a phenomenal cost to Russia.

The russians will swallow those costs

The tank, missile, bomb, soldier, bullet, machine gun factories are still coming on line and producing lots of things that work. The russians have already factored that NATO will be at war with Russia – soon. My guesses the russians will strike perhaps 10,000 NATO targets in perhaps 1/2 hour – you’ll probably find out When your power goes out and then discover there’s no more petrol or diesel to be had. Within a few weeks life as you’ve known it will be over. I pity the children that will suffer because of the stupid government. That’s how war works

Hold on, this is the same military machine that was confident that it could capture Kyiv in three days, the rest of Ukraine in a week, three weeks at very outside. It was going to be all over before the West could even realise what was going on.

But, for all their daydreams of a daring, modern, technological, lightning war, here we are going on for three years later, having seen so much of the actual half-arsedness of the Russian military, with them bogged down in what’s basically trench warfare and reduced to their old, old strategy sending waves of unfortunates forward to be slaughtered on the off-chance that one of them might get through.

I would take reports from Russia of the capabilities of its militar/industrial complexwith a large grain of salt.

Australia will get smacked with hypersonics – no more fuel, no more electricity – no more food. I give Australia 2 weeks. Marching around the world for decades killing guys in rags and sandals and we couldn’t even beat them. The russians have form – they win, we lose , haven’t won a war since Malaysia. I shrug my shoulders at how stupid Australia has become – its sad.

wookiemeister said:

My guesses the russians will strike perhaps 10,000 NATO targets in perhaps 1/2 hour

Over the course of the war, Russia’s largest attacks on Ukraine have involved a few hundred missiles and drones (combined) in a single barrage.

If they had the capability and stockpile to release 10,000 missiles and drones in a single attack, they would have already done it.

diddly-squat said:

wookiemeister said:

My guesses the russians will strike perhaps 10,000 NATO targets in perhaps 1/2 hour

Over the course of the war, Russia’s largest attacks on Ukraine have involved a few hundred missiles and drones (combined) in a single barrage.

If they had the capability and stockpile to release 10,000 missiles and drones in a single attack, they would have already done it.

Yeah, i was wondering why they hadn’t yet used all those hypersonic missiles that wookie says they’ll useto ‘take out’ Australia.

At the weapons depot:

‘Ivan, we need more missiles, things are not going well in Ukraine. If we have some more missiles, we can turn things around.’

‘Sorry, Dmitri, we have none left for you.’

‘But, Ivan, i can see a stack of hypersonic missiles just over there!’

‘No, Dmitri, you can’t have any of those. Those are ear-marked for Australia.’

diddly-squat said:

wookiemeister said:

My guesses the russians will strike perhaps 10,000 NATO targets in perhaps 1/2 hour

Over the course of the war, Russia’s largest attacks on Ukraine have involved a few hundred missiles and drones (combined) in a single barrage.

If they had the capability and stockpile to release 10,000 missiles and drones in a single attack, they would have already done it.

Also, Ukraine does not have an integrated air defence system. NATO does, and it was the first thing to be expanded and upgraded as a matter of urgency since the invasion began.

party_pants said:

diddly-squat said:

wookiemeister said:

My guesses the russians will strike perhaps 10,000 NATO targets in perhaps 1/2 hour

Over the course of the war, Russia’s largest attacks on Ukraine have involved a few hundred missiles and drones (combined) in a single barrage.

If they had the capability and stockpile to release 10,000 missiles and drones in a single attack, they would have already done it.

Also, Ukraine does not have an integrated air defence system. NATO does, and it was the first thing to be expanded and upgraded as a matter of urgency since the invasion began.

and yet Ukraine is still shooting down the majority of the incoming missiles and drones

Consider that, then consider that NATO has an integrated air defense network across it’s entire eastern flank.

2 min of googling give me this

Ukrainian Air Defense Performance by Threat Type, May 1–June 26, 2023

and of course one can’t be too careful when posting information from the internet, so in an effort to avoid the risk of inferred intellectual theft I shall provide the source.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/russia-isnt-going-run-out-missiles

🔘 Russian soldiers have destroyed a base of 80 foreign mercenaries near Balakleya in the Kharkov region. This was reported by the head of the press centre of the Zapad group of forces, Ivan Bigma;

🔘 Ukraine’s national debt grew by about $74 billion under Zelensky, RIA Novosti calculated, citing the Ukrainian Finance Ministry;

🔘 The servicemen of the Dnepr group of forces hit a concentration of AFU manpower and armoured vehicles in the Zaporozhye region, 12 servicemen were eliminated. This was reported by the Russian Defence Ministry;

🔘 A Hezbollah drone attacked an Israeli army command post near the border with Lebanon, Al Mayadeen reported.

Two Israeli soldiers were injured in the attack, the channel said;

🔘 Nancy Pelosi thinks Joe Biden deserves to be immortalised on a monument on Mount Rushmore.

wookiemeister said:

🔘 Russian soldiers have destroyed a base of 80 foreign mercenaries near Balakleya in the Kharkov region. This was reported by the head of the press centre of the Zapad group of forces, Ivan Bigma;

You sure they were Russian soldiers who did it? I mean, they weren’t Indians who’d been lured to Russia under false pretences, and then thrust into the Russian front lines, were they?

🔘 Ukraine’s national debt grew by about $74 billion under Zelensky, RIA Novosti calculated, citing the Ukrainian Finance Ministry;

Well, duhhh, why do you think that is? Anything to do with, oh, i don’t know, an invasion by a country which signed an agreement in 1994 to guarantee Ukraine’s security?

🔘 The servicemen of the Dnepr group of forces hit a concentration of AFU manpower and armoured vehicles in the Zaporozhye region, 12 servicemen were eliminated. This was reported by the Russian Defence Ministry;

Maybe. Maybe not.

🔘 A Hezbollah drone attacked an Israeli army command post near the border with Lebanon, Al Mayadeen reported.

Two Israeli soldiers were injured in the attack, the channel said;

🔘 Nancy Pelosi thinks Joe Biden deserves to be immortalised on a monument on Mount Rushmore.

This one is intriguing. I went looking for reports on this. Guess what? Pretty nearly all of them are from such illustrious beacons of truth as X/Twitter, Sky News, News.com, Fox News, and various other Murdoch and right-wing outlets. They latched onto a casual remark by Pelosi, a jocular bit of conversation in a CBS interview (prompted by the interviewer), and instantly began foaming at the mouth.

Here’s a link to the video, via Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6359900559112

How desperate are the Murdochs etc. thatthey haveto grasp at straws like this?

The only half-way reputable outlet that even mentions it is Newsweek. OK, the Times of India and the Hindustan Times carried it, but they’ll print anything that comes off the feed. If Fox News reported that Nancy Pelosi had taken up nude sky-diving, they’d run that story without hesitation.

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

🔘 Russian soldiers have destroyed a base of 80 foreign mercenaries near Balakleya in the Kharkov region. This was reported by the head of the press centre of the Zapad group of forces, Ivan Bigma;

You sure they were Russian soldiers who did it? I mean, they weren’t Indians who’d been lured to Russia under false pretences, and then thrust into the Russian front lines, were they?

🔘 Ukraine’s national debt grew by about $74 billion under Zelensky, RIA Novosti calculated, citing the Ukrainian Finance Ministry;

Well, duhhh, why do you think that is? Anything to do with, oh, i don’t know, an invasion by a country which signed an agreement in 1994 to guarantee Ukraine’s security?

🔘 The servicemen of the Dnepr group of forces hit a concentration of AFU manpower and armoured vehicles in the Zaporozhye region, 12 servicemen were eliminated. This was reported by the Russian Defence Ministry;

Maybe. Maybe not.

🔘 A Hezbollah drone attacked an Israeli army command post near the border with Lebanon, Al Mayadeen reported.

Two Israeli soldiers were injured in the attack, the channel said;

🔘 Nancy Pelosi thinks Joe Biden deserves to be immortalised on a monument on Mount Rushmore.

This one is intriguing. I went looking for reports on this. Guess what? Pretty nearly all of them are from such illustrious beacons of truth as X/Twitter, Sky News, News.com, Fox News, and various other Murdoch and right-wing outlets. They latched onto a casual remark by Pelosi, a jocular bit of conversation in a CBS interview (prompted by the interviewer), and instantly began foaming at the mouth.

Here’s a link to the video, via Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6359900559112

How desperate are the Murdochs etc. thatthey haveto grasp at straws like this?

The only half-way reputable outlet that even mentions it is Newsweek. OK, the Times of India and the Hindustan Times carried it, but they’ll print anything that comes off the feed. If Fox News reported that Nancy Pelosi had taken up nude sky-diving, they’d run that story without hesitation.

Fixed it.

captain_spalding said:

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

🔘 Russian soldiers have destroyed a base of 80 foreign mercenaries near Balakleya in the Kharkov region. This was reported by the head of the press centre of the Zapad group of forces, Ivan Bigma;

You sure they were Russian soldiers who did it? I mean, they weren’t Indians who’d been lured to Russia under false pretences, and then thrust into the Russian front lines, were they?

🔘 Ukraine’s national debt grew by about $74 billion under Zelensky, RIA Novosti calculated, citing the Ukrainian Finance Ministry;

Well, duhhh, why do you think that is? Anything to do with, oh, i don’t know, an invasion by a country which signed an agreement in 1994 to guarantee Ukraine’s security?

🔘 The servicemen of the Dnepr group of forces hit a concentration of AFU manpower and armoured vehicles in the Zaporozhye region, 12 servicemen were eliminated. This was reported by the Russian Defence Ministry;

Maybe. Maybe not.

🔘 A Hezbollah drone attacked an Israeli army command post near the border with Lebanon, Al Mayadeen reported.

Two Israeli soldiers were injured in the attack, the channel said;

🔘 Nancy Pelosi thinks Joe Biden deserves to be immortalised on a monument on Mount Rushmore.

This one is intriguing. I went looking for reports on this. Guess what? Pretty nearly all of them are from such illustrious beacons of truth as X/Twitter, Sky News, News.com, Fox News, and various other Murdoch and right-wing outlets. They latched onto a casual remark by Pelosi, a jocular bit of conversation in a CBS interview (prompted by the interviewer), and instantly began foaming at the mouth.

Here’s a link to the video, via Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6359900559112

How desperate are the Murdochs etc. thatthey haveto grasp at straws like this?

The only half-way reputable outlet that even mentions it is Newsweek. OK, the Times of India and the Hindustan Times carried it, but they’ll print anything that comes off the feed. If Fox News reported that Nancy Pelosi had taken up nude sky-diving, they’d run that story without hesitation.

Fixed it.

NOW its fixed.

I wouldn’t take this thread too seriously

Its just a window into other realities

Looks as if Russia is going to provide advanced weapons to America/ israel/ Australia/ UKs enemies.

If I were Iran I’d be clearing out the US bases in Syria with missile strikes.

A massed missile strike on Israel needs to happen before the american carrier groups can get into position if they intend to win this war. Hypersonic strikes on the carrier groups needs to happen sooner rather than later

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

🔘 Russian soldiers have destroyed a base of 80 foreign mercenaries near Balakleya in the Kharkov region. This was reported by the head of the press centre of the Zapad group of forces, Ivan Bigma;

You sure they were Russian soldiers who did it? I mean, they weren’t Indians who’d been lured to Russia under false pretences, and then thrust into the Russian front lines, were they?

🔘 Ukraine’s national debt grew by about $74 billion under Zelensky, RIA Novosti calculated, citing the Ukrainian Finance Ministry;

Well, duhhh, why do you think that is? Anything to do with, oh, i don’t know, an invasion by a country which signed an agreement in 1994 to guarantee Ukraine’s security?

🔘 The servicemen of the Dnepr group of forces hit a concentration of AFU manpower and armoured vehicles in the Zaporozhye region, 12 servicemen were eliminated. This was reported by the Russian Defence Ministry;

Maybe. Maybe not.

🔘 A Hezbollah drone attacked an Israeli army command post near the border with Lebanon, Al Mayadeen reported.

Two Israeli soldiers were injured in the attack, the channel said;

🔘 Nancy Pelosi thinks Joe Biden deserves to be immortalised on a monument on Mount Rushmore.

This one is intriguing. I went looking for reports on this. Guess what? Pretty nearly all of them are from such illustrious beacons of truth as X/Twitter, Sky News, News.com, Fox News, and various other Murdoch and right-wing outlets. They latched onto a casual remark by Pelosi, a jocular bit of conversation in a CBS interview (prompted by the interviewer), and instantly began foaming at the mouth.

Here’s a link to the video, via Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6359900559112

How desperate are the Murdochs etc. thatthey haveto grasp at straws like this?

The only half-way reputable outlet that even mentions it is Newsweek. OK, the Times of India and the Hindustan Times carried it, but they’ll print anything that comes off the feed. If Fox News reported that Nancy Pelosi had taken up nude sky-diving, they’d run that story without hesitation.

‘Newsweek’ is now owned/controlled by some right wing nutter. No longer reputable.

Witty Rejoinder said:

captain_spalding said:

wookiemeister said:

🔘 Russian soldiers have destroyed a base of 80 foreign mercenaries near Balakleya in the Kharkov region. This was reported by the head of the press centre of the Zapad group of forces, Ivan Bigma;

You sure they were Russian soldiers who did it? I mean, they weren’t Indians who’d been lured to Russia under false pretences, and then thrust into the Russian front lines, were they?

🔘 Ukraine’s national debt grew by about $74 billion under Zelensky, RIA Novosti calculated, citing the Ukrainian Finance Ministry;

Well, duhhh, why do you think that is? Anything to do with, oh, i don’t know, an invasion by a country which signed an agreement in 1994 to guarantee Ukraine’s security?

🔘 The servicemen of the Dnepr group of forces hit a concentration of AFU manpower and armoured vehicles in the Zaporozhye region, 12 servicemen were eliminated. This was reported by the Russian Defence Ministry;

Maybe. Maybe not.

🔘 A Hezbollah drone attacked an Israeli army command post near the border with Lebanon, Al Mayadeen reported.

Two Israeli soldiers were injured in the attack, the channel said;

🔘 Nancy Pelosi thinks Joe Biden deserves to be immortalised on a monument on Mount Rushmore.

This one is intriguing. I went looking for reports on this. Guess what? Pretty nearly all of them are from such illustrious beacons of truth as X/Twitter, Sky News, News.com, Fox News, and various other Murdoch and right-wing outlets. They latched onto a casual remark by Pelosi, a jocular bit of conversation in a CBS interview (prompted by the interviewer), and instantly began foaming at the mouth.

Here’s a link to the video, via Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6359900559112

How desperate are the Murdochs etc. thatthey haveto grasp at straws like this?

The only half-way reputable outlet that even mentions it is Newsweek. OK, the Times of India and the Hindustan Times carried it, but they’ll print anything that comes off the feed. If Fox News reported that Nancy Pelosi had taken up nude sky-diving, they’d run that story without hesitation.

‘Newsweek’ is now owned/controlled by some right wing nutter. No longer reputable.

Israel might consider striking Iran with nukes but Iran now claims to have nukes – only one way to know for sure I guess.

The Iranians could always unleash a barrage of nerve gas on tel Aviv, after a nuclear strike it would be an equal strike. They’d hit the other major towns uo and down the coast

5th August. Military operation updates:

▫️ A strike was reported on a runway in Nikolaev Oblast intended for the F-16 fighters received by Ukraine, according to RIA Novosti from underground sources.

▫️ The total losses of Ukrainian forces over the past 24 hours amounted to up to 1,750 people, according to a summary from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

▫️ Russian air defense systems intercepted six ATACMS missiles, four SCALP-EG cruise missiles, and seven HIMARS shells, as reported by the Ministry of Defense.

▫️ In Zaporozhye Oblast, a Russian national was detained for planning a terrorist attack against regional administration officials on behalf of Ukrainian intelligence, according to the FSB.

▫️ Explosions were reported during an air raid alert in Kharkov, Kiev, and Vinnytsia Oblasts, according to Ukrainian media.

▫️ Berlin needs to exert all diplomatic efforts to resolve the Ukrainian conflict and maintain relations with Russia, stated the Brandenburg Prime Minister.

▫️ Swiss military justice has initiated 13 investigations into Swiss citizens suspected of mercenary activities in Ukraine, according to a representative of Swiss military justice, as reported by RIA Novosti.

August 6th. Special military operation progress, stay tuned for tomorrow:

▪️Ukrainian troops shelled border areas of the Kursk region on Tuesday morning and border guards and the military took measures to repel the aggression, Russia’s Federal Security Service said.

▪️The defence ministry said Kiev had attacked Russian positions with up to 300 fighters, 11 tanks and more than 20 armoured vehicles.

▪️Forces guarding the state border together with border guards of the Russian Federal Security Service repelled the attacks and hit the enemy in the area and reserves in the Sumy region.

▪️Kiev has already lost 6 tanks, 2 infantry fighting vehicles, 4 armoured personnel carriers, 3 Kozak armoured fighting vehicles.

▪️There has been no reaction from Kiev so far to the conditions for resolving the situation in Ukraine that Putin set out in June, Shoigu said.

▪️The West and its servants in Ukraine are trying at all costs to achieve a pause in hostilities to give the Kiev junta a chance to regroup, Shoigu said.

▪️The Central Group of the Russian Armed Forces liberated Timofeevka in the DPR, the Defence Ministry said in its summary.

▪️Kiev’s losses were up to 1,535 servicemen, a tank, an M113 armoured personnel carrier, Braveheart, Paladin, Caesar and three Krab SAUs, the defence ministry said.

▪️The Russian military destroyed two Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jets at the base airfield, the Russian Defence Ministry said.