Is Ukraine about to have a war?
Any idea what the vehicle is? I doubt anyone survived that. Impressive combat footage of teamwork.
https://mobile.twitter.com/CaliJourn...40505792200704
https://mobile.twitter.com/CaliJourn...40505792200704
lots of firepower for a "car", intel may have been interesting on the occupants.
Driving is a hazard in the contested territories.
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Crikey, this was the Thermal power plant going up.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
This is the most important logistical observation in today's ISW report.
Ukraine's "Kupyansk Blitzkrieg" has been running mainly on captured Russian vehicles, fuel & ammo for the last three days.
And the most important captured Russian vehicles are train engines and rail …
Ukraine's "Kupyansk Blitzkrieg" has been running mainly on captured Russian vehicles, fuel & ammo for the last three days.
And the most important captured Russian vehicles are train engines and rail …
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This is GRAPHIC I warn you now, a poor Ukrainian border guard washed ashore with the remains of his boat. I have removed the HTTPS part, he has been missing for some time, but at least his family will get some closure.
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Of course the evidence says some are, but Ukraine has always tried to occupy the moral high ground, as indeed it is entitled. PoWs en masse, whatever they are called, come with big responsibilities and consume big resources. If what we read is true, they can probably be guarded by very basically trained troops, but they need food, shelter and medical support.
The problem I foresee is General Winter: Ukraine itself will need food, shelter and medical support for its own army and its battered stoical population.
NATO needs a good plan to help with the end game, if end game it is.
The problem I foresee is General Winter: Ukraine itself will need food, shelter and medical support for its own army and its battered stoical population.
NATO needs a good plan to help with the end game, if end game it is.
If a withdrawal occurs with Russian forces intact, Ukraine has to prepare for Russian European Vacation, 3.0. If Russian forces collapse and evacuate leaving the equipment behind, then there is a major delay to get to 3.0 if ever, there is a possibility that Putin gets the window treatment along with his kleptocrats. Belarus' Prez may be looking for a career change, like Mussolini had in 1945.
South Africa showed that change management could occur, almost, with Mandela's Truth Commission concept. Taking out Putin in any form that doesn't present all of the facts behind his criminality will give a martyr to a minority who are happy to have any basis to hate others. Putting him in front of a court takes the heat out of the equation. Same for the war atrocities, and those that have done them, and particularly those that oversaw, ordered, or failed to intervene. Individual acts of murder and atrocities were perpetrated, and deliberate use of missiles, cluster bombs and phosphorous against civilian targets were ordered and someone pushed the buttons. Those need to be held to account in the wash-up. The disgraceful inaction of the UN even within the framework of the UN Charter needs accountability to be taken. Russia individually needs to be removed from the UNSC completely, they are there under questionable basis, and their disinterest in security matters of others is patent. The provision of parties to conflict abstaining needs to be reassessed, as apparently the words are not clear enough for the UNDG to actually do his job, nor the UNGA to object and suspend members for disregard of the Charter.
Globally, the recovery will generate considerable economic activity, which is itself desirable. Getting Russia's house back in order is of value to the whole of the world, but not without substantive change to how they do business. Navalny is about the only standout person that exists to pull off the rehabilitation of Russia, but he would be fighting 1100 years of indifference. The asset theft that occurred in the early 90s that has effectively led to the current Putin situation needs to be reversed, and the asset values applied to the population, with some measure of governance. Privatisation wasn't inherently the problem, but theft to the 200 plus intel officers who then became oligarchs was, and that was in part the wests disinterest in the restructuring that resulted in that occurrence.
Hoping for white flags to start being flown
Putin's Key Man in the Artic Found Dead After Falling Overboard
Putin's Key Man in the Artic Found Dead After Falling Overboard (msn.com)
The death of a Russian energy executive over the weekend adds to a list of mysterious deaths of high-powered national businessmen since prior to the February 24 invasion of Ukraine.
Ivan Pechorin, 39, managing director of the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, reportedly fell off a boat at full speed and died Saturday near Russky Island in the Sea of Japan in Primorsky Krai, Russia, near Vladivostock, about 5,800 miles east of Moscow.Pechorin worked under Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Russian publication Komsomolskaya Pravda, modernizing aviation in eastern Russia while developing resources in the Arctic in light of heavy sanctions.
Pechorin's last public appearance reportedly occurred at the Eastern Economic Forum, held from September 5 to 8 in Vladivostok. The Daily Mail reported that Pechorin spoke during a session called, "Everyone has their Own Route: The Logistics of a Changed World."
His death follows that of the corporation's former CEO, Igor Nosov, 43, who reportedly died suddenly from a stroke in February.
On September 1, Ravil Maganov, 67, an oil tycoon and former head of Russia's second-largest oil company, Lukoil, reportedly fell to his death from a sixth-floor window of a Moscow hospital. Unconfirmed reports allege that Maganov was "beaten" and "thrown out of a window."
The oil tycoon had previously expressed his opposition to the invasion of Ukraine. Lukoil, meanwhile, said his death came "after a serious illness."
Other similar deaths have occurred over the years.
In December of 2021, Yegor Prosvirnin—founder of nationalist website Sputnik and Pogrom—fell out of a residential building in Moscow and died.
A similar incident occurred in October that year, when a Russian diplomat was found dead after a fall from a window at the Russian Embassy in Berlin.
Russia Posts English reported that Pechorin's aviation prowess included the support of passenger air transportation, the modernization of airport infrastructure, and the construction of new runways. He also was part of the development of the United Far Eastern Airlines that was created in 2021.
"Ivan's death is an irreparable loss for friends and colleagues, a great loss for the corporation," read a statement from the corporation. "We offer our sincere condolences to the family and friends."
Oil and gas have remained Russia's hot commodities, especially as G7 nations (United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, France, Canada and Japan) this summer announced the establishment of a cap on how much importers would pay for Russian crude.
Reuters reported that the measure will commence on December 5, decreasing Russian money made off oil experts while not reducing petroleum supplies to consumers worldwide. Countries like China and India have helped Russia's cause by remaining as energy customers since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Newsweek reached out to the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic for comment.
The death of a Russian energy executive over the weekend adds to a list of mysterious deaths of high-powered national businessmen since prior to the February 24 invasion of Ukraine.
Ivan Pechorin, 39, managing director of the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, reportedly fell off a boat at full speed and died Saturday near Russky Island in the Sea of Japan in Primorsky Krai, Russia, near Vladivostock, about 5,800 miles east of Moscow.Pechorin worked under Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Russian publication Komsomolskaya Pravda, modernizing aviation in eastern Russia while developing resources in the Arctic in light of heavy sanctions.
Pechorin's last public appearance reportedly occurred at the Eastern Economic Forum, held from September 5 to 8 in Vladivostok. The Daily Mail reported that Pechorin spoke during a session called, "Everyone has their Own Route: The Logistics of a Changed World."
His death follows that of the corporation's former CEO, Igor Nosov, 43, who reportedly died suddenly from a stroke in February.
On September 1, Ravil Maganov, 67, an oil tycoon and former head of Russia's second-largest oil company, Lukoil, reportedly fell to his death from a sixth-floor window of a Moscow hospital. Unconfirmed reports allege that Maganov was "beaten" and "thrown out of a window."
The oil tycoon had previously expressed his opposition to the invasion of Ukraine. Lukoil, meanwhile, said his death came "after a serious illness."
Other similar deaths have occurred over the years.
In December of 2021, Yegor Prosvirnin—founder of nationalist website Sputnik and Pogrom—fell out of a residential building in Moscow and died.
A similar incident occurred in October that year, when a Russian diplomat was found dead after a fall from a window at the Russian Embassy in Berlin.
Russia Posts English reported that Pechorin's aviation prowess included the support of passenger air transportation, the modernization of airport infrastructure, and the construction of new runways. He also was part of the development of the United Far Eastern Airlines that was created in 2021.
"Ivan's death is an irreparable loss for friends and colleagues, a great loss for the corporation," read a statement from the corporation. "We offer our sincere condolences to the family and friends."
Oil and gas have remained Russia's hot commodities, especially as G7 nations (United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, France, Canada and Japan) this summer announced the establishment of a cap on how much importers would pay for Russian crude.
Reuters reported that the measure will commence on December 5, decreasing Russian money made off oil experts while not reducing petroleum supplies to consumers worldwide. Countries like China and India have helped Russia's cause by remaining as energy customers since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Newsweek reached out to the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic for comment.
Aviation content. Game over for a Russian frogfoot pilot.
https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/statu...69417556549632
https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/statu...69417556549632
Well they are fighting each other in the media as to where it all went wrong and how to fix it.
https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/s...70513909022720
https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/s...70513909022720
The term "NAZI" still gets lots of airtime, seems the education within Russia needs to be ramped up to include some history that doesn't come from bumper stickers.
That the current events flow from Russia's actions, from one single person's criminal intent gets missed in all of the jingoism and support of the criminal regime. More disincentivising needed yet,
Withdraw what?
The BTGs in Kharkiv have abandoned their equipment to escape being overrun, the 25 BTGs in Kherson are trapped and would have to do the same.
They’ve lost 50K KIA which means around another 10-150K WIA/MIA and the Russian land forces started out with about 350K including reservists to defend the entire country.
In summary even in the concentrate their forces they are short of men, and they now don’t have the equipment to supply them.
so, if they do pull back - what to they do as the Ukrainians keep coming?
Stopping a retreat and equipping, reorganising, get your logistics sorted out and supplies reestablished takes time - and father winter is coming with the snows in 8 weeks or so.
The BTGs in Kharkiv have abandoned their equipment to escape being overrun, the 25 BTGs in Kherson are trapped and would have to do the same.
They’ve lost 50K KIA which means around another 10-150K WIA/MIA and the Russian land forces started out with about 350K including reservists to defend the entire country.
In summary even in the concentrate their forces they are short of men, and they now don’t have the equipment to supply them.
so, if they do pull back - what to they do as the Ukrainians keep coming?
Stopping a retreat and equipping, reorganising, get your logistics sorted out and supplies reestablished takes time - and father winter is coming with the snows in 8 weeks or so.
Chat is he ordered his oligarch to create their own mercs like wagner for what use we dunno. But maybe russia will start to breakdown and be warlord on warlord action
“The Military Command of the Russian Federation suspends sending new, already formed, units to the territory of Ukraine.
The current situation in the military theatre and distrust for top command has forced a large number of volunteers to abandon the prospect of combat service. The situation is influenced by information on the actual number of casualties, excluding losses from private military companies and mobilized from temporarily occupied territories.
The situation is getting worse because of the general attitude to the own wounded. In particular, in Russian hospitals, the diagnoses and nature of combat injuries are deliberately simplified, no time is given for rehabilitation to return soldiers to the combat zone faster.”….
Putin going to Sochi, which has lots of 6th story windows is a good thing, he needs a rest, a looooooong rest.
Evgeny Chichvarkin's comments are pretty blunt. He is the CEO of EUROSET, a fair sized telecom company in Russia, a billionaire through his own efforts.... Not an obsequious oligarch Putin acolyte.
His oligarchs will need their own window repairmen, could be something in that, growth industry in Russia. Wagner-R-US, window repairs to the rich n' famous.
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Strange old world, ambitions from Russia to Ukraine to Poland, Germany, Belarus, Moldova etc, down to Ukraine, Donetsk, Russia and now several acres of Sochi all in 8 months, next goal in downsizing will be a 6 by 3 by 6 foot plot.
Russian Commander Says He's 'Depressed' by How War Is Turning Out (msn.com)
Alexander Khodakovsky, a Kremlin-backed commander and former political leader in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine…..
"I have fewer people than I would like—but the main difficulty I have is not in this, but in the fact that sometimes I cannot find the enemy's positions from which they are hitting us," he added. "If suddenly I can, then I don't have enough range to fire at them, or I don't have enough ammo."
Newsweek has contacted Russia's foreign ministry for comment.
Alexander Khodakovsky, a Kremlin-backed commander and former political leader in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine…..
"I have fewer people than I would like—but the main difficulty I have is not in this, but in the fact that sometimes I cannot find the enemy's positions from which they are hitting us," he added. "If suddenly I can, then I don't have enough range to fire at them, or I don't have enough ammo."
Newsweek has contacted Russia's foreign ministry for comment.
See, that pisses me off. Why do they do this!? I follow his telegram channel, Newsweek got nearly everything right except for one small detail; the part where they make it out to be him saying he can’t find the enemy. He never said that. If you go check the original out, he’s quoting another commander.
I actually posted his entire post yesterday commenting that in it that it was the first time that I’d seen made mention of Electronic warfare.
MSM has a bad enough reputation for getting things wrong. Why would they do this? Materially it’s makes hardly any difference, but be accurate ffs!