Is Ukraine about to have a war?
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Of course I didn't believe that tripe. I was being sarcastic.
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From the New York Times today (a number of articles/month can be viewed for free. I subscribe):
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/w...ia-drones.html
“Look there, Ivan is going for a walk,” said a Ukrainian commander in an underground bunker. He was watching live drone video on Tuesday of a dozen or so Russian soldiers stepping into a farm field on the outskirts of Bakhmut.
He sat up in his chair for a closer look. Artillery strikes were called in. Other soldiers in the bunker gathered around to watch.
“Oh, good!” one yelled as a puff of black smoke erupted silently on the screen beside several of the Russian soldiers.
This is one of the signature forms of combat around Bakhmut and other fiercely contested cities and towns in eastern Ukraine — bombardment, by both sides, directed by aerial drones. While troops in central Bakhmut battle at quarters close enough to hear their enemies shout and see them bleed, on the city’s periphery, the ripping apart of living human beings is a more remote affair, often witnessed on a soundless video feed.
On the commander’s screen, a scene of mayhem ensued. The tiny figures began to run, but it was slow going in the mud. The Ukrainians guessed the Russians’ foot speed and the flight time of the mortar bombs, deciding how far in front of the fleeing group to drop explosives.
“What do you think, 150 meters? No, better 200 meters,” the soldier calling in strikes radioed to the mortar crew. More puffs of smoke blossomed.
After half a dozen strikes, the Russians had scattered, some dragging the wounded, and bodies lay still in the field.
He sat up in his chair for a closer look. Artillery strikes were called in. Other soldiers in the bunker gathered around to watch.
“Oh, good!” one yelled as a puff of black smoke erupted silently on the screen beside several of the Russian soldiers.
This is one of the signature forms of combat around Bakhmut and other fiercely contested cities and towns in eastern Ukraine — bombardment, by both sides, directed by aerial drones. While troops in central Bakhmut battle at quarters close enough to hear their enemies shout and see them bleed, on the city’s periphery, the ripping apart of living human beings is a more remote affair, often witnessed on a soundless video feed.
On the commander’s screen, a scene of mayhem ensued. The tiny figures began to run, but it was slow going in the mud. The Ukrainians guessed the Russians’ foot speed and the flight time of the mortar bombs, deciding how far in front of the fleeing group to drop explosives.
“What do you think, 150 meters? No, better 200 meters,” the soldier calling in strikes radioed to the mortar crew. More puffs of smoke blossomed.
After half a dozen strikes, the Russians had scattered, some dragging the wounded, and bodies lay still in the field.
.Info re Putin
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The main from the interview:
🔹 Putin was hospitalized to the Central Clinical Hospital in April 2022, after Ukraine refused to capitulate in the war and the Russian army was forced to withdraw troops from the Kyiv region.
🔹 Putin travels to his residence in Valdai on an armored train, for Federal Security Service officials the spouse of the Russian president is Alina Kabaeva.
🔹 Despite all the excuses, the palace in Gelendzhik belongs to Putin, and presidential special communications were provided there.
🔹 All of Putin's residences have exactly the same offices, so it is impossible to tell where he is by the photos/video.
🔹 Putin does not use a cell phone and the Internet, he gets information from the operative reports of representatives of the security services.
🔹 In addition to the "nuclear suitcase," all trips for Putin carry a "cube" more than two meters high with a workstation. It is used for secret negotiations.
About Putin personally:
"In terms of his behavior [Putin in 2009 and now] are two different people. I mean, we remember when the former FSB director became prime minister, then president, he was energetic, active. He was just as active up until 2020, judging by his business trips, there were really a lot of them. And now he is very isolated. He shut himself off from the world with all kinds of barriers, the same quarantine, the lack of information. His perception of reality is distorted."
Karakulov had worked as an engineer in the presidential communications office since 2009 before fleeing abroad in October 2022. Journalists call him the highest-ranking member of the Russian security services who fled the country after the start of a full-scale war in Ukraine and who condemned the invasion.
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The main from the interview:
🔹 Putin was hospitalized to the Central Clinical Hospital in April 2022, after Ukraine refused to capitulate in the war and the Russian army was forced to withdraw troops from the Kyiv region.
🔹 Putin travels to his residence in Valdai on an armored train, for Federal Security Service officials the spouse of the Russian president is Alina Kabaeva.
🔹 Despite all the excuses, the palace in Gelendzhik belongs to Putin, and presidential special communications were provided there.
🔹 All of Putin's residences have exactly the same offices, so it is impossible to tell where he is by the photos/video.
🔹 Putin does not use a cell phone and the Internet, he gets information from the operative reports of representatives of the security services.
🔹 In addition to the "nuclear suitcase," all trips for Putin carry a "cube" more than two meters high with a workstation. It is used for secret negotiations.
About Putin personally:
"In terms of his behavior [Putin in 2009 and now] are two different people. I mean, we remember when the former FSB director became prime minister, then president, he was energetic, active. He was just as active up until 2020, judging by his business trips, there were really a lot of them. And now he is very isolated. He shut himself off from the world with all kinds of barriers, the same quarantine, the lack of information. His perception of reality is distorted."
Karakulov had worked as an engineer in the presidential communications office since 2009 before fleeing abroad in October 2022. Journalists call him the highest-ranking member of the Russian security services who fled the country after the start of a full-scale war in Ukraine and who condemned the invasion.
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Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
"China does not recognize Crimea as Russian, like other territories of Ukraine "included" in the Russian Federation" - Chinese Ambassador to the EU
He also added that the statement about "boundless friendship" between Moscow and Beijing is nothing more than a rhetorical device
He also added that the statement about "boundless friendship" between Moscow and Beijing is nothing more than a rhetorical device
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Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Alright, it is time for another adventure in "logistical enablers" in the latest US arms shipment to Ukraine.
Specifically look at this line:
"Eight heavy fuel trucks and 105 fuel trailers."
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...488563713.html
Specifically look at this line:
"Eight heavy fuel trucks and 105 fuel trailers."
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...488563713.html
Remember the upset Muslims that threatened Russians because they couldn't build a mosque in Moscow, well its started.... Long may it continue.
Night time drone hunting, what are the blue lights?
