Closing off potential routes into Ukraine pre counter attack?

More on the Russian base near Mariupol, Storm Shadow? well and truly flattened those buildings.

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For once I agree with a Russian propagandist and look forward to watching it happen.

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https://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?tab=all&searchText=Foxtech+REX+340

not anyway offficial but closest match I have seen

Thinking about the defensive lines the Russians have constructed all round Ukraine, and these endless TV analyses of scary tank traps, AVLB bridge-layers, dragon's teeth, etc., surely such tank ditches and minefields etc., can be rendered moot blown apart with a few well-placed bavovna rounds?

Caveat. Hope I'm not giving away state secrets, or spooking Russian occupying forces into any unwanted insecurity.

Or you could just go through Belgium

100 German Leopard-1 tanks reported as having finished being refurbished and handed over to Ukraine tomorrow…

The counter offensive plans have been leaked, those who are worried about the tank traps needn't be.

it depends on your point of view... the Ukrainians would consider a clockwise rotation through Russia's SW Oblasts as a "high", Putin and a fair number of his followers would consider that as a "depression".

Ukrainians are such cheery people, and will probably extend pleasantries to the conscripts of Russia that it runs over, across, past.

Putin has kept this saga going long enough to keep Tolstoy happy, but I'm sure that the Ukrainians would prefer to get some sleep at some point, rather than be a talking point of Putins memoirs at The Hague.

It's telling that the talking heads on RT are now starting to describe this tiff as "Putin's War", not "Russia's War", perhaps the body bags are starting to get difficult to hide. The population of Russia that is expecting the payout by Putin for their sons and husbands being offed in a foreign land is starting to get pretty annoyed that Putin don't Pay, seems to suffer short arms and deep pockets, they can always take the compensation out of Putins own accounts. That would be something worthy of a hackers efforts!

The Constitution of Ukraine, states that the organization and procedure for conducting referendums “are determined exclusively by the laws of Ukraine” (Art. 92).
Putin conducted a gross violation of established principles of international humanitarian and human rights law, hardly. surprise, but there it is. In the context of Russia's continued assault and ongoing occupation, the organization of a referendum aided or organised by occupying forces presumptively violates the Hague Regulations of 1907 and the IV Geneva Convention. Forcing a change of citizenship, deportation/transportation etc, while favourites of the USSR back in the day, remain specific war crimes, and crimes against humanity. And Lavrov still gets to air his masters voice on the edge of the Hudson, strange world.

However, while looking on eBay for how much Russian C-Rats are being sold off (less than expected, even the on-sale is being affected by supply, Prigozhin may have been telling it right), a copy of the Russian's plans turned up, their action against the nazi's that they appear to be so hung up about.



That was the back of the plans, good OpSec... so here it is, a kopek short and a day late, (well, 81 years, but it'll make Russians happy to have some Nazi memorabilia that doesn't include Putins Snr.






Putin Senior, 1943, Warsaw,



I find it hard to believe that the colour combination of that carpet is a coincidence. Every Russian knows what colours to avoid, it was so in the Soviet Union and it stands even today. Just a few days ago there was a clip from Russia showng people painting park benches over due those being blue and yellow.

I am struggling though to understand what is he trying to say with it.

It must be where Solovyev lives LOL, apparently that part of the strike went down well, I would love to see his reaction if his italian villa was hit too

BREAKING

Germany has ordered the closure of four out of five Russia’s Consulates General in the country.

​​​​​​​All (most) Ukrainians got SMS messages from SBU asking them to turn of their CCTV cameras.

You know what it means.…

This is the fourth thread in a series where we analyze the potential for independence in various Russian regions, taking into account their history, economy, and geography. Today, we explore Mari El.

Using precision munitions Russia claims to have sunk Ukraine's largest military ship in Odessa port: the 1 200 tonne „Juri Olefirenko“, a Polnocny-classlanding ship.

It appears Russia did it first, so is a tit for tat response

It shows the death rate must be huge, as Russia is having to build new facilities to deal with all the corpses of fallen soldiers in Ukraine.

We keep getting named as No1 bad guys in Russian eyes and our MP's are fair game......... Some would probably say that is a good thing, as we are obviously doing something right and are on the right side of history. B Wallace, keep your head down

Returning to the condition of Lukashenko and his possible demise (last post was on the reinforcement of Russian troops in Belarus to suppress any dissent after his death)

IS SOMETHING COOKING IN BELARUS?

Two FSB planes flew to Belarus, and Viktor Lukashenko (son of Belarus Dictator Alexander) flew to China.

This very same FSB aircraft was last seen in Minsk on August 18 & 26, 2020. During that occasion, the Director of the FSB, Nikolai Patrushev, flew on it.

Dictator’s son may be setting up succession details (for after his father kicks the bucket), or seeking financial support from China.

Dictator’s son arrived in Beijing at 17:03 local time today. He is likely seeking money or other backing for succession.

He is saying "hey, anti-Putin Russians, I am with Ukraine and NATO, just contact me. Then when they do, he sends the names to Putin.