Wagner soldier shocked he cannot penetrate a Ukrainian body armour plate.

Russian gov 'scientific research' vessel Akademik Boris Petrov has changed its route to pass close to UK, following undersea cables severed between the Faroe & Shetland islands.

https://tinyurl.com/3pvjfv48

Morale….

Mobilised Russian reservists from Kazan (likely ethnic Tatars) are committing suicide in toilets, running away from their mobilisation camp, and being given psychological evaluations to assess their loyalty, according to journalist Farida Kurbangaleeva. Translation follows. ⬇️

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...764365313.html

It would appear being a Russian Propagandist in Kherson is not the job to get wounded in, several were hit on the Kherson bridge last night and one killed, that was just the start of their problems, they were rushed to hospital.

Nice problem to have, surrendering Russians





Russians being hit recovered camera from one that was killed.

Military supply base nr moscow on fire

They're stealing the bloody ambulances from Kherson now.

"Poland’s president Andrzej Duda has been on the phone with his Iranian counterpart, telling him that Poland will take steps to prevent Russia from buying weapons."

Twitter

Putin's bodyguards shot & killed a conscript on the shooting range in Ryazan who approached Putin too aggressively.

Putin's promo video exiting his limousine had to be redone - reportedly disclosed by FSB & Kremlin sources.

Conscript witnesses + family threatened to stay silent.

Under wires low flying.

QUICK THREAD from a Russian Telegram drone-related channel on the Russian tactics to avoid Ukrainian countermeasures against commercial quadrocopters. Main points below:

ORAC

Why do so many of your posts contain the same clip in two different formats ?

Crikey a UAV now armed with a rocket launcher!

Belarus Axis
 

As risky as any attack from Belarus to Ukraine may appear, the one thing that they could do is a run down the inside of the Ukrainian-Polish border in an attempt to cut the MSR from the west for Ukraine. What level of defence Ukraine has there is unknown, but it certainly needs to be sufficient to stop that from occurring, and preferably from even starting. Time to get serious about stopping Lukashenko doing something silly. Belarus becoming a belligerent by the use of their territory or use of their soldiers would permit UN signatory states to take direct action against them in support of Art 51 of the UN Charter. That would be uncomfortable as an escalation, but is absolutely permissible and would only trigger Art. 5 of NATO if the response against any NATO country resulted in an attack on a NATO country. That is the mirror of the playbook that Russia has played since Feb 24. "I can kill you from my country, but don't dare retaliate as I will destroy you". Works for Russia, Belarus, not so much. Personally prefer to see Russia and Belarus defeated on Ukraines border, for which they need to be able to destroy any attack on their Belarus border.

Time for the Ukrainians to have everything available on hand in the NW too. If Belarus tried and was unsuccessful, that at least would be the end of Lukashenko, but Russia would try immediately to control Belarus, and that could result in a civil war mixed with an invasion by Russia. Yet another opportunity for Putin to kill his soldiers in his brilliant design.

IMHO

US believes they are going to attempt to cut off supplies through Poland


Poland has been transferring military equipment to the border in response.


Lithuania also are deploying to the border.

"10 Iranians killed in Ukrainian strikes - report

The report comes as American and Ukrainian officials warn that Iranians are training Russians to use Iranian drones in Crimea."

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-720252

Excellent. exactly what is needed ( imo) to kick the Russo/Belorussians in the balls to make them wonder "Ah well, what could happen here as well ? "

How dumb can you be?

The Ukraine - Poland border is rather long. I reckon, RU has neither the capacity nor the ability to close it off. Does RU still have a credible airborne force left? For how long are they trying to take Bakhmut now? How much longer can they defend Cherson? RU has quite a few issues. Oh, and winter is coming.

Gentle reminder:
A few more overtly political posts got moved to the JB thread which Uncle Fred started.
Please take your interesting tidbits of that flavor to that thread.