This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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crap...correctedDonets river is farther to the east.
The Dniepr (Dnipro) river is the biggie that cuts through Ukraine and Kherson, exiting to the Black Sea.
The Donets connects to the Don (which was the Axis front line before the Soviet counter attack at Stalingrad) and empties into the Sea of Azov.
Probably too good to be true.
The Red Army reminds me of the end of Benny Hill Episodes where the Red Army are the cute ladies and Ukraine is Benny chasing after them haha.
"The Ukrainians held Severodonetsk until July. Liberating the city is a top priority in Kyiv. Approaching the city from the north means going past Svatove. It’s not for no reason the Ukrainian eastern command has assigned the 92nd Mechanized Brigade to that sector. If any formation can get the job done, it’s the 92nd.
The 92nd Mechanized Brigade, originally billeted just south of Kharkiv, is one of the best-trained and best-equipped units in Ukraine’s active army. The brigade boasts two T-64 tank battalions and three battalions of infantry in new BTR-4 wheeled fighting vehicles plus attached artillery, engineers, air defenders and support troops. Each battalion fields around 40 armored vehicles and 400 troops.
The 92nd and its sister unit, the 93rd Mechanized Brigade, were at the vanguard when the Ukrainian army launched its eastern counteroffensive in early September. The 93rd has held off repeated attacks by Russian mercenaries near the town of Bakhmut. The 92nd meanwhile is closing in on Svatove.
That the 92nd Mechanized Brigade has maintained its forward momentum is a chilling sign for the Russians. Ukrainian winters usually are wet and muddy before getting cold and icy. Historically, the mud slows military operations, so there was reason for Russian planners to hope for a respite from the Ukrainian assault.
But if the 92nd is worried about cold mud, it sure hasn’t shown it. Russian draftees, on the other hand, are miserable. “We didn’t eat or drink for three days,” a surrendering draftee says in the video from Sunday. “We lived in trenches, wet.”
Worse, the draftees, who reportedly had just 11 days of training, were getting shot at by their own regiment. “We shoot at our own guys, they shoot at us.” Friendly fire points to a breakdown in leadership and discipline—ominous developments for a regiment facing one of the best brigades in the Ukrainian army.
A Ukrainian army that doesn’t look like it’s going to take the traditional winter pause—and give the Russians any time at all to rest and reset their depleted regiments, and maybe train all those bewildered draftees."
LOL
Kremlin outraged at Zelenskyy "coming to Russian territory"
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/11/14/7376255/
That's a list of winners right there, sanctioned countries and a few other high risk countries vote for no reparations
Think this update on fire near Moscow. Probably not coincidence the factory is war related.
In a rare diplomatic opening of dialogue after nine months of war in Ukraine, CIA Director William Burns is in Turkey on Monday for talks with his Russian counterpart aimed at reducing nuclear tensions between the two superpowers.
Burns is holding the talks with Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, or SVR, in Turkey's capital of Ankara. This marks the highest-ranking face-to-face meeting between US and Russian officials since President Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine on Feb.24.
The Kremlin confirmed that the meeting is taking place at Washington's request. "Such negotiations really took place. It was the initiative of the American side," TASS quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying.
According to Al Jazeera, citing regional sources, "Burns reportedly warned Naryshkin of the consequences Russia would face in the event it used nuclear weapons in Ukraine."
The two intelligence chiefs are said to not be discussing settlement of the Ukraine war, but are focusing on the potential for a prisoner exchange between the US and Russia, as well as the de-escalation of nuclear tensions.
According to a White House national security official cited by The Associated Press:
Meanwhile, at the G20 summit in Bali on Monday - which Putin was not in attendance for, President Biden and China's Xi Jinping "reaffirmed our shared belief in the threat for the use of nuclear weapons is totally unacceptable." The two had discussed Ukraine, finding common agreement on the need to avoid ratcheting nuclear rhetoric among superpowers.
But the real question remains: will Ukraine's recapture of Kherson lead to any serious attempt at negotiations? It certainly gives Kiev the battlefield leverage it has long sought. Influential voices within the Biden administration have also begun talking about pushing for peace, however, so far the hawks have prevailed, arguing that Ukraine must continue its military momentum and that seeking a ceasefire would only suggest weakness.
Burns is holding the talks with Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, or SVR, in Turkey's capital of Ankara. This marks the highest-ranking face-to-face meeting between US and Russian officials since President Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine on Feb.24.
The Kremlin confirmed that the meeting is taking place at Washington's request. "Such negotiations really took place. It was the initiative of the American side," TASS quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying.
According to Al Jazeera, citing regional sources, "Burns reportedly warned Naryshkin of the consequences Russia would face in the event it used nuclear weapons in Ukraine."
The two intelligence chiefs are said to not be discussing settlement of the Ukraine war, but are focusing on the potential for a prisoner exchange between the US and Russia, as well as the de-escalation of nuclear tensions.
According to a White House national security official cited by The Associated Press:
Washington and NATO allies have long accused President Putin of making nuclear threats while citing 'red lines' in Ukraine - something which Putin has denied, explaining his words were taken out context. The Kremlin has repeatedly said its nuclear doctrine has not changed, explaining that it will only use nukes if Russian territory and sovereignty comes under direct existential threat.
Meanwhile, at the G20 summit in Bali on Monday - which Putin was not in attendance for, President Biden and China's Xi Jinping "reaffirmed our shared belief in the threat for the use of nuclear weapons is totally unacceptable." The two had discussed Ukraine, finding common agreement on the need to avoid ratcheting nuclear rhetoric among superpowers.
But the real question remains: will Ukraine's recapture of Kherson lead to any serious attempt at negotiations? It certainly gives Kiev the battlefield leverage it has long sought. Influential voices within the Biden administration have also begun talking about pushing for peace, however, so far the hawks have prevailed, arguing that Ukraine must continue its military momentum and that seeking a ceasefire would only suggest weakness.
I haven’t seen this posted, but the artist Banksy has been hitting up newly liberated areas of Ukraine with murals. It’s a seemingly small, odd thing, but it resonated with me. It shows the spirit of the liberated.
https://www.cnn.com/style/amp/banksy-ukraine-murals/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/style/amp/banksy-ukraine-murals/index.html
I’d just empty my clip in 3 seconds.
I'm a history teacher and have never heard this. Crazy.
No joke, when looking at that list of votes against it is a bunch of nations that are heavily reliant on Russia for energy or the biggest tool bags in the room. All these abstaining votes piss me off. The UN sucks.
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Forbes article about the Russian supply hub in Myrne. It’s north of the Crimean Peninsula and sits along a rail and road junction. It’s now within the range of HIMARs systems and is about to get pounded. Good comments in the article about how the Ukrainians played the long game in disrupting Russian logistics.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davida...es-rockets-expect-explosions/?sh=330cc85b5c5b
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davida...es-rockets-expect-explosions/?sh=330cc85b5c5b
There is a small port there. Hopefully some Russians attempting to flee via ship are getting hit, or another supply depot just got hit.
As I type this, almost all the videos have been replaced with red type saying, (short version)
"template public media site embed twitter not found on twitter-try rebuilding or replacing...." Rivals problem?
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Example-don't know if I should continue to post in case Rivals or Twitter comes back up or if all our efforts will be wasted.
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