That is the first “counted” chopper loss in months. The fixed wing number has been static as well.
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Putin remains a master strategist
I'd don't think I'd put any stock in any of the fantasy fighting videos produced by the Chechens.
"Without FPV [drones] we would have already blown the 'Star' out of the Kremlin with the Leopard." - Tank commander "White", 33rd, about his camouflaged "Shaggy"
Assad FAFO.
Pootie is the last guy a “looser” should look to for safety.
How many bazillions of gold did the guy gift to the orcs?
Perhaps he will soon fall out of window.
A thing I noticed about the map that IIowafarmboy linked earlier detailing Russian units along the front, everything in Kursk was either airborne/air assault, or marine/naval (including this unit).
Not super important, just interesting in terms of who was given the responsibility.
Putin will bleed him for gold and dollars first. Then he will get clumsy.
Russian oil production at a 20 year low. Strikes on refineries and the inability to make repairs, plus squeezing off markets is working.
www.newsweek.com
Russian oil production collapses to 20-year low
Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries have hurt Russia's production of its key export.
www.newsweek.com
Some NK soldiers are turning to alcohol as they realize they are only there to catch bullets for Russian soldiers.
www.newsweek.com
North Korean troops turn to alcohol as "fighting spirit" plummets
NATO has previously described the deployment of North Korean soldiers to Russia as a "significant escalation" in the conflict.
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"The (Russians) are already suffering in their flesh, the Ukraine guided drones....."They fly every 5 minutes in search of targets..."
"An FPV drone pilot from the 20th K2 OPBS destroyed a Russian MT-LBu with a 122-mm Grad-1 MLRS launcher installedIn addition to this interesting homemade MLRS, we can see that the Russians continue to place rocket launchers next to each other."
When in Rome...or in this case Russia.Some NK soldiers are turning to alcohol as they realize they are only there to catch bullets for Russian soldiers.
North Korean troops turn to alcohol as "fighting spirit" plummets
NATO has previously described the deployment of North Korean soldiers to Russia as a "significant escalation" in the conflict.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed hope that US president-elect Donald Trump’s “unpredictability” can help end the war with Russia. Trump, who takes office on 20 January, has said he will end the nearly three-year conflict in “24 hours” once in power, a claim that has drawn scepticism from Kyiv, which fears it will be forced to give up land for peace. “He’s very strong and unpredictable, and I would really like to see President Trump’s unpredictability apply to Russia. I believe he really wants to end the war,” Zelensky said in an interview aired on Thursday with Ukrainian TV.
- The Ukrainian leader has sought to build bridges with Trump and his team since November’s election amid fears the Republican could slow vital US military aid or halt it entirely. Zelenskyy said that Trump could be “decisive” in the war. “He is capable of stopping Putin or, to put it more fairly, help us stop Putin,” he said, “He is able to do this.” Zelenskyy has said that achieving a just peace for Ukraine would mean receiving solid security guarantees from its allies, joining the EU and receiving an invitation to join the Nato alliance, a notion rejected by Moscow.
- The Ukrainian military said that it had carried out a high-precision strike on Thursday on a Russian command post in Maryino, in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces hold chunks of territory after a major incursion. Ukrainian forces remain in the Kursk region five months after sending troops across the border, though the Russian military says much of the lost territory has been recaptured. “These strikes disrupt the ability of the Russian Federation to conduct terrorism against innocent Ukrainian civilians,” the Ukrainian military said in a statement via the Telegram messaging app. The Russian military said air defence units had downed four Ukrainian missiles in the region, and the regional governor said the strikes had damaged a high-rise apartment building and other buildings in an adjacent village.
- Ukraine has opened a criminal probe into desertion and “abuse of power” after hundreds of soldiers were reported to have fled an army unit partly trained by France, investigators said Thursday. The 155th Mechanised Brigade, dubbed “Anne of Kyiv”, was one of several military groupings formed last year as Ukraine sought to boost preparations for possible new Russian offensives. The unit was to be made up of 4,500 soldiers, with France training roughly half of them and providing equipment. But its development has been beset with problems including what one lawmaker described as poor management.
- Gas supplies in Europe were stable with the exception of Moldova, the EU said on Thursday, a day after Russian gas transit via Ukraine stopped. Deliveries of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine pipelines stopped on Wednesday, after Kyiv refused to renew a decades-long arrangement that earned billions of dollars for both countries. Although Russian gas accounted for less than 10 percent of the European Union’s gas imports in 2023 – down from more than 40 percent before Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in 2022 – some of the bloc’s eastern members are still heavily reliant on Russian imports. “The situation is stable with all member States using a mix of regular winter storage and imports from third countries, which provide stable supplies to their consumers”, said Poland, which has just assumed the EU’s rotating presidency.
- The cut-off of Russian gas supplies to Moldova’s breakaway Transniestria region, however, has forced the closure of all industrial companies except food producers. The mainly Russian-speaking territory of about 450,000 people, which split from Moldova in the 1990s as the Soviet Union collapsed, has suffered a painful and immediate hit from Wednesday’s cut-off of Russian gas supplies to central and eastern Europe via Ukraine. “All industrial enterprises are idle, with the exception of those engaged in food production – that is, directly ensuring food security for Transdniestria,” Sergei Obolonik, first deputy prime minister of the region, told a local news channel. “The problem is so extensive that if it is not resolved for a long time, we will already have irreversible changes – that is, enterprises will lose their ability to start up.”
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy hopes Trump’s ‘unpredictability’ can end war with Russia
Ukrainian leader has sought to build bridges with Trump amid fears the president-elect could slow vital military aid once in office. What we know on day 1,045
Zelensky stood up to Trump. End of story. Trump despises men who are strong. They highlight his own weakness.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed hope that US president-elect Donald Trump’s “unpredictability” can help end the war with Russia. Trump, who takes office on 20 January, has said he will end the nearly three-year conflict in “24 hours” once in power, a claim that has drawn scepticism from Kyiv, which fears it will be forced to give up land for peace. “He’s very strong and unpredictable, and I would really like to see President Trump’s unpredictability apply to Russia. I believe he really wants to end the war,” Zelensky said in an interview aired on Thursday with Ukrainian TV.
- The Ukrainian leader has sought to build bridges with Trump and his team since November’s election amid fears the Republican could slow vital US military aid or halt it entirely. Zelenskyy said that Trump could be “decisive” in the war. “He is capable of stopping Putin or, to put it more fairly, help us stop Putin,” he said, “He is able to do this.” Zelenskyy has said that achieving a just peace for Ukraine would mean receiving solid security guarantees from its allies, joining the EU and receiving an invitation to join the Nato alliance, a notion rejected by Moscow.
- The Ukrainian military said that it had carried out a high-precision strike on Thursday on a Russian command post in Maryino, in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces hold chunks of territory after a major incursion. Ukrainian forces remain in the Kursk region five months after sending troops across the border, though the Russian military says much of the lost territory has been recaptured. “These strikes disrupt the ability of the Russian Federation to conduct terrorism against innocent Ukrainian civilians,” the Ukrainian military said in a statement via the Telegram messaging app. The Russian military said air defence units had downed four Ukrainian missiles in the region, and the regional governor said the strikes had damaged a high-rise apartment building and other buildings in an adjacent village.
- Ukraine has opened a criminal probe into desertion and “abuse of power” after hundreds of soldiers were reported to have fled an army unit partly trained by France, investigators said Thursday. The 155th Mechanised Brigade, dubbed “Anne of Kyiv”, was one of several military groupings formed last year as Ukraine sought to boost preparations for possible new Russian offensives. The unit was to be made up of 4,500 soldiers, with France training roughly half of them and providing equipment. But its development has been beset with problems including what one lawmaker described as poor management.
- Gas supplies in Europe were stable with the exception of Moldova, the EU said on Thursday, a day after Russian gas transit via Ukraine stopped. Deliveries of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine pipelines stopped on Wednesday, after Kyiv refused to renew a decades-long arrangement that earned billions of dollars for both countries. Although Russian gas accounted for less than 10 percent of the European Union’s gas imports in 2023 – down from more than 40 percent before Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in 2022 – some of the bloc’s eastern members are still heavily reliant on Russian imports. “The situation is stable with all member States using a mix of regular winter storage and imports from third countries, which provide stable supplies to their consumers”, said Poland, which has just assumed the EU’s rotating presidency.
- The cut-off of Russian gas supplies to Moldova’s breakaway Transniestria region, however, has forced the closure of all industrial companies except food producers. The mainly Russian-speaking territory of about 450,000 people, which split from Moldova in the 1990s as the Soviet Union collapsed, has suffered a painful and immediate hit from Wednesday’s cut-off of Russian gas supplies to central and eastern Europe via Ukraine. “All industrial enterprises are idle, with the exception of those engaged in food production – that is, directly ensuring food security for Transdniestria,” Sergei Obolonik, first deputy prime minister of the region, told a local news channel. “The problem is so extensive that if it is not resolved for a long time, we will already have irreversible changes – that is, enterprises will lose their ability to start up.”
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy hopes Trump’s ‘unpredictability’ can end war with Russia
Ukrainian leader has sought to build bridges with Trump amid fears the president-elect could slow vital military aid once in office. What we know on day 1,045www.theguardian.com
Trump will most likely make the worst deal ever on Ukraine, then brag incessantly about it and demand the Nobel Peace Prize because he did more than the tan suit guy, who wasn’t even a real American.
The only way Trump turns on Putin is if Putin overplays his hand and humiliates Trump publicly.
I think Zelensky is smart enough to know he needs to fluff Trump. It's a tried and true way to deal with him.
LMAO. As if they don’t already have the pictures and as if they don’t already have them geo referenced. Oh, and access to NATO satellites
Google Earth can give you all the information you need. I have .kmz files saved in Google Earth for all Russian, Chinese military bases, nuclear silos and mobile launch locations. It’s amazing what you can find online as long as you know how to grab it.
The Biden administration had years to negotiate a peace deal or even a ceasefire and did absolutely nothing.
And the checks just keep getting shipped.
Roughly 3 years in with zero plan to allow Europe to fight Europe's war.
https://x.com/CollishawD/status/1875170080318976389
"Today, soldiers of the 33rd Separate Assault Battalion are busy dismantling Russians during assault operations in the direction of Pokrovsky"
"Today, soldiers of the 33rd Separate Assault Battalion are busy dismantling Russians during assault operations in the direction of Pokrovsky"
