"Fighters of "Pomsty" destroyed more than a dozen occupiers, blew up armored vehicles and set fire to 7 warehouses with BC and fuel in the direction of Kramatorsk"
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Yeah I'm not getting that close to that fuel tank to take a picture.
North Korea stands to lose all 12,000 of its troops in Kursk by mid-April if its casualty rate holds, analysts say
A South Korean lawmaker said Seoul's intelligence showed some 3,000 North Korean troops have been wounded or killed in Kursk.
Russians will...interesting mindset they have.
Can you imagine the debris field when that goes? Nobody within a quarter mile is going to live.
I don't think that's even entered their minds. They're like cats, always seemingly getting killed by their curiosity or they simply don't care.
Probably thought they were handing out free grain alcohol
If you wonder why the neocons would seek to foment a war in Ukraine, there's your answer.
I think you mean neolibs. The GOP has been no friend to Ukraine.
Not a mindset - it is widespread alcoholism. The number of Russian drinkers make Wisconsinites look like amateurs.
Neocons aren’t strictly a Rep/Dem thing.
With the success of Trump the neocons have largely 'crossed the aisle'.
https://publicseminar.org/essays/th...foreign-policy-for-years-to-come-biden-kagan/
Don't know the context-Germany after a slow start has sent a lot of stuff to Ukraine. Another version mentions this has something to do with the upcoming elections there.
"Signum unit of the 53rd Motorized Rifle Brigade.Ruthless clampdown on Russian logistics in the Kremlin area"
"A French maritime patrol aircraft was the target of intimidation tactics over the Baltic Sea overnight on Jan. 17, after the aircraft was locked onto by the radar of a Russian ground-to-air defense system, France's Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on social media.
The aircraft was patrolling in international airspace over the Baltic Sea overnight between Jan. 16 - 17 as part of a NATO operation, the defense minister said.
"This aggressive Russian action is not acceptable," Lecornu wrote on X. "Our armies will continue to act to defend freedom of navigation in international air and maritime spaces."
The Baltic Sea region has witnessed growing concerns over Russian sabotage since Western nations began supporting Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022."
https://kyivindependent.com/french-...over-baltic-sea-french-defense-minister-says/
The aircraft was patrolling in international airspace over the Baltic Sea overnight between Jan. 16 - 17 as part of a NATO operation, the defense minister said.
"This aggressive Russian action is not acceptable," Lecornu wrote on X. "Our armies will continue to act to defend freedom of navigation in international air and maritime spaces."
The Baltic Sea region has witnessed growing concerns over Russian sabotage since Western nations began supporting Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022."
https://kyivindependent.com/french-...over-baltic-sea-french-defense-minister-says/
HELSINKI, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Crew on board an oil tanker accused of sabotaging undersea power and communications cables in the Baltic Sea were poised to cut other cables and pipelines when Finnish authorities boarded the vessel last month, the head of the Finnish investigation said.
Baltic Sea nations are on high alert after a string of power cable, telecom link and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Leaders of the NATO member states around the Baltic Sea are set to meet in Helsinki on Tuesday to discuss the alliance's response to the threat.
On Dec. 26, Finnish authorities seized oil tanker Eagle S carrying Russian oil. They said they suspected the vessel had damaged the Finnish-Estonian Estlink 2 power line and four telecoms cables by dragging its anchor across the seabed for more than 100 km (60 miles).
The head of the investigation, Risto Lohi of the National Bureau of Investigation, told Reuters the vessel was threatening to cut a second power cable, Estlink1, and the BalticConnector gas pipe between Finland and Estonia at the time it was seized.
"There would have been an almost immediate danger that other cables or pipes related to our critical underwater infrastructure could have been damaged," he said.
Lohi said a ninth crew member from the ship had been added to a list of those being treated as suspects and barred from travelling. Finland announced earlier this month that eight of the 24 crew members were being barred from travel. The captain of the ship is Georgian and the crew are citizens of India and Georgia.
Sweden's Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin said on Sunday said that authorities had determined the Chinese ship had also threatened to cut a power cable connecting the Baltic states and the Nordic countries.
"We can today report that it has been determined that there are traces of an anchor, probably from Yi Peng 3, also in connection with NordBalt-cable, that is, the connection between Sweden and Lithuania. This obviously illustrates the seriousness of the situation we find ourselves in," he told reporters."
Baltic Sea nations are on high alert after a string of power cable, telecom link and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Leaders of the NATO member states around the Baltic Sea are set to meet in Helsinki on Tuesday to discuss the alliance's response to the threat.
On Dec. 26, Finnish authorities seized oil tanker Eagle S carrying Russian oil. They said they suspected the vessel had damaged the Finnish-Estonian Estlink 2 power line and four telecoms cables by dragging its anchor across the seabed for more than 100 km (60 miles).
The head of the investigation, Risto Lohi of the National Bureau of Investigation, told Reuters the vessel was threatening to cut a second power cable, Estlink1, and the BalticConnector gas pipe between Finland and Estonia at the time it was seized.
"There would have been an almost immediate danger that other cables or pipes related to our critical underwater infrastructure could have been damaged," he said.
Lohi said a ninth crew member from the ship had been added to a list of those being treated as suspects and barred from travelling. Finland announced earlier this month that eight of the 24 crew members were being barred from travel. The captain of the ship is Georgian and the crew are citizens of India and Georgia.
Sweden's Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin said on Sunday said that authorities had determined the Chinese ship had also threatened to cut a power cable connecting the Baltic states and the Nordic countries.
"We can today report that it has been determined that there are traces of an anchor, probably from Yi Peng 3, also in connection with NordBalt-cable, that is, the connection between Sweden and Lithuania. This obviously illustrates the seriousness of the situation we find ourselves in," he told reporters."
The response to Russian/Chinese cable cutting should be cutting cables going in to Russia or China.
Or one of those ships sinking mysteriously.
Also taking all crew members prisoner and confiscating the ships, if they are not already.
Ukrainians are wary of Trump's boasts to end the war. I do like one comment about Trump needing a victory. I guess there is some hope he doesn't sell Ukraine out to Putin.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...question-presidents-power-end-war-2025-01-17/
https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...question-presidents-power-end-war-2025-01-17/
