This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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If all you're doing with your Russian tanks is taking on peasants armed with slingshots, they work pretty well. Unfortunately for Putin, the Ukrainians have Javelins.
I was just going to ask if anyone had seen anything regarding them. This is certainly good new. Thanks.
Mostly agree. I liked how Trump never said much and think Biden should do more of it. You can take questions and not give away the family secrets though. Perhaps I'm a bit harder on Biden because I really want him to show strength and time after time, when given the opportunity he shows weakness. Maybe I just really want to erase from my memory his first meeting with Putin, where Biden took no questions, didn't talk to the media, and ceded the stage to Putin for 45 minutes.
We'll never know if Biden's weakness shown that day factored into the decisions Putin is making now, but we know it didn't help.
Because Trump showed Putin strength? How could Biden look weak by comparison?
"Our profits and comforts must not be disturbed"
The narrative of Biden being weak is pushed so hard by right wing media, it's become ingrained in the mindset of too many on that side of the aisle.
Biden is handling the Ukraine situation very well.
Makes me think the death toll is in the higher side of wide rage of estimate. For sure they are nearing 10k dead.
Probably a Pepsi but it made me laugh.
Great read. Some pics might be disturbing...or not.
A Ukrainian Town Deals Russia One of the War’s Most Decisive Routs
In the two-day battle of Voznesensk, local volunteers and the military repelled the invaders, who fled leaving behind armor and dead soldiers
VOZNESENSK, Ukraine—A Kalashnikov rifle slung over his shoulder, Voznesensk’s funeral director, Mykhailo Sokurenko, spent this Tuesday driving through fields and forests, picking up dead Russian soldiers and taking them to a freezer railway car piled with Russian bodies—the casualties of one of the most comprehensive routs President Vladimir Putin’s forces have suffered since he ordered the invasion of Ukraine.
A rapid Russian advance into the strategic southern town of 35,000 people, a gateway to a Ukrainian nuclear power station and pathway to attack Odessa from the back, would have showcased the Russian military’s abilities and severed Ukraine’s key communications lines.
Instead, the two-day battle of Voznesensk, details of which are only now emerging, turned decisively against the Russians. Judging from the destroyed and abandoned armor, Ukrainian forces, which comprised local volunteers and the professional military, eliminated most of a Russian battalion tactical group on March 2 and 3.
The Ukrainian defenders’ performance against a much-better-armed enemy in an overwhelmingly Russian-speaking region was successful in part because of widespread popular support for the Ukrainian cause—one reason the Russian invasion across the country has failed to achieve its principal goals so far. Ukraine on Wednesday said it was launching a counteroffensive on several fronts.
“Everyone is united against the common enemy,” said Voznesensk’s 32-year-old mayor, Yevheni Velichko, a former real-estate developer turned wartime commander, who, like other local officials, moves around with a gun. “We are defending our own land. We are at home.”
The Russian military says its Ukraine offensive is developing successfully and according to plan. Moscow hasn’t released updated casualty figures since acknowledging on March 2 the death of 498 troops, before the Voznesensk battle.
Russian survivors of the Voznesensk battle left behind nearly 30 of their 43 vehicles—tanks, armored personnel carriers, multiple-rocket launchers, trucks—as well as a downed Mi-24 attack helicopter, according to Ukrainian officials in the city. The helicopter’s remnants and some pieces of burned-out Russian armor were still scattered around Voznesensk on Tuesday.
Russian forces retreated more than 40 miles to the southeast, where other Ukrainian units have continued pounding them. Some dispersed in nearby forests, where local officials said 10 soldiers have been captured.
“We didn’t have a single tank against them, just rocket-propelled grenades, Javelin missiles and the help of artillery,” said Vadym Dombrovsky, commander of the Ukrainian special-forces reconnaissance group in the area and a Voznesensk resident. “The Russians didn’t expect us to be so strong. It was a surprise for them. If they had taken Voznesensk, they would have cut off the whole south of Ukraine.”
Ukrainian officers estimated that some 100 Russian troops died in Voznesensk, including those whose bodies were taken by retreating Russian troops or burned inside carbonized vehicles. As of Tuesday, 11 dead Russian soldiers were in the railway car turned morgue, with search parties looking for other bodies in nearby forests. Villagers buried some others.
...more at the link...
A Ukrainian Town Deals Russia One of the War’s Most Decisive Routs
In the two-day battle of Voznesensk, local volunteers and the military repelled the invaders, who fled leaving behind armor and dead soldiers
VOZNESENSK, Ukraine—A Kalashnikov rifle slung over his shoulder, Voznesensk’s funeral director, Mykhailo Sokurenko, spent this Tuesday driving through fields and forests, picking up dead Russian soldiers and taking them to a freezer railway car piled with Russian bodies—the casualties of one of the most comprehensive routs President Vladimir Putin’s forces have suffered since he ordered the invasion of Ukraine.
A rapid Russian advance into the strategic southern town of 35,000 people, a gateway to a Ukrainian nuclear power station and pathway to attack Odessa from the back, would have showcased the Russian military’s abilities and severed Ukraine’s key communications lines.
Instead, the two-day battle of Voznesensk, details of which are only now emerging, turned decisively against the Russians. Judging from the destroyed and abandoned armor, Ukrainian forces, which comprised local volunteers and the professional military, eliminated most of a Russian battalion tactical group on March 2 and 3.
The Ukrainian defenders’ performance against a much-better-armed enemy in an overwhelmingly Russian-speaking region was successful in part because of widespread popular support for the Ukrainian cause—one reason the Russian invasion across the country has failed to achieve its principal goals so far. Ukraine on Wednesday said it was launching a counteroffensive on several fronts.
“Everyone is united against the common enemy,” said Voznesensk’s 32-year-old mayor, Yevheni Velichko, a former real-estate developer turned wartime commander, who, like other local officials, moves around with a gun. “We are defending our own land. We are at home.”
The Russian military says its Ukraine offensive is developing successfully and according to plan. Moscow hasn’t released updated casualty figures since acknowledging on March 2 the death of 498 troops, before the Voznesensk battle.
Russian survivors of the Voznesensk battle left behind nearly 30 of their 43 vehicles—tanks, armored personnel carriers, multiple-rocket launchers, trucks—as well as a downed Mi-24 attack helicopter, according to Ukrainian officials in the city. The helicopter’s remnants and some pieces of burned-out Russian armor were still scattered around Voznesensk on Tuesday.
Russian forces retreated more than 40 miles to the southeast, where other Ukrainian units have continued pounding them. Some dispersed in nearby forests, where local officials said 10 soldiers have been captured.
“We didn’t have a single tank against them, just rocket-propelled grenades, Javelin missiles and the help of artillery,” said Vadym Dombrovsky, commander of the Ukrainian special-forces reconnaissance group in the area and a Voznesensk resident. “The Russians didn’t expect us to be so strong. It was a surprise for them. If they had taken Voznesensk, they would have cut off the whole south of Ukraine.”
Ukrainian officers estimated that some 100 Russian troops died in Voznesensk, including those whose bodies were taken by retreating Russian troops or burned inside carbonized vehicles. As of Tuesday, 11 dead Russian soldiers were in the railway car turned morgue, with search parties looking for other bodies in nearby forests. Villagers buried some others.
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God, I love this country. They get through and rebuild, it will be a top 10 tourist destination of world.
Funny he censors everything but is tipping his hand with these crazy meltdown talks being shown the people. They are hearing a buzz by now something is really wrong and his big talk the last two days will only show that, yes indeed, there is something really bad happening for Russia and it is because he is insane.
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This is like me walking up a bitch slapping The Rock to put him in his place.
I'm not a finance guy but this seems important. Too many acronyms for me to figure out but it looks like confidence in China and it's currency is dropping? Is that what this is? If so, that might really get Xi's attention.
Here is one thing I'm not sure I quite understand re: Putin's paranoia of being near people for fear of his own safety. He is still presumably in one of his palaces (Moscow or some other place, do we even know where he is?) He still would be around hundreds of people a day. Personal security in the high dozens, plus he is presumably walking around these huge conference rooms and living in these palaces with administrative and support staff in the high dozens as well. I mean he probably passes dozens and dozens of people a day to the enter a room with a photo op of people 100 feet from him. Or is he literally walking these office buildings and palaces totally isolated?
Or a delusional banty rooster trying to scare away a bald eagle. 🦅
I expected China to bail Russia out...it appears I was mistaken.
I hope that is true but I just a tiny bit skeptical as to authenticity. For such a dire situation I would think the tone of voice would be charged and full of emotion. Seemed like they were just reading a script. I very much hope I am wrong.
Who enforces the no fly zone? NATO? That’s essentially starting WWIII.
Nothing burger. Buy china mfg stocks. They’ll be getting cheap energy for years.
It already has. It is why they told Ukraine they were not going to join the war, they tried to support their stocks yesterday by saying they will ease up on regulations which will be finishing up and will work on a deal with the US for auditing purposes and they are making progress. My China stocks were up anywhere from 30-50% yesterday (I am still down 20% on the year). Essentially that chart is a day late and a dollar short. It looks like it goes through about the 12th-to the 13th, which if you remember is when there was rumors China was going to get involved in the war. A lot has changed in the last 24 hours.
NATO minus the US, maybe.
Can you imagine what a one sided slaughter this would be if the Russians had pulled this stunt on a NATO country?
Can someone break this down for me like I'm 5?
Asset managers don’t want to own as much stuff in a country that might find itself sanctioned to hell and back by the West for invading Taiwan.
China understands that WWIII doesn't end well for them, either...
Then you ain't lookin'
Because panels are everywhere I drive around, and most new developments they are included.
