This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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"ZSU "Gepard" somewhere in the Kharkiv region"
Shame on them for staying this long.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Uk...-Russia-terminating-auto-production-and-sales
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Uk...-Russia-terminating-auto-production-and-sales
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This is an excellent read from the Wall Street Journal. Free link:
www.wsj.com
Pushing East of Kupyansk, Ukrainian Forces Expand Offensive
Securing the remaining Russian-held urban areas on the town’s eastern side would clear the way for Ukrainian forces to push into Luhansk, one of the regions that Moscow seeks to annex through snap referendums under way.
www.wsj.com
Coincidence or revenge?
"The FSB has arrested Motoka Tatsunori, of the Japanese General Consulate in Vladivostok, Russia.
The diplomat was accused of soliciting secret information with regards to Russian trading with “an East Asian partner” to get around Western trade sanctions. He also solicited information on the impacts of Western sanctions on Primorsky Krai.
Tatsunori has been declared persona non grata of the Russian Federation, but it is not clear if he has been turned over to Japanese officials for deportation."
"The FSB has arrested Motoka Tatsunori, of the Japanese General Consulate in Vladivostok, Russia.
The diplomat was accused of soliciting secret information with regards to Russian trading with “an East Asian partner” to get around Western trade sanctions. He also solicited information on the impacts of Western sanctions on Primorsky Krai.
Tatsunori has been declared persona non grata of the Russian Federation, but it is not clear if he has been turned over to Japanese officials for deportation."
If this turns out the way we want, this would make a great film with more than just Ukranian interest.This is an excellent read from the Wall Street Journal. Free link:
Pushing East of Kupyansk, Ukrainian Forces Expand Offensive
Securing the remaining Russian-held urban areas on the town’s eastern side would clear the way for Ukrainian forces to push into Luhansk, one of the regions that Moscow seeks to annex through snap referendums under way.
"Ukrainian forces, including the all-volunteer International Legion created shortly after Russia invaded on Feb. 24, seized most of the Russian-occupied parts of the Kharkiv region, including the western half of Kupyansk, in a lightning offensive two weeks ago. This defeat prompted Moscow to start mobilizing hundreds of thousands of reservists as it attempts to shore up the crumbling front-lines.
"Our task is to finish mopping up the city, to keep holding it in case of a counterattack, and to continue the counteroffensive,” said Yan, a Ukrainian officer who commands a company of foreign Legionnaires. The Legion here works under the overall command of a Ukrainian army brigade responsible for this stretch of the front, many of its members drawn to the fight by reports of Russian atrocities."
The Iranian government is toilet. Someone needs to kill all those bastards. End of story.
Ukraine to slash ties with Iran over 'evil' drones supply to Russia
(Reuters) -Ukraine said on Friday it would downgrade diplomatic ties with Iran over Tehran's decision to supply Russian forces with drones, a move President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called "a collaboration with evil". Zelenskiy said a total of eight Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles had been...www.yahoo.com
Iran will make 'proportional' response to Ukraine reducing ties
Nasser Kanaani said Ukraine should "refrain from being influenced by third parties who seek to destroy relations between the two countries", a ministry statement said. Ukraine said on Friday that it would withdraw accreditation of the Iranian ambassador and significantly reduce the number of...
Wow, what a photoThis is an excellent read from the Wall Street Journal. Free link:
Pushing East of Kupyansk, Ukrainian Forces Expand Offensive
Securing the remaining Russian-held urban areas on the town’s eastern side would clear the way for Ukrainian forces to push into Luhansk, one of the regions that Moscow seeks to annex through snap referendums under way.
Hope this is a captured TOS-scary weapon.
"Russia’s “partial mobilization” cast another shadow on the already dire situation its Armed Forces are facing in Ukraine. The situation is so grotesque that even Russian President Vladimir Putin’s biggest cheerleaders find themselves trashing the way the mobilization is being conducted.
Top pro-Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov and head of RT Margarita Simonyan spent much of the broadcast of the state TV show, Sunday Evening With Vladimir Solovyov, by complaining about the issues with the mobilization. Solovyov said, “There are panicked calls on my phone, on Margarita’s phone, which shows that a number of people involved have forgotten how to do their jobs.”
Simonyan added that after listening to Putin’s announcement and the follow-up message from Russia’s Defense Ministry, she was under the impression that only people with prior military experience were subject to mobilization—but that’s not what happened. RT’s head said that she knows many people with prior combat experience, but none of them received any call-up notices."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/putin...r-mobilization-mutiny?source=articles&via=rss
Top pro-Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov and head of RT Margarita Simonyan spent much of the broadcast of the state TV show, Sunday Evening With Vladimir Solovyov, by complaining about the issues with the mobilization. Solovyov said, “There are panicked calls on my phone, on Margarita’s phone, which shows that a number of people involved have forgotten how to do their jobs.”
Simonyan added that after listening to Putin’s announcement and the follow-up message from Russia’s Defense Ministry, she was under the impression that only people with prior military experience were subject to mobilization—but that’s not what happened. RT’s head said that she knows many people with prior combat experience, but none of them received any call-up notices."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/putin...r-mobilization-mutiny?source=articles&via=rss
"Muscovy took out KrAZ cars of the 60s from storage and sends them to war in Ukraine. The regular army of the Russian Federation was defeated in Ukraine in 6 months, Moscow launched the reserves of the 1960-1950s."
"WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Negotiators to a stop-gap spending bill in the U.S. Congress have agreed to include about $12 billion in new aid to Ukraine in response to a request from the Biden administration, a source familiar with the talks said on Monday.
The source, who asked not to be identified, said the measure will also include resettlement funding for Afghan refugees.
Earlier this month, U.S. President Joe Biden asked Congress to provide $11.7 billion in new emergency military and economic aid for Ukraine."
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-congress-negotiators-set-12-bln-new-ukraine-aid-2022-09-26/
Jesus. That is lot of rockets fired and they seem to be hitting different targets, with the multiple explosions...
Vlad: hey recruits, I have some bad news, some good news, some more bad news, and some more good news. First the bad news you are being sent to the front line in tanks so old, they will open like a pop can when hit by a rocket/grenade. The good news is that these are so old, they do not have autoloaders storing ammo so that when you get hit, the turrent won't pop into the air several hundred feet. The bad news though is that will still die a firey death. The good news is it will be a quick death.
Heavy-Hitting American Tanks Are ‘On the Table’ for Ukraine’s Army
The move would reflect a major change of policy, buoyed by Ukraine’s successful counteroffensive in the east.
Ukrainians believe military success is joint result of Ukraine and the West
MONDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2022, 12:28 Approximately 80% of Ukrainians consider the current success of the Ukrainian army to be the result of joint efforts by Ukraine and its Western partners, though half of them believe that the Ukrainians' contribution to these achievements is the main one.
Give them some depleted uranium and heat shells. Those T-64's will become a shooting gallery.
Ukrainians believe military success is joint result of Ukraine and the West
MONDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2022, 12:28 Approximately 80% of Ukrainians consider the current success of the Ukrainian army to be the result of joint efforts by Ukraine and its Western partners, though half of them believe that the Ukrainians' contribution to these achievements is the main one.
U.S. Congress negotiators set nearly $12 bln in new Ukraine aid -sources
Negotiators of a stop-gap spending bill in the U.S. Congress have agreed to include nearly $12 billion in new military and economic aid to Ukraine, sources familiar with the talks said on Monday, reflecting continued bipartisan support for the Kyiv government in the wake of Russia's invasion.
I think most of us think that if the US did it, the other countries would follow. And the US has around 4,400 of them. On WIKI it mentioned that we had already offered 400 to Greece so it is only the fear of Russia's reaction that is preventing this.
Heavy-Hitting American Tanks Are ‘On the Table’ for Ukraine’s Army
The move would reflect a major change of policy, buoyed by Ukraine’s successful counteroffensive in the east.
That, and from what I gleaned from the article, it will take months to train Ukrainians to operate and maintain them. No time like the present.
Looks kind of like fireworks but does match videos from tonight.
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My brain can't process how people can watch things that ridiculous and take them seriously. But then, millions also watch Fox News, so . . .
There's too much of that in the last few days. Other defense industry enterprises are also reporting the same:
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Colleagues, I want to ask you to publish a letter on the topic of what is happening in the microelectronic industry, and I hope the military enlistment offices and the Ministry of Defense will hear and take action:
"Dear representatives of the Ministry of Defense, military enlistment offices, military Prosecutor's Office. In the microelectronics cluster in Zelenograd: Elins, Angstrom-T, Micron and others, and in other cities, employees are being mobilized and it is being planned to take hundreds of them. A number of key specialists have already been taken away. I want to clarify what microelectronics is for our country. Each specialist undergoes training up to his level for at least 10 years on very expensive installations that require the highest qualifications, with very specific knowledge. Electronics is the foundation of any modern technology. There is a shortage of specialists in the world now, they are being gathered, they are being fought for... and we are sending them to get a bullet, a knife and an 82-mm mortar shell. This human capital is worth hundreds of millions and saves lives by billions, creating technological parity for those who are at the front and who are from simple and mass professions, and somewhere [they create] an advantage on the battlefield. Come to your senses, the cycle of restoring the previous production capacity is from 10 years [and above], and taking into account such [possible] loss of educational and personnel potential – at least 20 years. You'll just bury the industry. I do not know who made this decision and who issues summonses to people working at these enterprises. But this is just sabotage or the fiercest stupidity with professional incompetence, if they cannot calculate the economy and the cost of human capital"
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Sincerely, Kostromin Vasily Vladimirovich
General Director of the technology company LLC "FRAXIS"
Software products, IoT and instrumentation production industry.
The U.S. and Ukraine have built a relationship that should be cherished for decades.
They know that if he succeeds in Ukraine, they are next.
