This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Probably just notable for Russian confirmation.
The aftermath of those huge fires shown yesterday from occupied Donetsk.
Looks like we need to wait until the weekend for 70k.
I really hope they report 200 dead tomorrow!!!!!! Hahahahaha
69420 is HORT’s number - they will hit it tomorrow at some point…
This is what I was worried about....Ukraine has to shift forces to counter the threat. Less forces for the main effort.
F Belarus.
The threat is most likely hollow as Belarus would include themselves in the ass whoopin but Ukraine has to honor the threat...can't totally disregard.
Hopefully it's 2nd rate units...units that have to be pulled off the line to reconstitute anyway and doesn't drastically reduce Ukraines offensive capabilities..(Ukraine might be overselling the shift as well....I've read a ton of military history and they used to call this "demonstrating"....oversell a shift in forces to make the enemy believe you have more forces along a line of attack than you actually do)
Ukraine having to shift forces...it's a huge border...almost makes Belarus an active participant on Russia's side. They're directly affecting the battlefield.
In addition...if the UN was even a halfway effective organization.....peace keeping troops along the Belarus border would be in order. Won't happen obviously but a UN peacekeeping force along that border would be justified in preventing escalation of the conflict...something 98% of the world wants.
But the UN is an ineffective organization at a time we need it to be effective.
(Belarus just blustering is almost more effective than being actively engaged....this is a threat Ukraine has to honor and can be kept up indefinitely. If Belarus actually attacked...Ukraine could kick their ass back across the border and basically eliminate the threat.)
This is a major development in the war and if Ukraines Offensives stall you can point to this.
It's all about buying time for Russia until the "Wests" resolve starts to falter...and it will falter eventually if economic predictions are correct. We don't do long term commitments very well in the West when political shifts come into play.
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Yet more footage of the attack on the railway.
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You think I'm pissed now-see what happens if you accidentally take out my Directv satellite!
October 26, 2022
WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action to counter the Government of the Russian Federation’s (GoR) persistent malign influence campaigns and systemic corruption in Moldova by imposing sanctions on nine individuals and 12 entities. The individuals and entities sanctioned today include oligarchs widely recognized for capturing and corrupting Moldova’s political and economic institutions and those acting as instruments of Russia’s global influence campaign, which seeks to manipulate the United States and its allies and partners, including Moldova and Ukraine. The designations include former Moldovan government official Vladimir Plahotniuc, who engaged in state capture by exerting control over and manipulating key sectors of Moldova’s government, including the law enforcement, electoral, and judicial sectors.
“The sanctions imposed today expose not only Russia’s covert strategy in Moldova, but also demonstrate how corruption undermines the rule of law,” said Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson. “Russian influence operations attempt to exploit weaknesses in target countries in order to destabilize them from within. The United States continues to support Moldovan efforts to combat corruption and counter Russian influence.”
I think this is a different video SIAP.
Captured documents reveal Russian army woes and fear of HIMARS
Russian troops abandoned thousands of internal documents at their command post during their retreat from Balakliia, Kharkiv Oblast, Reuters reported on Oct. 26.
Ukraine war proves Western technology is superior, German general says
“The overall experience and observation they’re making is as soon as Western technology comes into play, Russia cannot cope with it.”
Woodunit?
The Kremlin mocks the ‘freezing Europe’ while Russia spends billions of rubles on firewood to heat up schools and hospitals. A Novaya-Europe research
Woodunit? The Kremlin mocks the âfreezing Europeâ while Russia spends billions of rubles on firewood to heat up schools and hospitals. A Novaya-Europe research â Novaya Gazeta Europe
Vladimir Putin and Alyaksandar Lukashenka troll Europeans who are forced to buy firewood due to the lack of Russiaâs gas âlike in the Middle Ages.â Both, however, seem to leave behind the fact that many Russiaâs regions still use firewood for heating. The authorities spend over 3 billion rubles...
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Russian women worried about their sons dying in Ukraine should have more babies, influential Orthodox priest says
A Russian priest said Wednesday that mothers should have more children to make sending their sons to war in Ukraine less difficult.
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The truly crazy thing is we haven't even given Ukraine our really "good" stuff!
Ukraine war proves Western technology is superior, German general says
“The overall experience and observation they’re making is as soon as Western technology comes into play, Russia cannot cope with it.”www.yahoo.com
Russia is epically effed if it tries to take on NATO.
No doubt. No stealth planes, or any planes of choppers for that matter. No long range missiles or cruise missiles. No tanks. No Patriot system. No naval assets or support. While Ukraine might be starting to get some varsity equipment, most of what it has been given is jv stuff we just had in storage. We would close the skies over Ukraine for Russia and it would just be an absolute turkey shoot.
