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Another Russian General …
… two colonels and two lieutenant colonels among 150 Russian military killed in a single HIMARS strike in Kherson earlier.
The general in question is General Nasbulin of the 22nd Army corps and the attack is one of well over thirty in the last few days on command posts and ammunition stores in S and E Ukraine.
Luhansk city, 80km behind the front line, was also hit.
It looks also as if the US has given the go-ahead for the longer range 300km rockets to be sent to Ukraine
The tide may be turning
The general in question is General Nasbulin of the 22nd Army corps and the attack is one of well over thirty in the last few days on command posts and ammunition stores in S and E Ukraine.
Luhansk city, 80km behind the front line, was also hit.
It looks also as if the US has given the go-ahead for the longer range 300km rockets to be sent to Ukraine
The tide may be turning
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Zelenskiy plans 1 million troops to take back Crimea.
Hope so.
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Hope so.
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Some while ago now Ukraine vowed to raise an army of one million.
Now it looks at last as though they will have Nato weapons to fight with.
Crimea specifically wasn’t mentioned: the stated aim is to reclaim and defend the areas bordering the Azov and Black Seas and nullify the threat of being cut off from maritime access (and presumably also access to the Danube)
Now it looks at last as though they will have Nato weapons to fight with.
Crimea specifically wasn’t mentioned: the stated aim is to reclaim and defend the areas bordering the Azov and Black Seas and nullify the threat of being cut off from maritime access (and presumably also access to the Danube)
Yep almost certainly a combination of US/Western intelligence and "local reconnaissance"
And the occasional "security breach" by Russians no doubt too.
With Telegram channels all over the place and other social media the risk is high. A few weeks ago there was a DPR "soldier" who posted a pic of himself standing with a weapon, with a backdrop of cases and cases of artillery shells. Within minutes he's been geolocated and .... boom.
Last night there was the most impressive explosion in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson: a probably munitions store but it looks a bit like a mini-nuclear attack.
There is no way the Russins will ever run out of ammo, but it means they need to adopt other methods of bringing shells in to the operational areas: ie by train or lorry, and that slows everything don and leaves them open to further attach.
The HIMARS system is deadly: accurate to within 5 meters, and the 2000mph speed means they are more or less impervious to air defence.
And the occasional "security breach" by Russians no doubt too.
With Telegram channels all over the place and other social media the risk is high. A few weeks ago there was a DPR "soldier" who posted a pic of himself standing with a weapon, with a backdrop of cases and cases of artillery shells. Within minutes he's been geolocated and .... boom.
Last night there was the most impressive explosion in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson: a probably munitions store but it looks a bit like a mini-nuclear attack.
There is no way the Russins will ever run out of ammo, but it means they need to adopt other methods of bringing shells in to the operational areas: ie by train or lorry, and that slows everything don and leaves them open to further attach.
The HIMARS system is deadly: accurate to within 5 meters, and the 2000mph speed means they are more or less impervious to air defence.
The tide has certainly not turned in the east (34 civilians dead in Chasiv Yar due to a missile attack on an apartment) and the russian army still bludgeoning its way in Donbass for now despite all the Ukrainian rocket attacks. One small pocket in Luhansk region - around Bilohorivka - still holds out.
But in the south the Ukraine counter offensive has been going on for several weeks and is making steady if slow progress.
But in the south the Ukraine counter offensive has been going on for several weeks and is making steady if slow progress.
Reading Henry Kissinger, (He's 99, sharp as razor, just written a book, & knows an awful lot) He feels that Zelensky should aim to drive the Russians out to where things were before this present invasion, but has doubts about the Crimea, he says the, "Russian relationship to the region is different from that of the pure Ukrainian, because it has been Russian for hundreds of years";
sorry ichi, but I tend to agree with him.
sorry ichi, but I tend to agree with him.
The “Liberal Democrats” in the Duma have proposed changing Putin’s title from “President” to “Ruler” (Pravitel’)
Btw Russia switched off NordStream 1 for a week of “maintenance” and there’s some concern they won’t switch it back on. Germany has already moved to stage two of the EU’s three-stage fuel emergency procedures
Btw Russia switched off NordStream 1 for a week of “maintenance” and there’s some concern they won’t switch it back on. Germany has already moved to stage two of the EU’s three-stage fuel emergency procedures
Interviewing him (H.K.), Andrew Roberts opined that with that scenario,
nothing really punishes Putin for his aggression
"HK: Quite the contrary. If the war ends as I sketched at Davos, I think it will be a substantial achievement for the allies. Nato will have been strengthened by the addition of Finland and Sweden, creating the possibility of defence of the Baltic countries. Ukraine will have the largest conventional ground force in Europe linked to Nato or a member of it. Russia will have been shown that the fear that has hung over Europe since World War 2, of a Russian army descending – the conventional army descending into Europe across established borders – can be prevented by Nato conventional action. For the first time in recent history, Russia would have to face a need for coexistence with Europe as an entity, rather than America being the chief element in defending Europe with its nuclear forces."
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At least for the time being that would be some punishment, though much more will come, when the war crimes tribunals get under way.
nothing really punishes Putin for his aggression
"HK: Quite the contrary. If the war ends as I sketched at Davos, I think it will be a substantial achievement for the allies. Nato will have been strengthened by the addition of Finland and Sweden, creating the possibility of defence of the Baltic countries. Ukraine will have the largest conventional ground force in Europe linked to Nato or a member of it. Russia will have been shown that the fear that has hung over Europe since World War 2, of a Russian army descending – the conventional army descending into Europe across established borders – can be prevented by Nato conventional action. For the first time in recent history, Russia would have to face a need for coexistence with Europe as an entity, rather than America being the chief element in defending Europe with its nuclear forces."
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At least for the time being that would be some punishment, though much more will come, when the war crimes tribunals get under way.
IMO recapturing Crimea is long overdue. Regardless of how many Russian immigrants moved there, it isn't Russia, and Putin can not be seen to have gained from his u justified aggression. It sets a bad example to other tyrannies. Practical issues may prevent it but it would be a very bad thing to let Russia keep it's ill gotten empire expansion thus showing all and sundry that if you don't give a darn about your people you can trade their seemingly worthless lives (to you) for territory.
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