Russia/Ukraine conflict

[SwedishAdvocate]

Allegedly:

When are we going to see these (or some other UKR drones) in action? I thought UKR were going to respond to all the Shahed drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles that the Russian Dictator has bombarded UKR with...

twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1736040137656578386

EDIT: Weird... IIRC I've always been able to embed tweets from NOELreports. But not this time apparently. Oh, well... The link above works for me, so should work for you as well. Maybe the embedded tweet will appear in a couple of hours or something...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1736040137656578386

 

[madodel]

Good run down of the Ukrainian offensive over the past year.

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

The Democratic West is going to have to level up...

The short version:

Thread by @shashj on Thread Reader App

@shashj: The current challenge is to be realistic about Russian capacity in Ukraine without being fatalistic about Ukraine's prospects. This short 24-page paper by Estonia's defence ministry is a welcome effort at se...…

threadreaderapp.com

The long version (.ee is the top-level domain of Estonia):

https://kaitseministeerium.ee/sites/default/files/setting_transatlantic_defence_up_for_success_0.pdf

 

[navguy12]

Allegedly:

When are we going to see these (or some other UKR drones) in action? I thought UKR were going to respond to all the Shahed drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles that the Russian Dictator has bombarded UKR with...

twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1736040137656578386

EDIT: Weird... IIRC I've always been able to embed tweets from NOELreports. But not this time apparently. Oh, well... The link above works for me, so should work for you as well. Maybe the embedded tweet will appear in a couple of hours or something...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1736040137656578386

On the Reddit Ukraine thread, non of the twitter stuff shows…just links, no pictures of any kind. I’m also noticing that in a few instances on these threads as well.

 

[Artful Dodger]

The surreal Charade continues. The Russian Dictator purports to pass his Feudal empire off as some kind of democracy...

Why not? The four occupied Oblasts also voted to join Russia in a democratic referendum... /s

 

[madodel]

Perun interviews Gen. Ben Hodges (Ret) on what the US has learned from Ukraine. Its a lot learned.

 

[madodel]

Pretty ballsy of the Fins to seize Russian co-owned trains. Apparently negotiating with Ruzzia just wore out their last nerve.

Russian Railways calls Finland's train seizure unlawful

 

[SageBrush]

Pretty ballsy of the Fins to seize Russian co-owned trains.

Yeah, because Russia would never seize foreign owned assets

 

[AudubonB]

Hadn't Russia seized a Finnish electric utility company's assets in the past year?

On edit: yes, those of Fortum. Also, Russia stopped providing electricity to Finland over non-payments - seems to me similar to this train situation.

 

[samppa]

There's also something like 1000 railway cargo carriages that have been confiscated by Finland.

Fortum lost assets worth about 2 billion euros to Russia. You could say that investing to Russia was an idiots errand..

 

[madodel]

Yeah, because Russia would never seize foreign owned assets

My real point was now that Finland is part of NATO that don't have to fear Putler. They can do the right thing now.

 

[SageBrush]

My real point was now that Finland is part of NATO that don't have to fear Putler. They can do the right thing now.

My post was unclear. I was responding to the Russian complaint that Finland was acting illegally. I don't know if true, but Russia deserves what they got, and a WHOLE lot mroe.

 

[navguy12]

From yesterday’s Toronto Star:

Since the war in Ukraine began, thousands of people have fled Russian-occupied areas over myriad routes. Now, nearly two years in, “the corridor” is their only option to cross directly into Ukraine.

Once they get to the corridor, they must proceed on foot, traipsing through an open, treeless no man’s land, the whir of artillery and the whine of drones from nearby battles echoing in their ears. They are warned before they go that no one will be able to guarantee their safety as they cross. Some travel with children or elderly parents.

Toronto Star ePaper

Toronto Star ePaper

torontostarreplica.pressreader.com

 

[madodel]

The great air defense forces of Ruzzia had yet another success. Hopefully more of these direct hits in the future.

Air Force: Russian air defense downs its own Su-25 jet

 

[AZRI11]

Great article. Although it's a sobering and depressing read i believe this is how Ukraine wins this war. Putin doesn't want a stalemate, despite what some think. He wants to humiliate Ukraine and will not stop sending Russian soldiers to their deaths, because he wants Ukraine to beg for a ceasefire and give Russia what it wants, never becoming a NATO member.

Let's see Russia suffer massive casualties for a year or two more, trying to break through Ukraine's defensive lines, and then we'll see if Putin's government survives.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1736543244597514686

 

[Artful Dodger]

My post was unclear. I was responding to the Russian complaint that Finland was acting illegally. I don't know if true, but Russia deserves what they got, and a WHOLE lot mroe.

I disagree. I think that Putin has proper grounds to take this dispute to the World Court. Personally. /s

 

[navguy12]

From todays Globe and Mail emailed newsfeed:

Todays editorial cartoon:

Screenshot of the second lead in story:

The linked story is paywalled. This shot is the closing portion of a story that talks about WW1 style trench warfare, with the added dangers of drones:

 

[Crutonius]

EU considers depriving Hungary of right to vote

The EU has been considering the possibility of applying the provisions of Article 7 of the Treaty on the European Union, which can make it possible to deprive Budapest of the right to vote due to the requirements put forward by Hungary in exchange for financial assistance to Ukraine.

www.pravda.com.ua

Seems like the EU is finally starting to wise up to Orban's nonsense.

 

[madodel]

No winter slowdown. Putler wants some sort of gain no matter what the cost in lives.
Kremlin Launches New Round of Heavy Assaults, Kyiv Claims Attacks Repulsed, Near-Record Russian Losses

 

[navguy12]

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