Russia/Ukraine conflict

[SwedishAdvocate]

Haven't seen this before:

Ukrainian M2A2 Bradley crew shot down a Russian FPV drone with its 25mm cannon.

x.com/clashreport/status/1805884261901156646

https://twitter.com/x/status/1805884261901156646

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

From the Swedish Blog that has been covering the The Russian Dictator's Illegal War and Occupation since the start. This is allegedly a section of one of the Dictator's main supply lines along the Kharkiv front. There are seemingly no more armored vehicles to use to supply the Dictator's minions at the front line, so the minions tasked with resupply are instead using the regular assortment of crappy dilapidated Russian minivans and cars. And in a War with FPV-drones that is working as expected... Unfortunately just a short segment of this road, so only three vehicle wrecks with some dead minions shown.

x.com/UkraineNewsLive/status/1805905825946349854

In Swedish:

UPPDATERAS: Ukrainas EU-förhandlingar har inletts - Shoigu och Gerasimov efterlyses av ICC i Haag - ytterligare 90 ukrainska försvarare släppta ur rysk fångenskap - Ryssland förbjuder 81 europeiska nyhetskällor, inklusive SR och SVT

Ukrainas (och Moldaviens) EU-förhandlingar om medlemskap inleddes igår tisdag. Ryske öb Gerasimov och fd frösvarsministern Shoigu är nu officiellt efterlysta som krigsförbrytare av den internationella krigsförbrytartribunalen i Haag. De ryska manskapsförlusterna fortsätter vara mycket tunga utan fra

cornucopia.se

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

From Igor Sushko on X:

BREAKING: US Embassy attaché in Ukraine found dead in his Hilton Kyiv hotel room. The unnamed individual just recently arrived to take the post on June 15th according to reports.The US State Department has taken custody of the body for autopsy. [...

x.com/igorsushko/status/1806009479986815223

https://twitter.com/x/status/1806009479986815223

 

[DrGriz]

Slovakia Expands Artillery Shell Production Under Czech Initiative

As part of the Czech initiative on artillery shells for Ukraine, Slovakia is restoring shells and expanding its capacity to produce new ones

mil.in.ua

 

[navguy12]

 

[DanCar]

English is an official language of international communication in Ukraine.

Zelensky signs law on use of English in Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on June 26 establishing English as an official language of international communication in Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian parliament's website.

kyivindependent.com

 

[Crutonius]

English is an official language of international communication in Ukraine.

Zelensky signs law on use of English in Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on June 26 establishing English as an official language of international communication in Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian parliament's website.

kyivindependent.com

Cool. My vacation in Ukraine when this is all over will be much easier now.

 

[Dangerous Fish]

Not for the meat waves though.

Pyongyang Says It Will Send Troops to Ukraine Within a Month

Or maybe not. Depending on who you believe...

Fact check: North Korea has not announced plans to send troops to Ukraine — yet | NK News

North Korea has not announced that it will dispatch troops to support Russia’s war against Ukraine within a month, despite multiple news reports that have made this claim this week. Picking up on comments made during a U.S. government briefing, the British tabloid Daily Express, Ukrainian...

www.nknews.org

 

[Crutonius]

South Korea has a population of 52 million.
NK about half that.

Iran 89 million.
Russia 144 million.
Ukraine 38 million (ouch! down about 5 million since the war started)

I don't know how North Korea makes use of their citizens. Given these numbers I don't think sending their young for meat wave attacks would work out well for them. Their soldiers are good at choreography but I don't know how much that'll help in a fight. Maybe they can send their most experienced soldiers who fought in the Korean War.

 

[madodel]

South Korea has a population of 52 million.
NK about half that.

Iran 89 million.
Russia 144 million.
Ukraine 38 million (ouch! down about 5 million since the war started)

I don't know how North Korea makes use of their citizens. Given these numbers I don't think sending their young for meat wave attacks would work out well for them. Their soldiers are good at choreography but I don't know how much that'll help in a fight. Maybe they can send their most experienced soldiers who fought in the Korean War.

According to the Google, North Korea has 950,000 active personnel 420,000 reserve military personnel. So despite a small population they have one of the largest military forces in the world.

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

South Korea has a population of 52 million.
NK about half that.

Iran 89 million.
Russia 144 million.
Ukraine 38 million (ouch! down about 5 million since the war started) [...

My guess is that the majority of those '5 million Ukrainians down since the war started' are women, children and elderly that are now refugees in various European countries. If you make similar adjustments for NK, Iran and Russia you're also going to get similarly adjusted population figures for those countries as well. And as far as I know – the Theocratic Military Dictatorship that is Iran hasn't said anything about sending troops to aid the Russian Dictator...

And remember... France, Poland and the Baltic countries have all been open about sending troops as well if it would have to come to that. And troops from France and Poland would mean that both the French and the Polish Air Forces got involved. And that would significantly change things. Neither NK nor Iran have any kind of comparable Air Forces.

 

[iPlug]

Nice if comes through:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1806386515683238360

 

[stopcrazypp]

South Korea has a population of 52 million.
NK about half that.

Iran 89 million.
Russia 144 million.
Ukraine 38 million (ouch! down about 5 million since the war started)

I don't know how North Korea makes use of their citizens. Given these numbers I don't think sending their young for meat wave attacks would work out well for them. Their soldiers are good at choreography but I don't know how much that'll help in a fight. Maybe they can send their most experienced soldiers who fought in the Korean War.

I looked it up, although I was aware of human wave tactics being used in the Korean war, I wasn't aware that actually it was employed by the PVA (the "volunteer" Chinese army at the time), not the North Korean army.

Human wave attack - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

So actually even North Korean soldiers that fought in the Korean war may not necessarily have experience with or be open to human wave tactics.

 

[DanCar]

Tweet theorizes about the impact of 8 additional patriot missiles from Israel.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1806390095786000494

Quote:
If Ukraine gets 8 Patriot Systems from Israel then it would be enough for Ukraine to defend almost every single major city, several F-16 air bases, a number of critical infrastructure sites, and have 4 Patriots closing nearly half of the air space to Russian jets on the front.

 

[Crutonius]

That's astonishing if true. Israel has been neutral in this conflict so far.

 

[stopcrazypp]

That's astonishing if true. Israel has been neutral in this conflict so far.

May have to do with cease-fire conditions that favor Russia first? Although a deal like this (the Patriot deal) may have been much longer in the making.

Two Russian-Israeli hostages first to be released in ceasefire deal, Hamas says - report

"We said that as soon as there is a (hostage deal) decision, the two Russians will be the first to be released," Marzouk told Russian state media.

m.jpost.com

 

[JupiterMan]

That's astonishing if true. Israel has been neutral in this conflict so far.

given the Gaza conflict IU would be very surprised if Israel did this, unless perhaps they have a surplus and it would be tied with a purchase of something else they need from the USA.

 

[DanCar]

given the Gaza conflict IU would be very surprised if Israel did this, unless perhaps they have a surplus and it would be tied with a purchase of something else they need from the USA.

Israel previously announced the retirement of these systems, in favor of their iron dome system.

Israel retires Patriot air defenses as native air defense systems step up - Breaking Defense

The decision comes amid Ukrainian clamoring for the system, though analysts doubted Israeli batteries would make their way north due to Russian sensitivities.

breakingdefense.com

Israel is retiring its Patriot missile batteries. They could help a struggling Ukraine.

Israel is retiring the Patriot air defense system after long dissatisfaction with it. But Patriot missiles have been crucial in Ukraine and elsewhere.

www.businessinsider.com

That's astonishing if true. Israel has been neutral in this conflict so far.

Early in the war Israel sent instructors to Ukraine, unlike almost every other country.

Israeli instructors return from Ukraine after HAMAS attack â Russian forces

Previously, Russian officials said that Israeli mercenaries were fighting in Ukraine, but there were no reports of Israeli troops

tass.com

Israeli Intelligence, Ex-Special Forces Helping Ukraine

Veterans of Israeli special forces units are intensively training Ukrainians to fight against the Russian army...

israelradar.com

A secret Israeli unit trains Ukrainians to fight Russians: Yedioth Ahronoth

A secret Israeli training unit had trained Ukrainian civilians to use the Israeli IWI Tavor TAR-21 in order to participate in battles against Russian soldiers, according to an Israeli newspaper.

english.almayadeen.net

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

A thread on X about the UK politician(?) Nigel Farage (as well as others) and the Russian Dictator's minions:

Nigel Farage's claims that the West allegedly provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine are not coming out of nowhere, and the context behind this picture from a few years ago helps understand his claims. Left: Farage, right: Nadia Borodi (Sass). 1/10

x.com/A_SHEKH0VTS0V/status/1805232954181886093

https://twitter.com/x/status/1805232954181886093

 

[madodel]

A thread on X about the UK politician(?) Nigel Farage (as well as others) and the Russian Dictator's minions:

Nigel Farage's claims that the West allegedly provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine are not coming out of nowhere, and the context behind this picture from a few years ago helps understand his claims. Left: Farage, right: Nadia Borodi (Sass). 1/10

x.com/A_SHEKH0VTS0V/status/1805232954181886093

https://twitter.com/x/status/1805232954181886093

I wonder if Brexit was instigated by Putin through his spy chicks to throw the EU into disarray? A shame how easy it is to manipulate people.