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Russia/Ukraine conflict
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A Ukrainian bomb boat washed ashore near Sevastopol
Mysterious Uncrewed Vessel Washes Up in Russian-Occupied Crimea
Very MacGyver, but one may have gone off on a target yesterday.
Mysterious Uncrewed Vessel Washes Up in Russian-Occupied Crimea
Very MacGyver, but one may have gone off on a target yesterday.
X Fan
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follow the money and you will find corruption. USA has plenty of it including this huge COVID fraud case this week:
US: 48 exploited pandemic to steal $250M from food program
Federal authorities have charged 48 people in what they're calling the largest pandemic-related fraud scheme yet uncovered. The defendants allegedly stole $250 million from a federal program that provides meals
RobStark
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follow the money and you will find corruption. USA has plenty of it including this huge COVID fraud case this week:
US: 48 exploited pandemic to steal $250M from food program
Federal authorities have charged 48 people in what they're calling the largest pandemic-related fraud scheme yet uncovered. The defendants allegedly stole $250 million from a federal program that provides mealswww.wfmz.com
What we are talking is government officials stealing from the government, particularly high government officials.
Not private citizens defrauding the government.
The amount of stealing by high government American officials pails to what is going in Russia. Putin might be the wealthiest individual on Earth. China is probably a lot less than Russia but still way more than the USA.
And in the USA it is a lot more than the Scandinavian countries. Even the perception that you might be corrupt gets you tossed from politics in the Scandinavian countries.
Russia trying to sell LNG in Asia,
www.bangkokpost.com
Chinese power firms lobby Myanmar to buy Russian gas
Chinese companies operating in Myanmar’s electricity generation sector have asked the junta for assistance in importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia, the news outlet Frontier Myanmar reported Thursday.
This one may end out being among the most valuable contributions so long as there are many of them and the training people need for using them is included right now.
I doubt most of them will last that long. I've also seen reports of factory workers being summonsed to go directly to military units which will end up on the border within a few days from now. No training, just off you go.
They seem surprisingly optimistic. Guess reality will hit them in a few weeks/months
The speed of the mobilization suggests to me that as soon as the results of the sham referenda are in, there will be a big push of this cannon fodder to the front line to try and overwhelm Ukraine with numbers. That's not going to end well for the fodder.
SageBrush
REJECT Fascism
Putin is making Machiavelli proud.
I'm willing to wager that employed White Russians evade the conscription.
I'm willing to wager that employed White Russians evade the conscription.
Making some likes but really it is agree and I like nothing about it. Sadly lots of poor minorities will be cannon fodder. The sooner UKR moves to cut all the rail lines the better. Slow down their deployment, save lives. The USA can't upgrade the mechanization of UKR fast enough.
Well lots of people are talking about this yesterday and today. That is what I saw developing late last week, just because that's logical and tactically possible and strategically useful.
Desperate, Russia drafting men in their 50s already:
The Guardian’s Moscow correspondent Andrew Roth writes that the actual number of reservists called up to support Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine could exceed the 300,000 figure stated by the country’s defence minister, Sergei Shoigu.
Also reports that despite Putin claims, some getting drafted have no prior military experience. Based on this if you are in the medical field, you may get drafted regardless of prior service:
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/09/22/world/russia-ukraine-putin-news
The Guardian’s Moscow correspondent Andrew Roth writes that the actual number of reservists called up to support Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine could exceed the 300,000 figure stated by the country’s defence minister, Sergei Shoigu.
Also reports that despite Putin claims, some getting drafted have no prior military experience. Based on this if you are in the medical field, you may get drafted regardless of prior service:
Russian officials said the call-up would be limited to people with combat experience. But Yanina Nimayeva, a journalist from the Buryatia region of Siberia, wrote on Thursday that her husband — a father of five and an employee in the emergency department in the regional capital — had been called up despite never having served in the military. She said he had received a summons to an urgent meeting at 4 a.m. in which it was announced that a train had been organized to bring reservists to the city of Chita.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/09/22/world/russia-ukraine-putin-news
Yep, from "Agency News" - An independent Russian news channel on Telegram:
Novaya Gazeta.Europe also reported on Thursday, citing one source in the presidential administration, that the seventh clause of the presidential mobilization decree, hidden under the heading "For Official Use", actually allows you to call up a million people, and not 300,000, as said Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The Kremlin called this publication a "lie".
Context. The day before, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that those who served, have a military specialty and combat experience will be mobilized first of all.
At the same time, Putin's decree on mobilization does not indicate any restrictions on the age, category of fitness or territory of those called up for war. Also, the restrictions did not appear in the orders of the military commissars of several regions, which were published the day before.
t.me
I noticed that Putin emphasised "partial mobilization" in his adress yesterday. This surely means it's not that at all. Just like when he said he's not bluffing when he really is.
Novaya Gazeta.Europe also reported on Thursday, citing one source in the presidential administration, that the seventh clause of the presidential mobilization decree, hidden under the heading "For Official Use", actually allows you to call up a million people, and not 300,000, as said Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The Kremlin called this publication a "lie".
Context. The day before, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that those who served, have a military specialty and combat experience will be mobilized first of all.
At the same time, Putin's decree on mobilization does not indicate any restrictions on the age, category of fitness or territory of those called up for war. Also, the restrictions did not appear in the orders of the military commissars of several regions, which were published the day before.
Агентство. Новости
Новости, про которые боятся писать в России Расследования здесь: https://t.me/proektproekt Связаться с редакцией: [email protected] или @agentstwo_news_bot
t.me
I noticed that Putin emphasised "partial mobilization" in his adress yesterday. This surely means it's not that at all. Just like when he said he's not bluffing when he really is.
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To repeat a phrase I have seen a lot in the Institute for Study of War in the last couple months:Yep, from "Agency News" - An independent Russian news channel on Telegram:
Novaya Gazeta.Europe also reported on Thursday, citing one source in the presidential administration, that the seventh clause of the presidential mobilization decree, hidden under the heading "For Official Use", actually allows you to call up a million people, and not 300,000, as said Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The Kremlin called this publication a "lie".
Context. The day before, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that those who served, have a military specialty and combat experience will be mobilized first of all.
At the same time, Putin's decree on mobilization does not indicate any restrictions on the age, category of fitness or territory of those called up for war. Also, the restrictions did not appear in the orders of the military commissars of several regions, which were published the day before.
Агентство. Новости
Новости, про которые боятся писать в России Расследования здесь: https://t.me/proektproekt Связаться с редакцией: [email protected] или @agentstwo_news_bot
I noticed that Putin emphasised "partial mobilization" in his adress yesterday. This surely means it's not that at all. Just like when he said he's not bluffing when he really is.
"These actions are unlikely to significantly increase Russia's effective combat power."
petit_bateau
Active Member
Anonymous leaks from the Kremlin re deaths
59 373 military
17 561 PMC's
4638 National guard.
Thats KIA or MIA and not including LDR DPR
59 373 military
17 561 PMC's
4638 National guard.
Thats KIA or MIA and not including LDR DPR
I can’t your link to open, but I had seen reference to it last night. This morning there is another article with more info and a diagram. Note the reference to Starlink. Apologies if this duplicates what you posted.
That would much better match their mobilization numbers of 300K-1M.
bkp_duke
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If true, that's unsustainable. Even with 300k more "troops" as cannon fodder.
They can replace the men, but equipment is going to become an increasingly large problem.
For those that like them, this summary is out. I particularly enjoy these as the battlefield summaries and maps are excellent.
These are released once monthly, so the Karkiv changes, are not included.
SwedishAdvocate
Active Member
Allegedly:
Credit goes to (in Swedish):
cornucopia.se
Credit goes to (in Swedish):
Över 200 Azovstahlfångar frisläppta efter förhandlingar - Lyman fortsätter inringas - mycket stora ryska förluster - panik i Ryssland över mobilisering
Över 200 Azovstahlfångar utväxlades efter lyckade förhandlingar igår, inklusive många från sociala medier och fotografier kända personer. Lyman fortsätter inringas av Ukraina i vad som verkar vara en förnyad offensiv med mycket stora ryska förluster. Det råder panik i Ryssland över mobiliseringen oc
cornucopia.se
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Sure but you are missing my greater point is that when there is money involved corruption happens (btw: pick a US program that has substantial $ associated with it and you will find significant losses due to fraud....ie, Medicare/Medicaid, Covid, etc). Bad actor Governments pilfer more easily but like I said if there is substantial money available, fraud follows.
