War in Ukraine

[mzmc]

Ukrainian Male Soldiers Swimming in Pichka

Soldier Kink Sweeps Ukraine: Messages Surge When We're Kicking Putin's Butt (yahoo.com)

Some of us have those problems where so many women are texting us looking for hook-ups that we just don't have enough time to treat them all fairly. It's all about scheduling and setting a proper OML. Sure, you can't always see them all during liberty but you can have them work out some kind of group time.

Patriotic fervor can take all kinds of different forms, I guess.

[Uomo Senza Nome]

Ukraine Offensive Not Stalled, Bogged Down in Minefield Instead

Ukraine and its Western Backers Defend Kyiv's Tactics Amid Growing Fears of Stalemate (msn.com) 

So far in a month they have recaptured 38 square miles. Only 756 more months (63 years) to go until full liberation.


Russia Believed to Have Taken 20K Casualties in June

200,000 Casualties: Putin Has Sent the Russian Military to Die in Ukraine (msn.com)

At this rate, accounting for natural attrition and low reproduction, Russia will be completely depopulated in about 90 years.


Russia Getting Tired of Going it Alone

Why Russia is fighting in Ukraine without any allies (msn.com)
Putin sidesteps general mobilization: Chechen mercenaries, convicts to replace Wagner – Bloomberg (msn.com)

Bunch of Fugazzi Side line haters. They trying to save the world from Jewish Nazis and no one gets it.

[Uomo Senza Nome]

Russia Goes Balls Deep

Russia pulls troops from all regions to contain Ukraine's counteroffensive – UK intelligence | Ukrainska Pravda
(4) Russia has deployed over 180,000 troops to 2 major battlefronts, Ukrainian military says (cnn.com)
The Russians are coming! Why Putin might be massing 180,000 troops near the Donbas (msn.com)

With the attack stalled and the reserve never committed, if Russia launches a counter attack they could get flanked and annihilated. They would somehow have to fix or isolate the Ukrainian reserve, which I doubt they are able to.


Life Styles of the Rich and Infamous; How Does The Russian "Terry Ryan" Live? (Photos from the Prigozhin Raid last Week)

Putin humiliates Prigozhin by sending forces to raid warlord's palace (msn.com)

I bet he has more wigs than Terry Ryan, not sure about passports and loose change laying around.


Zelinskyy Suggests That Chechens are Just as Loyal as Pirgozhin

Zelenskyy: Don't be surprised if Chechen leader marches on Kremlin (msn.com)
Russia is split, chain of command crumbles – Zelenskyy (msn.com)

 Talking shit about your enemy is completely free.

[Uomo Senza Nome]

Austin Promises Ukraine Military He Will "Make it Rain", While Russia Troops Forced to Buy Own Ammo with No Pay

Ukraine's Defence Minister speaks with Austin and announces "good news" (msn.com)
Ukraine's Defence Minister speaks with Austin and announces "good news" (msn.com) 
Russian Troops Say Their Only Money Will Go to Ammo, Refuse to Fight (msn.com)
Russia's Lack of Ammunition and Fuel Will 'Become Fatal'—Ukraine (newsweek.com)

Some of the best intel is free. The Russian guys are literally one encounter away from surrender. If this is typical of units in theater, when the come apart hits, it will be dramatic, and certainly before the end of the month. Word is that Putin is sending everything he has left in running stock into the meat grinder. Speaking of ammunition....


US Offloads UN Banned Cluster Munitions to Ukraine

White House defends sending up to hundreds of thousands of cluster shells to Ukraine (msn.com)
Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Sending 'Hundreds Of Thousands' Of Cluster Munitions (thedrive.com)

Instead of calling them "banned" Western Media says they are "controversial". Then runs straight into defenses of their use (we want to win, don't care how). Honestly there are so mines on the ground right now the whole front is one big minefield. 100 years from now baby robots will be digging them up asking their parent robots about why humans were so dumb and selfish and willing to pollute the world to get a few more dollars to buy hookers and coke with. "That is why they went extinct"; the parents will say....


Priest Attempts Exorcism of Zelinskyy

Pro-Kremlin priest tries to attack Zelenskyy's motorcade in Bulgaria –video (msn.com)

Never could figure the Jewish Nazi angle. It seems to me just another BS reason to hate on Jews.


US Tries to Force Turkey and Hungary to Accept Sweden into NATO Death Pact

US in mad dash to get Sweden into NATO over opposition by Turkey, Hungary (msn.com)

One of the great things about having Turkey in there is that it is hard to build a consensus.

[Uomo Senza Nome]

Ukraine Potentially Now Has More Combat Capable Tanks Than Russia

Ukraine Has More Tanks Than Russia For First Time Ever (newsweek.com)
Ukraine Has Caught Up With Russia's Tank Numbers, Data Signal (msn.com)

Quite a change. More concerning is the type of tanks. On paper the T14 is a match for the M1. In reality, Russia has nothing that can actually match the M1 Tank. Also note the 75% attrition rate of Russia's MLRS forces. Without effective air power this is where the heavy long range fires come from.


General Surovikin Missing, Possibly Dead During Putin Purge

Russian general missing for two weeks feared dead after 'supporting coup against Putin' (gbnews.com)
Purged? Putin's 'General Armageddon' Suspected Dead After Vanishing for Two Weeks and Missing Wife's Birthday Party (msn.com)
Rumors of leadership purge in Russian military swirl after alleged detention of top general Surovikin (msn.com)

There is a theory running around out there that he may have been on the crashed C2 IL-22 aircraft. Better that than being held by Putin in some torture chamber.


500 Days of War in a Series of Battle Maps

Ukraine Maps Show Contrasting Counteroffensives Against Russian Forces (msn.com)

[Uomo Senza Nome]

Pushed to the Edge, Russia Starts Slipping into Complete Insanity for Foreign Policy

Vladimir Putin Sends Nuclear Bombers to Arctic Base Ahead of NATO Summit, Raising World War 3 Fears (msn.com) 
Russia demands inclusion of Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in NATO Summit agenda (msn.com) 
Medvedev threatens to strike three Ukrainian NPPs and nuclear facilities in Europe (msn.com) 

Naked threats of nuclear annihilation and mass destruction and contamination of the Europe for generations. Doesn't get much more raw than that. If he made good on that, Putin and the entire regime will never be dead enough. Personally, I don't want a big meal; but don't want to live under the boot heel of an insane tyrant either. Not once during this entire escapade has Putin shown in measure of rationality.


General Valery Gerasimov , Valiant Leader of Russian War Effort, Steps Down After Showing Great Improvement in Ukraine

Putin purges top general in charge of war against Ukraine (msn.com)

He should get a top block on his OER for not surrendering. 

[Uomo Senza Nome]

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General Gerasimov Returns to Special Operation After Well Deserved Vacation

Putin's top war general in Ukraine reappears after mysterious absence (msn.com)

This is totally not an AI deep fake so get your traitorous mind out of the gutter. He is just sitting their quietly listening to a briefing just like he always does, thinking deep thoughts about how to rid the world of authoritarian fascists.   


Ukrainian Nazi Battalion Deploys to Paris to Crush Freedom Protests

Russians spread fake news about deployment of Azov and Kraken regiments in France – Center for Countering Disinformation (msn.com)

Macron ordered this himself. Once our victorious forces defeat the cowards in the Ukraine they will continue on to conduct a Special Operation in France as well.


US Hackers Cause Irregularities to Property and Vital Statistics Official Records

47,000 Russian Troops Killed in Ukraine – Report (msn.com)
How many Russians have died in Ukraine? Data shows what Moscow hides (msn.com)

You might ask how many soldiers have been murdered by the fascist terrorists? I ask you comrade how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? If you had a choice would you rather live alone or die with your friends? If the sky is the limit what is beyond the sky?


Russia Begged The Ukrainian Fox Not to Throw Us in the Briar Patch and Now We Have Them Right Where We Want Them

Ukraine's defenders take commanding heights and keep Bakhmut under fire control − Defence Ministry (msn.com)
Trapped in Ukraine with No Victory: Putin Opened Pandora's Box (msn.com)
NATO agrees, Ukraine will join the without Membership Action Plan – Kuleba (msn.com)
Russia Facing Medical 'Crisis' After Suffering 200,000 Casualties In Ukraine, Says UK (msn.com)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/we-make-gains-on-bakhmut-front-russian-forces-trapped-in-certain-spots-ukraine-s-ground-forces-commander/ar-AA1dD09H?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=33e813df138d41b2b3994bff63be5ba8&ei=43


We will find out who the real tar baby is here..... Once Europe is cleansed of Nazis we will take the fight to the US and beyond.

[Uomo Senza Nome]

Russia to Challenge US Record in Iraq For Most Costly and Pointless War Lost in Human History

Putin Is Spending Billions of Dollars to Lose the War in Ukraine (msn.com)

WWIII IS COMING: Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Warns 'Completely Mad West' That All-Out Global Battle is 'Approaching' (msn.com)

"World War III is approaching. What does all this mean for us? Everything is obvious. The special military operation will continue with the same goals."

"Russia's true military expenditure remains uncertain due to a lack of transparency, including the use of classified budget lines, which account for approximately 22 percent of the Russian Government's total budget"


Wagner Group Surrenders Arms to Russian Government

Putin's Military Just Got a Huge Increase in Weapons (msn.com)

The Russian Federation "in accordance with the plan" has received more than 2,000 pieces of equipment and weapons, including hundreds of tanks, multiple models of Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS), an air defense system, self-propelled artillery mounts and armored personnel carriers from the Wagner Group,

The Purges Will Continue Until Morale Improves

Russian general accuses leaders of treachery amid political infighting and officers' deaths (msn.com)
Wagner chief Prigozhin 'probably dead', ex-US military official claims (msn.com)
Russia's military leaders are at each other's throats at a crucial time in the Ukraine war (msn.com)
War criminal Girkin warns of new army mutiny in Russia after General Popov's dismissal (msn.com)
Russian command is confused after Prigozhin's mutiny – General Milley (msn.com)
Does the arrest of ""Armageddon"" signal that the Putin purges have begun? (msn.com)
Does the arrest of ""Armageddon"" signal that the Putin purges have begun? (msn.com)

The problem with the Klingon Empire is having to kill your superior officer to take his position. At some point the officers become more concerned about their own survival than the mission and spend all their time trying not to get killed.

General Petreaus Tells Russia That Ukraine is "Just Not That Into You"

Retired US general and former CIA chief says Putin's Ukraine invasion has 'made NATO great again' (msn.com)

"Putin, of course, is still in denial. He doesn't look in the mirror yet and see a leader who made a catastrophically bad decision". We've all been in those toxic relationships where our friends all see it coming. It can be tough to let go, but sometimes it is for the best.


NATO Mulls Allowing Ukraine Membership To Start WWIII

Putin on brink as Russia allies tipped to abandon leader over Ukraine's NATO bid (msn.com)

She continued: "The worst possible case scenario is the need to invoke Article V which would force all of NATO to come to Ukraine's collective defense.

"Ironically, however, that is not really such a bad outcome because the mere threat of that happening could be enough to force Russia to flee and, second, there is no clear definition of what that assistance should look like.

"So these members could coordinate in a way to minimize risk and maximize strategic advantage, devastating Russian positions without incurring much of a response."

Tsukerman added: "The real risk in this scenario is conventional rather than nuclear - which is that Russia could look to expand the conflict by dragging in assorted mercenaries, terrorist groups, and state actors such as Iran who are already engaging in violations of European national sovereignty through attempted attacks and assassinations.

I say again, I don't want a big meal. If these idiots think that going to war with Russia is not such a bad thing I'd hate to think what they see as a good idea. Russia already believes WWIII is inevitable at this point and probably can't to sling some nukes.

[Uomo Senza Nome]

Western Media Has Fever Dreams of Another Russia Revolt

Putin's inner circle 'The Ozeros' are plotting to topple despot and end bloody Ukraine war (msn.com)
Threats of desertion are spreading in Russia's military as troops openly disrespect their commanders, experts say (msn.com)
Fears of second Wagner coup as troops on road to Moscow hours after haul of weapons found (msn.com)
'Chaos' is fueling fights among Putin's top commanders. These are the players battling for power. (msn.com)

It is the anniversary of the 1917 Revolts. But t seems unlikely to me. If there is one it will be short and brutal.


Trying to Supply Two Fronts, US Ammo Supplies Reaching Critical Levels

Taiwan Takes Delivery of Stinger Air Defense Missiles From US (thedefensepost.com)
CSIS Warns of Ammunition Shortages | AUSA
US ammunition running 'perilously low' from Biden's efforts to arm Ukraine, military strategist warns | Fox News
Javelin and Stinger missile maker complains of shortages of key components (easternherald.com)
US needs to speed up delivery of weapons to Taiwan, US general says | Reuters
How Congress could end our munitions shortage (washingtonexaminer.com)
Raytheon gets more than $1.86 billion in new missile work - Phoenix Business Journal (bizjournals.com)

In its first quarter 2023 report, Raytheon Technologies management acknowledged that supply chain bottlenecks persist, with the company currently catching up with what it estimates to be a "record" military production backlog of $180 billion. of dollars.

When the U.S. Army placed an order for 1,700 Stingers in May 2022, the Pentagon said the missiles wouldn't be delivered until 2026. Kremer said it will take about 30 months for Stingers to start rolling off of the production line largely because of the time it takes to set up the factory and train its employees."We were bringing back retired employees that are in their 70s ... to teach our new employees how to actually build a Stinger,"

[Uomo Senza Nome]

Tired of not Being Hated Enough, Russia Manufactures Food Crisis to Starve Impoverished Nations

Ukraine's farmers fear the worst after grain deal collapses (msn.com)
Wheat prices soar for a third day as Russia-Ukraine tensions stoke fears of major food crisis (msn.com)
Poland to close border with Ukraine if EU doesn't extend grain ban – Polish Prime Minister (msn.com)
Ukraine's Agriculture Ministry said Wednesday that recent attacks on Ukraine's southern port of Odesa and other cities had destroyed 60,000 tons of grain as well as crucial infrastructure.Western and Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of essentially attacking all those who rely on Ukraine's grain exports, and putting vulnerable people at risk. A large portion of Ukrainian grain and food products go to countries in Africa and the Middle East.

Ukraine will get military aid regardless. Note that the EU has a ban on imports from the Ukraine that preceded the war. The exports are actually for the rest of the world. Wheat is up 10% this week, wonder if bread will reach $10 a loaf? Need to check my flour reserves. Russia destroyed the grain holding facilities and 60,000 tons of wheat because they claimed the Ukes were using them to launch drone attacks. In all fairness they probably were.


After Suffering Heavy Losses, Ukraine Pauses to Rethink

After Suffering Heavy Losses, Ukrainians Paused to Rethink Strategy - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Russia massing 100,000 troops for attack on Kharkiv (msn.com)

War is hard. It is even harder they way they are doing it. Hanna Malyar, Ukraine's deputy defence minister, said that the Kupyansk attack may be a diversionary tactic used to lift pressure on sectors of the battlefield where Ukraine has been taking ground.
"As soon as we seize the operational initiative and start moving forward, the enemy immediately activates in other directions to distract and drag in our forces," she said. 

I just hate it when the enemy won't cooperate and die in place like they are supposed to.

[majorhavoc]

Russia destroyed the grain holding facilities and 60,000 tons of wheat

Enough to feed 270,000 people for a year, according to food relief organizations.  Dick move, Putin.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Russia destroyed the grain holding facilities and 60,000 tons of wheat

Enough to feed 270,000 people for a year, according to food relief organizations.  Dick move, Putin.

Putin is a walking dick move, Major.

If you were to look up "dick move" on Google (with safe search on, otherwise you'll probably get some weird results ), I can almost guarantee a picture of Putin shows up as one of the results.

[Uomo Senza Nome]

Putin gives zero fucks about starving people in Africa or anywhere else for that matter.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

I'm not even sure Putin gives a fuck about Putin.

Makes me wonder if there's a problem with the gray matter between his ears.

[Optimist]

Even without this I took an look at wheat berries the other day as I need to start rotating through mine, but I walked away with sticker shock. (Obviously this is not a real problem to have compared to being a starving third world refugee.)

[aikorob]

https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/23/the-latest-russian-strike-on-ukraines-odessa-leaves-1-dead-many-hurt-and-a-cathedral-badly
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3739331-russian-missile-hits-altar-of-odesas-famous-transfiguration-cathedral.html

less than a mile from 1 grain loading complex; and a mile and half from another
MIL's apartment is about a 20 min walk from this church

[Uomo Senza Nome]

Russia Claims to have Neutralized HIMARS with their own SHORAD Missile

Has Russia Neutralized Ukraine's NATO HIMARS? (msn.com) 

Rostec has reportedly designed an improved Pantsir variant that has a 100% success rate in taking down the HIMARS. While details are short surrounding this achievement, Russia's Ministry of Defense claims to have intercepted nearly a dozen HIMARS shells over a 24-hour period. Despite these claims, however, footage appears to prove that Ukrainian forces are still using HIMARS effectively to recapture territory.


Ukraine Drone Attacks Continue in Moscow

CNN: Ukrainian defense intelligence official says Kyiv behind Moscow drone attack (yahoo.com) 

Commenting on the drone attacks in Moscow and Russian-occupied Crimea earlier on July 24, Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov wrote on Telegram that "Whatever happens, there will be more of it."
"Last night, drones attacked the orc capital (Moscow) and Crimea. Electronic warfare and air defense are less and less able to protect occupiers' skies. Whatever happens, there will be more of it," his post read.


Putin Threatens to Seize Western Poland

Putin claims that western Poland is gift from Stalin (msn.com)

Not sure what fever dream is at play here. At this point Poland could maybe defeat all of Russia by itself. Poland is moving extra troops towards the border with Belarus in response to the arrival of Wagner forces who relocated there after a short-lived mutiny in Russia last month.


Ukraine Counter Offensive is Failing

Ukraine's counter-offensive is failing, with no easy fixes (telegraph.co.uk)
Putin hosts Lukashenko, says Ukraine counter-offensive has failed (msn.com)
Ukraine's counter-offensive far from failure, a lot of fighting left to go – US General Milley (yahoo.com)

"There is a difference between a war on paper and real war. These are real people in real machines who are clearing real minefields and are really dying"; - Some US General

You don't say?

This prescient article from April is a bit political, but you can't argue with the same points made here earlier.

Biden's team fears the aftermath of a failed Ukrainian counteroffensive - POLITICO

One side will say that Ukraine's advances would've worked had the administration given Kyiv everything it asked for, namely longer-range missiles, fighter jets and more air defenses..... Ukraine has hoped to sever Russia's land bridge to Crimea and U.S. officials are now skeptical that will happen......  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.S. hasn't adequately armed his forces properly and so, until then, the counteroffensive can't begin..... Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations. "It's expensive, we're running low on munitions, we've got other contingencies around the world to prepare for."

Ukraine Can't Do Anything With Tanks Alone, Its Top General Says (businessinsider.com)

"This is an unfair thing about war: victory is claimed by all, failure to one alone." - Tacitus

In this particular case, failure is going to be a complete orphan.

[mzmc]

South China Morning Post: China urges resumption of grain, fertiliser exports from Ukraine and Russia

It should be noted that while China has 18% of the world's population, is only had 9% of the world's agricultural area. Domestic production has been lacking for most of the 20th century. It depends on food imports.

Plus, the Chinese had massive problems with both droughts and flooding in various areas this year, further decreasing food production.

China imports most of its corn, and many other grains from Ukraine. Inflation is already screwing the general population very hard, and I don't think Xi is going to be thrilled about anything that has the potential to let cost of living spiral out of control.

Also, they share over 4200 km of border with Russia, and I bet they have no interest in any sort of clusterfuck that would destabalize Russia as a country (or as an economy, for that matter). Like, for example, a prolonged stalemate war.

This is going to get interesting.

[Uomo Senza Nome]

There is talk that Putin is trying to weaponize food. Mostly it looks like he is trying to protect the $3B Crimea bridge from attacks. Once the bridge drops, if ever, then it turns into a turkey shoot of drones and missiles vs watercraft trying to bring supplies and munitions ashore. The Ukraine should have put a lot more effort than they did in taking it down. In fact it should have been the highest priority target they had. Kind of like the Three Gorges Dam when if China attacks Taiwan.

Instead it looks like they drove around trying to find Russian Defenses with armored vehicles in hopes of finding a weakness. Didn't find one. Now what? They captured about 81 square miles. They shot 10,000 box cars full of missiles, artillery and other assorted ammo and netted next to nothing, other than box cars full of dead Russians. Even if the stats are true and Russia has lost 2.5X the number of troops that Ukraine has, that is still 100K casualties for the Ukes. Fighting a country with three times their population.

Ukraine has no long range fires which means that they can't disrupt logistics effectively or prevent troops movements. No matter how bad Russia sucks at those things, they can still do them. Without fighter craft, Russia can continue to stay at stand off range and drop munitions on the Ukraine who can do little to stop it. So basically the US gave them what they needed to fight to a stalemate.

[Uomo Senza Nome]

US Says Counter-offensive Has Begun for Reals This Time

Ukraine Situation Report: Main Thrust Of Counteroffensive Has Begun, Report States (msn.com)


They are bringing in the A Team off the bench so I guess we will see. It has been a whole lot of nothing up till now.


UN Says War is Even Worser, Putin Says He Will Fix the Food Crisis he Created for Free

UN official says latest Russian attacks on Ukraine 'signal a calamitous turn' (msn.com)
  Putin promises no-cost Russian grain shipments to 6 African countries (msn.com)

Absolutely no strings attached. With every bushel of wheat Putin will throw in a free T-55, slightly used.


Zelinsky Says He Will Destroy the Kerch Bridge and He Really Means it This Time

Zelenskyy advises Russians leave Crimea while Kerch Bridge is somehow still functioning (msn.com)

This is it, the big one, get out or else.