The UK says it has intelligence showing Russia targeted a Liberian-flagged cargo ship in the Black Sea with multiple missiles on August 24. The missiles, including 2 Kalibr missiles fired from a Black Sea Fleet missile carrier, were successfully shot down by Ukrainian forces. pic.twitter.com/96gtkskLVX
Russia fucking around. Not clear what’s up with the grain deal or what exactly Erdogan and Putin be doin but meanwhile cargo ships have been leaving Ukraine and are getting cover from UK.
“The information is confirmed by various sources in the medical and political circles,” Andriy Yusov, a representative of Ukraine’s military intelligence branch, told Obozrevatel, which first reported the news. “There is information that the war criminal Kadyrov is in a serious condition and the diseases that were there have worsened and caused such a serious condition.”
His ill-health is not due to an injury, Yusov added.
“It is not about injuries. Other details require additional clarification. He has been ill for a long time, and we are talking about systemic health problems,” he said. “For the last few days, he has been in a serious condition.”
Bonkers Russian Army recruitment commercial, in which soldiers under fire in a trench discuss Ukrainian real estate investments. (One wants to buy an apartment in Kyiv’s tony Pechersk neighborhood once it is conquered, the other says he prefers Odesa because of the sea…)
i think ukraine is making progress and will eventually cut off tokmak, and reach the sea. i don’t know if the front will collapse. i’ve now seen a prediction of a winter rout . it’s possible but likely depends on ZSU having reserves and rotating troops, and russia having used up most of its units already.
the tactics shifted to only storming a town after encirclement, control of supply routes, and exhaustion of the defenses. and that appears to be the new doctrine. which can go continue into cold weather, eg kherson was liberated in november. otoh, holding in the cold is also going to be more difficult when your logistics suck, and in late winter/spring ukraine will have gotten air strike capability.
it is the nineteenth month of a three day special military operation, and the colonialism in these orcs’ voices and soul has yet to suspect they are about to meet with reality
Colonel Reisner isnt very positive these days. He thinks its alarming that after 117 days of counter offensive there hasnt been an operational breakthrough. Ukraine probably needs around 4-5 cargo trains worth of equipment each week but it seems only the Americans are aware of that while the Europeans are sleeping at the wheel. Woulnd be surprising that Russia gets back into the driver seat eventually.
Not sure what thread is appropriate for this but lol at Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton squabbling over their pro-dictator, genocide-denying blood money.
. it’s possible but likely depends on ZSU having reserves and rotating troops, and russia having used up most of its units already.