Posted by: alek_a | Oct 22 2022 9:03 utc | 193
“In essence, if there is a sellers cartel why not then also a buyers cartel? The EU countries want to have a more diverse supply and not be dependent on single points of failure because they can be blackmailed. It is only rational from an economic perspective, right?”
Wrong! It’s this sort of economic illiteracy that causes problems. A “buyers cartel” in this case would simply a group trying to dictate prices for commodities that it needs to buy in order to survive. Hardly operating from a position of strength.
Price controls always lead to shortages as sellers/producers would rather 1) not supply you than sell at a loss, 2) sell elsewhere where price controls are not present and get a better price or 3) simply not supply you at all for having the cheek to assert price controls.
Russia has already said it will not supply energy to any country that implements price controls (option 3 above). So, there will be zero supply of Russian oil/gas to the EU and the “buyers cartel” will find it’s not able to buy anything because the seller doesn’t want its custom.

Posted by: Jax | Oct 22 2022 10:48 utc | 203

I reckon a lot of the anti-semite accounts here are BND sock-puppets. What was it, like, two weeks ago it came out that German intelligence runs anti-semitic social media activity to “gather intelligence” (however the hell that works)?
Posted by: line islands | Oct 22 2022 9:39 utc | 200

You are describing “Honey pots”, sites meant to entrap Germans who think maybe Germany should be run by Germans. There are laws there against wrong think.

Posted by: Stones | Oct 22 2022 10:48 utc | 205

Maybe this new Russian general operating in Ukraine is finally somebody smart enough.
marko | Oct 22 2022 10:32 utc | 209
We don’t know how much he is allowed to do. Remember that Abramoboy was in the negotiating team in March-April, representing the side of himself. If he doesn’t allow it, no one will dare hit any factory or whatever he owns there.
Belgorod was hit again today, so far 5 wounded. And almost every other day. And Antonovsky bridge. And Kherson convoys but they claim to have shot down all himars this time.

Posted by: rk | Oct 22 2022 10:52 utc | 207

Maybe this new Russian general operating in Ukraine is finally somebody smart enough.
It seems that he realizes that by creating 5-10 mil refugees, that would all go to Germany, Russia can win this war without too much deaths.
Germany should provide shelter, food and electricity to these people.
Posted by: marko | Oct 22 2022 10:32 utc | 209
I don’t wish to criticize you or the general, but it is an obvious thing to attack the logistics arrangements of your opponent(s). I have been inferring that the Russians are in no hurry to end the war by the fact that they have left Kiev logistics chain to function well. And I infer now that they want to move things on. Winter is coming for one thing. And in any case that is what will create the refugees, the fact the the war is about to get a lot more serious and distributed around. The phony war is ending.

Posted by: Bemildred | Oct 22 2022 10:54 utc | 209

UPDATE: the total wounded in Belgorod has increased to 15, 4 critical.

Posted by: rk | Oct 22 2022 10:55 utc | 211

Posted by: anthony | Oct 22 2022 10:45 utc | 213
Dont forget that many have high stress hormones due to the world situation, already from the pandemic ongoing.
That people feel embittered and deviant is not strange I think. Myself I feel it as well.

Posted by: alek_a | Oct 22 2022 11:00 utc | 213

@Down South #212
The day after the bridge was blown Russia destroyed most air defense units in Ukraine forcing the UAF to scramble jets and protect Nato Poland every single time a missle is fired. They have caught the Ukies flying a few times with this rocket lure.

Posted by: OohCanada | Oct 22 2022 11:05 utc | 215

So. The “monkeywerx” guy, who trawls through open source flight data and other similar, has his Friday update loaded.
Here’s a few (probably not exact) segments I found interesting:
Timestamps:
42:50 What’s happening in Burkino Faso?
“Agency gray bird”
44:40
Poland. Hotter than a junkies spoon
NATO trying to get assets in before winter.
FOB….We’ve got…… a lotta troops there
46:00 troops troops troops and ordnance. Troops.
Massive uptick in troop movement
47:40 Notice the flights coming out of Australia [. NW WA]
“We’re starting to put missile assets in Australia
“It’s a strategic location for us
“It’s a location where we can test hypersonics because they have a range out here [ cursor indicates Maralinga ]
“There’s only like 3-4 in the world where we can test like our ICBMs and hypersonics….one’s off the coast of Africa. One’s Australia…
“This is probably delivering things like …[mumbles something]. [my hearing is not good… which is why I prefer to read than vid]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLPiw7THUZE

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 22 2022 11:09 utc | 217

Posted by: alek_a | Oct 22 2022 11:09 utc | 227
Western economies were very far based on global dispersion/outsourcing/JIT-JOT deliveries to create a functioning supply chain. All these global based structures are gone.
Yesterday I viewed a video where EU is declaring a “cold war” against China. This will just further disrupt everything in Nato economies. The video analyzes Ursula von der Leyen’s “important speach of the decade” word to word.
The gist of is it that EU will try to compete against China especially in Africa for colonialist control of resources. They are also envisioning that Egypt and Israel produce hydrogen for EU. But if one has time I suggest to watch it.
While Ursula VDL is dreaming and making “historical” speeches, the reality on the ground is the EU economy is already in “tatters” as she herself earlier put it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW4Sc6JAJEs

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 22 2022 11:27 utc | 219

The gist of is it that EU will try to compete against China especially in Africa for colonialist control of resources.
Posted by: unimperator | Oct 22 2022 11:27 utc | 230
Meanwhile China builds …
Zimbabwe Unveils New Parliament Building ==> https://youtu.be/dIJZS0RZTTc
10 Most Impressive Mega Projects in Zimbabwe ==> https://youtu.be/Or4OVLkh1Ow
Egypt’s New $45 Billion Administrative Capital ==> https://youtu.be/9hgRjWqvtJs
Talk is cheap.

Posted by: too scents | Oct 22 2022 11:42 utc | 221

Russia’s defense incompetence rages on witha addtional victims…
At least five civilians wounded in Ukrainian military shelling of Belgorod Region
https://tass.com/russia/1526099
Two civilians killed, two more wounded in Ukrainian army’s shelling of DPR over past day
https://tass.com/world/1526085

Posted by: Zanon | Oct 22 2022 11:48 utc | 223

⚡️Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (22 October 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
💥 With high-precision weapons, the Russian Aerospace Forces targeted the workshops of the Kommunar defence enterprise, destroying the head parts for the Ukrainian anti-ship missiles Neptune produced at this enterprise.
◽️In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy made a failed attempt to launch an offensive against Kuzemovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
More than 20 personnel, 1 tank, 1 armoured personnel carrier, and 3 cars were annihilated by Russian troops when they repelled the attack.
◽️In the Krasny Liman direction, with forces up to a battalion tactical group, the enemy attempted to attack the Russian positions in the direction of Chervonopopovka (Lugansk People’s Republic), and Novovodyanoye (Lugansk People’s Republic) with 2 reinforced companies. All enemy attacks have been repulsed.
More than 80 Ukrainian personnel were neutralised, as well as 6 tanks, 4 armoured fighting vehicles, and 5 pickup trucks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
◽️In the South-Donetsk direction, the enemy forces of two company tactical units attacked the positions of Russian troops in the direction of Balka Solenaya and heights near Vremevka. The enemy suffered losses of 25 Ukrainian personnel, 2 tanks, 3 infantry combat vehicles, and 2 cars before being scattered by artillery fire.
◽️In the Nikolayev–Krivoy Rog direction, the enemy attempted to breach the Russian troops’ defences by sending up to 2 battalion tactical groups in the direction of Pyatikhatki, Sukhanovo, Sablukovka, Bezvodnoye, Bruskinskoye, and Pravdino (Kherson region). The Russian troops successfully repulsed all the attacks, the enemy was driven back to the original positions. More than 130 Ukrainian personnel, 2 tanks, 9 armoured fighting vehicles, and 13 cars were neutralised.
💥 Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops, and artillery strikes hit 3 AFU command posts close to Kupyansk (Kharkov region), and the city of Zaporozhye, as well as 72 artillery units at firing positions, manpower and military hardware in 183 areas.
💥 3 ammunition depots near Novaya Kamenka (Kherson region) and the city of Zaporozhye, 2 weapon and military hardware storage facilities close to Torskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), and 1 storage facility for the combined group of AFU troops known as “Dnepr” close to the city of Zaporozhye were eliminated.
💥 Furthermore, an oil terminal storing 56 thousand tons of diesel fuel for the AFU combined group of forces, known as the “Dnepr,” was destroyed close to Alekseyevka (Dnipropetrovsk region).
💥 Operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down 1 MiG-29 of Ukrainian Air Force near Peremoga (Nikolayev region).
💥 6 Ukrainian drones were shot down by Russian Air Defence systems in settlement areas: Novonikanorivka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Zeleny Gai, Vladimirovka, and Nikolskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Tyaginka (Kherson region).
◽️ Moreover, 24 projectiles of the HIMARS, Olha, and Smerch MLRS were intercepted over the settlements of Antonovka, Olgovka, Dmitrenko, Novaya Kakhovka (Kherson region), Irmino, Popasnaya, and Novonikolskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic), and 3 U.S. HARM high-speed anti-radiation missiles.
📊 In total, 325 airplanes and 162 helicopters, 2,308 unmanned aerial vehicles, 383 anti-aircraft missile systems, 5,967 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 874 combat vehicles equipped with multiple rocket-launching systems, 3,516 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 6,709 units of special military hardware have been destroyed during the special military operation.

Posted by: Summary | Oct 22 2022 11:52 utc | 225

🇬🇧🇺🇦💡 Attacks of the Russian Armed Forces on the energy system of Ukraine as of 12.00 October 22, 2022 – Rybar’s analysis
🔻Possible objects of fire destruction
▪️Volyn and Rivne regions
Outages in Rivne and Lutsk can be explained by a blow to the 330 kV outdoor switchgear (OSG) of the Rovno NPP. But we doubt this: most likely, the strikes were made on the substations of the Lutsk-Severnaya 330 kV substation and the Rivne 330 kV substation.
▪️Kirovograd region
Taking into account the fact that power outages were noted in the Golovanevsky and Kropivnitsky districts, the RF Armed Forces could hit the Pobugskaya 330/110 kV substation (two 330/110 kV autotransformers and one 150/35 kV transformer).
▪️Odessa region
Judging by the picture of the power outage, the RF Armed Forces hit the Usatovo substation. The blow hit the general substation control point (OPU), since the open switchgear (OSG) is functioning. There are three 330/110kV autotransformers at the substation, most likely one of them was damaged.
Despite the blackouts in the Podolsk region, we were unable to confirm the defeat of the Podolskaya 330kV substation. Because then the picture of energy distribution would be different.
Behind the loss of electricity in the South, there is a blow to the 330/110 kV Ajalyk substation. Where exactly they got hit, it is impossible to understand without additional information. The hit is indirectly confirmed and explained by increased flows from Romania.
The outage in Mayaki indicates a probable strike on the Novoodesskaya 330/110 kV substation. The situation is similar with the Usatovo substation: if there was a blow, then it was not on the control room, but on one of the two autotransformers. The 330 kV outdoor switchgear is in operation.
▪️Khmelnitsky region
Repeated blow to the substation Khmelnitskaya 330/110 kV.

Posted by: Down South | Oct 22 2022 11:54 utc | 227

❗️ The administration of the Kherson region urged all residents of Kherson to “immediately leave the city.”
According to the message, the inhabitants of Kherson and all the institutions of the administration “should cross today to the left bank of the Dnieper.”
Deputy head of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov told how the evacuation of residents is progressing: “About 25 thousand have already moved to the left bank. We are not forcing anyone, we are not forcibly dragging anyone anywhere. There is some part of the “waiters”, they are waiting for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But I think they will only wait for the shelling carried by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
Stremousov added that “We are ready to defend the city of Kherson.”

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/15986

Posted by: Down South | Oct 22 2022 11:59 utc | 229

I apologize for the post Oct 22 2022 16:38 that appears to be suffering from the time stamp bug. The real timestamp should be approximately Oct 22 11:38 2022 UTC

Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 22 2022 12:09 utc | 231

NOTHING TO SEE HERE FOLKS: Just a whole bunch of elite American troops playing WAR GAMES close to border with Ukraine in Romania, but not to worry as NATO’s not looking to fight Russia head-on, right? Well, it turns out US Army 101st Airborne Division’s commanders are actually STRAINING AT THEIR LEASHES, saying they will NOT HESISTATE to get out of Romania and jump FEET-FIRST into Ukraine if CONFLICT arises between Russia and NATO, and they’ve already been watching Russian-led troops closely and making drills to “REPLICATE” Ukraine conflict.
We can only hope LEASHES on US forces are tightly-held by Washington, or we could see over-eager American commanders rush in and cause ALL-OUT WAR just because they’re EAGER to get some action.
https://t.me/IntelRepublic/7341

Posted by: Jax | Oct 22 2022 13:05 utc | 233

@Gerrard White | Oct 22 2022 13:06 utc | 247
If you thought my comment (Oct 22 2022 6:39 utc | 170) was untrue or irrelevant, you could ignore it or laugh about it. But your repeated attacks is an admission that what I said about trolls is in fact true and relevant to you. Other than that, see this. Go and troll someone else.

Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 22 2022 13:24 utc | 235

@Melaleuca | Oct 22 2022 19:43 utc | 278
When you see “Romanian army” or “Bulgarian army” just laugh. There is no “army”. Nato yearly training ends with vehicles stuck in mud and F-16 that lose fuel storage tanks form the air. Yes, these are true events. Very old Migs often fall from the sky too. The US army itself flew over capital city and one of the blackhawk helicopters simply fell in the middle of a high traffic road. The pilot was good enough not to kill anyone though. It took a day to disassemble the blades, destroyed by hitting trees and stuff, and drag the helicopter on its little wheels out of the city.
They can be cannon fodder, that is true. For about 2-4 weeks until they’re all dead. The only reason Romania is in nato is because of the missile base. They exist just to shoot a few missiles towards Russia until they’re all dead.

Posted by: rk | Oct 22 2022 14:59 utc | 237

@Gerrard White | Oct 22 2022 10:25 utc | 206

I understand that you think

If that is correct, your reply is disingenuous. But obviously, claiming to be a mind reader is not credible.

I understand that you think you can define trolls according to an obselete middlebrow knowledge of a culture/tradition sliver, and which you feel gives you dispensation, when it has nothing to do with the current all enveloping word and context, one which defines every structure of your life

Well you insist on claiming you can read my mind and I told you before that your reading is entirely wrong, and totally your own creation. I am guessing you are projecting.

And which attempt at dispensation blinds you to your PMC prejudices and propaganda, and to your status as valet to the ruling class

I have no idea what this is about, it has nothing to do with me or what I said. You are just commenting on your own perceptions.
To help resolve your confusion, I was commenting (Oct 22 2022 6:39 utc | 170) on the issue of trolls by referring to trolls in a Norwegian fairy tale because it perfectly illustrates an important aspect of trolls in thread like this. In the fairy tale the leading troll is the only one with an eye to see, the rest are just blind followers. This is exactly the issue with trolls on a thread like this. The “vision” of the lead troll is issued to the blind followers here so they can act on it, and nothing else.
But of course you knew that.

Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 22 2022 16:38 utc | 239

Jax | Oct 22 2022 13:05 utc | 246
Those are around 1k or 1k5 spread all over Eastern Europe. In theory they’re simple propaganda. Their life expectancy in a war is less than a week but in theory Russia should be at least at Donbass borders after 8 months. So theory and practice are very different if you add Russian politicians and generals to the formula.
US troops in EE are also to control local slave government. In case of war, nato troops will sit and watch, send Romanian and other retards to die like they do with Ukr retards in Ukr.

Posted by: rk | Oct 22 2022 18:22 utc | 241

Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 22 2022 16:38 utc | 249
Maybe you shouldn’t bother. I think that Gerrard is also a troll, of a more sophisticated kind, a Mist Lord.
Some of the high end trolls pretend to write by real names. We had a “Spanish” guy a few months ago, and there is a Brit, namesake of a famous opposition politician.
I think the Indian guy may be legit, though, or very good.
Trollology is an infinitely fascinating subject, but OT, so we shouldn’t perhaps dwell too much upon it… 😉

Posted by: veto | Oct 22 2022 18:34 utc | 243

unimperator | Oct 22 2022 18:34 utc
Those numbers are horrifying.

Posted by: spudski | Oct 22 2022 18:44 utc | 245

Posted by: Gerrard White | Oct 22 2022 13:06 utc | 247
“The RF would call such as you a traitor, the Chinese a running dog, the Africans a ‘vendu’”
Of course ‘Africans’ use only one language. And the word of RF is paramount!
Excellent example of the coming ‘multipolar world’ Take heed, eveybody not promised the filthy lucre of RF!

Posted by: Membrum Virile | Oct 22 2022 18:46 utc | 247

unimperator @ 254
It’s all Zelensky’s fault. He is not an ethnic Ukrainian, not even a Slav, and he is in the game of destroying the Ukrainian males. with Biden and Johnsoniuk (Truss) helping.

Posted by: Paulg | Oct 22 2022 18:52 utc | 249

Dear Marco, Zanon etc.
Ukraine has an unlimited supply of MONEY not resources vital for running a war.
“Money” is useless in a war zone unless it can be converted into fuel, food, ammo or information. Yes you can burn it to keep warm, use it to wipe you ass and it tastes decent with peanut butter (preferably not the same bills you wipe your ass with) but it takes an awful lot of bills to stop an ATGM round.
Posted by: Dave_k | Oct 22 2022 12:10 utc | 245
But @Dave_k. Don’t you see that the West is able to transform that money into weapons, locomotives, mercenaries and anything Ukraine needs.
Don’t you see that EU, with such a huge population, with huge armies, is behind Ukraine?

Posted by: marko | Oct 22 2022 18:59 utc | 251

Dear Marco, Zanon etc.
Ukraine has an unlimited supply of MONEY not resources vital for running a war.
And Romanians, Poles, Croats, Estonians etc.
They need that money and they are ready to attack Russians.

Posted by: marko | Oct 22 2022 19:03 utc | 253

Meloni will fold like a wet handkerchief the moment von der Lying puts on the pressure. Having thrown away its financial independence, Italy has no possibility of economic survival without the patronage of the EU.

Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayast | Oct 22 2022 19:03 utc | 255

Dave_k
Ukraine has an unlimited supply of MONEY not resources vital for running a war.
No they are more or less unlimited in arms supply from US, EU, Nato. Russia however is running low on both (arms and money) and will reach the pit before Ukraine does, that is why it should have been obvious for Russia, from the start, to make a quick win in this war. They have not been able to do that.

Posted by: Zanon | Oct 22 2022 19:14 utc | 257

Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayast | Oct 22 2022 19:03 utc | 265
EU will soon crack through Target 2 balance and ECB recognized as failed, permanently large current account deficit and end of free money for peripheral countries. This started from most, of the best, export businesses going into hibernation or bust, through a combination of reasons varying from energy policies and self-sustaining aggregate demand problems through employment, poverty etc.
The only way to “save” EU is to turn it into 110 % control economy, controlled by the Euro commission. That is what Ursula VDL is trying to do. I have my doubts that even half of these peripheral participants will go along with that.
Poland has earlier already purposefully sown discord in an effort to dismantle the euro zone, that’s what I think will happen.

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 22 2022 19:16 utc | 259

❗️The aggravation of the situation in the Kremennaya area.
The enemy is trying with all his might to reach Chervonopopovka and Zhitlovka from the side of Tern. Acting with forces of up to two battalions, which are reinforced by the remnants of the tank company of the formation of the regime, they do not abandon attempts to bypass Kremennaya to the north.
Young Ukrainians are not afraid to die. Young Russians want to become consumers, to be like Americans.
Simple as that.

Posted by: Marko | Oct 22 2022 19:21 utc | 261

143
jewish ritual sacrifice story and books throughout history was invented by sour sauer germans
moloch is not real
those folks dancing are germans nazi evil doers call them new hitler trolls polluting the well : )

Posted by: gordon | Oct 22 2022 19:30 utc | 263

To get the project started, UT Austin acquired a Starlink terminal and used it to stream high-definition tennis videos of Rafael Nadal from YouTube. This provided a constant source of Starlink signals that a separate nearby antenna could listen in on.
Humphreys quickly realized that Starlink relies on a technology called orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM). OFDM is an efficient method of encoding digital transmissions, originally developed at Bell Labs in the 1960s and now used in Wi-Fi and 5G. “OFDM is all the rage,” says Mark Psiaki, a GPS expert and aerospace professor at Virginia Tech. “It’s a way to pack the most bits per second into a given bandwidth.”
The UT Austin researchers did not try to break Starlink’s encryption or access any user data coming down from satellites. Instead, they sought out synchronization sequences—predictable, repeating signals beamed down by the satellites in orbit to help receivers coordinate with them. Not only did Humphreys find such sequences, but “we were pleasantly surprised to find that they [had] more synchronization sequences than is strictly required,” he says.
Each sequence also contains clues to the satellite’s distance and velocity. With the Starlink satellites transmitting about four sequences every millisecond “that’s just wonderful for dual use of their system for positioning,” says Humphreys.
If the terrestrial receiver has a good idea of the satellites’ movements—which SpaceX shares online to reduce the risk of orbital collisions—it can use the sequences’ regularity to work out which satellite they came from, and then calculate the distance to that satellite. By repeating this process for multiple satellites, a receiver can locate itself to within about 30 meters, says Humphreys.

Starlink signals can be reverse-engineered to work like GPS—whether SpaceX likes it or not

Posted by: Down South | Oct 22 2022 19:38 utc | 265

This is one of the vids on that newsfeed Twitter that got nuked while I was reading!: Found it elsewhere….
re 101st airborne…. Ready to roll from Romania at a moment’s notice.
Also, taking joyrides to edge of the Ukrainian Romanian border… on the Black Sea..
“HISTORIC DEPLOYMENT: CBS News has been given exclusive access to the Army’s 101st Airborne Division as they are deployed to Europe for the first time since the last World War. They are now the closest U.S. forces to the fight in Ukraine.”
https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/1583596082541383680
Comments:
> “This is not a training deployment, this is a combat deployment.
We are here if we are needed”.
“Quite a warning from Brigadier General John Lubas, 101st Airborne Division.
“This exercise with live ammunition and the Romanian army is only 5km from the Ukraine border.”

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 22 2022 19:43 utc | 267

Here was a statement by UAF general Krivonos on beginning of September:
‼️🇺🇦☠️General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Krivonos: Ukraine’s losses in the battle with Russia amount to hundreds of thousands of people.
This was stated by the former deputy head of the Security Council of Ukraine and ex-deputy commander of the MTR of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major General Serhiy Krivonos, on the air of the UMN channel.
A. Shariy: “General Krivonos: Ukraine’s losses in the war against Russia already number in the hundreds of thousands of dead. It’s not for nothing that Zelensky opened a criminal case against him, you see, he got into a conversation…”.

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 22 2022 19:50 utc | 269

Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 22 2022 13:24 utc | 248
I though your reference to The trolls of the Hedal forest highly apt.

Posted by: anon2020 | Oct 22 2022 19:51 utc | 271

Ok. I’m going to call it…..
The 101st is in Romania, right on the Black Sea coast, at the Ukrainian border.
Now the Brits are in Cyprus rehearsing amphibious landings …
“At the tip of the spear… #RoyalMarines spearheaded the UK’s largest combined amphibious exercises in years as they cleared the way for a formidable joint @RoyalNavy @BritishArmy and @RoyalAirForce force to land in Cyprus. Read more: http://ow.ly/Qyp150L7V0n
https://twitter.com/RoyalMarines/status/1580157626629095429?cxt=HHwWioDQham_7O0rAAAA
……USUK-NATO are prepping to take | defend Odessa. That’s what I see….

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 22 2022 20:03 utc | 273

@anon2020 | Oct 22 2022 19:51 utc | 283

I though your reference to The trolls of the Hedal forest highly apt.

Thanks for the comment! Yes, I think others thought the same 😎

Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 22 2022 20:12 utc | 275

not sure if someone already posted this….
Russia has completed a barge bridge in Kherson region, says UK intelligence
looks like a ukee source, so buyer beware…
@ norwegian – thanks for your posts and the one on trolls in norway in particular…
others… you know who you are – thanks for your posts too..

Posted by: james | Oct 22 2022 20:30 utc | 277

And, most importantly, Chairman Xi Jinping will be leading China for the next five years.

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Saturday passed a resolution on an amendment to the CPC Constitution. Fully, faithfully, and resolutely implementing the policy of One Country, Two Systems; resolutely opposing and deterring separatists seeking “Taiwan independence” will be added to the amended Party Constitution.

In the Ukraine theatre, watch the next few days.

Posted by: Paulg | Oct 22 2022 20:57 utc | 279

Dear Marko etc.
First has the geography of western Europe magically changed the last 100 years?
In 1941 Germany had to invade Russia to find the food, mineral and energy resources to survive as a first world economy … has western Europe suddenly struck oil, found farmland and opened mines since the end of WW2?
You seem to think that spreadsheet entries with lots of zeros and paper bills can be magically converted into weapons … money represents wealth but until it’s turned into something usable it’s just a spreadsheet entry or a pile of paper.
How much do you think the French or Germans are willing to suffer for Ukraine? It takes energy to make rocket fuel and explosives … do you believe they will sacrifice energy for home heating to produce weapons for Ukraine? Do you think they’ll use scarce fertilizer to make explosives or to grow food?
Sure Europe has a lot more people than Russia but are they really willing to fight and die for Ukraine? It’s one thing to sport blue and yellow flags and make pithy patriotic twitter posts but something else to suit up and go man a trench in WW1 conditions on the Russian steppe.

Posted by: Dave_k | Oct 22 2022 21:02 utc | 281

that book creature from jekyll island by griffin was good, but it didn’t give those details…
as always, smoke and mirrors is the standard procedure when fucking over others…. you are not supposed to know and just as their are many locks to open when entering a bank vault, same deal in finding out who the owners are… it is protected…surprise, surprise…

Posted by: james | Oct 22 2022 21:13 utc | 283

Lizzy may replace Shtolty. Funny or what?

Posted by: rk | Oct 22 2022 21:30 utc | 285

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukranian insider telegram channel:
“The good news is that the old missiles in the Russian Federation are almost over, so the Russian army has begun to use missiles manufactured in 2022.
The bad news is that the Russian Federation is producing new high-precision weapons of various types, and as it accumulates, it delivers new strikes. That is, the cessation of attacks due to the full consumption of missiles will not happen. Unfortunately, the enemy was preparing for war for a long time, and that is why he ensured a closed cycle for the production of shells, missiles and mines.”

https://t.me/intelslava/39883

Posted by: Down South | Oct 22 2022 21:32 utc | 287

The mayor of Nikolaev called on residents to leave the city because of the destruction and not return until the end of active hostilities.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/16044

Posted by: Down South | Oct 22 2022 21:36 utc | 289

Someone is preparing to be invaded:
“In the districts of the Belgorod region, the installation of defense structures has begun, the head of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced on his telegram channel, posting footage with lines of defense structures.”

Posted by: rk | Oct 22 2022 21:41 utc | 291

🛩🇷🇺🇺🇦 Turkish UAVs in Ukraine: how reputational costs overshadowed financial profits
A few days ago, the revelations of the head of the Association of Defense Enterprises of Ukraine Sergey Pashinsky about the widely publicized Bayraktar TB2 drones appeared on the network.
In an interview with Russian pranksters, he voiced that Turkish drones “are not miracle weapons” and added that almost all of them were lost in just a week of hostilities.
Pashinsky’s words again raised the issue of the ineffectiveness of Turkish attack UAVs during the SMO. And he did not appear out of nowhere:
🔻For less than 8 months, the Bayraktar TB2 combat work personnel can be counted almost on the fingers. This is negligible compared to the conflicts in Karabakh, Syria and Libya with dozens of videos of accurate strikes on armored vehicles and air defense systems.
🔻There are dozens of photos of downed Turkish UAVs on the net. The @lostarmour team was able to identify 15 destroyed drones. The list includes only devices that fell on the territory controlled by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation: due to censorship, Ukrainian resources do not publish data on drones struck in areas occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
🔻Already after the start of hostilities, dozens of Bayraktar TB2s were delivered to Ukraine, which theoretically should have made up for the loss of devices. However, the intensity of their sorties remained low relative to other conflicts involving Turkish drones.
🔻The use of the Bayraktar TB2 was also hampered by technical problems, such as the rapid wear of the landing gear due to the poor quality of the runways of Ukrainian airfields. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are forced to conserve the resource of devices and further limit their use.
So is Bayraktar TB2 completely useless? No: under certain conditions, this is a completely formidable weapon that can effectively solve problems on the battlefield.
▪️The Turkish UAV is equipped with a high-resolution Canadian camera that provides a clear image of objects at a distance of more than 40 km. This allows the drone to be used for reconnaissance and target designation without entering the coverage area of ​​Russian medium-range and short-range air defense systems.
▪️In conditions of suppressed or insufficient air defense, Turkish drones can also be used in a strike version. In May, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used UAVs to attack the garrison of Zmeiny Island, where there are only a couple of air defense systems, and it could stand without ammunition for a long time, waiting for missile supplies from the mainland.
❗️ In the absence of a threat from the ground, Bayraktar TB2 can leave the enemy without artillery, supplies and armored vehicles, as was the case in Karabakh or Libya. But the course of the SVO showed: in the conditions of layered air defense and the absence of air supremacy, they become a tasty target for fighters and anti-aircraft missile systems.
The fighting in Ukraine was supposed to emphasize the superiority of the Bayraktar TB2, but in the end it only spoiled the reputation of the drones. And they also finally broke the halo of the “wunderwaffe”, which the media had been intensively creating for them for years.
And if the export of shock UAVs to other countries gave dividends to the Turkish military-industrial complex, then deliveries to Ukraine brought them only anti-advertising. The costs turned out to be much greater than the profits.

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Posted by: Down South | Oct 22 2022 22:01 utc | 293

Posted by: Jax | Oct 22 2022 13:05 utc | 246

… over-eager American commanders rush in and cause ALL-OUT WAR just because they’re EAGER to get some action.

For the first time in their lives US marines will know what is like to be under bombardment by modern artillery and face a peer military that wants them dead.
I certainly hope they have mastered the art of hiding thousands of body bags …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Oct 22 2022 22:08 utc | 295

⚡️ “In the event that Russia launches a nuclear strike on the Office of the President of Ukraine, the world must respond with a blow to the decision-making center in the Russian Federation,” Zelensky said in an interview with Canadian television channels CTV and CBC.
Let’s pay attention: only Ukraine constantly talks about nuclear weapons.

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Posted by: Down South | Oct 22 2022 22:17 utc | 297

Opinion:
What to do with Shebekino? Transfer the city to a state of siege. Prepare for defense. Evacuate people. Keep reserves ready. The situation continues to escalate.
Heavy equipment is being accumulated in Volchansk. In the area of ​​Sereda-Murom, the situation is also dangerous. No need to be surprised at any actions of the ukrov, you need to respond to any situation. We believe that the Ukrainians have very ambitious plans.
And stop any panic moods. On the contrary, if ukry rypnutsya – this is a great opportunity to inflict serious damage on them.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/16060

Posted by: Down South | Oct 22 2022 22:18 utc | 299