Ukraine Open Thread 2022-190
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Posted by b on November 5, 2022 at 14:13 UTC | Permalink
next page »We are in the calm before the storm. Between Ukrainian mud and the mid-terms elections coming up next week and the Russians not wanting to do anything that might help Biden, things are at a momentary pause. But don't let that fool you. Because hell is coming with winter. Washington is insane. When Russia starts to win decisively, the US will escalate. Both sides are now all in on this and the presidential elections are too far away to save anybody. To the ideologically driven psychopaths who are really in charge, Joe Biden is the perfect cover and even more perfect fall guy. We aren't going to make it to 2024 without some serious pain and most likely World War 3.
Posted by: JustAMaverick | Nov 5 2022 14:33 utc | 2
If your "West" wants to destroy Europe, you are probably talking about the U.S. ...
Posted by: Erast Fandorin | Nov 5 2022 14:35 utc | 3
Russia should start blinding the Five eyes in other locations removed from the Ukraine, employ proxies where needed, Russia has them. Several areas where Russia could stress the beast, plausible deniability not needed, we're a bit past that shit.
More civilian evacuations from Kherson.....that the AFU can freely travel over the Deniper unhindered around Nicolev while Russia evacuates Kherson, begs serious questions outside the 'civilian' excuse. Any real first world army relying on weather to tip the scales to their advantage might not be up for the task at hand, never mind a march east to the Atlantic.
Cheers M
Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Nov 5 2022 14:51 utc | 4
B
The weapons shipped to Ukraine will not be audited for the same reason unaudited equipment at Bagram airbase was supposedly abandoned - the CIA needs a source for the rat lines to its various proxies conducting the War of Terror around the world.
Posted by: M Le Docteur Ralph | Nov 5 2022 14:54 utc | 5
putin should have scorched kiev or gone home. despite sonar21, this site, scott ritter's rah rah-ing, and martyanov's incessant youtube music and profanity laced juvenile rants, I'm beginning to think russia is really a paper tiger.
I am on russia's side, I love russia, but I dont understand the way this "war" is being fought by russia. The way ukraine is fighting this war as a war, dirty, full spectrum, makes sense, that is how you fight wars.
But this russian method of incremental siege warfare is weird to say the least, and it doesnt make any sense.
in fact, it kinda reminds me of dunkirk and then hitler keeping the north group in leningrad rather than sending it south to support group centers push on moscow, and sending army group center south when they were 10 kilometers from moscow. that made zero sense.
but hey i aint russian and know shit about military tactics so who knows...one thing though, it definitely seems russia miscalculated the psychotic depth of the collective "west".
Posted by: yoho | Nov 5 2022 14:54 utc | 6
Thousands of Americans like myself chose to live and work in the former Soviet Union. Those in Moscow, Leningrad and Odessa and other smaller communities used to meet once or twice a month socially. Soviet Union had an amazing communal services that were know as Komsomol or the Young Communist league, with an amazing network all across the 11 time zones of the amazing former Soviet Union. Needless to harp upon why so many highly educated scientists, engineers, artists, painters, writers journalists and others chose to leave the USA to make the Soviet Union their home.
Komsomol of the Soviet Union was generally always under the leadership of the Soviet Jews who were among the elites and financially well off segment of the Soviet Union. We Americans were almost always were close with the Soviet Jews for all sorts of social reasons.
Komsomol was replicated before and immediately upon the creation of Israel and is called to this day, as Kibbutz. The same former Soviet's Komsomol operated in Kiev as it was then all Soviet Union. Today however, those former members of the Komsomol are many leaders and many of them are today's diehard Zionists and a few Nazis of Ukraine.
Despite the standard Deception tactics of Mossad, Israel is deeply swon in the fabric of today's anti Russian mindset and the only ideology the former Jews of the Soviet Union are hellbent is to destroy Russia. Russia, on the other hand, have such Jews living and working in Russia with zero issues. However, being a Jew, we are still taught by the Rabbis from the Talmud that the Goy is a beast and a cockroach and at any and all costs, the Goyim's world must be destroyed to the final days of accomplishing the making of a "Greater Israel". Extremist socio-political hack named Oded Yinon, first created the "Greater Israel" national ideology document which later became in the USA known as the "Project for Next American Century PNAC". Israeli PNAC is the foundation and the Standard Operating Manual of those who are the powers to be reckon with in the United States. The rest of the fake news media's "leaders of USA" are just the actors following the directions from the script written in TelAviv and their diabolically super powers of the more than 3000 Zionist organizations in the USA. AIPAC, ADL, AJC are a few top tier Israeli foreign agencies operating in the USA with total impunity and full protection 24/7/360 by the entire civil, military and the foreign agencies of Israel in the USA. The roots are the Zionist roots but the tree is an American on appearance and this is where the biggest threat of total destruction of USA lies. If a super power's military and the financial might is taken control by the Israeli Zionist Talmudic extremists, why create another yet most powerful Israel? Take over the powers of America and the evil Talmudic dream of Greater Israel is in their fists! And nothing the zombified Christian America can do but to wait for the fake last coming of Jesus to Jerusalem and the conversion of all the Jews to Christianity pipe dream is peddled to the ultimate peril of the USA!
Posted by: Allan Kaplan | Nov 5 2022 14:55 utc | 7
The US boots on the Ukraine ground inspecting US delivered weapons is preparing a get-out-of-jail report for Biden and his advisors. These "inspectors"working along with Ukrainians will write an all-kosher report, exonerate Ukraine with minor, excusable infractions, minimizing the extent of those already on the global black market weapons.
Then between the 11/08/22 mother of all Democrats congress defeats, and the new January, 2023, Republican Congress swear in, Biden and his ilk will use this get-out-of-jail report to push for the last largest military and financial give-away to Ukraine.
This weapon inspection in Ukraine drama is not to fight Russians, it is to fight Americans.
Posted by: KitaySupporter | Nov 5 2022 15:00 utc | 8
If anyone is expecting a GOP-controled Congress to emerge from midterms and team up with pedo puppet to confront the MIC and talk peace with Russia, you really must change expectations for two big reasons. One, the MIC controls enough of the GOP to render it worthless, two the American communists will not willingly give up control of the federal government without a fight. Prospects for peace anytime soon are dim.
Posted by: Biggus Dickus | Nov 5 2022 15:01 utc | 9
Russia needs to start instigating coups in Mexico and Canada and install anti American governments and start arming anti American extremist and impose sanctions etc. WATO, western atlantic treaty organization. I think anti American sentiment around the world has reached the tipping point.
Posted by: maxim gorki | Nov 5 2022 15:17 utc | 10
Just to generalize, which is always dangerous, the Repubs have been more against China (which they call the Communist Party of China) while the Dems (with its Democratic National Committee) are closer to the Atlantic Council and primarily anti-Russia. The citizens of course -- democracy lacking -- have no part in any of this.
Posted by: Don Bacon | Nov 5 2022 15:17 utc | 11
. . .from the Pentagon, Nov 4
Today, the Defense Department announced approximately $400 million in additional security assistance for Ukraine under the Ukraine security assistance initiative.
This USAI package includes:
Funding to refurbish HAWK air defense missiles for inclusion in future presidential drawdown packages;
45 refurbished T-72B tanks with advanced optics, communications and armor packages;
1,100 Phoenix Ghost tactical unmanned aerial systems;
40 armored riverine boats;
Funding to refurbish 250 M-1117 armored security vehicles;
Tactical secure communications systems and surveillance systems; and
Funding for training, maintenance and sustainment. . . .here
**The T-72 is a family of Soviet/Russian main battle tanks that entered production in 1969.
Posted by: Don Bacon | Nov 5 2022 15:28 utc | 12
more on T-72 tanks from Turcopolier
“Ukraine is set to receive a total of 90 Czech-sourced T-72 tanks: the United States will cover repairs and modernization of 45 of them, with the Netherlands taking care of the other half. Some of the tanks will be in Ukraine by the end of December, others will arrive in 2023. According to her, these will be the most advanced tanks on the battlefield – once they are upgraded.” . .here
Posted by: Don Bacon | Nov 5 2022 15:38 utc | 13
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (5 November 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
💥 In Kupyansk direction, enemy units forming up to 1 battalion tactical group attempted to attack Russian positions towards Kuzemovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
◽️ Russian artillery and Army Aviation have neutralised the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
◽️ Over 140 Ukrainian personnel, 3 tanks, 2 infantry fighting vehicles, 3 armoured vehicles, and 5 multipurpose motor vehicles have been eliminated.
💥 In Krasny Liman direction, the attacks of 3 company tactical groups of the AFU towards Stelmakhovka, Ploshchanka and Kremennaya (Lugansk People's Republic) have been frustrated.
◽️ Intensive action by Russian troops, supported by artillery, has resulted in the neutralisation of the enemy.
◽️ Over 60 Ukrainian personnel, 1 tank, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 3 pickups, and 1 motor vehicle have been eliminated.
💥 In South Donetsk direction, artillery units and assault groups have neutralised AFU units near Novomikhaylovka, Pavlovka and Vremevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
◽️ Over 120 Ukrainian personnel, 2 armoured personnel carriers, 2 armoured personnel carriers, 2 armoured vehicles, 1 pickup, and 2 motor vehicles have been eliminated.
💥 In Nikolayev–Krivoy Rog direction, 2 enemy mechanised infantry companies, supported by tanks, attacked Russian forces' positions towards Sablukovka and Sukhanovo (Kherson region).
◽️ All the attacks have been repelled.
💥 Artillery, Assault and Army Aviation have neutralised the AFU units.
◽️ Over 80 Ukrainian personnel, 3 armoured fighting vehicles, and 4 motor vehicles have been eliminated.
💥 Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery have neutralised 5 command posts, including one of 15th National Guard Regiment near Krasny Liman (Donetsk People's Republic), those of units from 60th Infantry Brigade of the AFU near Vysokopolye, Novaya Kamenka, Chervonoye (Kherson region), as well as 87 artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and military hardware in 179 areas.
◽️ 1 command post of the Security Service of Ukraine has been neutralised near Kupyansk (Kharkov region).
◽️ 1 armament and military hardware storage base of the AFU has been neutralised near Volnyansk (Zaporozhye region).
◽️ 6 ordnance depots have been destroyed near Ivanovka (Kharkov region), Slavyansk, Druzhkovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Novaya Kamenka and Petropavlovka (Kherson region).
◽️ 1 self-propelled fire unit of Buk-M1 air defence missile system has been destroyed near Belogorka.
◽️ 1 Ukrainian radar of S-300 air defence missile system has been destroyed near Novonikolayevka (Kherson region).
💥 Fighter Aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down 1 MiG-29 airplane of Ukrainian Air Force near Velikoaleksandrovka (Nikolayev region).
💥 Air defence facilities have shot down 1 Mi-8 helicopter of Ukrainian Air Force near Ugledar (Donetsk People's Republic).
◽️ Moreover, 9 unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down near Kalininskoye, Sadok, Tomarino (Kherson region), Stepnoye, Nikolayevka and Zelyony Gai (Donetsk People's Republic).
◽️ In addition, 27 projectiles launched by U.S.-manufactured HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system have been intercepted near Leninskoye, Mospino (Donetsk People's Republic), and Novaya Kakhovka (Kherson region).
📊 In total, 331 airplanes and 169 helicopters, 2,435 unmanned aerial vehicles, 386 air defence missile systems, 6,335 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 882 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,554 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 7,048 units of special military hardware have been destroyed during the special military operation.
Posted by: Summary | Nov 5 2022 15:38 utc | 14
Posted by: maxim gorki | Nov 5 2022 15:17 utc | 9
Russia does not need US Tactics to win this war and they are proving
every day whether you like it or not.
Posted by: SwissArmyMan | Nov 5 2022 15:42 utc | 15
«the Repubs have been more against China (which they call the Communist Party of China) while the Dems (with its Democratic National Committee) are closer to the Atlantic Council and primarily anti-Russia»
They are both against both, even if the appearances are that currently the Ds are more against Russia because they used it to attack Trump, and the Rs are more against China because in part that's what's left, and in part because the "nationalist" faction of the Rs has been long thinking (e.g. Trump) that China is a much bigger economic threat, this is already from 2006:
http://www.prospect.org/article/world-according-grover
«Pat Buchanan came into this coalition and said, “You know what? I have polled everybody in the room and 70 percent think there are too many immigrants; 70 percent are skeptics on free trade with China. I will run for President as a Republican; I will get 70 percent of the vote.”»
In practice there is "domino theory": first the USA oligarchs thought it was easier to make China fall to get bases next to the russian border, now they think it is easier to make Russia fall to get bases near the chinese border, which likely has been the goal is Ukraine all along.
Posted by: Blissex | Nov 5 2022 15:47 utc | 16
What the Zionists hate is the Orthodox Christian faith, so Russia and its leadership must be neutralized. With the birthplace of Orthodoxy which is Greece there is no problem, the leaderships are sold out, and the people have been beaten mercilessly for decades.
Posted by: thanasis | Nov 5 2022 15:49 utc | 17
on the previous thread a quote from b was taken out of context... that is my take...here is the full quote -
"This creeping towards more involvement can easily lead to a catastrophic war between superpowers. The best Russia can do to prevent that is to speed up its operations in Ukraine. A fast and decisive defeat of Ukraine's army is the only way to prevent a deeper U.S. involvement."
the first sentence was a hypothetical statement ( can lead ).. it was followed by a 2nd sentence conclusion based on this possibility. many folks isolated the 2nd sentence without keeping it in context with the first... my 2c...
Posted by: james | Nov 5 2022 15:54 utc | 18
@ 13. . .more news on the progress of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine here
Posted by: Don Bacon | Nov 5 2022 15:55 utc | 19
So seems Nato managed to scrape another 45 T-72 tanks together from the Czechs. Maybe they'll last another month or so. Also note the the "Phoenix Ghost" loitering munitions. Point defense systems with high rate-of-fire and powerful gattling guns must be in demand.
As part of the new package of US military assistance to Ukr,
250 M1117 light armored personnel carriers (pic)
40 riverine patrol boats
1100 Phoenix Ghost barrage ammunition (pic) and
45 T-72 tanks purchased from the Czechs
Posted by: unimperator | Nov 5 2022 15:55 utc | 20
we get the strange new names focusing on the jewish- zionist question... always interesting... looks deceptive to me...
Posted by: james | Nov 5 2022 15:55 utc | 21
On the small arms issue, the USA did the same during their invasion of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, and a hungarian commenter some time ago pointed out that after that invasion his country and other countries near Yugoslavia saw a surge in gang activity and gang wars because of the quantity and low price of the weapons on the black market, all coming from some area or another of Yugoslavia.
To a large extent I think that the USA tactic here is simply to create as much chaos as possible in Ukraine expecting it to be taken over by the Russian Federation. Consider:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/ukraine-s-ex-president-petro-poroshenko-the-army-is-like-my-child-1.4885308
“The day of the invasion, Poroshenko says, he met Zelenskiy in the president’s office and the two agreed to put their differences behind them. Poroshenko says he also proposed to the president that weapons stores be opened in Kyiv to the public – a scheme that was implemented in the capital and led to some 36,000 guns being distributed in the first days after the invasion.”
Posted by: Blissex | Nov 5 2022 15:58 utc | 22
Posted by: Blissex | Nov 5 2022 15:58 utc | 21
IIRC, Nato original tactic (according to the Rand paper) was to get Russia into "guerrilla warfare" in Ukraine. It probably relied on a theorem where Russia would "quickly" walk over most of ukie territory, and they would have stashes of Javelins and Stingers and other weapons all over the country, which would hit Russian troops and tanks from behind, side, front and below.
This would have been very hard and costly, but so far the effects of this have been minimized. They are also training "partisans", but with fronts more solid and saturated, they probably have a harder time to infiltrate to the rear and thrown them in more-or-less frontal style assaults, instead.
Posted by: unimperator | Nov 5 2022 16:02 utc | 23
it is only paper money... they can print endless amounts of it, until others stop believing in it.. until such time it works like regular money... if the country is bankrupt - it doesn't matter.. it can go on until such point as someone wants to be paid back...
Posted by: james | Nov 5 2022 16:06 utc | 24
Posted by: Don Bacon | Nov 5 2022 15:38 utc | 12
According to her, these will be the most advanced tanks on the battlefield – once they are upgraded.” . .here
Sounds like bollocks to me.
I fail to see how this old crap can be more advanced than the modernized tanks produced by Russia itself.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Nov 5 2022 16:21 utc | 25
The discussion with Alex Krainer and Tom Luongo at The Roundable with Gonzalo Lira adds some very interesting thoughts on what is really driving the conflict, which extends well beyond Ukraine The Roundtable #33: Alex Krainer, Tom Luongo. The first 90 minutes are fascinating, if speculative.
Posted by: Norwegian | Nov 5 2022 16:23 utc | 26
The Baltic Assembly countries want to isolate Russia, the Assembly also highlights the importance of the USA in the region. From the frying pan to the fire I say.
Participants of the Baltic Assembly, which includes Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, announced their intention to "isolate Russia from European society,"
https://ria.ru/20221105/pribaltika-1829323957.html
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Nov 5 2022 16:28 utc | 27
@KitaySupporter | Nov 5 2022 15:00 utc | 7
The US boots on the Ukraine ground inspecting US delivered weapons is preparing a get-out-of-jail report for Biden and his advisors.Or maybe admitting the existence of US "boots on the Ukraine ground" provides an explanation for dead US Americans that would be returning anyway.
Posted by: Norwegian | Nov 5 2022 16:31 utc | 28
james | Nov 5 2022 16:06 utc | 23
I can't right now remember the several places i've read this over the last few weeks, undoubtedly at wsws, likely here as well, but the donkey strategy is to fund the Marjorie Taylor Greens of the world, cuz that's only way the HRC/Pelosi Gorgons of that party can appeal to anyone. ditto Bibi and AIPAC. I'm just waiting for a US candidate for governor to declare his plan to make his state the "Israel of the US." and everyone, right, left, center in the mainstream of US sewage will applaud. the state won't even require US military aid because of the military grade police force already in every locale and the heavily-armed and diabetically blinded populace. Don't be surprised when, as in the M Python flick, during Brian's crucifixion, Greece announces, "I am Israel. And so is my wife!" Blessed MOAB, Blessed Daisy Cutters, Blessed Tomahawks, you've found another home. I feel safer already with Finland AND Sweden getting US nukes.
Posted by: rjb1.5 | Nov 5 2022 16:33 utc | 29
$19 billion dollars of US taxpayers cash has gone to Ukraine, if I were an American taxpayer I'd be absolutely furious at this, I think the Mid-Terms are due soon and any American with a bit of sense should hit the Democrats where it hurts at the ballot box.
90 Czech tanks have been purchased by the US taxpayer, 45 will be refurbished and paid for by the US taxpayer, and the other 45 tanks will be refurbished by the Dutch, of whom their taxpayers will pay for.
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Nov 5 2022 16:41 utc | 30
How do you spell stupid?. . .B U L. . . .
. . .from the web
-- Europe’s energy crisis is taking a toll on consumers. Heating bills have soared, pushing millions into energy poverty.
-- Bulgaria has been the hardest hit.
-- In U-turn, Bulgarian parliament tells Sofia to send weapons to Ukraine
Posted by: Don Bacon | Nov 5 2022 16:43 utc | 31
@ rjb1.5 | Nov 5 2022 16:33 utc | 28
lol... a disturbing thought... it seems it is coming down to that... AI rules.... i am beginning to realize how this AI is being used for everything, but especially for monitoring social media and my local state broadcaster - cbc... and who runs the AI? the intel agencies of course... we are in really good hands now! i haven't been following marjorie taylor greene, but i liked what she said about defunding the fbi... what does she say about ukraine?
Posted by: james | Nov 5 2022 16:43 utc | 32
Why does the West keep harping on about this, are they the ones planning an event, and then to blame it on Russia or are they planning on using "non-conventional" weapons and by harping on about them they are hoping Russia will drop its guard. Or is that the Ukrainian forces are now so depleted that extreme propaganda is now the order of the day on this conflict because Nato is losing.
"The Group of Seven advanced economies has warned Russia against, what it calls, Moscow's potential use of non-conventional weapons during its ongoing war in Ukraine.
"Any use of chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons by Russia would be met with severe consequences," the group's foreign ministers said in a statement on Friday after wrapping up two days of talks in the western German city of Münster. The G7 comprises the United States, the UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, and Japan."
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Nov 5 2022 16:49 utc | 33
A possible insight into how long this conflict will rage on for, if it's up to Biden, the claim in my opinion also drops a hint that they'll be no peace deal.
"US President Joe Biden says American troops stationed on a temporary basis in Poland will stay in the country “for a long time,” in a move that would clearly violate a 25-year-old treaty between NATO and Russia.
Asked by reporters how long he would continue to keep additional US troops in Poland and other NATO member countries, Biden responded on Wednesday, “They’ll be there for a long time.”
It is unknown how many US troops are currently stationed in Poland, NATO’s main logistical hub for supporting Ukraine in an ongoing military conflict with Russia."
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/11/03/692073/US-troops-will-remain-for-a-long-time-in-Poland
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Nov 5 2022 16:55 utc | 34
AI rules.... i am beginning to realize how this AI is being used for everything, but especially for monitoring social media and my local state broadcaster...
Posted by: james | Nov 5 2022 16:43 utc | 31
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All predicted 100 years ago.
https://c8.alamy.com/zoomsde/9/4b2c8a5a695646fc9a93d4e226ecad3c/2c8tffx.jpg
Posted by: Nobody | Nov 5 2022 17:00 utc | 35
They are both against both, even if the appearances are that currently the Ds are more against Russia because they used it to attack Trump, and the Rs are more against China because in part that's what's left, and in part because the "nationalist" faction of the Rs has been long thinking (e.g. Trump) that China is a much bigger economic threat, this is already from 2006:"
Posted by: Blissex | Nov 5 2022 15:47 utc | 15
The D's are for the Ukraine and China because the current White House administration is the best their money can buy.
Besides, the current WH has lost any juice and credibility everywhere in the world EXCEPT NATO.
Worst part is that our military has, historically, only been as good as our Commander in Chief.
It clearly explains the disaster which was Afghanistan, the fiasco that's about to be Haiti and the complete quagmire that's coming in East Central Europe.
Pretty bad when the people in charge show up the party in one giant clown car.
Only advantage to the Rs running the show after November is they will NEVER say "yes" to anything Brandon wants. The idiots may run have the steering wheel, but Congress has the purse and pays for the gas.
Posted by: JHW | Nov 5 2022 17:08 utc | 36
"Defense minister Reznikov: Russia has already lost almost the entire first batch of Iranian drones that had been delivered in the amount around 300 items"
"Ukraine successfully shot down the first batch using its own infrastructure, ammo depot and army barracks"
Unbelievable masochistic logic, Ukrainian news outlets use Russian weapon consumption as a "measure of performance". Basically they are implying that Ukraine is a punching bag.
We'll see how many years they keep taking the blows, they don't seem to mind.
https://twitter.com/LogKa11/status/1588616796877500417
Posted by: unimperator | Nov 5 2022 17:13 utc | 37
Alex Christophorou made a very interesting and very clear point regarding the bombing of the Kerch bridge last month:
The tradeoff for months of planning and 8 hours of stopped traffic on the bridge was 30% or more of destruction of their Ukrainian power grid (perhaps more).
I can't think of a more worthless exercise.
Biden, Sunak renew vows. UK training secret army. Putin explains Kherson. Titanic Crimea stamp. U/1
I suspect the Ukrainians have the Brits to thank for that spectacular 'victory'.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Nov 5 2022 17:27 utc | 38
Wonder if after 8.11 the Number of US "Boots in the Ground" in YoURkraine will be exposed.
Posted by: NoOne | Nov 5 2022 17:39 utc | 39
@ 13. . .more news on the progress of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine here
Posted by: Don Bacon | Nov 5 2022 15:55 utc | 19
Shame on you for posting a link to what is obviously a propaganda article in The Guardian.
Posted by: R.A. | Nov 5 2022 17:44 utc | 40
Twitter was no different from all the other crappy tech companies from the last bubble.
(1) grow as fast as you can (2) raise as much money as you can (3) generate a lot of hype, rinse repeat.
Creating a new department in order to issue a press release when you are able to raise money at will is a tiny expense. The C-suite probably don't want to know what the org chart looks like. Oh and heavy infiltration by the Deep State, there's also that.
Posted by: Battenmountain | Nov 5 2022 18:04 utc | 41
Posted by: unimperator | Nov 5 2022 17:13 utc | 37
Basically they are implying that Ukraine is a punching bag.
Ah, the old "I blocked his punch with my face" argument ...
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Nov 5 2022 18:09 utc | 42
unimperator @ 37
Unbelievable masochistic logic, Ukrainian news outlets use Russian weapon consumption as a "measure of performance". Basically they are implying that Ukraine is a punching bag.
I think I’ve seen this movie, Rocky IV, right?
Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Nov 5 2022 18:12 utc | 43
... 1100 Phoenix Ghost barrage ammunition (pic) ...
Posted by: unimperator | Nov 5 2022 15:55 utc | 20
Unaccountable secrecy around these PG drones. Does the source you quote contains a decent image of them? The best info I can find is the following August 2nd Forbes article:
Similar to switchblade, warhead size between switchblade 300 and 600, day and night operation, rather low cruise and dive speed but 6hr endurance and possibly backpack transportable.
It is possibly optimised for anti-personnel strikes but, even so, the secrecy is odd, given the available information on supposedly comparable systems.
Posted by: anon2020 | Nov 5 2022 18:44 utc | 44
reply to 30
45 tanks? It looks ridiculous. They seem to lose 3 -5 per day in their futile probes of Russian lines. Does anyone have an estimate on how many tanks Ukr. has left? I heard 400 claimed together with a lot of skepticism.
Posted by: Eighthman | Nov 5 2022 18:46 utc | 45
whats up w all the losers posting their stupid music videos? nobody gives a shit about what music ypu like, you wanna play dj go shit on myspace.
Posted by: sheila | Nov 5 2022 19:06 utc | 46
@ Nobody | Nov 5 2022 17:00 utc | 35
thanks nobody.. the star of david in the picture makes me think it is a relatively new pic with obvious implications or insinuations!
Posted by: james | Nov 5 2022 19:22 utc | 47
@ R.A. | Nov 5 2022 17:44 utc | 40
Shame on you for posting a link to what is obviously a propaganda article in The Guardian.
R.A. You have inspred me to post more facts from The Guardian as our host recently has done.
b: "Of interest is what functions were eliminated. The Guardian provides this list:. . ."
. . .and from the web on troll: "someone who leaves an intentionally annoying or offensive message on the internet, in order to upset someone or to get attention or cause trouble."
You scored double, R.A., annoying and offensive.
Posted by: Don Bacon | Nov 5 2022 19:26 utc | 48
.. the star of david in the picture makes me think it is a relatively new pic with obvious implications or insinuations!
Posted by: james | Nov 5 2022 19:22 utc | 47
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The image is from a key scene in Fritz Lang's masterpiece Metropolis.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/
Posted by: Nobody | Nov 5 2022 19:41 utc | 49
Don Bacon (13): Tanks are powerful weapons on the ground, spearheading offensives and protecting infantry. They have one big problem, though--they can't shoot down the very aircraft that can blow them apart from the sky. And, that's Ukraine's fundamental problem--it has no air force or anti-aircraft systems left. So, we will continue to witness Russia's slow but devastating war of attrition that is inexorably grinding to its inevitable conclusion--the breakup and pacification of the former nation of Ukraine.
Posted by: FHTEX | Nov 5 2022 19:42 utc | 50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAoKlzfeBvQ
Dima says that Ukraine is very successful in the north.
Russia is just unable to stop fanatic Ukarinian attacks.
Many people here laughing at him, but Dima is the only reliable high level expert and source of information. He is just objective and realistic.
Posted by: marko | Nov 5 2022 19:48 utc | 51
James asks why the media is against Marjorie Taylor Greene and what she says about Ukraine.
From Newsweek:
"Georgia Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's comments about "not another penny" of aid going to Ukraine if Republicans take control of both houses of Congress are "very disturbing," a Ukrainian expert told Newsweek."
How dare she!
Posted by: wagelaborer | Nov 5 2022 19:55 utc | 52
Posted by: marko | Nov 5 2022 19:48 utc | 51
but Dima is the only reliable high level expert and source of information. He is just objective and realistic.
By whose expertise and authority were these qualifications conferred upon Dima?
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Nov 5 2022 19:56 utc | 53
The West: "We will forever stand by Ukraine as it fights to the last Ukrainian!"
(Behind closed doors) Russia: "We will go along with the West controlling the allocation of half of our money that you've frozen. Spend it as you will, through your governments and foundations, on Ukraine, and we'll never ask for you to account for how it was used. In exchange, we get the other half back, sanctions get lifted, and the territory we control gets recognized as part of Russia."
The West: "Peace at last, peace at last, praise the New World Order Almighty, peace at last!"
Posted by: Babel-17 | Nov 5 2022 19:57 utc | 54
the star of david in the picture makes me think it is a relatively new pic with obvious implications or insinuations!
It is a pentagram, not a Star of David
Posted by: gringo | Nov 5 2022 19:57 utc | 55
Dima also says that Ukraine is moving huge forces, that they are very motivated.
There are no signs of fatigue on Ukrainian side.
They won't negotiate.
I am putting this information here because everybody is glorifying Russia here, but Russia is not so powerful.
Posted by: marko | Nov 5 2022 19:58 utc | 56
Posted by: james | Nov 5 2022 19:22 utc | 47
the star of david in the picture makes me think it is a relatively new pic with obvious implications or insinuations!
That's not the star of david, that's the "Sigil of Baphomet" of Anton Lavey's Church of Satan ...
(Your confusion is understandable though ...)
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Nov 5 2022 20:00 utc | 57
"The war had paused, suddenly and unexpectedly. All around us, it was as if the Universe were holding its breath, waiting."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iCPsR_KTL4
Posted by: Babel-17 | Nov 5 2022 20:03 utc | 58
@ Nobody | Nov 5 2022 19:41 utc | 49
thanks nobody.. i see the movie is from 1927 and i can watch it for free on youtube... will find some time and check it out..
@ wagelaborer | Nov 5 2022 19:55 utc | 52
well, the lady has balls! i dig the fact she is saying what she says on this topic... sounds like she might have a short shelf life in amerikkkan politics!
Posted by: james | Nov 5 2022 20:04 utc | 59
@ Arch Bungle | Nov 5 2022 20:00 utc | 57
thanks... it also looks like a 5 pointed star - or pentagram more specifically...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil_of_Baphomet
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-pointed_star
wikipedia isn't completely worthless!
Posted by: james | Nov 5 2022 20:07 utc | 60
sheila | Nov 5 2022 19:06 utc | 46
but "freedom is up against the ropes"...."it's the passion that kills, that victory is yours alone." Survivor is deep. you can get stuff out of them.
Posted by: rjb1.5 | Nov 5 2022 20:18 utc | 61
Re: Marjorie Taylor-Greene
I am glad b has finally pointed that the the west is currently caught in a pincer, with Russia pushing back abroad and domestic conservatives applying homebound pressure.
Before we declared War against Japan and Germany during WW2, there was a groundswell of anti-war support in an American-First movement which correctly pointed out that the U.S. under Roosevelt and at the direction of its powerful Jews, was ginning up a scenario that made America's entrance into the war an imminent threat.
Ford, Lindbergh, Disney, and its army of 1 million Americans made up this fiest "America-First Movement."
Now we have a lot of crypto-Jewish aligned interests in the states, although not nearly as hidden as it used to be (Jamie Haskins, the disgusting rat-fink comes to mind). And we even have those in the bar that seek a complete dismissal of the effort of these conservatives as being controlled-op...that the gravy train to Kiev will keep rolling regardless whether or not their "Rethugz" take some key seats.
Is this successor group of America-First legit? Will they truly stymie D.C./London's ability to foment a wider and more destructive conflict?
Proof is in the pudding but there are some crazy shenanigans happening in the U.S. right now regarding our election. To me it smells like some crazy shit is going to go down next week and it could start rolling into something even more momentous.
Posted by: NemesisCalling | Nov 5 2022 21:00 utc | 62
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Satellite images of the defense lines of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kherson region. It looks battles are coming soon in that direction...The terrain is being set...AFU are advancing to the front line and are preparing for an offensive on the Kherson region, said Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the regional administration.
https://t.me/azmilitary11/27821
Posted by: Down South | Nov 5 2022 21:11 utc | 63
Some satellite images of the Russian defences mentioned above for this who don’t have TG
Posted by: Down South | Nov 5 2022 21:16 utc | 64
Two interesting reads from Larry Johnson
DECONSTRUCTING WESTERN DELUSIONS ON UKRAINE AND RUSSIA
UKRAINE IS PAYING A HEAVY PRICE FOR ITS TOTAL DEPENDENCE ON THE WEST
Posted by: Down South | Nov 5 2022 21:22 utc | 65
Interesting times.
'Z' and all his corrupt cronies and hangers-on. Too busy stealing every last USSA air dollar flooding the country.
With all local banks bankrupt since their only income came from o/s.
The end result is country 404. Notorious for neither paying the front-line cannon fodder salaries/widows' pensions. Whose average life on the front line is measured in hours. Nor the oldaged pensioners!
Cannot/will not pay its price-gouged overpriced Crapstarlink satellite connection fees. A large percentage of the UK donated "Here I am/shoot me" sat terminals have gone dark!
Truth is stranger than fiction. Or you reap what you sow.
Posted by: Bad Deal Motors On | Nov 5 2022 21:33 utc | 66
Meanwhile Larry describes the impact of the dead on the Ukrainian civilians in the west. A hint of despair here: https://sonar21.com/ukraine-is-paying-a-heavy-price-for-its-total-dependence-on-the-west/
I often remind my impatient self that Russia cannot effectively occupy Ukraine in its entirety. It can establish victory over the nazi traitors of humanity and it can liberate the Russian speaking regions with tremendous effort.
The liberation of Ukraine will ideally arise from the masses and rapidly perhaps once the discredit id heaped on the dogs that led them into this debacle. So, patience self and trust that with a few deft maneuvers the Russian and allies will close the nazi front and government through the winter. Time will tell.
"The true horror of what Ukraine is experiencing can be seen in the following brief video:" go to sonar21.com to see.
Posted by: uncle tungsten | Nov 5 2022 21:34 utc | 67
James #21
"we get the strange new names focusing on the jewish- zionist question... always interesting... looks deceptive to me... ".
This is a precarious subject.
It may be that these 'new names' (a label applicable to me) are drawing controversy to the blog.
I've also noticed contributions from what appear to be established clientelle who speculate in a similar manner. In some ways this might be seen as an indicator of a mature forum, that controversial material can be openly discussed.
In this latter vein I feel inclined to offer the following.
Jordan Peterson highlighted that Ashkenazi(?) Jews have an IQ 15% above average. I'm taking his word on this. Peterson's conclusion is that we should not be surprised that this community is over represented in many prominent professions. That 15% difference will have a big impact at the extreme ends of normal (Gaussian) distribution curve.
If capable people from a common tradition turn up in positions of influence it may appear conspiratorial when actually its more sociological or biological. A certain amount of anti-semitism may be causal explanation after the act.
Posted by: Cyclops | Nov 5 2022 21:58 utc | 69
... it definitely seems russia miscalculated the psychotic depth of the collective "west".
Posted by: yoho | Nov 5 2022 14:54 utc | 6
Russia has miscalculated the psychotic depth of the collective (modern) "west" for over a hundred years. Putin has been doing it for 25 years!
Putin has been Dreaming of Pie in the Sky win-win deals and grandiose cooperation with his western "Colleagues" and "Partners" forever.
He and his leadership group in Moscow have either changed tack just in time or they have again totally misjudged it and waited far too long to act. I suspect the later but only time will tell.
Posted by: SeanAU | Nov 5 2022 22:06 utc | 70
This sums up the reality, now and next month and next year and next decade and .........
They will never stop until someone stops them with overwhelming force.
Posted by: Leroy | Nov 5 2022 14:24 utc | 1
Posted by: SeanAU | Nov 5 2022 22:09 utc | 71
James #24
"it is only paper money... they can print endless amounts of it, until others stop believing in it".
You're on my frequency this evening.
B9K9 on the earlier thread had a post concerning money creation and the need to sustian the current model.
c1ue also made a comment on the same thread that formed a link in my head; about how Russian resources could be used to sustain that mode. It struck me at its reading that a conclusion that might be made was that choking off Russian energy supplies to Europe, making Europe reliant on US LNG might help prop up the dollar.
Who posted the link to the Gonzalo Lira round table on the same thread? A contributer there, Alex, had interesting ideas concerning domination of Eastern Europe as being a crucial pivot point in controlling the Eurasian land mass.
Your comment hit something that passed throgh my head whilst digesting this material.
In ancient times debasement of the currency could be detected by adulteration of coinage. With fiat currency this is not possible. While we beleive in the economy, we have an economy. Heaven forbid however should that an ignorant child should see that the Emperor has no clothes.
Posted by: Cyclops | Nov 5 2022 22:19 utc | 72
Video greetings from dill from the Ugledar direction. Khokhol in despair talks about the situation. In short, from his words: Pavlovka was taken, the 72nd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine abandoned their positions and left. The flanks are failed.
https://twitter.com/TobiAyodele/status/1588946818561638400
Posted by: unimperator | Nov 5 2022 22:25 utc | 73
Putin has been Dreaming of Pie in the Sky win-win deals and grandiose cooperation with his western "Colleagues" and "Partners" forever.
He and his leadership group in Moscow have either changed tack just in time or they have again totally misjudged it and waited far too long to act. I suspect the later but only time will tell.
Posted by: SeanAU | Nov 5 2022 22:06 utc | 70
I am intrigued at how some westerners continually find fault with Russia no matter what they do. Isn't it all part of the same psychosis that led to this war?
Posted by: K | Nov 5 2022 22:35 utc | 74
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have started to return en masse from the UK to Ukraine after being trained there. Arms and ammunition are also being transported.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/18742
Here you can see some kind of UAF staging area in the Kherson front. Calculating from the video, they have approximately 40 light armored and infantry vehicles in the fields. Notice no tanks, they might not exist or they are somewhere else not shown.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/18761
The US election is only 2 days away, apparently Zelensky has ordered to make some larger assault effort for Kherson. We'll see.
Posted by: unimperator | Nov 5 2022 23:12 utc | 75
I have had two very satisfying careers, first in book conservation and the second in electrical work.
Both finished for the same reason, that a very tiny clique of egotists in both professions decided to make the job so complicated that only they, the Bodleian experts , the IET experts, could possibly be allowed to touch an old book or an electrical installation.
What has happened in politics is
exactly the same. The ordinary public has been bamboozled by chicanery that we no longer feel capable of making rational decisions about our own political feelings.
I mention my two careers because the egotists in both library conservation and electrical installation eventually killed the entire trade. Politicians have killed politics, by continuously lying through the MSM until ordinary people are no longer interested in participating.
I really don't think this was the original intention of the political classes, to make politics superfluous to most rational human beings.
Islam sheds some light on this, both from the Gospel light of Islam and the Qur'anic light. The Gospels say that what you arec afraid to lose, you will lose anyway, which means basically that it's pointless trying to control life because it is entirely in God's sole control. Political manipulation is entirely a waste of time, a waste of precious life- time.
The extraordinary lengths that the perverted minds of the world's most powerful people to gain and retain power will ultimately render them forgotten and irrelevant.
The posh players of the Great Game , like Blair, will live with their infamy everyday of their miserable lives. The entire world despises Bush, Obama, the monarchs of Saudi Arabia and Joe Biden because they want Ombipotence and omnipotence is not available ever to anyone. They will get nothing.
Posted by: Giyane | Nov 5 2022 23:22 utc | 76
Giyane #76
The entire world despises Bush, Obama, the monarchs of Saudi Arabia and Joe Biden because they want Ombipotence and omnipotence is not available ever to anyone. They will get nothing.
Jeez mate, when the rainbow virus gets into your spellcheck its time to ditch microsoft;)
Posted by: uncle tungsten | Nov 5 2022 23:37 utc | 77
The US election is only 2 days away, apparently Zelensky has ordered to make some larger assault effort for Kherson. We'll see.Posted by: unimperator | Nov 5 2022 23:12 utc | 75
I'm really not understanding this fascination with the US midterms as some sort of deadline for events in Ukraine. Last I heard, Ukraine doesn't make the list of top concerns for US voters.
Regardless, if what Zelensky feels he needs is two days of battlefield success, there's no need for actual battlefield success. The media is compliant enough that Ukraine could sell a non-existent offensive to the media for 48 hours before letting the story quietly die next week.
Posted by: Mike314159 | Nov 5 2022 23:38 utc | 78
unimperator #75
The US election is only 2 days away, apparently Zelensky has ordered to make some larger assault effort for Kherson. We'll see.
Perhaps the democons see the need to have a slaughter far away in order to cover the slaughter on the USA home front.
Hysteria follows a USA election. The Russians are coming! again and again and again. Predictable and boring and dangerous as usual.
Posted by: uncle tungsten | Nov 5 2022 23:41 utc | 79
reply to 62
Not exactly America First but still evidence that some Deep State types are waking up to what a black hole Ukraine has become because the overriding priority is war with China. Republicans want this and I think they will ultimately abandon Ukraine and blame defeat on Biden.
Posted by: Eighthman | Nov 5 2022 23:51 utc | 80
Zelensky has threatened to "strike Iranian enterprises inside Iran related to manufacturing of possible drones or missiles supplied to Russia". Take that to mean that some CIA/Mi6 proxy may attempt some attack.
https://twitter.com/SprinterMonitor/status/1589007272453496834
Posted by: unimperator | Nov 6 2022 0:00 utc | 81
@80 Eighthman
Interesting theory. Makes some sense. I do think we need to decinstruct the repub label from it as a monolith.
I think there is a genuine reactionary element within the growing American First movement which is undermining traditional kabuki duopoly in D.C..
An interesting fact regarding Trump and his international tour following his inauguration is that the red carpet and all kinds of welcoming parties were put out for him, most importantly in KSA where they did their Sword-Dancething and then when Xi welcomed DJT into the Forbidden City. 😲
There are many posters here, most famously jackrabbit of old, where I hope he is either doing something different or resting in peace, who think that DJT is just another establishment charlatan though of the highest order.
Well, why did Xi show him the Forbidden City when and if he had been scheduled to take the fight to China in due course?
These are questions I have no answer to and regret to say that we are still living under a paradigm of obscurantism where we have to intuitively feel-out the situation and make judgement calls accordingly.
There are just far too many paid forces of obfuscation from the MIC that makes it very difficult. .
Posted by: NemesisCalling | Nov 6 2022 0:29 utc | 82
I can’t make out the fuss about Iranian vs Russian drones. Like Deng Xiopeng said, “white cat, black cat - what does it matter if it catches mice?”
Posted by: Moses22 | Nov 6 2022 0:32 utc | 83
These are questions I have no answer to and regret to say that we are still living under a paradigm of obscurantism where we have to intuitively feel-out the situation and make judgement calls accordingly.
There are just far too many paid forces of obfuscation from the MIC that makes it very difficult. .
Posted by: NemesisCalling | Nov 6 2022 0:29 utc | 82
You might find this course helpful about remote viewing.... (!)
Also recent article on my buddy's site linked to the post name above
unimperator | Nov 5 2022 23:12 utc | 75
“………Arms and ammunition are also being transported.
Arrrrhah!!
That’s what was observed on this flightdata:
Nov 5
RAF Airbus A400M
Brize Norton, UK to Rzeszow, Poland.
So?…
The A400M is sized between the C-130 and the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III; it can carry heavier loads than the C-130 and is able to use rough landing strips. In addition to its transport capabilities, the A400M can perform aerial refueling and medical evacuation when fitted with appropriate equipment.
Brize Norton is home to the RAF's Strategic and Tactical Air Transport (AT) and Air-to-Air Refuelling (AAR) forces, as well as host to many lodger and reserve units.
Q: (To OSINT thread)What’s it doing?
A: “Weapons delivery. (“highly likely”. )
Posted by: Melaleuca | Nov 6 2022 0:59 utc | 85
unimperator@37
The government of Iran has made it very clear that it is not selling or otherwise supplying Russia with drones. Is there any evidence from sources more credible than it, that this is untrue?
And if not why persist in repeating NATO propagandists' misinformation?
Cyclops@69
Does anyone, apart from Jordan Peterson, still give credence to IQ testing results? It has been axiomatic for at least half a century, among social psychologists, that IQ tests are misleading to the point of being useless, except in identifying philistines in the academic world.
Posted by: bevin | Nov 6 2022 1:00 utc | 86
An impressive Hollywood //telco advert package of POW Ukrainian soldiers returning from Russian gulags
Ukraine may be losing the war, but it out classes Russian PR attempts by a significant magnitude.
https://twitter.com/KramarenkoMari3/status/1588836365202231297
That said. Of course men from both sides want to return to their families.
Posted by: Melaleuca | Nov 6 2022 1:02 utc | 87
bevin | Nov 6 2022 1:00 utc | 86
Iranian Foreign Minister: Tehran supplied drones to Russia, but before the start of hostilities in Ukraine and in small quantities
https://en.topwar.ru/204572-glava-mid-irana-tegeran-postavljal-bespilotniki-rossii-no-do-nachala-boevyh-dejstvij-na-ukraine-i-v-nebolshih-kolichestvah.html
>…In today's interview with Fars, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian admitted that such deliveries did indeed take place. But they happened a few months before the start of the special operation in Ukraine in very small quantities
>…Abdollahian said that he had telephone conversations with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba, at which he asked Kyiv to provide at least some evidence of the use of Iranian drones by the RF Armed Forces to destroy objects on the territory of Ukraine.
The Iranian Foreign Minister said that an Iranian military and political delegation went to one of the European countries two weeks ago to meet with representatives of Ukraine and discuss all their claims regarding the provision of military assistance to Russia.
But, Abdollahian stressed, they did not come "due to pressure from the United States and Germany."
The United States and some European countries, in particular Germany, have told Ukraine that at a time when we want to impose sanctions on Iran over the supply of drones to Russia, you want to drink coffee with Iranians in a European country
- the Iranian minister explained the true motives of the new accusations of the West against his country.
The Iranian Foreign Minister emphasized that talk about the possible supply of ballistic missiles by Tehran to Russia is nothing more than speculation and speculation by Western politicians.
However, Kyiv still has some “evidence”.
Earlier, President Zelensky published a photograph on social networks where he stands next to an Iranian Shahed-136 drone allegedly shot down over Ukrainian territory.
The picture called for many humorous comments from Russian and foreign users.
They noted that according to the technical specifications, the Iranian UAV has dimensions of 3,5 meters in length.
The projection of Zelensky standing next to the UAV shows that the Ukrainian president has acquired the same incredible growth, equal to the length of the drone.
Posted by: Melaleuca | Nov 6 2022 1:22 utc | 88
Another piece / toy added to the stockpile for the war “game”
Nov 5:
The #American #nuclear submarine USS Rhode Island, which is called the "horseman of the apocalypse" entered the Mediterranean Sea, La Repubblica writes.
It can carry 24 Trident II intercontinental missiles capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 18 thousand km.
Are you paying attention @barflies?
Posted by: Melaleuca | Nov 6 2022 1:26 utc | 89
@Melaleuca, It is moored in Georgia...
https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/vessels/USS-Rhode-Island-(SSBN-740)/CURRENT-POSITION/1/369970218
Posted by: ed | Nov 6 2022 1:57 utc | 90
Two interesting tidbits from my Reuters scan is that Scholz went to meet Xi with some number of german industrial heavyweights and Reuters is reporting that the Washington Post is saying the the US government is privately asking Ukraine to show Russia it is open to talks......
The worm turns
Posted by: psychohistorian | Nov 6 2022 2:05 utc | 91
We aren't going to make it to 2024 without some serious pain and most likely World War 3.
Posted by: JustAMaverick | Nov 5 2022 14:33 utc | 2
Wow! Such a positive thought coming out of the gate on a Saturday in November. Chill and rake the leaves.
Posted by: Activist Potato | Nov 6 2022 2:08 utc | 92
Melaleuca @ 89
Another piece / toy added to the stockpile for the war “game” The #American #nuclear submarine USS Rhode Island, which is called the "horseman of the apocalypse" entered the Mediterranean Sea
And one piece more, from TG - Victor, vicktop55:
An American "doomsday plane" landed at the Spanish airbase in Rota. This aircraft is a Boeing E-6 Mercury. It is designed to provide a backup communication system with US Navy nuclear submarines carrying ballistic missiles, and is also used as an air command post of the United Strategic Command of the country's armed forces. According to the Flightradar24 service, the plane arrived in the morning. The purpose of his arrival is unknown.
Duck and Cover: Bert the Turtle
Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Nov 6 2022 2:08 utc | 93
According to her, these will be the most advanced tanks on the battlefield – once they are upgraded.” . .here
I wonder if Canada is also playing a part. A t-72 was spotted on a truck along a highway which looked like BC.
Canada getting involved in WARS without the consent or knowledge of its own population. Democracy and freedom at work.
Posted by: crazycanuck | Nov 6 2022 2:15 utc | 94
On Iranian drone support to Russia
...from various sources. . .it's a "snap-back" world
A 2015 multilateral Iran nuclear agreement (Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA), provides for limits on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. Annex B of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231 (July 17, 2015), which endorsed the JCPOA, provided for a ban on the transfer of arms to or from Iran until October 18, 2020.
On 16 September 2020, Elliott Abrams, the US "special envoy for Iran", announced that all UN sanctions would "snap back" at 20:00 EDT on 19 September. Abrams said that "We expect all UN member states to implement their member state responsibilities and respect their obligations to uphold these sanctions. If other nations do not follow it, I think they should be asked... whether they do not think they are weakening the structure of UN sanctions." Other nations advocate a position whereby when the US abrogated the JCPOA it excluded itself from the JCPOA membership and hence no longer can benefit from the JCPOA.
An overwhelming majority of the Council also has refused to recognize a U.S. assertion that it had standing to implement
the provision of Resolution 2231 that enables JCPOA participants to snap back all U.N. sanctions on Iran, including the arms transfer ban. The dispute over the U.S. snapback request remains unresolved.
U.S. Mission to the United Nations Spokesperson Nate Evans confirmed that there is “ample evidence that Russia is using Iranian-made UAVs in cruel and deliberate attacks against the people of Ukraine, including against civilians and critical civilian infrastructure. By procuring these weapons in violation of UN Security Council Resolutions Russia continues to flout international law in its pursuit of a senseless and brutal war against Ukraine,” he declared.
The embargo on conventional Iranian arms ended in October 2020, but the restrictions on Iran regarding missiles and related technologies are in place until October 2023.
Posted by: Don Bacon | Nov 6 2022 2:17 utc | 95
ed @ 90
@Melaleuca, It is moored in Georgia...
Looks like Melaleuca 1 ed 0, but it's only the first match. Telegram never lies 🙃
Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Nov 6 2022 2:18 utc | 96
@ ed
@Melaleuca, It is moored in Georgia...
No, nuclear submarine USS Rhode Island isn't, a "warship" is.
Nov 3, 2022
Rhode Island’s namesake ship, USS Rhode Island, arrives in Gibraltar
GIBRALTAR – The U.S. Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) arrived in Gibraltar for a scheduled port visit, Nov. 1, 2022.
This brief stop in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations demonstrates the flexibility and adaptability submarines bring to U.S. and allied forces in the region. The last time a U.S. Navy SSBN conducted a port visit to Gibraltar was USS Alaska (SSBN 732) in June 2021. . .here
Posted by: Don Bacon | Nov 6 2022 2:34 utc | 97
@LightYearsFromHome AKA @Melaleuca,
Heralding the first casualty of war, like a cat on a hot tin roof, I ask whom would trumpet such boast, when Russia is the most?
Posted by: ed | Nov 6 2022 2:55 utc | 98
Posted by: uncle tungsten | Nov 5 2022 23:37 utc | 77
Lol, I almost bite the bait but your reply was much better.
Posted by: Forest | Nov 6 2022 3:06 utc | 99
@ Uncle Tungsten 77
Rainbow virus.
The Brits already lost an empire, as did India, Persia, China, Turkey, France, Israel, Germany, dinosaurs and many more. When will they ever give up dreaming about Empire 2 ?
Where does it say in their user manuals that sending $ 50 billion to a pin up Nazi Jew in a green tee shirt 0halfway across the world might be a good idea?
As the lady from Cops mentioned, there always seems to be plenty of money for war.
Nothing odd about 15 C in mid November?
My Muslim manual says we have to protect the environment, not pollute the water in Egypt so badly that it destroys kidneys and then go and have a fxxing conference there.
And still the great unwashed queue round the block for US Costco cheap petrol because its 10 p a litre cheaper there. Why can't they organise a tiny, anti-war , one man , silent , personal peace protest and go and buy it from Asda at 10 p. more?
Posted by: Giyane | Nov 6 2022 3:12 utc | 100
The comments to this entry are closed.
There will never be a truce in Ukraine. No negotiations. The West has no plans to negotiate. Their plan is the destruction of Europe, including Russia. They will never stop until someone stops them with overwhelming force. That is why I'm rootin' for Putin. In the end, the defeat of the Empire will also benefit me.
Posted by: Leroy | Nov 5 2022 14:24 utc | 1