❗️The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson can be stopped due to NATO’s mistake:
According to the Military Chronicle, for a breakthrough in the Berislav direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine plan to use small infantry units equipped with VAB light armored personnel carriers made in France and British Husky TSVs, delivered to replace the BTR-70 and BTR-80 lost in battles with an 8 × 8 wheel arrangement.
By the beginning of November, 90% of the 28th mountain assault brigade, the 60th infantry and the 46th brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were equipped with these types of vehicles. According to radio interception, the command of the 46th brigade doubts the effectiveness of this equipment against Russian artillery and at the end of October appealed to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a request to cancel the attack on Berislav without heavy weapons cover.
According to the Military Chronicle, it became known from the radio interception of the 46th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that the command of this formation was ready to attack in the Berislav direction only if the 17th tank brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was supported. However, in this formation, less than half of the tanks needed by the brigade according to the regular structure are in combat readiness.
Serious damage to the French and British armored personnel carriers in the areas of concentration of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is caused by the Giacint-S and Msta-B guns, as well as the division of the special power of the Malka guns of 203 mm caliber from the artillery sleeve of the RF Armed Forces on the left bank of the Dnieper.
The combat work of artillery of the RF Armed Forces in the Berislav direction exacerbated another problem of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – poor staffing with spare parts and specialized tires for foreign-made armored personnel carriers.
Due to the error of equipment senders in NATO countries, the VAB, Husky TSV armored personnel carriers, as well as American FMTV M1083 tractors (transport of M777 howitzers with a protected cab) were delivered to Ukraine without spare wheels. Splinters of 152-mm shells hit the wheels repeatedly, which led to the fact that the armored vehicles had to be written off.
The use of third-party rubber and a different size leads to overheating of the transmission, engine breakdowns and off-road problems.
Before the start of the expected November offensive, losses in light armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine can reach 70%. After that, the Ukrainian troops risk losing the possibility of tactical maneuver and will be forced to switch to passive defense.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/18935

Posted by: Down South | Nov 6 2022 13:16 utc | 3

Are the Russians capable of shuttering the Satellite observation systems? If the Russian can do so they can mask the offensives they are planning or stymie and Ukie lunges. Either attack the software via hacking or the physical infrastructure of the modules or the control rooms.

Posted by: Wokechoke | Nov 6 2022 13:37 utc | 5

I saw casualty estimates posted in the last open thread which were very favorable to Russia. However, if the very favorable ratios are not likely to be true then do not share what is likely false information. Our collective goal is to help Russia. We are not helping Russia by sustaining false information. If the number of Ukrainian combat casualties is for instance only 2x to Russian combat casualties which would be pessimistic for the Russian war effort then it should be discussed in the open. If the current Russian strategy is not working then it has to change course. Without reliable estimates how is it possible to determine if the Russian strategy is working or not working?
If based on reliable estimates it is determined the strategy is not working then Russia will seriously have to consider taking on a huge risk to save itself from defeat. One risk pathway is Russia working with Iran to start a proxy war in the east part of Syria. If the US is cleared from Syria, it will threaten Israel. US foreign policy is controlled by Jews. Russia will be in a better position to negotiate with the US if Israel is threatened through Syria. If the US attacks Iran after the start of the proxy war then Russia will need to send support for Iran. This means world war so it all has to be carefully considered. If the combat casualty is not favorable to Russia then it leads to this difficult decision.

Posted by: calculation | Nov 6 2022 13:42 utc | 7

The chaos and disjointed and confused tactical/logistical disaster of the Ukrainian forces under the advanced imaging and SAT intelligence is consistently being destroyed by the Russian forces. Russia has yet to deploy its most lethal conventional weaponry that the West is so desperate for Russia not deploying it because US/NATO are getting so frustrated for not knowing what else Russia has its arsenal of Russia’s most advanced defense weaponry. So far Ukraine and its entire anti-Russian coalition is getting their asses kicked big time. Because of the disastrous Ukrainian+USA+UK+Germany+Israel+EU+5-eyes countries are getting pretty beatings by the Russians. And this is the reason now the genocidal Pentagon is considering using Iraq deployed and failed “depleted Uranium” and “mini nuclear arsenal for the defeat of Ukraine is imminent and that is an unacceptable outcome for the uber Zionists hellbent to defeat Russia!

Posted by: Allan Kaplan | Nov 6 2022 13:53 utc | 9

A bunch of nukes with all the sats moving into position, they are going to spook Russia into striking first if this keeps going on.

Posted by: OhhCanada | Nov 6 2022 14:06 utc | 11

calculation | Nov 6 2022 13:42 utc | 7
Without reliable estimates how is it possible to determine if the Russian strategy is working or not working
Guess you’ll need a verified carnage count.

Posted by: john | Nov 6 2022 14:13 utc | 13

reply to 7
It’s fair that Ukr. troop losses are only estimates. However, we went thru some weeks of very minor claims that followed heavy claims (mobilization was needed). Now, claims are getting big again. So in relative terms, I think heavy losses in Ukraine are credible – and all the more so because they lack armor and try to fight with pickup trucks or the like.
Russia is playing ‘rope a dope’ with Ukraine. Ukraine must keep attacking and that means horrific losses.

Posted by: Eighthman | Nov 6 2022 14:24 utc | 15

“Are the Russians capable of shuttering the Satellite observation systems?”
Even if they have the capability I would be surprised if they use it anytime before actual NATO forces are on the front line … that’s the whole point of the USA spending $$$$ on a losing cause … to find out Russian capabilities and deplete them of their best weapons. IMO Russia is sandbagging. The only way we’ll find out is from Ukrainian reports and it’s not in their interests to talk either.

Posted by: Dave_k | Nov 6 2022 14:33 utc | 17

This is troubling, the tag is Sladkov’s and I check it on his TG and it’s there so would say it’s true. Mud or otherwise the Ukrainians or Poles or whatever still have a lot of fight in them. Cross posted with I think his comments from the TG – Victor, vicktop55
Khodakovsky warned that it would be. But there are too many idiots.
WarGonzo: Everything is objectively bad on Pavlovka. The first joy from the fact that the Donbass special forces of the OBTF and the Cascade went there was replaced by extremely depressing news about the situation of the 155th brigade of the Pacific Fleet. Khodakovsky openly runs into those who planned the operation (so far without names). A colleague and our military “father” Sladkov reports painful losses and the appeal of marines from the 155th to the leadership of the RF Ministry of Defense. We are waiting for specifics and organizational conclusions.
I knew what it would be. Khodakovsky reasonably predicted everything a week ago.
Sladkov: URGENT!!!
DIFFICULT SITUATION IN PAVLOVKA (DPR). MARINES OF OUR 155th Brigade APPEALED TO THE GOVERNOR OF PRIMORYE OLEG KOZHEMIAKO.
I am not sending a letter. Its essence was transferred to the Russian Ministry of Defense. Original in Primorye. It has been said: great losses, the inability to convey to the top management information about our high useless losses in people and technology. I have the numbers, but then it’s up to the Prosecutor General’s Office.
The marines are asking Oleg Kozhemyako to contact the Defense Ministry to send a commission to urgently analyze the situation. There are three loud names in the letter, I know, but I don’t quote. However, I am publishing the post myself, because they have been talking upstairs about the situation in Pavlovka for several days, and the blood is pouring and pouring.

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Nov 6 2022 14:53 utc | 19

Concerning quotes and talk from the NRO this morning as regards increases in Satellite Recon vehicle total:
The number mentioned is 50. These will be mostly Low Earth Orbit and apparently commercial. This would be satellites of the Landsat or Indian array type. Note this is not new launches, and almost certainly not maneuvering to new orbits.
Rather than additional hardware in orbit, the issue would be allocation of analysts on the ground and their time spent on the data that is already being downlinked.
Getting tactically useful information from imagery requires fast turnaround. Capturing images on one day and analyzing them and reporting their content the next day is likely not very useful. A big analyst budget should be able to take some hours off of this, but it’s never going to be instantaneous. Note also that the Russians will have an advantage always in that their satellite resources can downlink to Russian analysis facilities almost in real time as the satellite passes over Ukraine. It’s a matter of geometry and geography. Line of sight.
American orbital assets have to be visible to the ground station that will collect the downlink for it to happen. I don’t personally know of any navy ships with that capability, but it’s certainly possible. From a Navy shipboard capability, that information could then be uplinked to a geosynchronous platform(s) for transfer around the world and back down into the US facilities for analysis.
Overall conclusion, extra satellites mean less than analysis time/budget. Russia’s recon will always have a geography advantage for time of collection and analysis.
This is all further evidence that satellite recon has rendered lessons of warfare history somewhat unimportant.

Posted by: I Know Things | Nov 6 2022 14:59 utc | 21

cracks in Nato performance and morale appear.
Posted by: unimperator | Nov 6 2022 13:38 utc | 6
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I can’t recall who is and isn’t US, but a good phrase used here is “it’s all over but the crying”.
Actually, it was all over way back when Russia didn’t collapse. Come to think of it, that would be a good project/essay for someone to study and publish.
Is there a day/week where one could point to and ID a specific point at which the crisis passed? (Was there even actually such a point or was it just the grand cacophony of western media?)
There wasn’t ever any real intention to engage in a land battle over Ukraine. Rather, as has been pointed out by so many, it became an exercise is testing equipment, drawing down stores in order to acquire fresh toys, money laundering and career advancement.
From a US perspective, its basically off the news. Sure, you can go find news if you so desire, but it’s not being trumpeted 24/7 in your face as it was just a few months back.
That both tells and reassures me of some basic American characteristics:
One, very short attention spans; No ancient blood feuds here. Remember, everyone here is a product of people literally walking away from family/regional connections.
Two, we haven’t had an actual existentional fight on our land for 160 years. It’s why Americans won’t accept large losses – these overseas adventures are all fine and dandy if the losses are kept to a minimum.
Three, dropping Ukraine doesn’t mean the battle for Russia is over. Rather, it will simply transition to another theater in the so called hybrid scheme.
In fact, we could even become great pals again and include Russia in the dollar regime. As I keep saying, $usd = energy.
Russia has the energy, so why not accept a sweet heart deal that leads to an economic building boom?
It’s the old make or buy analysis: go your own way with all the attendant, drawn out sabotage and interference, or reach an agreement where both parties benefit today?

Posted by: B9k9 | Nov 6 2022 15:06 utc | 23

Our collective goal is to help Russia.
Posted by: calculation | Nov 6 2022 13:42 utc | 7
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Who’s this “we” kimosabe?
If I may speak for the American contingent, our goal is to destroy the neo cons. Russia is simply providing necessary foreign assistance in a manner similar to the French 250 years ago.
If this war can break the back of the deep state and cease the imperial adventures, “normal” Americans can go back to their true desire: one upping friends and rivals in the quest for economic (class) achievement.

Posted by: B9k9 | Nov 6 2022 15:17 utc | 25

” Plus two allies would suffer enormous damages.
And if NK got a nuke away how does the US retaliate without bringing China into the conflict.
One NK nuke over California and the emp wipes every electrical device out.
Posted by: jpc | Nov 6 2022 15:02 utc | 22 ”
You make it sound like none of these things would happen if Russia was attacked directly. My question still stands. Why does the US seem more afraid of NK then Russia ?

Posted by: Deplorable Commisar | Nov 6 2022 15:28 utc | 27

@ Deplorable Commisar | Nov 6 2022 15:28 utc | 27 re: Why does the US seem more afraid of NK then Russia ?
This is nothing more than a conclusory allegation. How would one attempt to engage such an ill-contrived thought of yours?

Posted by: BigTex | Nov 6 2022 15:37 utc | 29

RT headline 6th November —
“Ukraine bombed dam with American missiles – Kherson officials
Six rockets from US-supplied systems were fired at the key infrastructure, with one making it through, emergencies services report”
When will the gifting of F35s begin?

Posted by: Elmagnostic | Nov 6 2022 15:42 utc | 31

” This is nothing more than a conclusory allegation. How would one attempt to engage such an ill-contrived thought of yours?
Posted by: BigTex | Nov 6 2022 15:37 utc | 29 ”
Yet you conveniently failed to address this point.
” In fact, there is no way the US /NATO would ever attack a North Korean bridge, its port, or sink one of its capital ships without expecting a full military retaliation from North Korea. ”

Posted by: Deplorable Commissar | Nov 6 2022 15:53 utc | 33

ZH has a posting up about the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in southern Ukraine being hit.
The quote

“Today at 10:00 there was a hit of six HIMARS rockets. Air defense units shot down five missiles, one hit a lock of the Kakhovka dam, which was damaged,” Russian news agencies quoted local emergency authorities as saying.

The posting then goes on to write about Z

The Kakhovka dam has for months been at the center of competing accusations and claims, with President Zelensky saying weeks ago that Russian troops are plotting a ‘false flag’ detonation of the large structure in order to trigger cataclysmic flooding.
Zelensky appealed to world powers to ensure the dam’s safe operation by sending an international mission to protect and operate it, pointing out that if the dam burst it would case a “catastrophe on a grand scale”.
“The dam of this hydroelectric power plant holds about 18 million cubic meters of water,” he said in statements last month. “If Russian terrorists blow up this dam, more than 80 settlements, including Kherson, will be in the zone of rapid flooding. Hundreds, hundreds of thousands of people may be affected.”

So just how did Russia get 6 HIMAR rockets to fire at the dam? I know, minor details….

Posted by: psychohistorian | Nov 6 2022 15:59 utc | 35

@ psychohistorian | Nov 6 2022 15:59 utc | 35
Also the Kakhovka dam is the basis of water delivery to Crimea. Built in Soviet times in the 1950s, the Kakhovka dam pumps water into the North Crimean canal, which starts in southern Ukraine and crosses the entire Crimean peninsula.

Posted by: Don Bacon | Nov 6 2022 16:09 utc | 37

There’s now 2 chemical tankers, “Mainland” and “Brave”, off Odessa, they seem to be idling or anchored. Yesterday Champion Pula was at Yuzhne port. Obviously they are transporting fuel to be used in the Kherson front yet allowed free travel.

Posted by: unimperator | Nov 6 2022 16:22 utc | 39

Biswapriya Purkayast @ 30

Unfortunately we don’t have a Zhukov now. But hopefully the thinking is the same.

No Konev or Chuikov either, or Molotv and hate to say it, Stalin. These people knew what they were facing, from all sides, friends and enemies, they never let down their guard before, during, or after the war. Seems Putin, Lavrov, Shoigu, maybe Surovikin have to relearn every thing from scratch. Looking at history seems it takes about two years for a military, on both sides, to shake out the dead wood and get on with the real war.
The Soviets in WW2 would send men in battle with no gun where they waited for someone to fall in front of them so that they can pick it up and continue advancing. If the Russians are really attacking with a 1 to 3 disadvantage then every man they loose is a big gain for Ukraine, so loosing RF lives is very problematic in this SMO. Calculations must be made differently that WW2. The Russians today are in no position to throw their own soldiers into the meat grinder to create diversions, all I see here is a loss of limited precious resources, men and machines. Looks to me like they over extended their lines once again and got trapped.
The mobilized reserves will help but they will be green. Territories the size of Ukraine need million man armies to make any progress. Apparently and uncharacteristically NATO and the USA understood this from the start, saw the meat grinder coming, built up a huge army of Ukrainians not caring less about carnage while RF prepared to fight Syria on the home front, easy-peasy.
Thankfully the west doesn’t have any way of putting together a million man army seeing that not a single leader in the EU or USA has over 30% support. In every country in the west people detest their leaders and their neoliberal devastation so for now I don’t see people running to the recruitment office. However, I think the USA is working on Gulf of Tonkin or a Pearl Harbor the latter being what they would really need to go all in.
I think the reports from Pavlovka are as bad as they sound and what we know, two paragraphs on TG, is heavily censored.
RF also lost a Priest today:
Father Mikhail died near Pavlovka together with the soldiers of the 155th brigade of marines. The ROC said that the rector of the patriarchal metochion at the headquarters of the Strategic Missile Forces, Archpriest Mikhail Vasiliev, died during a special operation.

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Nov 6 2022 16:38 utc | 41

unimperator @ 39

There’s now 2 chemical tankers, “Mainland” and “Brave”, off Odessa, they seem to be idling or anchored.

…and not shooting down any Global Hawks anywhere over the Black Sea international waters be damned. They need a little bit of that GW Bush cowboy “bring it on bravado”. Maybe Mr. Bravado Medvedev should be in charge? Maybe it’s all 8th dimensional Twister judo plotted out in mystic secret btwn RF China Iran and the Saudies under the Get Smart “Cone of Silence.” Multipolar world victory will blindside us all.

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Nov 6 2022 16:49 utc | 43

calculation @7 <-- A silly poster who thinks the Russian high command lurks in the dark corners of the bar eavesdropping for strategy ideas. How foolish! “Our collective goal is to help Russia.”
Sez who? And jawboning here at the whiskey (uisce?) bar over a fine Irish single malt helps the Russians how, exactly?
I think most of the legit posters (and lurkers) at the bar are here to develop their wisdom and share knowledge for personal, internal reasons. I’m pretty sure it is only the trolls who come here and post thinking they are going to change the world, or earn a paycheck, as the case may be. While I’ve seen many ripples disturbing the “official” imperial narratives that clearly originated with our host’s work, and sometimes even from posters in these fora, I don’t think any of the legitimate barflies are so arrogant and narcissistic as to think their opinions will decide the war!
No, the only kind of poster who would post concern here that some of the perspectives widely accepted by the community don’t align with the narratives that the imperial mass media is desperately doing the hard-sell on would be a concern … something or another. What’s that word I’m thinking of? You know, those primitive creatures who live under bridges and prey on the unwary? One of those that pretends to be concerned for the unwary in order to instill FUD is what I’m talking about.

Posted by: William Gruff | Nov 6 2022 16:51 utc | 45

@ Biswapriya Purkayast
Fake news buddy! keep spreading it long and large, only buffoons and kiddies will believe your fairy tale stories.

Posted by: crazycanuck | Nov 6 2022 17:00 utc | 47

A HIMARS warhead is 200 lbs (91 kg).
Not exactly a ‘dambuster,’ cf. the RAF 617 Squadron raid on the dams in the Ruhrgebiet, using specially designed bombs with 6,600 lb (3,000 kg) Torpex.

Posted by: Acco Hengst | Nov 6 2022 17:28 utc | 49

@calculation #7
It is a myth that Russia needs “our” help to defeat Ukraine.
Those who are bought into the idea that media narrative matters once shooting starts, are confused.
These are the same people raised under an environment where the US and EU governments have to hide, redirect, pretend ignorance etc in order to deploy force don’t understand that Putin and the Russian government are actually the ones restraining the far more aggressive (at this point) Russian public opinion.
Nor am I the least bit convinced that relative casualty figures matter for Russia. Russia could trade off 2 for 1 and would still do it as they firmly believe Ukraine is an existential issue.
For Ukraine – if the conflict were truly a groundswell, casualty ratios would not matter either. The North Vietnamese and Vietcong lost at least 2 or 3 times more dead than ARVN+US, but they were fine doing so in order to win.
But in reality, there is a small cabal of elites in Ukraine plus a 2-3% ultranationalists in the population who are really supporting the war – everyone else is just trying to get by. And so the only hope is to inflict enough pain that Russia stops – but I have already made it clear that this would not happen anyway.
And so here we are: Ukraine is not going to stop until it is defeated, and in doing so, ensures that the outcome will be the worst possible one for that country and its people.

Posted by: c1ue | Nov 6 2022 17:43 utc | 51

@B9k9 | Nov 6 2022 15:06 utc | 23
…dropping Ukraine doesn’t mean the battle for Russia is over. Rather, it will simply transition to another theater…
Sure thing. The other side of the coin is that Russia can switch to securing its new territories with regular personnel. This frees battle-hardened professionals (Wagner in the first place). They can become actors in other theaters as well, promising quicker gains there than any “battle for Russia”, regardless of the theater. From the RF point of view, it would IMO be a waste to not benefit from “re-using” SMO structures, which become more and more refined and experienced (and bloated) the longer the SMO lasts. Just sell their services along with Russian weapons. I see a market for this kind of metastases, just another instance of multipolarity. The West is to blame, again. “Forever war” is not a one-sided thing. They introduced it and this is the reason why RF has developed suitable structures.

Posted by: OttoE | Nov 6 2022 18:00 utc | 53

Concerning “shooting down” satellites.
1) They don’t de-orbit. They are not shot “down”.
2) Filling a satellite traverse “band” with debris implies the debris has tiny propulsion on it, which it does not. If you explode a vehicle, the particles of debris begin to spread outwards. They don’t stop. There are no thrusters on the slivers of metal to get them to stop. They start spreading out and they spread out forever. Any such cloud becomes larger and larger, and less and less dense.
3) Orbits have parameters. Equatorial inclination is one of these, and the relevant satellites, being polar, have inclinations of about 90 degrees. They also have altitude, and they are ellipses. Nearly circular but never exactly. Hitting the target is not easy. Or rather, it is very easy. If you put enough mass into orbit and explode it, and let the cloud of debris spread — and then launch another and another, you can absolutely deny satellites the relevant altitudes. Nearly forever. Spaceflight for all of mankind would end for centuries. It takes 100s of years for a 400 mile orbit to decay.
3)

Posted by: I Know Things | Nov 6 2022 18:02 utc | 55

Deplorably Dumb Commissar has switched his “concern” from Russian volunteer rates to a sudden interest in North Korea. If you are trying to troll this Ukraine thread, I suggest you try a new one, or better yet, stick it in your ear. XXO.

Posted by: Zed | Nov 6 2022 18:08 utc | 57

Posted by: 600w | Nov 6 2022 18:06 utc | 56
Another possibility is to put a self propulsion vehicle, carrying a parabel/half circle shaped “web” which can “catch” satellites. Sort of a space garbage collector. After you have some satellites in the “net”, point the thing towards the sun, accelerate, de-accelerate, the satellites will fly into eternal glory. Bring the vehicle back to orbit and continue, happy hunting.
AFAIK satellites do not have propulsion per se, but some kind of directional thrusters to orient it, not sufficient to push it to space.

Posted by: unimperator | Nov 6 2022 18:20 utc | 59

Regarding Meloni last week she spent a two day retreat at Draghi’s house. Unheard of, typical is a retreat with members of your own coalition to put together your cabinet. It’s like Trump winning and spending two days in Obama’s house before getting to work on his own administration.

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Nov 6 2022 18:42 utc | 61

@60 battenmountain
While I feel your point, it is still a win for the people of Italy.
Our American/EU elite do not feel any effects of large migration and merely use this force as a political pawn.
This is a win for the people for which the elite are allowing to buy time.
I admit leaving NATO and disbanding the EU is the end goal, but it is a pretty good start from Italy here.

Posted by: NemesisCalling | Nov 6 2022 19:12 utc | 63

Evacuations as Ukrainian forces fire missiles at dam damaging it.
” Some 1,000 people have been evacuated from the city of Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region, Ruslan Agayev, a spokesman for the city administration, said on Sunday.
“Jointly with the Russian emergencies ministry, some 900-1,000 people [have been evacuated], according to the official requests from people,” he said.
According to Agayev, evacuation proceeds seven days a week. People are being taken to Crimea by buses and further on to the Krasnodar Territory by railway transport.
Kherson Region governor Vladimir Saldo said on October 18 that people living on the Dnieper right bank would be relocated to the left bank due to the risk of flooding triggered by Ukraine’s attack on the Kakhovka hydropower plant. On October 31, he said that the evacuation zone on the left-bank part of the region would be expanded to a distance of 15 kilometers from the Dnieper.”
https://tass.com/politics/1532843

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Nov 6 2022 19:36 utc | 65

That’s why I believe that after the electoral blowout next week, the Ukraine spigot will bev turned off.
B9k9
imo, publicly, some will be reduced, but the real money will still go to things like the German base now being exclusively dedicated to training and sending in Ukrainian soldiers and coordinate.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2022/10/03/us-may-establish-new-command-in-germany-to-arm-ukraine-report/
and NED (national endowment for democracy) will be fomenting “revolutions” within and on the borders of russia, not to mention all the nato “drills” and selling new weaponry to everyone. as others have mentioned, we have succeeded in selling the idea of permanent war.
still, if we can avoid the nukes, any progress in ramping down Ukraine is awesome.
i can’t link it, but i just saw some female broadcasters fawning over a ukronazi soldier (photos with swastikas, but not on the show) who is apparently going into schools to speak. doesn’t get much more authoritarian than that. i work in a school and this enrages me. we are training racist facists. yay us.

Posted by: polarbear4 | Nov 6 2022 19:49 utc | 67

Posted by: jayco | Nov 6 2022 18:13 utc | 58
Don’t have to blind them as I have heard the Russians destroy them by spoofing geolocation on the receiving pads. So I assume data still comes in but it is useless as it is too questionable.
Posted by: Battenmountain | Nov 6 2022 18:28 utc | 60
Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Nov 6 2022 18:42 utc | 61
Meloni is a fraud and captive opposition. She will at most make some airwaves about immigrants. Apart from that she is a mother – hen and will simply hatch her clutch. Won’t go against Israel or Nato. In fact the first thing she did was publicly swear fealty to Israel and Nato ,in that order. If she gets too tough on immigrants the Americans will nuke another Genoan bridge just as they did last time.

Posted by: Brother Ma | Nov 6 2022 19:59 utc | 69

US is still in Syria stealing oil.
Israel bombs whatever they want anywhere in the ME.
All you virtue signallers, try flying a Palestine flag. Instead of Ukraine.
You could not find it on a map.

Posted by: Sockpup | Nov 6 2022 20:06 utc | 71

jpc [22]
You are so ill-educated
North Korea is resource rich especially in rare earth minerals
Posted by: Paul Greenwood | Nov 6 2022 15:10 utc | 24
Rich enough to provoke a potentially catastrophic exchange?
I’m aware that there’s minerals there but nothing like Afghanistan to mention one other country.
Thanks for the heads up vis the abundance of minerals Paul.
Very pompous response though!
Expected more from you.
Regards and how we can be civil in future.
jpc

Posted by: jpc | Nov 6 2022 20:20 utc | 73

@ Biswapriya Purkayast
You write a good fake letter, Sir.

Posted by: HERMIUS | Nov 6 2022 20:30 utc | 75

“Ukraine fatigue” is a story line created by the bidens to get votes. It’s shelf life ends November 9.
The bidens have too much of themselves invested in their often stated goal, i.e., end Putin.
The bidens in Ukraine are writing history, their ego knows it, and, right or wrong, they want to write the ending of that story.

Posted by: Johnny Dollar | Nov 6 2022 20:47 utc | 77

[9] Russia has yet to deploy its most lethal conventional weaponry
What weaponry/systems is that they have not yet deployed?

Posted by: Bill Smith | Nov 6 2022 20:49 utc | 79

@Brother Ma #69 youre right i have no doubt the russians have very creative ways to sort of close the tech gap and defeat a lot of that gap by simple creativty, us relies too much on complicated bullshit technology, HOWEVER, as far as defeating an entire fleet of say 1000 550 pound pallet sized satellites in the starlink constellation, im really not sure russia can do that, despite the very good russian porpoganda against my point, do russians have lasers and what have you, and hackers and super advanced weapons??? their marketing says so, FOR SURE ANDRE MARTYANOV SAYS SO! …haha..
look …the pengram has a lot of bloat, but just by sheer force of the amount of bloat they would be more advanced than anyone right? but look at china; they just steal shit, and russia does too, so do the israelis, the americans, my point is , look at what china is capable of and compare to russian “avant gard”,,,, and “checkmate” GREAT IDEAS but where is the industrial capacity?
not in russia. not in usa. its in freaking china and germany…ooppps! or was!… and freaking twaiwan… this chips ban on china is like the colombians banning coccaine to tony montana!
anyway, lets hope i get a 15 megaton warhead on my head 😉

Posted by: jayco | Nov 6 2022 21:21 utc | 81

@ Republicofscotland | Nov 6 2022 19:52 utc | 68
Is it possible that peace talks might be in the cards.
There certainly is a need for it, the problem is that the US has a great difficulty finding anyone who can play those cards. I have joked that the State Dept. motto — Diplomacy In Action — is really diplomacy inaction. State’s diplomacy entirely consists of sanctions these days. Antony Blinken practicing diplomacy? He is not capable of it, because the US is a world hegemon and has had no need for diplomacy. Just follow the “rules-based order!”

Posted by: Don Bacon | Nov 6 2022 21:44 utc | 83

Of the neatrly 5,000 satelites in orbit. usa has nearly 3,000.https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/264472/number-of-satellites-in-orbit-by-operating-country/&ved=2ahUKEwjGhKWoyJr7AhUz7TgGHaZDCXoQFnoECA0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw0SypIcDWIYSCTv54nCfUXg
this will change rapidly. The new head of Rosmoscos Dmitry Rogozin aims to launch a satelite per day by next year.

Posted by: hankster | Nov 6 2022 22:11 utc | 85

” [9] Russia has yet to deploy its most lethal conventional weaponry
What weaponry/systems is that they have not yet deployed?
Posted by: Bill Smith | Nov 6 2022 20:49 utc | 79 ”
Sharks with laser beams.

Posted by: Deplorable Commissar | Nov 6 2022 22:16 utc | 87

” Simply put.
Risk benefit is massively in NKs favour.
Posted by: jpc | Nov 6 2022 20:30 utc | 76 ”
In other words, the US is more sure of North Korea retaliating then it is of Russia retaliating. That’s not good as I would think the US would fear both equally.

Posted by: Deplorable Commisar | Nov 6 2022 22:31 utc | 89

Can anyone provide reliable information on the situation regarding General Alexander Lapin? The western media is claiming that he has been sacked for his “failure” to hold the Kharkiv region of Ukraine back in September. There are even stories claiming that his body was found in a river in Russia. All of this seems fake, but it has been actively promoted by AAP and Reuters, and amplified across multiple western media outlets.

Posted by: Rousillon | Nov 6 2022 22:51 utc | 91

@90
North Korea is the gift that keeps on giving to the US because it is the un-ended war that justifies the US desire to maintain a presence in the area. The US keeps South Korea under its thumb with 30,000 US troops, command authority over South Korea’s large military, a US Air Force base one air-hour from Beijing, plus bases and many troops in nearby Japan. The US recently flew bombers over South Korea to remind North Korea of the complete destruction of its country by US aerial bombing seventy years ago.

Posted by: Don Bacon | Nov 6 2022 23:23 utc | 93

@ hankster
Oh dammit, I might have to start liking Musk now, stickler for correct English language usage that I am . . .

Posted by: malenkov | Nov 6 2022 23:33 utc | 95

Posted by: Parfum | Nov 6 2022 16:44 utc | 42

Here’s the problem. Russia seems a squirt gun against the paper tiger. They need to be a flame thrower.

Nay, my good sir, a “squirt gun” is the ide

Posted by: Sarlat La Canède | Nov 7 2022 0:02 utc | 97

Bloody hell !

Here’s the problem. Russia seems a squirt gun against the paper tiger. They need to be a flame thrower.
A ‘squirt gun’, which I presume to be a water pistol, is, is, the ideal weapon against a paper tiger !!
More oxo ! And whisky !
Love to all etc..

Posted by: Sarlat La Canède | Nov 7 2022 0:06 utc | 99