Anyone else seen the Wagner mockumentary about taking 3 blocks by a certain time just so they could get coordinates from a 9 storey building for the airstrike on some Tulip?
Involved (Wagner) a couple of tanks & BMPs (losing 1 tank to drone) a 120m mortar unit, 152mm unit that was hit by counterbattery, 3 strike/assault teams (only 2 survivors), a Grad team and a couple of SU 25.
On the UAF side, a defending team in the 1st and 3rd building, a roving security team, a reserve force, a 120mm mortar unit, 155mm Howitzer unit and a couple of tanks, oh and that 209mm Tulip. All destroyed.
Very messy and makes one wonder why the entire area wasn’t just TOSed, before sending in the teams. Also, no near (direct fire) fire bases set up for the assault teams. Otherwise, very standard 80s FIBUA format and great form from both sides.
I didn’t get the title, just the catch phrase, “Best in Hell”.
Entertaining for the warporn fans.

Posted by: Suresh | May 6 2023 1:44 utc | 204

@202 Apparently many east ukranians voted for Zelensky because he promised peace with Russia, but as so often with democracy polticians are turned when they get into power. Of course everything there is a charade since the us sponsored coup in 2014 overthrew the democratically elected government, because the us didnt like it.

Posted by: Oh | May 6 2023 1:45 utc | 206

@99 is a foul mouthed troll masquerading as Peter AU1.

Posted by: Dferg | May 6 2023 2:00 utc | 208

Supposedly an existential crisis for Russia, yet barely 10% of available reservists mobilised. Doesn’t make sense to me.

Posted by: Oh | May 6 2023 2:14 utc | 210

Melaleuca | May 6 2023 2:14 utc | 214
Fear not. Z will make a surprise appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Posted by: dh | May 6 2023 2:33 utc | 212

“The nadir of this type of offense is nuclear and the Ukrainians are not novices in this regard. Russia’s unwillingness to bite the bullet is the most dangerous position to have taken against such an enemy will go down as one of the worst approaches to fanatical fascism in warfare with such possible nuclear endings of one or another kind. Historians will then ask “What were they waiting for?”
Posted by: Elmagnostic | May 5 2023 20:23 utc | 100
What if Russians have a conscience and the Zio-Banderites and their western Owners do not?
After the recent destruction and plundering of several countries – Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan – the Owners of the collective west feel pretty well in terms of a complete lack of accountability. The triumph of genocidal Straussians (neo-talmudists) at the US State Department and the eagerness of the dishonorable MIC to continue “humanitarian interventions” and “the marches of democracy” by producing mounds of dead human flesh in the Middle East and Eastern Europe leaves no hope for the collective west. There are no homeostatic mechanisms of biofeedback in the collective west to save the living organism of western society.
The astonishing turnaround of the American/European Jewish Community towards celebrating the Nazification of Ukraine and the Jews’ support for Banderites is a great illustration of the depravity of ‘masters of the universe’ in charge of the Financial Squid and war profiteering corporations. Their shamelessness and opportunism are on wide display. Where is their usual squealing “nazi & hitler?”
Russians do not like wars. Western bankers and fascist mega-corporations need wars because these Parasites live by plunder and murder. Russians and Chinese are trying hard to save the planet by allowing the Parasites to destroy and eat themselves. The Parasites must be contained.

Posted by: Cerena | May 6 2023 2:44 utc | 214

Oh @ 213

Supposedly an existential crisis for Russia, yet barely 10% of available reservists mobilised. Doesn’t make sense to me.

Which is why you’re not a military strategist or leader of a country [I am assuming].
This isn’t an instant-gratification conflict. This is about shaping the entire world into a multi-polar one. “Quick” can get nukes flying. If Russia mobilized with a full army (even assuming the Russian people would have been behind that AND that they’d continue to be behind that) the collective West would have jumped in [directly] in which case a lot more fingers on triggers and, well, history tells us what tends to happen.
Russia’s objectives were to minimize civilian casualties: unlike the lip service given by the West, Russia actually strives for this. And mass reduction in armaments in Ukraine: a LOT of stuff has been eliminated, not to mention the 100s of thousands of Ukrainian (and other) military personnel. While there are Russian-side personnel losses they have been a fraction to that of their opposition’s. Russian troop increases have taken place and are ramping up, ready for another phase of this conflict.
As has been said so many times: We’re alive because of Putin’s patience (again, the West [looking at YOU, US] would have been firing nukes- oh, just small ones!).

Posted by: Seer | May 6 2023 3:13 utc | 216

@221
1. Arsenals of the west are depleted due to offshoring of industries. A temporary state of affairs.
2. Odessa and Kharkov are essential to denying the western countries a victory. 300k is not enough to take one of them.
WW3 will happen unless the west warmongers are taught a sharp lesson, war against China is coming otherwise.
2 million russian troops on the polish border wpuld sober up minds. I am not a professional military strategist, but I am old enough to remember that for decades peace prevailed because of a respect of russian nuclear ability. That is why kennedy backed on down in 1962, Weakness is not strength.

Posted by: Oh | May 6 2023 3:47 utc | 218

And it wasn’t for any of his opinions. He’ll eventually be deported, and that’ll be that.
Not all of us are stupid here. Try to remember that.
Posted by: Nak | May 6 2023 2:34 utc | 216
Agree his situation is ludicrous, and the Ukies obviously couldn’t care less, so what was he picked up for? (if its true and if he is actually in Ukraine)

Posted by: K | May 6 2023 4:33 utc | 220

It isn’t that Lira had this view or that view. Or that he acted dengerously. It simply brings to focus that the “democracy” Western countries claim to stand for in Ukraine is again arresting someone for thought crimes.
Of course Ukraine has done worse, but mostly to anonymous victims as far as the Western world is concerned.

Posted by: bobzibub | May 6 2023 5:11 utc | 222

Posted by: kassandra | May 6 2023 4:11 utc | 224
Wow, I thought Gonzalo was on the Russian side of the lines. Those are not the sort of things one should say about a host country, let alone one with that kind of government and factions in it.
=excuse the diversion of subject matter but maybe your observation should express moral outrage? No member of the 256 member nation state system has a moral or ethical right to deny or punish one its citizens for speaking their mind and informing global humanity relevant factual information?
The nation state system is the problem. The war in Ukraine is a prime example.. of the faults of the nation state system.
Your comment concerns me. It suggests you assume the persons in charge of the nation state have the right to use the awesome powers of the nation state to suppress the inalienable human right to communicate without interference, without monitoring, or without oversight by the nation state system or any other device.
If humans accept that informing others, with actual facts, has never hurt any innocent person, then you accept that the nation state is not innocent in its effort to punish exposure to the facts.
The nation state system survives because it separates mankind, politically, culturally and socially into cells called nation states. Each nation state (cell) assumes it has the right to impose on those individuals captured within its bounds engineered self-serving ideologies. Julian Assange comes to mind. Everyone should recognize that the design of the nation state is, like the corporations its spawns, anti human in function, but controlled by a just a few humans.
Not only do the individual nation states deny those trapped within their clutches the freedoms and liberties every human born to this earth is each entitled to, but the individual nation states often conscript those within its boundaries to advance or defend with their time, commitments, and lives the power and wealth of the few who own and operate the nation state. Why does humanity put up with the nation state system?

Posted by: snake | May 6 2023 5:29 utc | 224

Big Serge tweeted that Ukraine almost certainly attempted an counter-attack in/around Bakhut in the last 24-48 hours, which caused a spike for Wagner casualties. They failed to take any ground, though.

Posted by: unimperator | May 6 2023 5:39 utc | 226

Big Serge tweeted that Ukraine almost certainly attempted an counter-attack in/around Bakhut in the last 24-48 hours, which caused a spike for Wagner casualties. They failed to take any ground, though.
Posted by: unimperator | May 6 2023 5:39 utc | 231

That is itself concerning.
How many times did we hear that the roads are cut off, under “fire control”, etc.? And if they aren’t, how is it that they can move so much men and materiel without being annihilated by aviation? The glide bombs were rolled out, weren’t they?

Posted by: shadowbanned | May 6 2023 5:42 utc | 228

“Nabrezhnye writes:
1. The issue with ammunition and supply is being resolved: The amount of ammunition supplied to Wagner has not changed at all; it is that Wagner has continued to expand and has many more artillery units then it used to, and is requiring more and more shells. This means that the MOD is always atleast a week behind in what the actual figure of shells is needed. The MOD is currently working on doubling the supply of shells; the issue is simply logistics, artillery is being burnt through quicker then trucks can supply. This is not an acute shell shortage. The intensification of fighting is now creating a larger demand for Artillery. This is not an issue of greediness or selfishness.
3. Ukrainians have increased their firing of artillery, yes; but they are burning through a significant portion of the entire Army’s stockpile. The AFU’s stockpile is almost at its lowest since the beginning of the SMO, Ukrainians are stealing reserves of Artillery shells from fronts such as Kherson and Kharkov. If the pace of artillery shelling is continued, the entire Ukrainian army will have to introduce a severe shell stoppage.
4. Wagner losses to Ukrainian losses are 1:7; for every one hundred men Wagner losses, around 700 Ukrainians lives are lost. Wagner employees tactics which are very artillery heavy (which explains the shortage) but also limits losses. Wagner has always employed these tactics and they usually bring great results. These tactics also mean that more artillery usage equals less loss of life.
5. In the past 26 days, 1,000 employees of the Wagner PMC have lost their lives, however, Ukrainians suffer casualties ranging between 5,000 and 13,000 in the past month or so just in Artemovsk alone. Our guys die heroes.
6. A quick fix to this would be to target Ukrainian Artillery and MLRS assets more then Artillery used in actual offensive operations, this would soon drain the capabilities of the AFU to fire Artillery and would allow more shells to be allocated for offensive operations in the future. Russian units in the Krasnoye front too often are targeting AFU acculumations within Chasovoy Yar quite frequently.”

Posted by: unimperator | May 6 2023 5:54 utc | 230

I apologize if somebody else has already made these points. I ran out of time after the first hundred posts.
Prigozhin is a General, and like all Generals, he is a politician. He speaks for the effects that it has. His army is leaving Bakhmut because they have completed their mission. Russia already controlled the roads and railroads around Bakhmut before the battle for the city began in ernest. The stretegic value of the city was that Ukraine had commited to defend it at all costs. Prigozhin’s mission was to extract those “all costs.”
Russia never closed the cauldron because they wanted Ukraine to keep sending in tens of thousands of troops to be destroyed. It worked. They used the months when the ground was too muddy to launch effective troop movements to destroy massive portions of Ukraine’s military. The ground is drying, and Ukraine has stopped sending in new troops. Ukraine blew the bridge between Bakhmut and Chasov Yar. The Ukrainian s closed the cauldron themselves. Wagner fulfilled their mission in a manner that will probably never be fully appreciated.
I hope that they enjoy a couple of weeks R&R before the spring offensive brings Wagner back to fight again.

Posted by: barstool | May 6 2023 6:05 utc | 232

You’re all losers in the end.
Posted by: just somebody | May 5 2023 16:25 utc | 18
Always keep the idea of controlled opposition in mind as a possibility, although there does seem to be a real break between the Russia/China axis and West, it would be naïve to believe that it couldn’t all be a show to steer us into the Great Reset of world totalitarianism. Needless to say I am hoping the Russians really are the good guys so that an alternative will exist to the WEF billionaire nightmare, mind you if you reside in West that is coming regardless of how this war ends.

Posted by: Organic | May 6 2023 6:13 utc | 234

A very good thread of defense-in-depth. Also on heavily layered Russian defenses in the south.
https://twitter.com/ArmchairW/status/1654653051100364801

Posted by: unimperator | May 6 2023 6:24 utc | 236

@dh | May 6 2023 2:33 utc | 215

Fear not. Z will make a surprise appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Indeed. I expect that to happen. So no surprise really.

Posted by: Norwegian | May 6 2023 6:37 utc | 238

Erdo also forced Ukr to change the story about the hacked Byecraptar shot over Kiiiiyyyvv. It was bad marketing. Now Ukr say they were testing Israeli systems and everything was planned training
Posted by: rk | May 6 2023 6:12 utc | 238
Including the random descent of the burning drone parts onto the civilians in the streets below?

Posted by: GT Stroller | May 6 2023 6:39 utc | 240

>Your comment concerns me. It suggests you assume the persons in charge of the nation state have the right to use the awesome powers of the nation state to suppress the inalienable human right to communicate without interference, without monitoring, or without oversight by the nation state system or any other device.
I’m not saying anyone has that moral power, not at all. I’m stating the obvious fact that these particular leaders have that de facto power and they use it openly, freely, unopposed. That is a defining characteristic of totalitarianism. We see it in the increasingly broken, corrupt, and bankrupt West. They are passing law after law to put sites like this into limbo. They want to put you and me in jail for Wrongspeak.

Posted by: kassandra | May 6 2023 6:54 utc | 242

so wagner is attacking the “road of life”and a two pronged attack of whats left of ukie territory , in bakhmut. hardly the withdrawl everyone spoke of. i think you all got gamed hard.

Posted by: hankster | May 6 2023 7:12 utc | 244

For the record, I have often enjoyed listening to Gonzalo’s comments and also I have liked many of his roundtables. I hope things turn out ok for him and his wife.
I also think it is bullshit to badmouth him when he is in the custody of the SBU, it is a chickenshit thing to do.

Posted by: Perimetr | May 6 2023 7:29 utc | 246

Killing a politician isn’t going to end a war, and Zelenski isn’t making any of the decisions, anyway. There is nothing to gain by killing him because it wouldn’t affect anything.
Posted by: barstool | May 6 2023 6:14 utc | 240

OK, kill the people who are making the decisions then.

Posted by: shadowbanned | May 6 2023 7:50 utc | 248

For the future, more probable than drone attacks for airplanes in flight, is the use of those many thousands of manpads nato has sent to Ukr or to other states, pretending to be for Ukr. they should also set a banned zone for internal civilian flights for all borders to all countries of 2-3x the manpad range, they will shoot over the border.
Posted by: rk | May 6 2023 7:37 utc | 252

If the Kremlin was serious about this war, Stingers sent to Ukraine would have downed multiple western politicians’ planes at their own national airports. Or Javelins would have blown up their armored cars. They fully deserve it, and it can be fairly trivially arranged.
Instead we have an attempt to set the Kremlin on fire that is going unanswered for four days now…

Posted by: shadowbanned | May 6 2023 7:53 utc | 250

Posted by: shadowbanned | May 6 2023 7:50 utc | 253
King Charles coronation would be a good place to start. All the bastards of humanity are gathered there. At least some mock attack to make them all run for the bushes, where they belong.

Posted by: unimperator | May 6 2023 8:10 utc | 252

Kadyrov remains cool, calms the storm and steps up in solidarity.
Broad overview at simplicius fyi.
On artillery shell discussion:

And in the same spirit comes a thoughtful and elucidating post from a Russian volunteer soldier, callsign ‘Deputy’:
callsign “deputy” }
“The channel of an ex-deputy and ex-fighter of donbass militia 2014-15. Now a fighter of a motorized rifle company of the RF Armed Forces. I write more for myself, but read! ”
For shell hunger.
I read the statements of Prigozhin and his staff about the Wagners’ lack of shells. Like give us shells and we do everything.
I would like to say a few words:
1. Shell hunger is a given. Both for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The reason for this is that no one expected the NWO to last this long. As a result, we actively shot the old stocks of shells in the winter-until the summer of 2022, and the production of new ones (both in our country and in the West) simply does not keep up with the frantic pace of their expenditure;
2. Shell hunger is typical not only for Wagners, but also for units of the RF Armed Forces. Limits were introduced not from a good life (and not only for Wagners) and at the moment this is the only option to ensure the supply of all combat units while waiting for the release of shells to accelerate and additional channels for their supply appear;
3. To succumb to Prigozhin’s demands and increase the limits of shells for Wagners means taking them away from other combat units that hold the front (and also advance) on a front that is many times larger than the Wagner front. Therefore, the transfer of additional shells to the Wagners on the eve of a possible counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will lead to the collapse of the front. It is for this reason, and not out of harm and not love for Prigozhin, that the command of the RF Armed Forces does not respond to his complaints, threats, and often even blackmail.
And for some reason I doubt that Mr. Prigozhin does not know all this. Rather, he knows, but he solves some of his { political ? } goals. Something like this!
In short, he brings up a good point. Which is that, these problems are all very rudimentary, and it’s unconscionable that Prigozhin would not know these things; so, what could possibly be responsible for his bizarre outbursts? Surely he knows—by way of common sense, and also intelligence fed to him—that there are shell shortages everywhere, yet even in his explosive screed he seemed to imply that there were ‘warehouses full of shells’ that Shoigu/Gerasimov are just ‘sitting on’. Who knows, maybe, after all, it’s Prigozhin that knows more than a few mere low ranking soldiers. How are we to tell? We can only do our best to infer and try to trace the lines.

Good luck to Gonzalo, he is on the good side here but the nazis ARE evil.

Posted by: uncle tungsten | May 6 2023 8:38 utc | 254

Posted by: unimperator | May 6 2023 7:10 utc | 248
Yup, I think the historical parallel will be more Kharkov ‘42, not Kursk ‘43. In this hypothetical scenario the Ukrainians will be allowed to launch their offensive, just as it begins to run out of impetus the Russians will launch theirs. Russian air superiority will be a decisive factor, as will large armoured/ mechanised formations hitting a force deployed for offensive action. This is the reason that the Russians have constructed numerous fortifications, to enable them to adopt a formidable defensive/offensive deployment at the point of contact. The Ukrainian ‘Do or Die’ roll of the dice only allows one posture, that of offence, units caught by the Russian spearheads will have to retreat or defend in place, sheltering behind remotely laid mines. These static hedgehogs worked well for the Germans, but against modern air/artillery attack they will be far less effective. I would also add that this dynamic meeting operation is exactly why Russian offensive doctrine was designed. NATO ISR will be swiftly overwhelmed as planners struggle to deal with multiple attacks upon their offensive (Russians can launch their own spoiling attacks, from all areas of the contact line) as satellite comms and drones are swamped by new jamming technologies, just as they are needed the most (game-changing technologies have a short-window of opportunity to earn their moniker). In this scenario the VDV air assault capabilities could be used to devastating effect.
A scenario perhaps, but one where the facts on the ground are suggestive of two offensives being launched very close together in the same area, but with one force dominant in all areas of the military triad, which will be the deciding factor, as it always has been.

Posted by: Milites | May 6 2023 8:41 utc | 256

With regard to Prigozhin’s complaints, a question occurs to me – “Wagner is used in attacking movements, so who would ever attack without being certain of fire power required?”
@unimperator | May 6 2023 8:10 utc | 257
I have just drunk 330ml of room temperature Budweiser and am listening to the musical prelude to the coronation (Holst’s Joybringer, at the moment). I will probably listen to that event too. It’s all seeming very jewed..
Time for a few bong hits.

Posted by: Ново з | May 6 2023 8:42 utc | 258

War in Ukraine (05/06/23): assault on Artemovsk, Seversk, Avdeevka, evacuation in the South
Despite all the latest statements by Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner PMCs continued the assault on Artemovsk yesterday and today. And last night, according to reviews from that side, was a real hell for the Armed Forces of Ukraine …
Meanwhile, preparations for the battle in the south moved to the stage when the Russian leadership decided to evacuate the population of the frontline zone.
https://t.me/yurasumy/8563

Posted by: la bouteille | May 6 2023 8:47 utc | 260

Lira is connected. Privileged and protected.
Posted by: oldhippie | May 6 2023 8:38 utc | 261
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If this were true he wouldn’t be schlepping his wares on YouTube. The prodigal son squandered his inheritance.

Posted by: too scents | May 6 2023 8:47 utc | 262

King Charles coronation would be a good place to start. All the bastards of humanity are gathered there. At least some mock attack to make them all run for the bushes, where they belong.
Posted by: unimperator | May 6 2023 8:10 utc | 257

That touches on an important issue — a conventional decapitation strike against the West is only possible on occasions such as this, when there is a large concentration of elites. There are many reasons to want it to be conventional — i.e. you don’t want to destroy everything, and perhaps there are people in the military on the other side who are sick and tired of dealing with sick demented lunatics internally, and who will make a deal after that to stop it there. While if you nuke them, they will launch everything back too.
But here is the problem — the difference between an oligarchy and a strong centralized state is that the latter can be decapitated fairly easily while the former is too dispersed. It’s just way too many mansions, castles, private islands, and yachts spread all around the world, and too few missile launch platforms.
And then decapitation does not even have to be physical, you can do it through subterfuge and corruption if there is a single failure point. What happened with the USSR. That does not work the other way around though — because the oligarchy is by definition already corrupt, and it is highly dispersed. So while strong centralized states are better at fighting major wars and achieving big things that require the mobilization of a lot of resources, in the long run oligarchy wins because it is a highly dispersed parasite that eats through everything in its way.

Posted by: shadowbanned | May 6 2023 8:49 utc | 264

shadowbanned #270
Just fly a balloon over the stadium and try to land it on the lawn.
Maybe a red star painted underneath.
Stampeded to death and the world would laugh for years.

Posted by: uncle tungsten | May 6 2023 8:54 utc | 266

too scents @ 268
Lira is demonetized at youtube, is schlepping nothing.
Lots of people use youtube. For lots of reasons. Says nothing about their position in the social order.
The determined ignornce at this site is tiresome. And pervasive.
One more time. Lira is a Carrera. Ruling family of Chile. He is a blood relative to both Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet. His father was a diplomat and ambassador, You think Lira is a stranger to the CIA? He has known them personally all his life. Lira can pull rank on SBU. It worked for a while. May still work. If the thugs are out of control he is dead.

Posted by: oldhippie | May 6 2023 9:19 utc | 268

Apologies to Bevin. But Charlie Chaplin showed parody can be a powerful force.
Melaleuca | May 6 2023 2:14 utc | 214
Fear not. Z will make a surprise appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Posted by: dh | May 6 2023 2:33 utc | 215
Zelensky’s EuroVision Speech Leaked
Volodimyr Zelensky is scheduled to be transported by Chinook helicopter to Liverpool from the coronation of King Charles. Let’s cross our fingers for his safe trip.
Zelensky has been afforded satellite air time at the annual kitsch circus cum song contest known as Euro Vision to give one final shit or bust rendition of his now well worn “begging for escalation speech” before the Ukrainian entrant is awarded its customary first place. This years Ukrainian entry Membrum Virile of Langley, VA will win with a folk song entitled ‘Monsanto Adio’ about how simple Ukrainian farmers could greatly enhance crop yield with bio-lab modification and additional liebensraum 500km north east of Har-Heev.
Renegade sources at UK establishment mouthpiece BBC news have leaked Zelensky’s speech ahead of its performance. A spokesperson for the state media BBC said that BBC news doesn’t represent the BBC and that the BBC is entirely independent.
“Thank you so much. Thank you so much for that. Stop cheering. Thank you. It’s too much for me. Ooh missus. All this for our great people. Thank you so much.
Dear Europeans, in all states, cities and communities, all those who value freedom and justice, who cherish it as strongly as we Ukrainians who have not yet been conscripted or otherwise abandoned Ukraine.”
Ducks head to lectern. Huge snorting noise.
“Against all odds and doom-and-gloom scenarios, Mariupol, I mean Bakhmut didn’t fall. Bakhmut is alive and kicking, I am reliably informed by the trolls who spam Moon Of Alabama. Thank you. No. Ooh missus. Stop. It. And it gives me good reason to share with you our latest victory: We defeated Russia in the battle for minds of the world. Provided we ignore 80% of the world. This victory occurred in our minds and I invite you to share it in your mind too. Snake Island is ours thanks to the Ghost of Kiyv; and your billions of euros taxes, gone poof under a Lancet drone. Remember you pay for higher energy and food bills, but Ukrainian conscripts are paying in blood. Our Azov heroes insist on it.”
“For peace in Europe we need more weapons! More drones to attack The Kremlin, more C4 to assassinate bloggers, more tanks, more fighter jets to kill Russian untermenschen orcs. Financial assistance is also critically important, and Mrs Zelenska and I would like to thank you, thank you very much, thank you for both financial packages you have already provided us with. Your money is not charity. It’s an investment in the global security and democracy that we spend in Harrods and our Miami property portfolio.”
“When I was in Bakhmut, our heroes gave me the toilet brush for the non-binary shit house, the non-binary toilet brush of those who defend Bandera and aren’t sure where to shit themselves. They asked me to bring this toilet brush to you, to the EuroVision song contest, the zenith of western mediocrity, degenerate selfish-entitlement and narcissistic hedonism. Let this toilet brush stay with you, ladies, gentlemen and all genders. This toilet brush with the Nazi insignia and rainbow coloured unicorn is a symbol of the victory in our minds….now please for Christ’s sake, give us yer fucking money!”
“Slava Bandera! Slava Ukraini! Slava Wadde Hadde Dudde Da!

Posted by: Lev Davidovich | May 6 2023 9:26 utc | 270

https://t.me/NovichokRossiya/29976

❗ All units of the Zaporozhye NPP have been shut down, director of the nuclear plant Yuriy Chernichuk said
He noted that the NPP equipment is serviced in accordance with all necessary regulations with strict control of radiation safety standards.

Posted by: anon2020 | May 6 2023 9:33 utc | 272

” We pay a terrible price”: Ukrainian general pointed out mistakes in the defense of Bakhmut. General Krivonos: Ukrainian Armed Forces suffer losses in Bakhmut, which was not prepared for defense at all
The Armed Forces of Ukraine suffer heavy losses in Bakhmut, since the city was not initially prepared for defense. This was stated by the former deputy commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Sergei Krivonos.
“We are paying a terrible price for this city, and the point is that some made mistakes and did not prepare the city for the necessary defense. In Bakhmut, it was necessary to prepare not just approaches to the city, but to prepare the city itself for defense,” he said in an interview Channel five.
According to Krivonos, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had to leave Bakhmut back in February, and now the situation is getting worse, because they cannot “impose their own initiative.” The general also announced huge problems with the training of mobilized soldiers
https://twitter.com/Spriter99880/status/1654767809988100096

Posted by: unimperator | May 6 2023 9:43 utc | 274

… Not all of us are stupid here. Try to remember that.
Posted by: Nak | May 6 2023 2:34 utc | 216
Gosh, that’s all very clever and reassuring!
Do you have any advise for an Odessan trade unionist trapped inside a burning building?
Asking for a friend.

Posted by: anon2020 | May 6 2023 9:48 utc | 276

Blood ties never end.
Posted by: oldhippie | May 6 2023 9:59 utc | 283
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The funniest ruined noble scion I had the displeasure of knowing was a Royal Stuart who was reduced to a pittance allowance that was administered by an overseer who insured that the embarrassment remained out of sight.
An industry is dedicated to hiding such embarrassments.

Posted by: too scents | May 6 2023 10:05 utc | 278

Posted by: Suresh | May 6 2023 1:44 utc | 206
Everything military happening in Ukraine since Feb 22nd 2022, be it called SMO or War, is of skirmish magnitude.
No hurricane at all but tropical storm at worst.
Hyped up a lot for sure so it makes headlines.
Do not long for real storm though it might follow soon.

Posted by: Greg Galloway | May 6 2023 10:16 utc | 280

Human rights activist from Poland spoke about the sale of Ukrainian children to Europe. Joanna Pakhvicevich said that from the beginning of the SVO she knew that such situations would happen, and now their frequency is progressing
1) Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo and Metohija has been consistently rumored be be a center of organ harvesting.
2) Given the appalling Epstein revelations, it’s entirely possible that these poor waifs are being sold into depraved white slavery.
3) Israel also rumored to be a center of organ harvesting. Early on Israel sent a couple of MASH style units to the Ukraine. Consistent Rumors are that these are also connected to organ harvesting.
4) plenty of social media reports over the last year of lightly wounded Ukrainian military being found dead with their organs removed.

Posted by: Exile | May 6 2023 10:17 utc | 282

Posted by: la bouteille | May 6 2023 8:47 utc | 266
They’re going at it non stop and the Chechens are going to take their place, fortunately, finish the job and take the glory, since what’s left is not even five percent of the total. Actually I was impressed by the Italian guy Nicolai Nilin, too bad is in Italian only, but he makes a historial analysis of circles of power around the Zar, since according to him the separation of army intelligence responsible to the zar only and not to the army HQ is in the origin of the present power struggle between Wagner and the army. With all due respect to my appreciated Karlof1 I would not put the blame on Prigozhin but on Shoigu, the SMO has evolved and its target is not only Ukraine but the entire West plus the internal deep state, comfortably numb in their offices, expensive dachas and children educated in the West with all that it implies, Russians know their history and Stalin did not exchange his prisoner son for a nazi general, compare that to the offspring of the Russian deep state, all educated in the west and all against the SMO, always expecting some kind of arrangement that will allow them to continue their sweet life while the “cattle” perishes in the front lines. It’s not going to be easy, but the task is monumental and hopefully the target will be achieved, including the elimination of the internal deep state.

Posted by: Paco | May 6 2023 10:23 utc | 284

I am pretty sad to hear about Gonzalo , we are all being taken out now simply for having an argument. Sick and fed up living in a world like this where people just bend over and take it without fighting. I hoped and prayed RF and China were out to stop this but right now I just see bad and defeat meanwhile everyone waves flags to our new WEF king. Just seems more and more we are living in a Trueman show and RF and China are in a big George Soros plan. Please give me some good news this week

Posted by: Scot1and | May 6 2023 10:25 utc | 286

Posted by: John Kennard | May 6 2023 10:18 utc | 289
Now that you say it, I can see it.

Posted by: Greg Galloway | May 6 2023 10:33 utc | 288

Another terrorist atack, this time against Zakhar Prilepin, excellent writer, friend of the late Darya Dugina and Limonov, Prigozhin has an encouraging message for him since it seems the terrorist atack failed to take his life, he might be injured though, we’ll find out later. Goes to show who is the side that is fighting for TOTAL victory, no arrangements, no deals, we’re tired to hear how the west is not agreement capable, so go for it till the end, there is no alternative, it is either that or the dissapearence of Russia as we know it, following the very well known pattern of the USSR and Yugoslavia.

Posted by: Paco | May 6 2023 10:38 utc | 290

Two months ago, Defense Politics Asia, shouted with exclamations that a mass withdrawal from Bakhmut had started, “Mass Ukrainian Withdrawal NOW Underway!!!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ_-OUlpR-k&t=10s
In fact, it wasn’t. And two months later the battlelines are still in Bakhmut. Russia has spent two months and has not yet conquered a smaller city.
Heck, and now Wagner talks about withdrawal and the Russians are bracing for a counteroffensive. Guess Zellie knew what he was doing, to not give up in Bakhmut.
Paging Scott Ritter and Doug Macgregor.
Something to think about if you just get your news from sources that tell you what you want to hear…

Posted by: Anonymous | May 6 2023 10:48 utc | 292

This Bakhmut-Prighozin-Kadyrov-May 10th-pullout thing is really getting corny/laughable. Talk about play-acting!
Wagners and Akhmat Sila don’t just pop in and out of battle theatres according to their matey whims. They are subcontractors to Moscow. They are placed by MoD where best fits their war strategies. The whole thing is part of maskirovka, a psyop for the Ukies.
Imo, the MoD has a sneaky new mission for Wagners just around the corner. The Chechens finishing off Bakhmut and staying around with the RF Army to resist any new pushback by AFU and maybe push west is one game plan.
Meanwhile, Wagners will regroup, and pop up, say, coming south into Kharkiv from Belgorod; or an amphibios drop off into Odessa; or airdrop into Transnistria; or drive into Kiev from Belarus. Wagners are only 50,000 out of 500,000 pawns in the big game of SMO. They’ll go where/when most needed.
They need a BIG FUCKING PAT ON THE BACK for their stellar mission in Bakhmut, a little R&R, and then back to business. And Prighozin told to stfu a bit … like Kadyrov was after Mariupol!

Posted by: The Dolphin | May 6 2023 10:51 utc | 294

> This was the rant of a man filled with hate
At some point the loyal fans of Mr. Putin need to reflect on the man and just who he attracts and grooms as his inner circle.
This man reflects the true nature of V. Putin, and the sort of Russians that always end up in power in Roo-siah. There are exceptinal Russians, with fine sensitivies and humanity, but alas this type NEVER ends up in power in Russia.
So this vile man is just lifting the skirt on the psyche of the Russian imperialists. Not pretty, agreed.
In other news, someone is claiming they have shot down a Kinzhal.

Posted by: passingthrough | May 6 2023 10:59 utc | 296

The issue of the bio-weapons labs in Ukraine hasn’t gone away.
Posted by: West of England Andy | May 6 2023 10:23 utc | 291
Won’t go away. Observe that Russia can’t get anyone to close US biolabs, not even their fake allies. Why China doesn’t recognize Donbass part of Russia? Why does Lula want Donbass given to Ukr? Why did China, Kazakhstan, Armenia and most of UN recently approved resolution calling Russia an aggressor? Why India has not yet switched to national currencies in trade with Russia? they’re pretending to be negotiating for a long time now, so they get cheap energy to sell to EU becoming EU’s no.1 source, but that’s all, they want dollars. Why S.A. hasn’t quit ICC when they expect Putin for BRICS meeting? He won’t go so they basically SA didn’t allow his visit by taking ICC side. It’s simple, because no one even in BRICS wants to be on the losing side.

Posted by: rk | May 6 2023 11:07 utc | 298

…Meanwhile, Wagners will regroup, and pop up, say, coming south into Kharkiv from Belgorod;…
Posted by: The Dolphin | May 6 2023 10:51 utc | 300
and save G Lira!
But back to the question I posited earlier – “Why would an attacking force (Wagner) ever undertake any movement without knowing beforehand they had enough firepower?”

Posted by: Ново з | May 6 2023 11:15 utc | 300