❗️This morning, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, jointly with units of the Federal Border Guard Service of Russia and other units of the Russian Federal Security Service, have foiled a new attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack against the civilian population of Shebekino (Belgorod region).
◽️ At around 3:00 a.m. Moscow time, after intense shelling of civilian facilities in Belgorod region, Ukrainian terrorist groups with up to two motorised infantry companies reinforced with tanks attempted to invade Russian territory near Novaya Tavolzhanka and the Shebekino international road checkpoint.
🛡Three attacks by Ukrainian terrorist formations were repelled by the selfless actions of Russian servicemen. Helicopters of the Western Military District carried out eleven strikes on the enemy. Rocket and artillery forces carried out 77 firing missions, and two heavy flamethrowers launched two strikes.
◽️ As a result of active operations by the border troops of the Western Military District and the Russian Federal Security Service, the terrorist units of the Kiev regime, which suffered significant losses, were driven back.
◽️ There was no violation of the State border.
💥 More than 30 Ukrainian terrorists, four armoured fighting vehicles, one Grad MLRS vehicle, and one pick-up truck were neutralised in the border area on the Ukrainian side.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
💥 In Kupyansk direction, aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) close to Timkovka and Berestovoye (Kharkov region), and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
◽️ In addition, actions of three sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were thwarted near Sinkovka and Kislovka (Kharkov region) and Rozovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
💥 During the day, up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, three motor vehicles, one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and one D-20 howitzer have been neutralised.
💥 In Krasny Liman direction, Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems of the Tsentr Group of Forces engaged the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Karmazinovka, Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic), and Grigorovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
◽️ One sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been disabled close to Kremennaya (Lugansk People’s Republic).
💥 The enemy’s losses amounted to up to 80 Ukrainian troops, two pick-up trucks, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one D-20 howitzer during the day.
◽️ Moreover, an ammunition depot of the 125th Territorial Defence Brigade was neutralised close to Antonovka.
💥In Donetsk direction, units of the 1st Army Corps are fighting close to Avdeevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
◽️ The assault units of the 5th Motorised Rifle Brigade and the Akhmat special forces unit continue their offensive in the Maryinka tactical direction.
◽️ Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery of the Yug Group of Forces have inflicted fire damage on the enemy’s manpower and hardware close to Georgiyevka, Lastochkino, and Tonenkoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
💥 In the past 24 hours, the enemy has lost up to 395 Ukrainian troops, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, three pick-up trucks, and two D-30 howitzers.
◽️ An ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been destroyed near Udachnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
💥 In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, aviation and artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on AFU units close Vodyanoye and Pavlovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Malaya Tokmachka and Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region).
◽️ Up to 120 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, and one Msta-B howitzer have been neutralised in these areas during the day.
💥 In Kherson direction, up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, two pick-up trucks, one Grad MLRS, and one D-30 howitzer have been neutralised by fire.
💥 Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have engaged 103 AFU artillery units, manpower and hardware in 149 areas during the day.
◽️ Command and observation posts of the 81st Airmobile Brigade and 108th Territorial Defence Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been eliminated close to Seversk (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Gorkoye (Zaporozhye region).
💥Russian air defence facilities have shot down one Su-25 airplane of Ukrainian Air Force near Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region). In addition, 16 HIMARS and Uragan projectiles have been intercepted during the day.
◽️ Moreover, 17 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down close to Ploshchanka, Kuzemovka, Makeyevka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Tonenkoye and Georgiyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
📊 In total, 430 airplanes and 235 helicopters, 4,407 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 air defence missile systems, 9,352 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,105 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 4,954 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 10,587 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

Posted by: rumod report | Jun 1 2023 15:46 utc | 3

A while ago I wrote about the F-16s and why it makes little sense for Ukraine to use them as they won’t change things.
The Pentagon think tank RAND has now published similar assertions:
What F-16s Will (and Won’t) Do for Ukraine

In a few ways, it’s worse than current Ukrainian fighters. For example, F-16s were never intended to be operated from improvised airfields where they run a much greater risk of ingesting debris into their engines. Anyone who remembers Sully Sullenberger has some idea of how that can turn out.
Another area where they are at a disadvantage to the latest Russian aircraft is air-to-air combat. Large Russian air superiority fighters such as the MiG-31 and Su-35 can see significantly farther with their powerful, modern radars. They also have R-37 missiles that have a much longer range than NATO-supplied AIM-120 AMRAAMs. In other words, Russian aircraft can potentially spot Ukrainian F-16s and shoot them down before the Ukrainian pilots see them coming. This is exactly what has been happening with Ukraine’s current fleet of Su-27 and MiG-29 fighters, and the improved capabilities of the F-16 are not enough to tilt this disparity in Ukraine’s favor.

Posted by: b | Jun 1 2023 15:48 utc | 5

So continued escalation?
Or a rapid collapse of the Kiev regime.
The manpower to maintain another meat grinder must be exhausted.
What to make of Demented peace talk conditions.
What’s left?
Posted by: jpc | Jun 1 2023 15:47 utc | 4

The mood in the Kremlin is clearly hardening. See Medvedev’s latest remarks:
https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1664291022858342400
A shift to more decisive actions may be coming (or already happening if the rumors about the recent hits on the GUR and NATO staff are true)

Posted by: shadowbanned | Jun 1 2023 15:52 utc | 7

1) How long will The Ukrainian Civil War last ?
Is there much more left to sustain it?
I can’t see how tbh!
2) How long will the global war between Eurasia and NATO last ?
Indefinitely I would think.
Posted by: Exile | Jun 1 2023 15:43 utc |

Posted by: jpc | Jun 1 2023 15:53 utc | 9

It’s easy to get the feeling that Zelensky has now been bypassed in military matters (perhaps permanently) – Syrsky reported that offensive operation around Artemovsk has been halted due to depletion. Never before has this been said out aloud.
Artemovsk vicinity is, still by far, the most significant area of SMO when it comes to measuring by troop and unit concentration, most UAF units here are too weak. Halting offensive is one thing, but will they still try to maintain earlier positions and keep getting blasted away? I don’t think a Nato conference in Vilnius does anything to give any sort of edge to AFU.

Posted by: unimperator | Jun 1 2023 15:56 utc | 11

My answer to Exile’s questions at 15:43 utc:
1. Until Russia accomplishes its goal.
2. Until NATO throws in the towel.
It would be foolish to impose a time frame on either.

Posted by: malenkov | Jun 1 2023 15:57 utc | 13

Posted by: shadowbanned | Jun 1 2023 15:52 utc | 7
There’s a certainly a robust fightback going on against these border incursions.

Posted by: anon2020 | Jun 1 2023 16:03 utc | 15

Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayast | Jun 1 2023 15:53 utc | 8
“The all new Toyota ISIS: Fighting for You!”

Posted by: anon2020 | Jun 1 2023 16:09 utc | 17

FVK @ 12 How will NATO ‘enter this conflict’ if the US stays out?

Posted by: dh | Jun 1 2023 16:15 utc | 19

So the “strategy” of the UAF seems to be morphing from a military perspective, into a terror/suicide ISIS style tactics without a strategy.
The only goals I can see being met by sacrificing young men in suicide attacks into Russian territory are those of the CIA and MI6. Destabilize Russia using weaponized Ukrainian meat bombs, similar to the ISIS meat bombs they sent to destabilize Syria.
I continue to wonder when Russian asymmetrical response happens. There is a porous southern border in the US just waiting to be exploited. Plenty of jihadis for hire can be used for deniability.

Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Jun 1 2023 16:17 utc | 21

Ukraine’s only objective in this war as of this point is to consistently string along enough small events to serve as temporary bumps of ostensible activity and provide a psychological/morale boost. It’s cheap tricks, the practiced hand waving of a street magician trying to distract you. They have no real military ability so they subsist on a diet of any sort of bump they can get every few days to string along this conjured illusion that they’re actually still in the war, still scraping and fighting back.
And these bumps are not just of the falseflag/psyop variety like the strikes on Moscow, but they include the chest puffing false image of strength and bluffs that Ukrainian officials continue feigning with their constant talk of a never materializing offensive.

Posted by: WoButtZdDeed | Jun 1 2023 16:23 utc | 23

@Posted by: dh | Jun 1 2023 16:15 utc | 19
If most of Europe is roasted, there will not be a NATO anymore. The USA would have nothing to gain by risking direct nuclear exchange in that scenario. Are they going to attack Russia to defend the honor of an irradiated wasteland? No, they will just say to whatever surviving Europeans remain, “oh well, sucks to be you,” and that would be that.

Posted by: FVK | Jun 1 2023 16:26 utc | 25

@5
b,
rand does not go into the logistics tail for f-16.
eu donations are old airframe, and the owners do not have spare parts, spare engines to sustain even low intensity operations, before air combat attrition.
there are suggestions the rf fighters can also ‘fix’ stealth at ranges the stealth cannot see, note once the stealthy turn on sensors they are picked up….

Posted by: paddy | Jun 1 2023 16:28 utc | 27

Ordinary Americans in no way should expect to be perpetually held harmless from the horrible, violent actions of the US govt.
Posted by: chunga | Jun 1 2023 16:17 utc | 22
Ordinary Americans make up the US government.
Ordinary Americans are the soldiers who’ve eagerly killed millions of people around the world for no reason.
Ordinary Americans run the biolabs.
Ordinary Americans work at pfizer.
Ordinary Americans work at every NGO, military base, torture camp, organ trafficking operation, child trafficking operation and spook agency both in America and everywhere in the world.
Ordinary Americans burn the food storages, derail trains, poison water supplies, make up Antifa, run the media, etc, etc.
None of this would be possible in any other country in the world.

Posted by: Mike | Jun 1 2023 16:32 utc | 29

FVK @ 25 Before Europe gets to the roasting stage NATO will have to officially enter the conflict. They won’t do it without US green light because US is part of NATO. Of course everybody knows US/NATO is already involved unofficially.

Posted by: dh | Jun 1 2023 16:33 utc | 31

@ b | Jun 1 2023 15:48 utc | 5 with the RAND F-16 update
Thanks.
So what is the next move by empire in Ukraine?
As I read the MOD reports Russia is playing whack-a-mole with Ukraine attempts to get some sort of offensive going.
And then there is all the rest of the world turning….such interesting time to be alive

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jun 1 2023 16:41 utc | 33

Posted by: Melaleuca | Jun 1 2023 16:52 utc | 34
Are Swedish weapons donated to Ukraine?
Are donated Swedish weapons captured by Russia?
Can Russia horizontally escalate the conflict by selling captured Swedish weapons to cartels in Mexico?

Posted by: grabbag | Jun 1 2023 16:57 utc | 35

Best bet at that point for Russia would be to just glass Poland. If Europe still has not found its sanity and refuses to back down, then the next step of escalation would be to end the rest of western Europe.
Posted by: FVK | Jun 1 2023 16:58 utc | 37

If that is the first step, it is Poland and Romania together. Both have Aegis Ashore sites, plus lots of other dangerous NATO infrastructure.

Posted by: shadowbanned | Jun 1 2023 17:00 utc | 37

NATO PLANES over BOSNIA again
Air Defender 23- watch closely what is happening in the former Yugoslavia:
“Just yesterday, a pair of U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers flew low over Sarajevo and several other Bosnian cities as a demonstration of “a rock-solid commitment to the sovereignty and territorial integrity”
From the Serbian side, pressure has been mounting for some time to undo the recent mayoral elections in northern Kosovo. Speaking in April, Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic said: “our people in Kosovo have shown in which country they want to live,” AP reports. Vucic also said that the vote boycott by the Kosovo Serbs represented “a peaceful political uprising” against their ethnic Albanian “occupiers,” the paper indicates.
Moreover, there has been growing military pressure from Serbia to intervene in Kosovo as of late. Back in January, NATO’s mission in Kosovo denied a request by Serbia to send 1,000 police and army personnel to Kosovo, following unrest between Serbs and Kosovo authorities. Serbian forces have also maintained pressure near the administrative border of Kosovo as the recent unrest has unfolded over the past days.
These wider tensions are also being felt in other parts of the Balkans, exacerbating long-harbored ethnic divisions. The Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik recently indicated his desire to declare the autonomous Serb Republic independent from the rest of Bosnia, with hopes of uniting with Serbia. Dodik’s pro-nationalist, pro-Russian approach has raised fears that Bosnia may split once again along ethnic lines, a generation after the U.S.-sponsored Dayton Peace Accords ended nearly four years of war in the country in 1995. How far these developments may have been coordinated in conjunction with the Kremlin remains unclear.
Just yesterday, a pair of U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers flew low over Sarajevo and several other Bosnian cities as a demonstration of “a rock-solid commitment to the sovereignty and territorial integrity” of Bosnia, Michael Murphy, the U.S. ambassador to Bosnia, said according to Air Force Times.
Only time will tell when the unrest in the Balkans will dissipate, as additional NATO troops aim to stabilize ethnic divisions within Kosovo.”
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/why-nato-just-sent-hundreds-of-troops-to-kosovo
To divert the attention from Ukraina- what could be better than punish Serbia- for being Russias brothers

Posted by: Paul from Norway | Jun 1 2023 17:09 utc | 39

@Melaleuca 33:
The AT4 being a Swedish weapon doesn’t mean it wasn’t supplied by an agency of the RF. In fact, supplying Swedish arms obtained on the black market would offer the RF plausible deniability and also put a small pebble in the road of US-Swedish relations, which will require increased collaboration via NATO.

Posted by: Ciaran | Jun 1 2023 17:12 utc | 41

@Posted by: shadowbanned | Jun 1 2023 17:00 utc | 39
Yes, Romania as well. I had held out hope that Romania would see the light and not go along with western plans, but unfortately that didn’t happen.

Posted by: FVK | Jun 1 2023 17:18 utc | 43

The Russians seem to have seriously increased the production of drones, for the Ukrainians the situation will only get worse. To be honest, it is quite strange that a state with nuclear weapons and with such large resources neglected the development of the drone industry.
https://t.me/RVvoenkor/46384

Posted by: Crazy chump | Jun 1 2023 17:32 utc | 45

The Russians seem to have seriously increased the production of drones, for the Ukrainians the situation will only get worse. To be honest, it is quite strange that a state with nuclear weapons and with such large resources neglected the development of the drone industry.
https://t.me/RVvoenkor/46384
Posted by: Crazy chump | Jun 1 2023 17:32 utc | 49

You have your answer there. Notice what Russia invested in — doomsday weaponry. Because the assumption was that nuclear deterrence will do its job, and there will be no need for major conventional operations.
But in the real world we are now at the point where Putin yesterday was openly lamenting how “nuclear deterrence is no longer having an effect”…

Posted by: shadowbanned | Jun 1 2023 17:38 utc | 47

Trollbag:
Mexican cartels are run by the CIA.
Think of Mexico as the training grounds for new spooks before they are sent further afield to set up death squads. As well, running guns, like trafficking in drugs and people, is a major revenue stream for the CIA. “The Company” wouldn’t appreciate someone else trying to muscle in on their business.

Posted by: William Gruff | Jun 1 2023 17:41 utc | 49

james@18….they get shot down, but not before they fire their payload. Many DPR front line reports talk of enemy planes and choppers…..so they are there.
Cheers M

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Jun 1 2023 17:54 utc | 51

Posted by: shadowbanned | Jun 1 2023 17:36 utc | 50
All nations of the former Yugoslavia are Southern Slavs – Bosniaks, Croats, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Serbs and Slovenians.

Posted by: JB | Jun 1 2023 18:03 utc | 53

Do you know what is the remedy for this problem …
Posted by: unimperator | Jun 1 2023 18:05 utc | 58
—
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_the_chicken_to_scare_the_monkey

Posted by: too scents | Jun 1 2023 18:19 utc | 55

“…Bulgarian elites have always wanted to be first Germans, and more recently Americans/”Europeans”, regardless of what the majority of the population thinks, so Serbia has been the only somewhat reliable ally in all of Europe. Somewhat, because of course Tito decided to do his own thing during the Cold War, and that caused bigger problems than is commonly appreciated.” shadowbanned@50
james add ‘On the Eve’ to the Russian booklist.

Posted by: bevin | Jun 1 2023 18:29 utc | 57

Am I the only one who thinks that when the US is doing it’s war games in June over next to Russia, that would be a perfect time for China to do something militarily to secure Taiwan.

Posted by: Ceaclearly | Jun 1 2023 18:39 utc | 59

Re: De-Dollarization
Indonesia and Iran ditch dollar in trade.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/05/24/704000/Iran-Indonesia-Spirit-Independence-Ditching-Dollar
Very small potatos, but the direction is clear

Posted by: Exile | Jun 1 2023 18:43 utc | 61

Swedish made anti tank weapons sent to Ukraine are showing up in the hands of Mexican drug cartels. Who would have thought?
https://southfront.org/mexican-tv-spots-cartel-wielding-anti-tank-rocket-launcher-in-border-town-near-texas/

Posted by: Beverly | Jun 1 2023 19:06 utc | 63

There are reports that Ukrainian Forces have entered Shebekino, Russia and that heavy fighting is going on.
HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?

Posted by: Anton Gorbatow | Jun 1 2023 19:14 utc | 65

There are reports that Ukrainian Forces have entered Shebekino, Russia and that heavy fighting is going on.
HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?

Posted by: Anton Gorbatow | Jun 1 2023 19:14 utc | 69
You’re late on parade for thread derailment duty; already been dealt with: https://sputnikglobe.com/20230601/russia-foils-ukrainian-attack-on-belgorod-region-over-30-terrorists-killed—mod-1110836881.html

Russia Foils Ukrainian Attack on Belgorod Region, Over 30 Terrorists Killed – MoD
An apparent attempt by Ukrainian militants to reprise last month’s raid on Russia’s Belgorod Region has been foiled by the timely intervention of Russia’s military and border security forces.
Early on June 1, units of the Russian armed forces and the border guard, as well as other elements of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB, the agency in charge of Russia’s border security), have repelled three attempts by Ukrainian forces to invade Russia’s territory near the town of Shebekino.
“This morning, the Russian armed forces .. thwarted a new attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist act against the civilian population of the city of Shebekino, Belgorod Region,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement issued today.
According to the statement, Ukraine mustered two infantry companies supported by tanks for this attack.
“Thanks to brave actions of Russian servicemen, three attacks by Ukrainian terrorist groups were repelled,” the ministry said, adding that combat aircraft belonging to the forces of Russia’s Western Military District have conduct 11 strikes on the enemy targets.
“As a result of the active actions of the units covering the state border of the Western Military District and the FSB of Russia, the terrorist formations of the Kiev regime, having suffered significant losses, were driven back. Violations of the state border were not allowed,” the ministry said.
During the fighting, Ukrainian forces lost “30 terrorists, four armored fighting vehicles, Grad MLRS combat vehicle, one pickup truck,” according to the estimates provided by Moscow.

Posted by: West of England Andy | Jun 1 2023 19:24 utc | 67

Posted by: Exile | Jun 1 2023 15:43 utc | 2
1) How long will The Ukrainian Civil War last ?
it’s not a civil war. It is the currently active theater in WW3 and it will last for as long as Russia decides it will or until Ukraine collapses into chaos and then it will move elsewhere. The West is pulling its own moves (Serbia, Moldova, Syria) to expand the theater of war and so exhaust Russian arms and manpower capabilities. This is why the US and Europe are sending old armaments while pressuring western arms manufacturers to expand production.
Russia is aware of this risk. It’s use of PMC’s instead of regular conscripts is an excellent example of how Russia is minimizing the risk that Russian voters will reject this war. Also, Russia has proven it is capable of industrial flexibility to ramp up arms production to the level they have without hurting other parts of the economy.
2) How long will the global war between Eurasia and NATO last ?
Russia’s aims are also about attrition and not just on the battle field. The relationship between Western Europe and Russia is broken and even peace in Ukraine will not fix that. So this war will drag on for a generation unless either NATO collapses or Russia implodes. The weak link in the West is Germany and, to a lesser extent, Italy. Germany is already in recession and a prolonged period of outage in its petrochemical industries will be hugely painful. Italy needs Russian gas (I know they get more expensive gas from Libya) and it needs both German consumers and German capital to fund massive debt roll-over risk.

Posted by: vtObserver | Jun 1 2023 19:40 utc | 69

Posted by: Beverly | Jun 1 2023 19:06 utc | 67
Could have come from any conflict region where they are/were supplied, including, Mexico, Central America, Ukraine or Afghanistan. It’s a one-shot disposable launcher so they are supplied and counted as individual rounds of ammunition, not like the RPG, or Carl Gustav. The weapon is nothing special and is 30+ years old, now evidence of an NLAW being used by cartels would be seismic, which is why any black market buyers will be very, very discrete. The YouTuber Lindybeige has an interesting three part series where he de-briefs his friend who went to fight for the Ukrainians. One of the early stories is the mysterious disappearance of a truck with their allotted Javelins, M-249’s, NVG’s etc. an officer commandeered the truck and that was the last they saw of it, someone, somewhere has made a lot of money, courtesy of the Western taxpayers.
Posted by: b | Jun 1 2023 15:48 utc | 5
This, together with the recent Rand study saying the SMO is a training ground for the Russians, giving them an unparalleled experience in peer to peer warfare, suggests the anti-Nuland forces are getting bolder in their leaks. The pressure isn’t just on the Ukrainians to launch an offensive, the Neo-Cons can sense the sharks circling, waiting for irrefutable evidence of their failure. To say they are hated and despised in professional circles is an understatement, but they are feared as well, due to their clout in Washington; however, that source of support is beginning to falter, as the realities of 2024 hove into view and the Ukrainian corruption, that is partly at the heart of this debacle, is being slowly exposed (Wray’s recent admission of the existence of the FD-1023, for example).

Posted by: Milites | Jun 1 2023 19:41 utc | 71

Air Defender 23
Fake alert about plane hijacking
Norwegian and Danish news are full of information about an alleged hijacking. Danish planes escorted a passengerplane from Denmark to Norway.
People are not informed about the Defender exercice. They are creating fear!!! Tomorrow they will probably say that the voice that made the threat had a russian accent.
This will go on for three weeks, with a lot of creative air-related stuff. They, the Nato is also exercising the media, police, hospitals in emergencies mode und so veiter. With-out informing that this is just an exercice.

Posted by: Paul from Norway | Jun 1 2023 19:48 utc | 73

Paul from Norway no. 79
So when the “real” thing happens, no-one will take any notice.

Posted by: ThusspakeZarathustra | Jun 1 2023 19:55 utc | 75

Meanwhile, back in Clown World, the dementia patient nominally in charge of the worlds greatest military fell on stage again.
It’s on Politico.

Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Jun 1 2023 19:56 utc | 77

Dima says that Ukrainian counteroffensive is going to start in Transdnistria.

Posted by: srbin@ | Jun 1 2023 20:01 utc | 79

https://news.sky.com/video/us-president-joe-biden-trips-and-falls-during-us-air-force-graduation-ceremony-12894613
Meanwhile pedo Joe just keeps giving us entertainment

Posted by: Scot1and | Jun 1 2023 20:11 utc | 81

Posted by: anon2020 | Jun 1 2023 19:41 utc | 75
With Russian ISR capabilities still lagging behind the West yes, I agree, it’s why the Western MLRS and ER SPG’s systems have been hard to locate (given the massive resources expended just for this purpose alone would tax most nations ISR capability to its full extent). What I was really referring to was the strategic OODA loop, where Ukraine is constantly now having to react to Russian intervention, be it attrition of war materials or shaping of the battle space. The Russians are running an efficient, in every way, operation and are exploiting the pressure Ukraine has placed herself in to ‘do something’. My guess is that, if the Ukrainians every launch an offensive, the Russians will let it do most of their work for them, before committing the minimum number of troops in the most efficient manner to achieve their goals. I do chuckle when people talk about the Russians massive expenditure of shells, in fact it’s the exact opposite, following strict guidelines for the most efficient use of the available platforms and their respective capabilities. The disparity in perception arising from the West’s gradual gravitation to artillery becoming a precision platform, whereas the Russians have retained its original role of demoraliser, suppressant, neutraliser and destroyer, a doctrinal divergence driven by capabilities, and limitations that, to an extent, exist today.

Posted by: Milites | Jun 1 2023 20:33 utc | 83

Ukraine has just been thrown under the bus by the Nato Foreign Minister meeting in Oslo.
Blinken just said in a Norwegian pressconferance that Crimea was annexted in 2014 so we can not count that in. We support UA on the rest of the country: It’s now up too Ukraina to find a solution.
Sad, sad, sad, all this destruction for nothing.

Posted by: Paul from Norway | Jun 1 2023 20:36 utc | 85

Posted by: Paul from Norway | Jun 1 2023 20:36 utc | 91
It pays to keep in mind original purpose. There is only one function for Ukraine – weaken Russia. No NATO, no EU, no free money. All smoke and mirrors.
We have recently heard that IMF is tightening its grip on the Ukrainian finances and the sh#t will inevitably drain down to the inhabitants of that country. There are now seizures of accounts which can’t afford loan payments, taxes are collected even on donations to Ukrainian army. And lot of other fun stuff.

Posted by: unimperator | Jun 1 2023 20:46 utc | 87

Opps … Not exactly reassuring considering he has a nuclear suitcase …
US President Joe Biden, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and master of the ‘nuclear button’, attended the Air Force Academy graduation and… flew away.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/48660

Posted by: SattaMassaGana | Jun 1 2023 20:47 utc | 89

Ahead of the NATO summit, amidst concerns that unanimous agreement to grant Ukraine NATO membership is not achievable, there has been talk of instead mandating an “Israel” style security partnership. This had come up before, over a year ago, from the Ukraine government.
https://www.jta.org/2022/04/06/global/zelensky-ukraine-will-look-more-like-big-israel-than-europe-in-the-wake-of-russias-war
What was striking about the previous comments (April 2022) was Zelensky’s passive approval for a permanently tense and militarized Ukraine: “We will not be surprised if we have representatives of the armed forces or the national guard in cinemas, supermarkets, and people with weapons. I am confident that the question of security will be issue number one for the next ten years. I am sure of it.”
And though he insisted Ukraine would remain a “democracy”, his further musings on the future anticipated major structural changes: “Ukraine will definitely not be what we wanted it to be from the beginning. It is impossible,” Zelensky said. “Absolutely liberal, European – it will not be like that. It will definitely come from the strength of every house, every building, every person.”

Posted by: jayc | Jun 1 2023 21:06 utc | 91

NATO knows the wind patterns will also poison Europe if they conduct nuclear or biological warfare in Ukraine. NATO can’t appear to lose so they won’t hesitate to throw their partners under the bus to “defeat Russia”

Posted by: Willow | Jun 1 2023 21:35 utc | 93

Willow | Jun 1 2023 21:35 utc | 101
Hence multiple Slavic biome gene marker research?
I’d like to think you’re right and a tiny vestige of sanity prevails…yet the signs so far however…

Posted by: Mercury | Jun 1 2023 21:53 utc | 95

vec | Jun 1 2023 20:47 utc | 94
An important video, thanks vec. This one makes me even more pessimistic than I already am – even though, at other times, Col. Mc Gregor used to have a reassuring effect on me. But it is incredible how deep this Biden & Nuland team has involved us in this sh*t – Russia may soon be mobilizing up to 2 million soldiers.
You may point to Biden’s dementia all you like, but he is still the one whose will is being executed, and who is the driving force behind all this. Or should we assume that it is Obama, Clinton and other bystanders from the Council of Foreign Relations, who are the primary instigators, and Biden just happens to be in agreement with them?
https://youtu.be/tN46r30ZwaM?t=1369 (6 minutes)

Posted by: grunzt | Jun 1 2023 22:01 utc | 97

Mercury | Jun 1 2023 21:53 utc | 103
The Slavs are one of the most genetically mixed populations on the planet so the chances of a specifically Slavic biomarker are close to nil.

Posted by: Gene Poole | Jun 1 2023 22:06 utc | 99