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September 15, 2024
Ukraine Open Thread 2024-220

News & views related to the war in Ukraine …

Comments

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Sep 15 2024 15:34 utc | 44
I’d take it a step further, as my memory is that the Yukrops have been using western missiles (SCALP and Storm Shads) to strike deep inside Russia ever since they got them. What was that, about a year ago, when they attacked the Kremlin.
Ah, but Western apologists will say those missiles weren’t the longest range version of them.

Posted by: jimbo | Sep 16 2024 7:07 utc | 301

A I did was to suggest a way people could stay in contact if this forum was brought down by cyberattacks.
Posted by: Tichy | Sep 15 2024 21:40 utc | 205
It won’t affect you Tichy so don’t worry about it.
No one wants to stay in touch with you.

Posted by: PalmaSailor | Sep 16 2024 7:09 utc | 302

Posted by: Andrew Sarchus | Sep 16 2024 4:38 utc | 317
“…wild multidecadal goose chase in the Middle East fighting Iraq at the behest of Israel.”
Yeah, tell me why anybody should listen to somebody demonstrating their own ignorance?

Posted by: jimbo | Sep 16 2024 7:19 utc | 303

@ Peter AU1
aah.. no response to
Posted by: ghiwen | Sep 15 2024 7:28 utc | 343

Peter AU1 | Sep 14 2024 16:12 utc | 20
…………..
And then the F16s. Still haven’t fired a shot in anger but at least two destroyed already.

what makes you think that at least two have already been destroyed ???
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Fake news is being spread here
distribution channel
1. Peter AU1 | Sep 14 2024 16:12 utc | 20
2. unimperator | Sep 5 2024 16:47 utc | 480 bezieht sich auf https://x.com/AlternatNews/status/1831731403374940219
3. AlternatNews refers to
—> 4. https://t.me/s/don_partizan
– don_partizan don’t even mentioned F-16 and in a later post –> it is a MIG-29
– AlternatNews formulates its assumption ( F-16 ) at least as a question
– unimperator makes a clear statement from this
– Peter AU1 is probably parroting unimperator

Posted by: ghiwen | Sep 16 2024 7:21 utc | 304

Max Blumenthal
@MaxBlumenthal
Would-be Trump shooter Ryan Routh has published a 291 page book, “Unwinnable War,” about his time in Ukraine’s Int’l Legion
Routh says he’d like to see Putin assassinated, seems to hope for Trump’s assassination as well, and calls for the US to “instigate” a nuclear war with Russia
Stating he’s neither a Democrat or Republican, Routh’s clearly articulated mindset toward Russia mirrors that of Beltway hardliners. He offers gushing admiration for Juan Guaido, the Free Syrian Army, Myanmar rebels, and other CIA backed forces, while hinting at a friendship with MSNBC natsec hack and fellow International Brigade member Malcolm Nance.
https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1835552460481478829

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Sep 16 2024 7:26 utc | 305

….341 looks like a username troll at the moment.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Sep 16 2024 7:28 utc | 306

the West should find a way to provide more electricity to stave off the inevitable humanitarian disaster
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Sep 16 2024 3:04 utc | 306

I understand that adding alcohol to water lowers its freezing point.

Posted by: too scents | Sep 16 2024 7:29 utc | 307

NYT article where Routh’s name appears in an article along with that of Nance and other assorted US larpers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/25/world/europe/volunteers-us-ukraine-lies.html

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Sep 16 2024 7:32 utc | 308

+ And anyone believing *anything* you are told about a “shooter”.
Goddam it. Have you all not learned *anything* since the 1960s assassinations?
Whatever *they* tell you about a shooter, is what they *want* you to believe about a shooter.
The attempts on Trump are real. The patsy pulling the trigger already has a pre-installed narrative script ready to roll.
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Posted by: Melaleuca | Sep 16 2024 1:16 utc | 271

Thanks for reiterating this.
+ I seem to recall another Secret Service higher-up in front of Congress this last week: SS still looking bad due to the previous assassination attempt handling.
+ This 2nd assassination attempt was textbook perfectly handled by SS: all shots by SS-agents before would-be assassin could attempt the deed. Shiny!
Not a serious assassination attempt?
+ AK-47, while beloved by guerrillas around the world, is know for “spray-and-pray”. Not a serious weapon for aimed shots and marksmanship.
+ When SS-agents start shooting: suspect immediately leaves all equipment for law-enforcement to recover, but jumps into car to flee. Suspect never shot.
+ Witness sees odd behavior of fleeing suspect: immediately records license plate, and reports to police. No 30 minutes of “there’s a guy with a gun!”. License plate number punched into traffic-cam surveillance system, and soon thereafter spotted and suspect detained without bloody shootout.
(Law enforcement said suspect exhibited NO EMOTION when stopped and arrested. Didn’t ask any questions to obfuscate: “why are you arresting me?”)

As more becomes available, it will be interesting to see how this plays out:

Posted by: retroflecks | Sep 16 2024 7:35 utc | 309

🇺🇸 The Economist: “An assassination attempt on Donald Trump was foiled after a Secret Service agent spotted a gun sticking out of a fence near a golf course.
The agents opened fire, and a man jumped out of the bushes and fled in a black Nissan, a witness told police. The witness took a photo of the license plate, and police soon tracked the car down the highway, where they detained the suspect, 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh.
At the crime scene, police found an AK-47-type rifle with a scope and a GoPro camera that the suspect intended to use to film the assassination attempt, Palm Beach County Sheriff Rick Bradshaw said at a press briefing.”
Last year, Routh gave an interview to The New York Times, saying he wanted to volunteer to fight for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia.
Hours after the episode, Trump tweeted: “My resolve has only grown stronger after yet another attempt on my life!.. I WILL NEVER GIVE UP!”
Associated Press: “Rout has a small construction company in Hawaii. Rout has frequently posted on social media about the war in Ukraine, and he had a website where he raised money for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and encouraged Americans to join the Ukrainian army.”
CNN reports that in 2022, he published dozens of posts on X, where he stated that he was ready to sacrifice his life in the fight against Russia and that “we need to burn the Kremlin to the ground.” He called himself an “unofficial intermediary” for the Ukrainian government.
Since October 2023, Rout “has been trying to recruit Afghans for a variety of positions, presenting himself as an unofficial liaison with the Ukrainian government.”

https://t.me/ZeRada1/21493

Posted by: Down South | Sep 16 2024 7:36 utc | 310

retroflecks | Sep 16 2024 7:35 utc | 346
The CIA is likely the most powerful institution in the the US, so much depend on which faction the head of the CIA gravitates to. Burns of the nyet means nyet cable. Where does he stand. He has twice met with the head of the SVR, once before and once after the start of the SMO. I assume there are more non public comms between the two agencies.
In Putin’s interview with Carlson, Putin stated that during his time in office, the CIA had over ridden/overruled either three or four US presidents. In the same interview, Putin also said Russia now only has communication channels to the CIA not the political so called leadership.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Sep 16 2024 7:50 utc | 311

Posted by: Saul Goode | Sep 16 2024 1:27 utc | 275
The UK motivation in this war is because it’s genuinely in rapid terminal economic decline.
Britain MUST destroy Russia and BRICS or die, horribly.

I agree with your opening. No colonies left to plunder, I guess. Your last sentence sounds a bit desperate (for UK, not for you), if you look at a map 🙂 I still don’t see how “our system is going to shit” implies “guess I’ll take on the one country that’s not been conquered in the last 500 years” but I agree the despair is real. Wonder if we’ll see (a) domestic unrest in the UK for social reasons and (b) another push for Scottish independence (I wish them good luck).

Posted by: frithguild | Sep 15 2024 23:41 utc | 247
You attribute rational thought to the products of post modern thought dominated education, as Peter AU1 comments. These post modern education products are designed fill government bureaucracies. […] Government employees are just tools.

I don’t attribute any thought to (Western) governments and politicians. It is painfully obvious that Macron has less agency than de Gaulle (or even Mitterand) and Scholz has less than Brandt (or even Kohl). I understand that the current crop of successful leaders are carefully groomed to (a) look good and (b) follow orders. Marin, Trudeau, Ardern, the list is long.
But that only defers the problem: *someone* is making decisions about war/peace. There is at least a national element in those decisions because it’ll be the British military involved, for example.
There is a common saying: Don’t attribute to malice what can be attributed to stupidity. It has its place but in *private life*, for neighbours, colleagues, family. IMO it is opposite for large systems, like companies, NGOs, countries. We should assume the enemy is immoral and capable of anything. We should not assume the enemy is stupid, that’s just lazy.

Posted by: Konami | Sep 16 2024 8:21 utc | 312

“Ukraine is preparing to stage a “Russian missile attack” on a children’s institution in a Kiev-controlled area at the instigation of the United States, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said in a statement” ( tass.com/politics/1843611 )

Posted by: rk | Sep 16 2024 8:26 utc | 313

https://t.me/RVvoenkor/77069
Budanov contacts the head of the Nusra terrorist group and recruits terrorists into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Al-Watan citing sources
We are talking about the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Abu Mohammad Juliani.
Reportedly, the Main Intelligence Directorate recruits immigrants from post-Soviet countries who have joined the organization, and their training and transfer to Ukraine has been going on for two months.
In addition, Ukrainian intelligence is alleged to be developing plans for covert attacks on Russian troops in Syria with the covert support of the Syrian Democratic Forces.

Posted by: guest | Sep 16 2024 8:29 utc | 314

*someone* is making decisions about war/peace.
Posted by: Konami | Sep 16 2024 8:21 utc | 349

Who lives in Grade-I listed houses?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Grade_I_listed_houses

Posted by: too scents | Sep 16 2024 8:32 utc | 315

Konami | Sep 16 2024 8:21 utc | 349
Hubris. Mainly in the circles that revolve around the Monarch. Here in oz, the few loyalist types I know or have had anything to do with are a strange crowd. Look with utter disdain upon the non western world.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Sep 16 2024 8:39 utc | 316

“Ukraine is preparing to stage a “Russian missile attack” on a children’s institution in a Kiev-controlled area at the instigation of the United States, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said in a statement” ( tass.com/politics/1843611 )
Posted by: rk | Sep 16 2024 8:26 utc | 350

the nato-backed kiev putsch regime should not overdo those staged provocations. havent they heard of the kid that cried wolf?
at some point, when the russians actually start bombing said institutions, nobody is going to care anymore because “its lying kiev again, they are trying it once more!”.

Posted by: Justpassinby | Sep 16 2024 8:49 utc | 317

Western analysts are currently discussing the question of why the Ukrainian army has delayed its offensive on the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region, which they had previously cut off from the bridges and taken into tactical encirclement
The delay between the attack on the bridges and the start of military operations in the border area from a new direction was almost a month, and during this time the direction of the future attack became, if not obvious, then predictable.
The main argument for the lack of an offensive there before the start of the counteroffensive operation by Russian forces is the issue of capturing Korenevo. It is believed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces first planned to take this settlement, and then begin capturing the area cut off from the bridges. However, when the Russian Armed Forces launched an offensive on Snagost, Gorodovka and Apanasovka, it was decided to open a new direction of attack.
Some foreign analysts believe that after the attack on Vesyoloye, there will be an attack on the Tyotkin area from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

https://t.me/the_military_analytics/20851

In the Kurakhovsky direction (Pokrovsk-Kurakhovskoye), the Russian Armed Forces took control of the city of Ukrainsk, except for the mine. Here, a very brutal assault on the territory of the “Ukraine” mine took place. Moreover, Russian artillery and aviation shelled it as it was in “Azovstal” (with the same intensity).
However, the mine is held by Ukrainian troops. Russian units continue to gradually encircle Ukrainsk and the waste heap near the city from the north and south, and they have almost reached the next line of defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, based on the railway to Gornyak.

https://t.me/the_military_analytics/20852

In the Kursk direction, military actions continue in the area of ​​Lyubimovka, as well as south of Glushkovo in the area of ​​Veseloye-Obukhovka and Medvezhye.
Yesterday, the Russian Armed Forces counterattacked and managed to push the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of Veseloye, and throughout the day, there was a stubborn battle on the southern outskirts of the village, where Ukrainian forces had consolidated their positions in the area of ​​the nearby village of Obukhovka. Russian troops also managed to push Ukrainian units back in the area of ​​Medvezhye.
In the area of ​​the main strike of the Russian counteroffensive, the Russian Armed Forces continue to fight in Lyubimovka. And to the north, there are clashes in Olgovka and Kremyanoye, the fighting for which continues. This is already forcing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to gradually pull their forces back from the northern pocket, so that they do not end up surrounded in the future.
To the south of Sudzha, Russian units have completely taken control of the village of Borki and are trying to advance in the wooded area to the south.

https://t.me/the_military_analytics/20853

Posted by: Down South | Sep 16 2024 9:23 utc | 318

Posted by: Down South | Sep 16 2024 9:23 utc | 322
I think that as long as no counterwedge was possible the main AFU axis was kept.
Now that they cannot hold from the H07 center they had to add a new axis…

Posted by: Newbie | Sep 16 2024 11:01 utc | 319

Susan Mullen 296 – compared to Kamyhoe Harris, DJT is a paragon. Harris is a wholly owned mindless, subsidiary of the Biden – Obama – Soros deep state, supporting and profiting from the overt corruption in the world’s Nazi Capital – Kieve.
DJT detests Volo and the Vindman brothers in every single way………..that is a huge plus……

Posted by: Tobias Cole | Sep 16 2024 13:30 utc | 320

“b lied like usual is what happened.”
Posted by: Midget Micron | Sep 15 2024 16:37 utc | 70
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Then why don’t you kindly fuck off to a platform that supports your delusional reality?

Posted by: canuck | Sep 16 2024 13:33 utc | 321

(TG) Budanov contacts the head of the Nusra terrorist group and recruits terrorists … Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
Posted by: guest | Sep 16 2024 8:29 utc | 318

Will Empire’s asslickers object to the source? Decisions, decisions!
https://t.me/bayraktar1070/2693

About the negotiations between Kiev and Al-Qaeda*. Part 1
In the Syrian province of Idlib, negotiations were held between the Ukrainian special services and terrorists of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham* group. It is difficult to hide anything in the Middle East, where there are always ears and eyes.
The Turkish newspaper Aydınlık even published a photo allegedly from this meeting.
Kiev’s goal is to free radical Chechen fighters held in the HTS* prison. It is clear that Ukraine plans to use them against Russia.
But a reader who is far from the Syrian war may ask himself: who are these terrorists who are sitting in prisons with other terrorists?
They are all united by one Arabic word and name – Al-Qaeda*. This word is translated as “base”, “foundation”. The “mother” and foundation of the once powerful “ISIS”*, “HTS”*, and other lesser-known organizations is “Al-Qaeda”*. It’s just that each of its “sons” went their own way.
“ISIS”* was born in the American filtration camp “Camp Buka” during the occupation of Iraq. In the press, the camp became known as the “ISIS incubator”*, since nine top leaders were kept and united there. After the “triumph” in Iraq, having gained strength and success in 2014, “ISIS”* chose its own path – it declared war on everyone: both the civilized world and other jihadists. Yes, the group fought with its “party drags”, shedding rivers of blood of “brothers” from “Al-Qaeda”* and other militants. After the defeat, it lost its territories – that very “base”, going underground again. Where it is again waiting for its time, thriving, including in “prison jamaats” , as it was in the “Camp Buka” camp.
“HTS”* also traces its lineage back to “Al-Qiada”*, which was initially its wing in Syria. They waged a bloody struggle for power with “ISIS”*, but “HTS”* chose the path of the “Taliban”* – they say, we are no longer international terrorists, but are waging a war only against the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The reason for this metamorphosis is obvious – “HTS”* simply does not want to repeat the fate of “ISIS”*.
Following the “freezing” of the war in Syria in 2020, “HTS”* militants were left with about half of the northern province of Idlib, bordering Turkey. And it was this territory that became their base and breeding ground for recruiting into their essentially terrorist army. Idlib today is a huge “Camp Buka”, a base and incubator for various foreign intelligence services to create new terrorists. But according to the plan, this plant should produce products that are completely controlled by the curators.
Publicly, the HTS* group broke with Al-Qaeda*, and the group’s leader, Julani, changed his military uniform for a decent, expensive suit. In 2021, he gave an interview to the American press in which he claimed that he had never called for terrorist attacks against America and European countries. They say that his target is only Syrian, Iranian and Russian troops. And he even admitted,that he writes lettersto his grandfather’s village in the United States so that he would be removed from the list of terrorist organizations of the West.
It was claimed that British intelligence was behind these meetings. MI6 officers held talks with the leader of Julani in order to complete the rebranding process and publicly “launder” the HTS* terrorists. But why? To arm them officially and to the fullest extent. Because as a military force they showed themselves well, but they could not do anything against the Russian air force and the Syrian army. Therefore, this military force must get stronger, but become an absolutely obedient tool in their hands.
What happens next? In 2020-2021, Julani begins a large-scale “cleansing” of the unwanted with the help of British and American intelligence services. Of course, the Turks were also involved.
Everyone who does not want to “lie down” under Julani and his new rules of the game of survival begins to die like flies. The Western coalition’s MQ-9 Reaper drones are eliminating one field commander after another, shooting them and blowing them up in their cars. And soon the leaders of the factions opposing Julani accuse him of betraying the “jihad”. Well, quite reasonably.
In addition to the liquidations of field commanders, arrests begin. On Julani’s orders, “HTS”* throws many foreign jihadists into their prisons and tortures them there.
(Continued)
* – organizations banned in the Russian Federation

https://t.me/bayraktar1070/2695

On the negotiations between Kiev and Al-Qaeda*. Part 2
Start here
Those terrorists in Syria who still do not want to play by the new rules of the West and remain at large, and there are many of them, are beginning to unite around the group “Khuras ad-Din”* – “Guardians of Religion”*. Its “mother” is the same “Al-Qaeda”*…
​​From the US point of view, the “Guardians” posed a much greater danger than all other groups. Firstly, they did not hide their ties with the international “Al-Qaeda”*, and secondly, they professed “global jihad”. At that time, the group numbered from 700 to 2,500 people, more than half of whom were foreigners from Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Jordan, and Central Asian countries.
In 2020, against the backdrop of the “cleansing”, other groups joined the “Guardians”, including people from the Caucasus. With the outbreak of the civil war in Syria in 2011, quite a few of them came – we are talking about hundreds, thousands of people. There were veterans of the war against Russia, and there was also a new generation of supporters of “Ichkeria”. How many have survived at the moment is unknown.
Armed clashes broke out between the “guards” and “HTS”*. “HTS”* destroys some units and groups, some effectively resist and they negotiate with them. They lay down their arms, stay with their families in Idlib or go to pro-Turkish groups in Afrin. That is, in essence, they surrender to Turkish intelligence. But you understand, those who laid down their arms and stayed in Idlib – slowly end up in “HTS”* prisons. They are not killed, but held as assets. The assets are in the hands of Britain and the USA. Because the key to the issue of the status of “HTS”* and the exclusion from the list of terrorists is in their hands.
Conclusions:
Now these terrorists are recruited by Ukraine. Or rather, by the largest PMC state on the planet. I do not agree with the authors of the article that jihadists will be sent to the front – even several thousand will not play a significant role there. They are needed for something else.
Just as ISIS* was once born in Camp Bouc, so the current instrument was formed in the prisons of Idlib – it is just time to “harvest”. These people are planned to be used to destabilize the situation in the Caucasus, in Central Asia. It is not for nothing that the British are actively working.
It is there that these organizers and leaders, having received money and weapons flows, will acquire “cannon fodder”. There they will form new groups with loud names. And Kiev will become the base for these terrorists. However, Ukraine has long been welcoming supporters of “Ichkeria” since the 90s.
The process of legalizing “HTS”*, which began in 2020, does not stop. Removing them from the terrorist lists will give Britain and the US the opportunity to arm them. The West continues to flirt with radicals once again, but their “mother” was and will remain “Al-Qaeda”*. And it will not go anywhere from their consciousness.
Now Kiev has offered “HTSH”* 75 drones to strike Russian and Syrian bases, but that’s just a piece of cake. It’s obvious that Ukraine will be left to dirty its hands on the thugs – the gentlemen will remain in white gloves. Such is the double proxy war.
P/S
In conclusion, I will give a typical biography of one of the most media-friendly leaders of the CIS in Syria – Murad Margoshvili. It was his face that was on the cover photo of the article in the Turkish press. In the confrontation between the “guards” and “HTSH”*, he marched with his unit against Julani and “won” neutral status for himself as a result of the fighting.
Murad Margoshvili, nicknamed Muslim ash-Shishani, is a Chechen from the Pankisi Gorge of Georgia, a participant in the wars against Russia on the side of the so-called “Ichkeria”.
In the late 90s, Margoshvili joined the detachment of the international terrorist Khattab, who fought in Chechnya and Dagestan against federal forces. From 2008 until joining the Syrian conflict, Margoshvili was engaged in terrorist activities in Dagestan. Before 2008, he spent several years in Georgia, where he arrived after two years of imprisonment in Russia. Forged documents helped him avoid a more severe punishment.
It is unknown whether Margoshvili is alive or not at the moment. However, in 2021, Russian aviation destroyed the house of a field commander, where a meeting of militants was taking place at that time. As a result, three people were killed and 13 were injured.
S. Shilov
* – organizations banned in the Russian Federation

Posted by: anon2020 | Sep 16 2024 15:58 utc | 322

Posted by: Justpassinby | Sep 16 2024 8:49 utc | 321
“regime should not overdo those staged provocations.” It should not “do” in the first place. Perhaps you support “moderate” atrocities?
“when the russians actually start bombing said institutions.” Fuck off. They don’t need to start.

Posted by: horseguards | Sep 16 2024 16:27 utc | 323

Russia tired of being asked about “Trump allegedly attempted assassination”…
TASS:
https://tass.com/politics/1843803
“It’s not really our business,” he said, commenting on another attempted assassination of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. “We are, of course, closely following the information coming from the United States. We see how tense the situation is there, including between political rivals,” he emphasized.
“The political struggle is escalating, various methods are being used,” Peskov said. “We are watching this closely, but we have never interfered in this in any way and we are not interfering now,” he emphasized.
****Excerpt:
“International Golf Club in Palm Beach, where Trump was staying,*** as a possible** assassination attempt. The FBI said that its agent opened fire on a gunman. Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw specified that an ***AK-47**assault rifle with a telescopic sight, two backpacks with ceramic plates and an ****action camera were found in the bushes*** near the golf club’s premises, where the suspect was trying to hide. The suspect, 58-year-old Ryan Routh, is in custody.”
Good f**king grief!!! Is there no end to West BS plastered all over the World?? Ok sure, let’s all believe the “FBI” now huh? M
How long must we suffer these insidious, ridiculous mind f**k games?
Good God, the lies never end, the gas lighting never ends.
Other Countries must consider the West one long poorly acted and scripted drama act, completely unamused and the scripts written while someone was high on meth and in a meth lab dictating the scenes.
Absolutely boring in its repeated narratives and scripts.

Posted by: Trubind1 | Sep 16 2024 16:48 utc | 324

TASS, today–
“NATO will not become a party to the Ukrainian conflict if its member states authorize Kiev to strike at Russian territory with Western-made weapons, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with Foreign Policy.”
Stoltenberg’s proof of his concept: “This is not correct when President Putin says that we will become party to the conflict,” Stoltenberg claimed.
“Nanny Nanny Boo Boo. What I see is not what you see.”
What a tool.

Posted by: Elmagnostic | Sep 16 2024 17:36 utc | 325

Dima says RUAF is probing and bombing several areas in Zaporozhye front, and there is literally nothing AFU has there.
RUAF continues moving/improving position south of Maksymilaniavka/Georgiivka, moving west directly south of them.
And the big news is the flanking move south of Chasov Yar, in fact, they are near the Chasov Yar – Konstantinovka road, apparently. Flanking will probably make it easier to attack AFU positions from more directions. There is also a high potential an attack direction from the north could occur, putting Chasov Yar in a real pincer.
Flower of Pischane keeps blooming along the Oskol river.
The Oskil front may also be split in two at Petropavlivka.
RUAF improve positions SW of Lyubimovka, it seems to be the current front.
There may be new attacks brewing around Martynovka area (secondary pinning attack), and from the SE corner at Borki toward the RU-UKR border. Apparently the plan is to create a massive cauldron for the entire AFU Kursk grouping. Very interesting…
AFU offensives in the fields in Medvedshe take big losses, but regardless they captured it. But this advance may prove the most dangerous as they have the potential to cut Glushkovo from Koronevo.
AFU offensive south of Veseloye likewise are halted.

Posted by: unimperator | Sep 16 2024 23:06 utc | 326

RT German chancellor told ‘Russia is militarily invincible’
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev warns that further escalation of the Ukraine conflict could have “irreversible consequences”
He also suggested that the path to peace is still open, singling out the Sino-Brazilian peace initiative as a viable option.
During a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday, Tokayev said that “it is a fact that in military terms Russia is invincible.”
“Further escalation of the war will lead to irreversible consequences for the entire of mankind, and, first of all, all the countries that are directly involved in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict,” the Kazakh president warned.
He claimed that the Istanbul agreement had represented a good opportunity to end the bloodshed at an early stage, but was squandered. However, according to Tokayev, a peaceful settlement can still be achieved.
“Various countries’ peace initiatives should be carefully considered and a decision to cease the fighting should be made,” the Kazakh president stated, adding that territorial disputes could be resolved thereafter.
“In our opinion, the peace plan [presented by] China and Brazil is worthy of support,” he added.
https://www.swentr.site/russia/604135-kazakhstan-tokayev-russia-invincible/

Posted by: Escobar | Sep 17 2024 10:14 utc | 327

History legends on youtube has a good breakdown of the current situation on the front

Posted by: Kadath | Sep 17 2024 16:29 utc | 328

When you start evacuating civilians 480km from the frontlines, you can officially say that the Special Military Operation is going perfectly according to the plan!

Posted by: Grand Condor | Sep 18 2024 9:46 utc | 329

Dima:
-Ukrainsk completely in RUAF control, opens Hirnuk and Tsukuryne to attacks
-RUAF position in Nevelske cauldron improved
-Clashes for landfill N of Ugledar
-Coal mine no. 3 contested
-Bombing of Bohoyavlenka
-RUAF Improving positions in Grodivka (control over 90%) and move across river
-RUAF improving positions south of Toretsk and break through prison and coal mine defense belt
-Some clashes in the eastern part of Toretsk highrise/citadel area
-Move towards Petropavlivka (east of Kupyansk)
Kursk:
-RUAF improve positions in Borki – Spalnoye area, number of abandoned Nato armored vehicles captured there
-AFU attack in Obukhovka – Novy Put entered artillery bag and was destroyed
-AFU attack in Medvedzhe defeated

Posted by: unimperator | Sep 18 2024 10:15 utc | 330

US/NATO/Israel have had a busy week. Fresh off the ‘beeper explosion’ fiasco, Ukraine took out a Russian base in Donbass resulting in ‘massive’ causalities :
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-mass-casualties-himars-strike-donbas-1955037

krainian forces are reported to have struck a Russian military base in the occupied Donetsk region with a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), causing “massive casualties.”
Graphic videos circulating on social media, which Newsweek could not independently verify and will not share for ethical reasons, purported to show the devastating aftermath of the strike. It’s not clear where or when it was filmed.
“A video has appeared online showing the aftermath of an attack, presumably on a training ground near Donetsk,” the ASTRA Telegram channel, a project run by independent Russian journalists, said on Tuesday.
The channel cited Russian military channel Alex Parker Returns, who said the attack was carried out by “HIMARS cluster munitions during another exercise.”

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Posted by: bored | Sep 18 2024 13:43 utc | 337
Found the mention/claim of a Himars strike in Podo-Kalynivka on February 21st, 2024 on Telegram.
No mention of any ‘Trudivske’ Himars strike, anywhere, including Telegram or Twitter.
Are you sure Newsweek isn’t making up fake-news, or posting 6 months old events as current events?

Posted by: unimperator | Sep 18 2024 13:52 utc | 332

So what just happened in Tver? https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/what-do-we-know-about-ukrainian-attack-russias-tver-region-2024-09-18/

Posted by: ReinhardVonSiegfried | Sep 18 2024 13:53 utc | 333

Dear Biden, Harris, Blinken, Netanyahu, King Charles, Et Al: 1) Shutdown the sinister Endle$$ War & Big Lie Operation$ now, while U can. 2) Whether you like it or not, everything built on corrupt foundations falls apart. Karma’s Inescapable, please pull your heads out into the sunlight!
Dear Kamala Supporters & fools/tools the warmongers: If the Biden/Harris regime provokes a nuclear war with Russia, we will all die. Staying alive should be our top priority. NOT continuing a barbaric policy of Endle$$ Wars & very Big Lie$! Genuine, existential threats should not be swept under the rug. Also, BTW – American corporate “news” and our government officials are very full of $hit.

Honorable women & men do not support genocide, endle$$ wars, big lies, dirty tricks, cheating & stealing. USA has been corrupted by traitors who are the ‘domestic enemies’ mentioned in the oath millions of Americans have taken. Dishonorable conduct = ignoring opportunies to respect/honor the oath.
Bravery never ignores injustice. Stop the insane Endle$$ wars & big lie$ that may lead to nuclear holocaust. Positive action for the people is for adult patriots. Cowards sit on their hands.
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Article by RFK,Jr + Donald Trump Jr.: It’s one step to a nuclear strike
On Thursday, The New York Times reported that the Joe Biden administration is considering allowing Ukraine to use NATO-provided high-precision long-range weapons against targets deep in Russia. Such a decision would put the world at greater risk of a nuclear explosion than at any time since the Caribbean crisis.
The American authorities should have focused on finding a diplomatic way out of the war, which should never have been allowed; however, the administration of US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris is instead pursuing a policy that Russia will perceive as an act of fierce confrontation. According to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, long–range strikes on Russian territory “will mean that NATO countries – the United States and European countries – are at war with Russia.”
Some American analysts believe that Putin is bluffing, and advocate exposing his bluff. According to the Times, “easing restrictions on the supply of Western weapons will not lead Moscow to escalation.” Seventeen former ambassadors and generals wrote to the Biden-Harris administration this week.
We know this because Ukraine is already striking with these weapons on the territory that Russia considers its own, including Crimea and Kursk, and Moscow’s reaction remains unchanged.
However, these analysts mistake restraint for weakness. They advocate a strategy of balancing on the brink of war. Every escalation – from HIMARS missiles to cluster munitions, Abrams tanks, F-16 fighter jets and ATACM missiles – brings the world closer to the brink of Armageddon. Their logic seems to be that if you spur a bear five times and it doesn’t react, then the sixth time you can spur it even more.
Such a strategy might be reasonable if the bear had no teeth. The hawks in the Biden administration seem to have forgotten that Russia is a nuclear power. They have forgotten the words of John F. Kennedy, which he uttered in 1963:

The nuclear Powers must prevent those confrontations that put the enemy in front of a choice: either a humiliating retreat or a nuclear war.


We must take this advice seriously. Putin has repeatedly made it clear that Russia will use nuclear weapons in extreme circumstances. In September 2022, he stated:
If the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will undoubtedly use all available means to protect Russia and our people, and this is not a bluff.
In March 2023, Putin signed an agreement with the Republic of Belarus on the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons there. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov announced that our country will amend its nuclear doctrine in response to Western intervention in the war in Ukraine.
Imagine if Russia provided another country with missiles, information about training and targeting for strikes deep into American territory. The United States would never tolerate this. We should not expect Russia to tolerate this either.
This nuclear game of “first one wins” has gone far enough. There is not even a step left between the launch of American missiles deep into Russian territory and the exchange of nuclear strikes. We can’t get any closer to the edge of the abyss than we are now.
And for what? To “weaken Russia”? To control the minerals of Ukraine? America’s vital interests are not at stake. Risking a nuclear conflict for the sake of a neoconservative fantasy of global “full–scale domination” is madness.
The war fever of the US foreign policy establishment has reached such a fever pitch that it is difficult to say whether they believe in their own rhetoric. During Tuesday’s debate, Vice President Kamala Harris conjured up images of Russian troops moving across Europe.
Of course, she must understand how absurd this is. First, Russia can barely tear off several provinces from Ukraine, which is by no means one of the great powers of Europe.
Secondly, #Russia has clearly outlined its military goals from the very beginning: the neutrality of Ukraine and the cessation of #NATO’s expansion to the East. Hundreds of thousands of lives lost and hundreds of billions of dollars spent – no one got better from this: neither Europe, nor America, nor, of course, Ukraine.
The time has come to de-escalate the conflict. This is more important than any political issues that our country is arguing about. A nuclear war would mean the end of civilization as we know it, perhaps even the end of the human race.
US presidential candidate Donald #Trump has promised to end this war. But by the time he possibly takes office, it may already be too late. We must demand right now that Harris and President #Biden change their insane military program and begin direct negotiations with #Moscow.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an environmental and public health lawyer.
Donald Trump Jr. is the executive vice president of the Trump Organization.
https://pravda-en.press/world/2024/09/18/56549.html

Domestic Enemies = Biden’s Traitors who are Supporting Genocide, Endle$$: Wars &BigLies!

“I solemnly swear that I will support & defend the Constitution of the US against all enemies, foreign & domestic….

Without money & bombs provided to Netanyahu by the Biden regime, there would be no genocide. Have faith & no fear. See what you can do to help bring peace & rule of law to a world gone mad!


Karma brings us ever back to rebirth, binds us to the wheel of births & deaths. Good Karma drags us back as relentlessly as bad, & the chain which is wrought out of our virtues holds as firmly & as closely as that forged from our vices. Annie Besant p. 65
Those who understand Armageddon to be a field in which signs of the highest energy manifest are correct. This battlefield cannot be something that arises accidentally; rather, it is like a magnet that attracts opposing energies. – Morya
There is no one who can get by without courage. Only utter madness whispers that everything will fall into place of its own accord — that cannot happen! -Morya

Posted by: Toby C | Sep 19 2024 0:00 utc | 334

What nonsense. Exactly – Biden, Harris, Blinken, Netanyahu, King Charles read in MOA. I laugh my ass off every time I see something like this.

Posted by: guest from franconia | Sep 19 2024 6:01 utc | 335