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October 11, 2024
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Two Majors #Summary for the Morning of 11 October 2024; 06:59 (GMT+3)⚡️
🔹In the #Kursk region, the RFAF carried out decisive offensive action yesterday. ‘Troop Group North’ reports that our assault groups broke through the AFU defences near the village of #Lyubimovka, liberated five settlements and surrounded at least two battalions of the enemy, cutting two important supply and evacuation roads. The enemy is stunned by our offensive and is hastily transferring the 47th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade to the #Sudzha direction. The resources of the enemy against the background of objective control personnel are forced to recognise the successes of the Russian Army.
🎯The RFAF, for the fourth night in a row, are striking at the port infrastructure of the #Odessa region. One of the arrivals came in the area of #Usatovo/#Dachnoye/#KrivayaBalka.
🔹In the #Kharkov direction, in #Volchansk, FABs with UMPC and ODABs are striking the Flour Mill in the western part of the town, where the enemy is entrenched.🎬👆
🔹In the #Kupyansk direction, our troops are 👉 attacking from the direction of #Sinkovka in the direction of #Petropavlovka.
🔹In the #Toretsk (#Dzerzhinsk), the RFAF are advancing along 51st Army Street in the central part. North of #NyuYork (#Novgorodskoye) our units are attacking at a depth of up to 750 metres.
🔹In the #Kurakhovo direction, fighting in the direction of #Ostrovskoye, near #Katerinovka (#Yekaterinovka) and in #Maksimilyanovka.
🛡In the #Bryansk region, two unmanned aerial vehicles of the AFU aircraft type were destroyed during the night. In #Rostov region, four UAVs were neutralised by electronic warfare means north of #KamenskShakhtinskoye.
💥In the #Belgorod region, #Shebekino came under fire. Two civilians were wounded, enterprises and residential houses were damaged. A drone attacked a parked car in the village of #Borisovka, the driver was wounded. The village of #Tishanka in the Volokonovsky district was shelled.
Posted by: Down South | Oct 11 2024 13:30 utc | 1
🖼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kursk Direction: Series of Advances by Russian Forces
Situation as of 2 PM on October 11, 2024
In the Kursk Region, Russian forces are developing an offensive in several areas, demonstrating tangible successes on multiple sectors.
🔻In the Glushkovo District, near Vesele, the Russian Armed Forces were able to push the enemy back to the railway and approach the outskirts of Novyi Put. Additionally, the situation in Medvezhe has been clarified: Russian forces not only liberated the village, but also dislodged the enemy from the adjacent forest belts.
Thus, units of the 137th Airborne Regiment, 56th Airborne Regiment, 51st Airborne Regiment, 155th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, and the 1434th “Akhmat-Chechnya” Regiment have practically completely driven Ukrainian formations out of the Glushkovo District. The presence of the AFU remains only in the gully south of Krasnooktyabr’skoye and in Novyi Put, as well as a small triangle with forest belts south of the railway.
🔻In the Korenevo District, the Russian Armed Forces have also made significant advances in the vicinity of Lyubimovka – Zeleny Shlyakh, the villages of Pokrovskoye and Nizhny Klyn have come under their control. At the same time, there are still counter-attacks in Lyubimovka, the enemy is clinging to the settlement, finding themselves semi-encircled on the outskirts and in the village of Tolsty Lug.
▪️Interestingly, in the fields south of Ol’govka and west of Kremyanoye, according to some reports, there are still scattered enemy groups cut off from the main forces. Their further fate will likely be known in the near future.
🔻In the Sudzha District, fighting continues and the Russian Armed Forces are on the offensive. According to our information, the village of Fanaseevka, contrary to recent rumors, remains under the control of the AFU, but in the area of Plekhovo, the Russian forces have significant successes.
Thus, Russian troops are advancing from the direction of Ulanok through the swampy forests near the Psel River and have currently semi-encircled Plekhovo, disrupting the enemy’s supply, outflanking it from the south and north.
▪️In the north, a large forest has come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, and according to preliminary information, the 38N-515 highway section between Plekhovo and Makhnovka has already been cut. To the south, Russian forces have taken several strongholds, including those created by the enemy from scratch.
▪️Further north, in the area of Russkaya Konopelka, fighting continues: there is no full control over the settlement by either side, but the initiative here is with the Russian paratroopers.
To the south, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing along the railway towards Kolmakovo and Agronom, taking control of the 66 km stop. If the pace of advance is maintained, the enemy will either be forced to withdraw from Russkaya Konopelka or simply be “finished off” there.
To the southwest of the railway, there is also an advance of the Russian Armed Forces. The enemy has been driven out of several forest belts to the east of the gas station, which is being fought for, and in the near future, there is a high probability
https://t.me/rybar_in_english/18410
Posted by: Down South | Oct 11 2024 13:32 utc | 2
The offensive of the Russian Armed Forces has intensified in the Kursk direction, seeking to take control of the main logistical junctions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces north of Sudzha.
Today, Russian troops began a new offensive in the main direction of their attack – in the area of Lyubimovka and Malaya Loknya. Columns of Russian armored vehicles struck in three places: an offensive in Lyubimovka, where they were able to advance very little, an attack on the neighboring farm Zeleny Shlyakh and in the direction of Malaya Loknya from the area of Novaya Sorochina.
The goal of the operation is probably to capture the main logistical junctions in the north, the territories of the Kursk region controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces: Zeleny Shlyakh and Malaya Loknya. Their capture will disrupt the logistics of the Ukrainian group here, and in the event of a successful movement towards them, it can create several cauldrons for Ukrainian troops. The first in Lyubimovka, which has already begun to emerge after the start of the battles for Zeleny Shlyakh, where the Russian Armed Forces landed. And the second, large cauldron to the north and northeast, if Russian units can capture a number of settlements: on the western flank: Zeleny Shlyakh and Novoivanovka with access to Leonidovka, and on the eastern flank: Starye Sorochiny, Malaya Loknya, Nikolaevka and Viktorovka with access to Leonidovka.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces Command understands this and a number of settlements listed are quite well fortified, and in addition, additional units have begun to be pulled in here. In particular, after the attack on Zeleny Shlyakh, Ukrainian units from the Olgovka area began to be withdrawn towards Leonidovka – Novoivanovka.
https://t.me/the_military_analytics/21181
Posted by: Down South | Oct 11 2024 13:34 utc | 3
In the Kursk direction, the Russian army partially pushed through the left flank of the Kursk group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
The Ukrainian garrison in Lyubimovka-Tolstoy Lug found itself in a virtual tactical encirclement, as the Russian Armed Forces are trying to consolidate their positions in the area of Novoivanovka and Zeleny Shlyakh. Fighting is currently ongoing in this area.
This has created a very precarious tactical situation for adjacent Ukrainian units to the north. In addition, Ukrainian troops in this direction are experiencing problems in interaction between different units.
According to a lieutenant of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the call sign “Alex”, Russian units had “success today in the Kursk region, there was an accentuated attack by mechanized units in the direction of Lyubimovka – Novoivanovka”.
“Alex” writes that the Russians “were able to enter Novoivanovka, but whether they consolidated their positions is a big question.”
https://t.me/the_military_analytics/21183
In the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces have made progress in the Lysovka-Nikolaevka area.
Here, Russian units, continuing to try to break through to Mirnograd, have in fact captured three settlements: Krasny Yar, Nikolaevka (most of it has been captured, a small western part in the “gray zone”) and Krutoy Yar.
In addition, to the west, Russian assault units have again entered the eastern areas of Lysovka, where they are trying to gain a foothold, and have approached Sukhoi Yar.
https://t.me/the_military_analytics/21185
In the Kurakhovsky direction, Russian troops captured most of the settlement of Ostrovskoye and reached the borders of the Kurakhovsky fortified area from the east.
However, it will be difficult for Russian units to storm Kurakhovo “head-on”, and therefore the Russian Armed Forces will probably continue to encircle it from several sides. Probably, first of all, Russian troops will try to capture Maksimilyanovka, which is already being intensively stormed in the north and east of the settlement, and then they will try to break through to the village of Dalneye and begin to encircle Kurakhovo from the south.
At the same time, to the north they will try to take Novoselidovka (which is already being stormed) and capture Ilyinka. And then, having bypassed the Kurakhovsky reservoir, they will enter from the west of the Kurakhovskaya group, essentially from the rear.
https://t.me/the_military_analytics/21186
Posted by: Down South | Oct 11 2024 13:36 utc | 4
Our source in the General Staff reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces cannot stop the Russian army’s counterattack in the Kursk region, there are no reserves or equipment for this, in this section of the front the enemy has assembled a group five times more capable than the Ukrainian army. Syrskyi urgently went to the Sumy region to manage the situation and prevent the Ukrainian Armed Forces from being surrounded near Lyubimovka, which is the main logistics center.
https://t.me/rezident_ua/24579
Our source in the General Staff reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are forced to retreat from Lyubimovka to avoid being surrounded, while the northern sector is currently in complete chaos and units are fleeing.
The situation in the Kursk region is critical, the enemy launched a sharp counterattack on the main logistics center of Novoivanovka and Zeleny Shlyakh, which resulted in the loss of supply routes for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The commander-in-chief is trying to stabilize the situation by transferring reserves from the Sumy region, but the Russian army outnumbers the Ukrainian Armed Forces by three to four times.
https://t.me/rezident_ua/24584
Posted by: Down South | Oct 11 2024 13:39 utc | 5
Zelensky’s Kursk adventure is coming to its logical conclusion, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces ultimately achieved nothing in this operation, but lost more equipment and reserves than during the 2023 counteroffensive.
If we take into account the collapse of the Eastern Front, then Syrsky made a strategic mistake that Zaluzhny did not want to make last year when Zelensky and the Pentagon were pressuring him.
Already in November, we will understand what price Ukraine paid for this adventure, but for now, propaganda will look for those responsible for this miscalculation and, of course, the President will be removed from this equation, but everyone remembers how joyfully Bankova presented this operation.
https://t.me/rezident_ua/24581
Posted by: Down South | Oct 11 2024 13:40 utc | 6
Ukraine’s claim that the territories captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region may be exchanged for the achievements of the Russian Armed Forces in Donbass will not find support in the Kremlin.
Publications in Western media on this topic are echoes of the original goal pursued by Kyiv and its Western curators: an exchange of territories, stimulating the transfer of troops from Donbass to the Kursk region, provoking a new wave of mobilization in the Russian Federation.
As we can see, all these goals have failed. Russia continues to successfully advance in Donbass, gradually destroying the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region without transferring troops and not declaring a new mobilization, limiting itself to contract soldiers.
Thus, at this stage, the enemy’s strategic plan has not been realized. This is confirmed by the cancellation of Biden’s visit to Ramstein and the second “peace summit” under the auspices of Zelensky. The West understands that the international political and information context today is not in Ukraine’s favor. But nothing is over yet, and in the coming months we can expect other adventurous attempts to change the course of events.
https://t.me/Taynaya_kantselyariya/11234
Bankova had hoped that the invasion of the Kursk region would allow them to exchange territories in the Donbass, but this idea completely failed.
The Russians continued to advance and take one settlement after another. By the end of the year, we may be completely knocked out of the Kursk region. After which Ukraine will have no “trump cards” left on the ground: the Russian Armed Forces have come close to Pokrovsk and Mirnograd. Judging by the operational situation, their capture is a matter of time. A similar fate befell Chasy Yar and Kupyansk.
Most likely, the Russian Federation will begin to warm up the negotiating track after establishing full control over the Donbass agglomeration and reaching the borders of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Lavrov recently repeated the Kremlin’s early demands. In addition to the Donbass, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will have to leave Zaporozhye and Kherson. Otherwise, after the Donbass, Russia will concentrate on this direction.
The minimum task for Russia is to seize what is already included in the constitution. We remind you that in accordance with the main law of the Russian Federation, the entire Zaporizhia and Kherson regions within their administrative boundaries are part of Russia. Therefore, we will face escalation in the south if we do not agree to Moscow’s conditions.
It is advantageous for the Kremlin to slowly corrode us, depriving us of mobilization potential and money. For Zelensky, participation in such negotiations is capitulation and suicide. Therefore, he will avoid them until the last, or organize a referendum to pass off his betrayal as the “will of the people.”
https://t.me/rezident_ua/24578
Posted by: Down South | Oct 11 2024 13:43 utc | 7
There are more and more titles like this one in MSM.
The Hill
Opinion – The US should get out of the way and let Ukraine hit back
The combined west deeply wishes to see these deep strikes into Russia.
They do not take Putin’s words seriously.
Posted by: vargas | Oct 11 2024 13:52 utc | 8
Ukraine Weekly Update, 11th October 2024: May be useful to some: https://robcampbell.substack.com/p/ukraine-weekly-update-6c7
Posted by: Dr. Rob Campbell | Oct 11 2024 13:54 utc | 9
How to camouflage truth is one of the big challenges for MSM. Now Danish media show another nice example. As I wrote on Oct 3
Danish paper Politiken had last week a paywalled article on Nordstream, mainly reporting from Christiansø, the small island north of Bornholm, wherefrom allegedly the famous „Andromeda“ sailed. Amongst tons of the usual speculations and gobbledygook there was a real diamond of information, one should think. Translated quote:
In the first days, the harbor master, according to his own statement, “wasn´t allowed to say a word”. But today, John Anker Nielsen can well reveal that four or five days before the Nord Stream explosions, he was out with the rescue service on Christiansø because there were some ships with their radios switched off. They turned out to be American naval vessels, and as the rescue service approached, they were told by the Naval Command to turn back.
Need one know more?
This article in Politiken was – in my view quite correctly – cited by RT on Oct 9:
According to the article, American warships had been operating in the area east of the Danish island of Bornholm a few days before the explosions with their transponders off. The circumstances prompted a local harbormaster at the nearby Danish port of Christianso, John Anker Nielsen, to launch a rescue mission.
However upon reaching the scene they saw that the vessels in question were US Navy ships, Nielsen said. The Naval Command then told Nielsen and his colleagues to turn back, the harbormaster recounted.
Nielsen told the paper he decided to share details of the events of September 2022, despite initially being “not allowed to say a thing” about them.
Politiken said Nielsen does not believe Western media claims that Nord Stream was sabotaged by Ukraine, supposedly using a yacht, named Andromeda, and a small crew to carry out the sophisticated attack.
According to the paper, the harbormaster instead has “some faith” in the version of events provided by legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh.
What a horror to be quoted by RT! Danish paper „Jyllandsposten“ (paywalled) helps out and foams:
Danish media abused by Russian propaganda machine
An article from Politiken about the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines has been used by a Russian state media to spread disinformation. “A disgusting attack on our credibility,” responds the editor-in-chief.
Media thrive on credibility. Therefore, it is also “deeply manipulative and shameful” when Politiken’s credible journalism is misused to spread Russian propaganda and fake news. And it is almost impossible to control. This is what Politiken’s editor-in-chief, Christian Jensen, says in response to Jyllands-Posten’s disclosure of how the Russian state media RT (Russia Today) has manipulated one of Politiken’s articles about the Nord Stream explosions. The Spanish-language version of RT, which in particular spreads pro-Russian disinformation and propaganda to millions of Latin Americans, recently pretended in a TV segment that Politiken has presented evidence that the US is behind the attack on Nord Stream. But it doesn’t fit. Politiken has never concluded that.
In that way, it fits into a pro-Russian narrative that the US was behind the explosions. “It is reprehensible and shocking that we are abused in this way for propaganda and blatant fake news. There is no basis whatsoever in the conclusions drawn by RT (that Politiken should have evidence that the USA was behind the sabotage, ed.) We have written a sober report which lists various theories about who was behind,“ says editor-in-chief Christian Jensen. “This is a warning to the whole world about how fake news and propaganda are spread, and how journalistic and credible media are abused.”
Just to see, what Politiken has said, here is the full quote (paywalled):
In the first days, the harbor master, according to his own statement, “was not allowed to say a word”. But today, John Anker Nielsen can well reveal that four or five days before the Nord Stream explosions, he was out with the rescue service on Christiansø because there were some ships with their radios switched off. They turned out to be American naval vessels, and as the rescue service approached, they were told by the Naval Command to turn back.
Therefore, the harbor master believes a little in the theory, which, among others, the American star journalist Seymour Hersh has put forward, although without any kind of documentation: That the USA was behind the sabotage. The Americans have such small unmanned submarines that can solve all tasks, John Anker Nielsen has been told.
For seven generations, the harbourmaster’s family has lived on Christiansø, and he knows everything about the weather and wind conditions in the Baltic Sea. On that basis, he does not give much credit to the theory of a yacht and some Ukrainians who have dived to 80 metres.
Where is the propaganda, where is the fake news in RT? What has been manipulated? It must be after all pretty difficult for MSM to discriminate facts, conclusions and opinion.
Posted by: Udkanten | Oct 11 2024 14:05 utc | 10
Thanks, Down South, you informatively saved us from yet another first comment being vargas’d.
Posted by: boneless | Oct 11 2024 14:13 utc | 12
Pentagon Audit Reveals Hundreds of Pieces of Ukraine-Bound Equipment Required Repairs
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Hundreds of pieces of military equipment provided by the United States to Ukraine required repair before use on the battlefield, according to a US Defense Department Inspector General audit report released Thursday.
The Remote Maintenance and Distribution Cell–Ukraine (RDC-U) performed maintenance on 649 pieces of equipment as of August 15, 2023, the audit report said. The RDC-U was tasked with inspecting equipment to ensure it was fully mission capable before delivering it to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF), the report said.
“Specifically, we identified that 609 (94 percent) of the 649 military equipment items maintained and repaired by the RDC-U were Presidential Drawdown Authority equipment that arrived in Poland non-mission capable, requiring maintenance prior to delivery to the UAF,” the report said.
The other 40 items were returned by the UAG for repair due to extensive battle damage or complex repair efforts, the report said.
US Defense Department units did not provide the equipment to the RDC-U in accordance with guidance from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the report also said.
Moreover, the UAF’s increased use of equipment provided under the Presidential Drawdown Authority resulted in a higher demand for repair parts, straining the supply chain, the report said. The UAF did not always return parts that could be repaired or refurbished to the US Defense Department, which could have mitigated stress on the supply chain, the report added.
The report recommends that the Security Assistance Group–Ukraine coordinate with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency and the Military Services to establish processes and controls to address the delivery of non-mission-capable equipment to the RDC-U.
The US should also explore establishing a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine to incentivize the return of repair parts, the report said.
Findings by the Pentagon’s inspector general are the latest in a chain of similar revelations made on the quality of military arms given to Ukraine by the Biden administration. Earlier conclusions saw officials detail that “the super high-dollar American stuff is not doing so well.”
Additional audits detailed that both US forces in Syria and the Ukrainian military had received “non-mission capable equipment” as a result of poor storage and maintenance requirements carried out by contractors.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 11 2024 14:19 utc | 13
@DownSouth, thanks for all these useful summaries as well.
Posted by: vargas | Oct 11 2024 13:52 utc | 8
You ought to take a step back and exercise some analysis.
First, who is the author of this opinion piece?
Peter Juul is the Progressive Policy Institute’s director of national security.
A think-tank denizen. Another keyboard warrior free to write whatever he wants, and then go home to a nice mansion outside the Beltway. Probably in McLean, or maybe Maryland. He’ll probably sip some hot cocoa after he writes his next piece.
Meanwhile, some poor Ukranian 51-year old with little training got his brains turned to pink mist in Kursk.
In other words, a bozo with no skin in the game is providing false hope to propagandize the Ukrainians into sacrificing more of their future on the alter of neo-con ambitions.
Second, the West has already sent billions and billions of dollars worth of munitions, weapons, and material to Ukraine. Just a short list:
Patriots
Abrams
Leopards
ATACMS
Storm Shadow
So what this clown is saying is, the largest military aid in history wasn’t enough to defeat Russia. Now, we must start WWIII.
Thankfully there are still a few rational actors in DC. He’ll be ignored.
Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Oct 11 2024 14:34 utc | 14
Posted by: Udkanten | Oct 11 2024 14:05 utc | 11
Thank you for this information. For anyone interested, here is the link to the story at RT:
https://www.rt.com/news/605461-nord-stream-us-navy/
What the harbormaster reports is credible to me. That is, US Navy ships planting the explosives by means of remote-controlled submersibles. The Andromeda yacht story was a joke. And Seymour Hersch’s story, which involved elite US divers, was never convincing to me because the water is too deep, with strong currents, and the quantity of explosives too large for direct placement by divers. Whereas the Navy has plenty of unmanned submersibles and the ships from which to launch them.
I think the Politiken story is a bombshell, and that it won’t take long to verify where the US ships were at the reported time.
Posted by: Clever Dog | Oct 11 2024 14:36 utc | 15
@Clever Dog | Oct 11 2024 14:36 utc | 16
I think the Politiken story is a bombshell, and that it won’t take long to verify where the US ships were at the reported time.
The more this gets out, the better. But we have known about ships like the USS Kearsarge for a long time, at least those who wanted to know. We also know that Biden promised to “put an end” to NS2 months in advance of the event. There are really no surprises in this.
Also keep in mind the little side-show where the supposed truth teller Seymore Hersh was given the task to spread baseless accusations against Norway on this matter, obviously by the perpetrators themselves. That is what “allies” are for I guess.
Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 11 2024 14:50 utc | 16
https://t.me/masnochannel/5914
Forwarded from Suriyakmaps
Ukrainian Army is gradually withdrawing to the town of Sudzha. Russian Army has entered Zelenyi Shlyakh and Novoivanovka and is approaching Nizhnii Klin from Obukhovka. Reports about the arrival of Russian forces to Sverdlikovo are not correct.
https://t.me/Novichok_Rossiya_2/14554
Forwarded from Suriyakmaps
The Ukrainian situation in Kursk is deteriorating:
Following the start of the second phase of the Russian counteroffensive in the oblast the Russian army has managed to drive Ukrainian forces out of many of their positions taken in August on different axes, retreating towards the border again.
The replacement of the experienced brigades by defense forces and reservists has made it impossible to contain the Russian pressure exerted since September. Of course, the figure of 50,000 troops on this front is nonsensical and illogical considering the difficulty the Ukrainian army is already having to maintain its positions on the other fronts.
New Ukrainian reinforcements leave for Sumy in response to contain the Russian advance, reinforcements that on the other hand, are needed elsewhere, which indicates that the Ukrainian non-withdrawal from Kursk is due only to political reasons after its certified military failure. Ukraine currently controls less than 600 square kilometers.
https://t.me/philologist_zov/1553
Some comments on current events in the Kursk region.
As one of the important factors in the success of our forces’ counterattacks, I would like to note the fact that the invasion group has now turned into a hodgepodge, which has trouble cooperating, even despite the enemy’s overall advantage in providing communications.
A clear example of how the mosaic nature of battle formations, made up of motley pieces and scraps of units and formations, affects the effectiveness of actions.
Of course, there are nuances.
In the case of bringing a sufficiently complete, but poorly prepared and poorly motivated formation to a specific section of the front, you can get a collapse of this entire section (which, for example, was shown by the breakthrough of our forces in Ocheretino), while well-prepared and motivated units of a hodgepodge, including in conditions of focal defense, have a good chance of holding the section.
In addition, the local predominance in firepower (including armored vehicles), which essentially holds the defense, also gives a good chance of holding the area even with the very uneven quality of the hodgepodge involved in the defense.
But in the Kursk region, the enemy’s stars diverged. Including due to the very sensitive knocking out of armored vehicles that could reinforce the defense. Well, the conditional “Romanians” on the flanks did their job. As a result, the motley and uncoordinated hodgepodge of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group is crumbling.
I think it is better to remain cautiously silent about the cauldron for now, but overall the dynamics are positive, even despite the enemy’s counterattacks.
P.S. Dizziness from success is evil. The risks of an unblocking counterattack or a similar approach in another area are not canceled.
Posted by: anon2020 | Oct 11 2024 14:58 utc | 17
Jeremy Rhymings-Lang @ 14
Pentagon Audit Reveals Hundreds of Pieces of Ukraine-Bound Equipment Required Repairs
Feature not a bug. The US MIC is all about service contracts, that’s the real pot of gold, that’s why the weapons suck with the F35 being only the most glaring example. Whoever buys this stuff including the US taxpayer must sign up for the $300-1000/hr service contract and parts marked up 300%. What could be better for the manufacturer than to start fixing it right off the showroom floor. Hell of a way to run a war.
That’s why everyone who isn’t bound and gagged by The Empire wants to buy Russian and Chinese equipment, they sell you stuff that works, train your techs to repair it (who are paid a normal salary in your country’s currency not dollars) and sell you the parts wholesale that you can stock up not one at a time on an as needed basis.
The USA system isn’t just a terrific profit multiplier it makes sure any ally can’t go rogue. Tells you something about the relationship with their allies/clients and between the Russia and China allies and clients.
Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Oct 11 2024 14:59 utc | 18
Ukrainian MP Bezuglaya confirmed the destruction of Patriot in the Dnipropetrovsk region
“Another damaged Patriot, and this is not the first. And all because of the lack of a system, which the current generals are simply unable to build due to their IQ, lack of desire and abundant corruption,” she wrote on social media.
https://t.me/ukr_leaks_eng/16424
Looks like this is turning into a Great Patriot War…
Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 11 2024 15:12 utc | 19
@Zanon
“Peter holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and international relations from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, as well as a master’s degree in security studies from Georgetown University. He lives in Falls Church, Virginia with his goldendoodle pup, Buddy, and can often be found watching Minnesota Twins baseball, visiting the National Air and Space Museum, or listening to the music of Prince and Taylor Swift.”
https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/peter-juul/
DC chickenhawks seem to have been commodified.
Posted by: Fred777 | Oct 11 2024 15:19 utc | 20
Looks like a lot of real successes plus a small number of false claims that should be clarified in due course.
https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/126162
⚔️🇺🇦 Apti Alaudinov stated in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda that Russian forces destroyed 70% of the military equipment used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in combat operations in the Kursk region.
He also announced that 15 settlements, which had been occupied by the enemy, were liberated in the region.
Posted by: anon2020 | Oct 11 2024 15:42 utc | 21
Cheers Down South
Theres a free beer at bar for you.
Posted by: HERMIUS | Oct 11 2024 15:51 utc | 22
More on ‘Ukraine-bound equipment’
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/iskander-strike-weapons-ukraine
“A strike using a Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile system has struck the Panama flagged container ship Shui Spirit, which accordingly to multiple reports was carrying armaments from the Romanian port of Constanta to the Ukrainian city of Odessa. Constanta has been a primary transit point for Western Bloc armaments being shipped to Ukraine, with reports indicating that a very high value asset was destroyed as a result of the attack.”
Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Oct 11 2024 16:23 utc | 23
In the Kharkiv region, power equipment worth UAH 17.5 million was stolen. This slows down the work of restoring electricity after enemy attacks
This is reported by RegioNews with reference to “Kharkivoblenergo”.
As noted, in the Kharkiv region, there was a problem of theft of power system elements – wires, transformers and transformer oil, substation elements.
Since the beginning of 2024, 47 cases of theft have been recorded. Actions of malefactors caused damage for 17,5 million hryvnias.
“This is exactly how much money is needed to restore the networks, namely: to lay 73 kilometers of wires on power lines, where the wires were simply stolen during the war; to purchase 3.7 tons of transformer oil, which was stolen by thieves,” the report says.
In “Kharkivoblenergo” reported that they steal even the supports and elements of transformer substations. Theft of part of the PS-110/6 equipment was recorded-losses amounted to UAH 8.2 million.
Law enforcement officers are investigating the theft of power equipment. In 43 cases, the persons involved are identified, and in four cases, the police found the perpetrators.
https://regionews.ua/ukr/news/harkovshchina/1728643504-u-harkivoblenergo-poyasnili-povilne-vidnovlennya-energetiki-rozkradannyam-obladnannya
Don’t know what anyone thinks they’re going to do with stolen transformer oil; it’s usually a synthetic mineral oil with not a lot of alternative uses, not to mention being toxic and needing to be handled carefully. No good for frying potatoes, that’s for sure!
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 11 2024 16:30 utc | 24
And:
“If you want to understand who is winning the American war against Russia on the Ukrainian battlefield, and also in the world’s commodity trade markets, you can start by calculating the life expectancy of a NATO-trained Ukrainian soldier on the front line, or of a NATO staff officer in a command bunker he thought was safe. Then you can check the life expectancy of a Russian pig.
The losses of the former are Russia’s tactical gains; they aren’t yet victory in the war. But it’s the latter, the Russian pig – who, upon turning into pork, is breaking through the enemy’s defences towards strategic victory of Russian economic power to capture a world market.
https://johnhelmer.net/in-the-war-economy-russia-has-taught-the-pigs-to-sing/#more-90416
Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Oct 11 2024 16:40 utc | 25
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 11 2024 16:30 utc | 24
“No good for frying potatoes, that’s for sure!”
Then it’s inevitable that it will end up in the Ukranian front lines, being used for frying potatoes, in exchange for an exorbitant number of dollars in a brown paper bag.
Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Oct 11 2024 16:43 utc | 26
Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Oct 11 2024 16:23 utc | 23
Probably safe to say that consignment of “Ukraine-bound equipment” is beyond repair and won’t feature in Pentagon audits any more…
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 11 2024 16:48 utc | 27
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 11 2024 16:48 utc | 27
I’m not sure about that. If you read western media, it was in fact an innocent, very civilian grain ship, loading civilian grain to feed starving children in Africa. It is well known that propaganda grain is highly explosive, which will explain why the explosion was so great that it also destroyed two adjacent Ukrainian navy boats.
Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Oct 11 2024 16:59 utc | 28
the explosion was so great that it also destroyed two adjacent Ukrainian navy boats.
Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Oct 11 2024 16:59 utc | 28..
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Which explains why these military boats were located next to the freighter in the first place.
Posted by: ossi | Oct 11 2024 17:08 utc | 29
Hey Peter.
See that massive hornet nest in that tree over there?
‘Yes Leon I see it’
Well Peter, go get that hornet nest and throw it into that nazi fox hole!
‘Are you serious Leon? Have you necked that last bottle of vodka?’
I’m serious Peter.
I’m happy to die for the cause but I absolutely refuse to die of BOREDOM!
‘l know I know Leon! If we go down here, let’s go down like the English in WW1, with a smile on our face whilst taking the piss out of the Ukros!’
Bzzzzz Bzzzzz go Peter go Bzzz Bzzzz!
Lol!lofrickinloool Leon!
Posted by: LunarDegree33 | Oct 11 2024 17:09 utc | 30
By the way, the young woman who held a Russian flag at the monument in Odessa and called on the Ukrainian soldiers to lay down their weapons.
Is dead, she was killed in the detention center.
The official cause of death was given as a heart attack.
Posted by: ossi | Oct 11 2024 17:18 utc | 31
The situation is definitely fluid/moving in Kursk, but it seems like the Ukrops have NOT been evicted yet from Lubimovka, despite a lot of crowing that they will “have to leave”. I would wait and see. At a minimum, I expect the retreat to be a slower than the “first, first” RFA cheerleader crowd expects. Ukrops have shown many, many times, that they don’t just skedaddle. More the opposite, really, staying in poor positions until absolutely compelled.
Posted by: Anonymous | Oct 11 2024 17:22 utc | 32
31 ossi:
There’s no good sourcing for that. It’s a Telegram rumor that people are repeating and that nobody can source. Even pro RFA types are raising caution.
Posted by: Anonymous | Oct 11 2024 17:23 utc | 33
she was killed in the detention center.
Posted by: ossi | Oct 11 2024 17:18 utc | 31
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This war has a long damned way to go before it is resolved.
Posted by: too scents | Oct 11 2024 17:25 utc | 34
Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Oct 11 2024 14:34 utc | 14
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You know what the say about [T]he hill, some go up but many many go down very fast.
Posted by: AI | Oct 11 2024 17:26 utc | 35
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Posted by: anon2020 | Oct 11 2024 17:47 utc | 36
Thank you, Udkanten, for the information, both on the suspicious Navy ships, and on how the west defines “disinformation”.
“Disinformation” is any information that the Empire doesn’t want its subjects to have. If it is true information, that just makes it Doubleplus Bad. This was a primo example of it, and anyone with brains can see how blatantly they lie.
Also, gratitude to Down South, for posting the updates. They are always appreciated.
Posted by: wagelaborer | Oct 11 2024 17:52 utc | 37
@ Ghost of Zanon | Oct 11 2024 14:34 utc | 14
@ Fred777 | Oct 11 2024 15:19 utc | 20
@ Down South, always
Chickenhawks rule! NOT. Thanks. Cheers
In the first days, the harbor master, according to his own statement, “wasn´t allowed to say a word”.
Posted by: Udkanten | Oct 11 2024 14:05 utc | 10
Who has the authority to order a harbour master to shut up?
Posted by: Passerby | Oct 11 2024 18:08 utc | 39
Who has the authority to order a harbour master to shut up?
Posted by: Passerby | Oct 11 2024 18:08 utc | 39
______
Authority? Possibly nobody. Power? Several possibilities come to mind.
Posted by: malenkov | Oct 11 2024 18:28 utc | 41
https://t.me/bayraktar1070/2796
Forwarded from On the movements
I will add a little to my dear comrade Alexander Kharchenko :
The enemy command, as well as the fighters on the ground, have already understood perfectly well that the exhaust necessary for a “victory” will not happen – the Ukrainian Armed Forces are losing more important directions, and the crazy adventure of the KVN player in the Kursk region led to a mass slaughter of both enemy personnel and military equipment, of which there is enough for a couple of museums in the Borderland.
The main idea of the August “counteroffensive” failed after reinforcements to the border garrisons stopped the attempt at a “blitzkrieg” and therefore the enemy had to sharply restructure tactics, which at the moment are expressed in active defense and mass fortification, as well as the installation of echeloned lines of electronic warfare (we have already encountered this in the battle for the “Kanal” microdistrict and the Orlova tract in Chasov Yar).
Nevertheless, based on the current situation, one should not expect an easy walk. The enemy is pulling heavy equipment into Sudzha and its environs, and is also trying to stop the advance of the Russian Armed Forces by remotely laying mines from heavy hexacopters – in terms of UAVs, the enemy has brought here a fairly extensive range of devices and equipment, which we encounter daily.
As for the enemy’s motivation – the current contingent, consisting mainly of victims of the TCC, is not particularly eager to die for the ambitions of Syrsky and Zelensky, but at the same time does not want to leave the battlefield. We have to dig them out of the fortifications.
We continue to work in this direction.
Posted by: anon2020 | Oct 11 2024 18:41 utc | 42
Posted by: ossi | Oct 11 2024 17:18 utc | 31
Another innocent life taken by the facists…
Posted by: donten | Oct 11 2024 18:52 utc | 43
Who has the authority to order a harbour master to shut up?
Posted by: Passerby | Oct 11 2024 18:08 utc | 39
There are many variants, but the most modern one is the most intimidating. You get approached by a nondescript person in plainclothes who strikes up a conversation. Turns out this stranger knows all about you, your intimate life and much more. The stranger knows about your family, where your children go to school. The stranger knows which pastry you buy at the cafe in the morning and when you buy it. The stranger knows the exact balance in your bank account. Perhaps a buzzword like conspiracy theory or misinformation gets dropped, maybe not. Anyway, you still know nothing about the stranger except the stranger has an immense systemic informational power disparity over you. However unimpressive the stranger is, this is “The mouth of Sauron,” a meat puppet of unseen forces vast beyond imagination.
Most people who have met the stranger decide to live a quiet life. So one does not talk about the American ships one saw or the toxicity of the injections one is coerced into pushing.
Posted by: Drifter | Oct 11 2024 18:56 utc | 44
German Colonel Niels Janeke, who leads the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine, (EUMAM Ukraine), told a US news outlet – that the EU will continue to train Ukrainian troops for at east another two-years.
24 member states currently participating, according to the EU’s press service. The mission is predominantly hosted by Germany and Poland, with more than 60,000 Ukrainians reported to have completed the courses so far.
The European Council – will have the final say (more like the Yanks if you asked me), on how long Europe will continue to train troops of the Neo-Nazi regime, now a dictatorship known as Ukraine.
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Oct 11 2024 18:59 utc | 45
Duda’s people (The Poles), want Ukrainian men of fighting age sent home to Ukraine – though 53% of Poles still want Poland to take in Ukrainians fleeing from Ukraine – Some 46% of those surveyed insisted, that the fighting between Russia and Ukraine should continue – that’s easy for them to say – they’re not the ones entering the meat grinder.
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Oct 11 2024 19:04 utc | 46
Feature not a bug
Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Oct 11 2024 14:59 utc | 18
Agreed; I’ve long since thought of the F-35 as “Air Force As A Subscription Service”. Probably could be extended to “Military Equipment as a Subscription Service”, or MESS for a shorthand abbreviation.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 11 2024 19:22 utc | 47
The Danes have become exceptionally stupid. They all think alike, dress alike and read the same shit, morning and evening. And they have little interest to seek alternative information.
In other word a gullible well meaning bunch of idiots.
That is my sorry take on things, and it applies to many more that just Danes!
You are what you eat, you are what you read!
Posted by: g wiltek | Oct 11 2024 19:25 utc | 48
More British boots on the ground in Ukraine – as if British troops weren’t already in Ukraine pulling the trigger – more meat for the grinder.
“The British military is considering deploying troops to Ukraine to train Kiev’s forces in “secluded” locations, The Times reported on Thursday.
Sending instructors instead of training Ukrainian servicemen on UK soil could be “cheaper for us and better for them,” a British military source told the newspaper, brushing off concerns that the trainers could be killed.
Kiev appeared appreciative of the idea, with a Ukrainian military source telling The Times that such a deployment would send a “powerful military-political signal” to Moscow. ”
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Oct 11 2024 19:29 utc | 49
Posted by: Udkanten | Oct 11 2024 14:05 utc | 10
Thanks. Enlightening.
Posted by: Avtonom | Oct 11 2024 19:38 utc | 50
Thankfully there are still a few rational actors in DC. He’ll be ignored.
Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Oct 11 2024 14:34 utc | 14
I would not bet on that.
Posted by: vargas | Oct 11 2024 19:39 utc | 51
Posted by: g wiltek | Oct 11 2024 19:25 utc | 48
I lived in Copenhagen for a year, it’s a very gynocentric, emotionally reacting society – read do gooders/empty gestures without tangible benefits, like the 10% immigrants, mostly from Iraq who were leeching the social services without working; young women mostly whoring themselves, while lower 3 quartiles of men were just getting drunk and on antidepressants, very atomistic society to my surprise. Met one communist! doing his PhD in the same dept I was postdoc-ing, he was the sanest person I met in Denmark…
Posted by: Boo | Oct 11 2024 19:40 utc | 52
“Kiev appeared appreciative of the idea, with a Ukrainian military source telling The Times that such a deployment would send a “powerful military-political signal” to Moscow. ”
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Oct 11 2024 19:29 utc | 49
When bodybags return to England.
How will the powerful military-political signal” to Moscow. ” be spun?
I don’t think working class Brits who are despised by the labour and Conservatives will be queuing to fight for plucky Ukraine and little Z.
Posted by: jpc | Oct 11 2024 20:06 utc | 53
Has an Aeroflot plane been hijacked? Looks to be heading for Ukraine.
https://www.flightradar24.com/AFL2155/378001d5
Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Oct 11 2024 20:09 utc | 54
Scheduled for Moscow, appears to be heading for Luhansk region. If Flightradar is correct, who takes a civil airliner over a war zone?
Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Oct 11 2024 20:15 utc | 55
Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Oct 11 2024 20:15 utc | 55
Hoping everything is ok. It seems to be heading right to the Kursk NPP.
Posted by: fabrice | Oct 11 2024 20:26 utc | 56
@YetAnotherAnon | Oct 11 2024 20:09
Not looking good. Heading straight for the NPP. Going to have to shoot it down. Wonder how it got that close.
Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Oct 11 2024 20:42 utc | 57
https://t.me/divgen/56085
A Ukrainian convoy was ambushed in the Kursk region. 17 units of equipment were destroyed or disabled. A significant part of this equipment is Western-made.
The situation in Kursk is deteriorating for Ukrainian troops, who lost more than 200 pieces of equipment (visually confirmed) during the operation in the Kursk region.
In addition, they are experiencing problems with logistics, numerical and artillery lag and a lag in aviation.
List:
01 – 00:00 – M1126 Stryker
02 – 00:03 – Kozak-7
03 – 00:04 – VAB
04 – 00:10 – Marder 1A3
05 – 00:12 – Kozak-2M1
06 – 00:13 – Kozak-2M1
07 – 00:14 – CV9040C
08 – 00:21 – M113
09 – 00:23 – BMC Kirpi
10 – 00:29 – Kozak-7
11 – 00:33 – BMC Kirpi
12 – 00:38 – M2A2 Bradley
13 – 00:42 – Kozak-7
14 – 00:45 – Maxxpro International
15 – 00:49 – Stryker M1126
16 – 00:53 – Kozak-7
17 – 00:59 – CV9040C
Posted by: guest | Oct 11 2024 20:43 utc | 58
Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Oct 11 2024 20:15 utc | 55
Perhaps the pilots asked for a show of hands to see how many passengers wanted to see the fireworks.
“If you look out of the left windows you can see our brave boys pummelling the enemy.”
They could also be drunk, of course.
Posted by: Barton Bendish | Oct 11 2024 20:47 utc | 59
@ YetAnotherAnon, §54:
Signal´s gone – just over target.
What´s happened?
Posted by: John Marks | Oct 11 2024 20:49 utc | 60
Posted by: John Marks | Oct 11 2024 20:49 utc | 60
Flight Radar seems to have corrected itself to a more sensible route.
Posted by: Barton Bendish | Oct 11 2024 20:50 utc | 61
Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Oct 11 2024 20:42 utc | 57
Very strange, it was ten kilometers from the NPP, and then route refreshed to normal !
Seems in phase with flightaware
Great !
Posted by: fabrice | Oct 11 2024 20:50 utc | 62
Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Oct 11 2024 20:09 utc | 54
Well, the icon for that plane suddenly jumped, at hypersonic speed, across to a corridor being used by other aircraft; not that I’m suggesting a glitch in FlightRadar’s tracking or anything…
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 11 2024 20:52 utc | 63
Wow. That’s got to be the most bizarre flight-progress I’ve ever seen.
FlightRadar’s plot of the plane’s (afl2155) path went right over the Kursk NPP (or very close), and then zagged east a good 100 miles in the space of a few seconds. Something really weird just happened.
Now the flight is approaching Moscow (the flight’s declared destination).
Either that plane is not where FlightRadar says it is, or that flight data got spoofed.
Hmmm.
Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Oct 11 2024 20:53 utc | 64
Don’t know what anyone thinks they’re going to do with stolen transformer oil; it’s usually a synthetic mineral oil with not a lot of alternative uses, not to mention being toxic and needing to be handled carefully. No good for frying potatoes, that’s for sure!
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 11 2024 16:30 utc | 24
,……
It can be used on any diesel engine car.
Been there, done that!
Posted by: Преки | Oct 11 2024 20:55 utc | 65
Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Oct 11 2024 20:53 utc | 64
With all due respect, how is this related to Ukraine, dudes/lads?
Posted by: Boo | Oct 11 2024 20:57 utc | 66
@YetAnotherAnon | Oct 11 2024 20:09 utc | 54
Has an Aeroflot plane been hijacked? Looks to be heading for Ukraine.
“>https://www.flightradar24.com/AFL2155/378001d5
Looks like it is flying in to Moscow as scheduled from here. Maybe someone is playing games with Flightradar24?
Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 11 2024 20:59 utc | 67
I saw something similar on Flight radar a month or so back, when a couple of civil airliners appeared to approach Sebastopol from the south then “jumped” back down to the Turkish coast.
Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Oct 11 2024 21:04 utc | 68
Posted by: Преки | Oct 11 2024 20:55 utc | 65
Didn’t say it wasn’t combustible, might struggle to pass emission certifications though, dioxins and stuff. We’ve all done short-term fixes, including using power-steering fluid to top up the engine oil reading…
.. about 20km later the camshaft decided it wanted some fresh air*…
*not my vehicle, and I did try to warn them.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 11 2024 21:06 utc | 69
Russia has recaptured more than 30 percent of the captured territories in the Kursk region in a day.
“>https://t.me/CyberspecNews/65385
Guessing the latest RUMoD math says not enough AFU and NATO equipment left in Kursk to be worth attriting, time to button it up.
Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Oct 11 2024 21:07 utc | 70
Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Oct 11 2024 21:07 utc | 70
Of course we should wait for @Anonymous to give us the exact mm² recaptured today, just to caution everyone to not be so hasty…
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 11 2024 21:18 utc | 71
@ Tom Pfotzer, §64:
Do you think some sinister sources are practising something?
The Kursk NPP is a desired YouCrane target . . .
Posted by: John Marks | Oct 11 2024 21:26 utc | 72
The vibe is getting more weird…
US House of Representatives speaker says that he does not want to finance Ukraine anymore
The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Mike Johnson, said that he no longer wants to finance Ukraine and hopes that it will not be necessary after the presidential election.
Johnson said this in an interview with PunchbowlNews on Friday, October 11.
According to him, the war in Ukraine has no signs of ending, so his support for the allocation of monetary aid to Kyiv is weakening.
“I don’t have an appetite for further Ukraine funding, and I hope it’s not necessary. If President Trump wins, I believe that he actually can bring that conflict to a close. I really do. I think he’ll call [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and tell him that this is enough,” Johnson said.
In addition, the speaker noted that everyone in the world wants the war to end as soon as possible, because ” everybody around the world is weary of this.” According to Johnson, if Kamala Harris wins the U.S. presidential election, the war will not end and will become a “desperate and dangerous scenario.”
As the Ukrainian News agency reported, on September 26, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, addressed a statement to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in which he demanded the dismissal of Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova.
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro”.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 11 2024 21:30 utc | 73
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 11 2024 21:31 utc | 74
Medvedev on what happens in Ukraine if Trump wins in the US:
Dmitry Medvedev
@MedvedevRussiaE“If President Trump wins, I believe that he actually can bring that conflict to a close. I really do. I think he’ll call Putin and tell him that this is enough”, said US House Speaker Mike Johnson.
And what if Putin says: “Not yet. Ukraine must capitulate. And no joining NATO.”
https://x.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1844791872729858145
In the west, they always negotiate only with each other, forgetting that Russia will decide this.
Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 11 2024 21:36 utc | 75
Ukrainian losses for the week October 5th to October 11th, as reported by the Russian defence ministry:
– Kursk & Kharkiv fronts: 2,090 troops, 32 LAV/HMV, 26 motor vehicles, 1 MLRS, 25 artillery pieces, 5 EW and counter-battery systems.
– Zapad Group (Luhansk area): 2,920 troops, 2 tanks, 8 APC, 8 LAV/HMV, 46 motor vehicles, 35 artillery pieces, 13 EW and counter-battery system.
– Yug Group (Donetsk north): 4,790 troops, 4 LAV/HMV, 53 motor vehicles, 45 artillery pieces, 5 EW systems.
– Tsetr Group (Donetsk south): 3.370 troops, 4 tank, 1 IFV, 1 APC, 12 LAV/ HMV, 27 motor vehicles, 26 artillery pieces.
– Vostok Group (southern front): 780 troops, 2 APC, 3 LAV/HMV, 51 motor vehicles, 16 artillery piece.
– Dnepr Group: 480 troops, 27 motor vehicles, 14 artillery piece, 7 EW and counter-battery system.
In total: 14,430 troops (62,530 per month, with undercounting probably 70,000 plus).
6 tanks (none in Kursk/Kharkov), 1 IFV, 11 APC, 59 HMV/Light Armoured Vehicle (32 in Kursk/Khakrov), 230 motor vehicles. High ratio of motor vehicles to armoured vehicles, intensifying the transformation of the Ukrainians to an infantry with even a shortage of HMV/LAV so now having to rely on “technicals” (pickup trucks with mounted weapons), and civilian vehicles for mobility.
161 artillery pieces (25 in Kursk/Kharkov), 1 MLRS. 30 EW and counter-battery systems (5 in Kursk/Kharkov). Still just under 700/mth rate of artillery losses and continued EW/counter battery losses.
Total losses so far for the Ukrainians in the Kursk front have been 21,900 troops, 144 tanks, 69 IFV, 98 APC, 897 LAV/HMV, 594 motor vehicles, 181 artillery pieces, 34 MLRS, 56 EW and counter-battery system
Nothing in the news about a hijacking. Not sure why you whip yourselves up like that…if it were really a thing, it would be in the news.
Posted by: Anonymous | Oct 11 2024 21:59 utc | 77
No DS Map intel today.
Willy (or DPA) made the point that it looks like they are dropping from 7/week to 5/week. Seems about right.
Posted by: Anonymous | Oct 11 2024 22:00 utc | 78
Posted by: Anonymous | Oct 11 2024 21:59 utc | 77
Turns out it was DeepState’s mapping survey plane after all..
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 11 2024 22:03 utc | 79
“I don’t have an appetite for further Ukraine funding, and I hope it’s not necessary. If President Trump wins, I believe that he actually can bring that conflict to a close. I really do. I think he’ll call [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and tell him that this is enough,” Johnson said.
#########
How typically American. Trump will call and other world leaders will obey.
I have to give the Yankees credit, they remain committed to the delusion of American power in 2024. LOL
It’s like they really believe the year is 1995.
I don’t know if he will “win” but I do want to see Trump “win” so that Putin can tell him to buzz off.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Oct 11 2024 22:32 utc | 81
Here yah go kids:
Chapter 37: “Kursk Bulge for the Enemy”
Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Oct 11 2024 22:36 utc | 82
Trump does a lot of free-style verbal jamming. I don’t really think of it as “lying” in the sense of hiding/deception. More like bragging BSing, that he can’t deliver on.
Remember how he was going to get the Mexicans to pay for a border wall? Pepperidge Farms remembers.
Add onto that, that he’s really not a careful, shrewd administrator. He didn’t even properly staff his administration with people that wouldn’t knife him in the back. Didn’t do what was needed to push his policies through (even those requiring no Congressional action, within the executive domain). Didn’t follow up and check if people had implemented his orders (and his underlings basically learned to ignore wild orders!)
He’ll be Tweeting wild comments and hitting the golf course. While I agree (more, not entirely) with his policies than the Donks, it’s absolutely clear to me that “the grownups came into the building” was correct. They might not be doing what I wanted, but they were at least intelligent and diligent about getting done what they wanted!
Trump is a blowhard.
Posted by: Anonymous | Oct 11 2024 22:38 utc | 83
ossi | Oct 11 2024 17:18 utc | 31
By the way, the young woman who held a Russian flag at the monument in Odessa and called on the Ukrainian soldiers to lay down their weapons.
Is dead, she was killed in the detention center.
The official cause of death was given as a heart attack.
I sincerely hope this not true, but, but, if it is, then I hope it is the start of somethig new . . .
If they want Totaler Krieg, so be it !
Posted by: Sarlat La Canède | Oct 11 2024 22:39 utc | 84
Total losses so far for the Ukrainians in the Kursk front have been 21,900 troops, 144 tanks, 69 IFV, 98 APC, 897 LAV/HMV, 594 motor vehicles, 181 artillery pieces, 34 MLRS, 56 EW and counter-battery system
That’s more than the entire Swedish Armed Forces (before we threw it all including the kitchen sink to Zelensky).
Luckily we never tried our luck in Kursk. But unfortunatly we did in Poltava.
Posted by: blueswede | Oct 11 2024 22:49 utc | 85
Vladimir Putin. Versus. Steven Seagal. Who will win?
ENVIRONMENT: The two men are locked in Putin’s comically large table room and cannot leave until the other is incapacitated.
STATS:
Seagal: 6’4″, 286 lbs, 70 years old. Skill level unclear.
Putin: 5’6″, 152 lbs, 70 years old. 8th Dan black belt in Judo.
Assume that Putin is not suffering from cancer or Parkinson’s and is otherwise healthy for a 70 year old.
Steven Segal is much larger but seems to be in much worse shape, in his new movies they have to do like 5 cuts just for him to kick a guy in the stomach and he is never shown running or really even briskly walking.
Round 1.) Standard MMA rules, fight to knockout or submission
Round 2.) No rules. Biting, eye-gouging, or using chairs as weapons is all allowed.
Posted by: Nothingburgers | Oct 11 2024 23:15 utc | 86
I wonder what RF might have done with the troops and equipment first repelling and now cleaning up the Kursk region. No doubt they were standing back either expecting a border incursion, or else amassing (along with others still hanging back) for a big Kharkiv operation.
Sensing this, Ukr may have done Kursk to divert any pressure on Kharkiv. Sure, they hoped Kursk would deplete the Donbass lines, but that was sure a miscalculation.
In summary, I wonder what RF will do with all its North Forces, once Kursk is empty of AFU. I doubt AFU will try that stunt again … but then ya can never predict Kiev’s stupidity. Could a winter op towards Kharkiv be on the cards; or a sweep into Sumy for more desired buffer zone; or towards Kiev to force a surrender; or down to Dneiper; or just more force in Donbass towards Zaphorizia? Yeah, all guesswork but fun to speculate.
Posted by: Jens Skolen | Oct 11 2024 23:20 utc | 87
Serbia’s PM Vucic is wilting faster than week old cut daisies………..
First he appears at an arranged Zelenskyy fan boy conference in Dubrovnik of all places and endorses the conference proclamation viciously attacking the RF.
Second he signs an energy agreement with US DOS in Belgrade no less, this after the US CIA, MI6 and DOS attempted foment a color revolution in Belgrade. The US has been actively attempting to starve Serbian energy for years.
Vucic’s actions are a total surrender to US, EU and NATO influence, and a total repudiation of Serbia’s long time friend and defender RF……….he needs to go….
WTF is happening in Belgrade, and how long can the Vucic regime survive this colossal blunder??
Posted by: Tobias Cole | Oct 11 2024 23:44 utc | 89
66:
I was a decent HS wrestler and dabbled with judo (lot of similarities) in college. I would not underestimate the importance of weight. I remember one time boxing (did that two years in college) with a guy who outweighed me by 20 pounds (lack of sparring partners). It felt like pianos dropping on me. Also, in HS wrestling, if I tried going up a couple classes, it got dangerous (a neck bridge, I could pull of with a similar weighted opponent would fail with the heavier one).
If Putin is smart, he gets a weapon fast. Probably breaking a glass and using it as a knife.
Posted by: Anonymous | Oct 11 2024 23:47 utc | 90
I heard that on the news about discord and said the same things – those idiots do they not know that Russian soldiers use discord on the front lines? I hope some heads will roll for this. On a broader note whoever is doing all this banning is achieving one result – they are shutting up Russian voices on foreign platform one by one – x, facebook, ramble, youtube and now discord. Certainly does look more and more like sabotage from within, be it out of stupidity or malice doesn’t even matter any more, this has gone beyond ludicrous.
Posted by: jazzrev | Oct 11 2024 23:56 utc | 91
DS must have felt me slagging him. Intel is in.
https://deepstatemap.live/en#11/51.3089403/34.6694183
Overall, very small day in terms of kmsq gained. Well below pace from last month. Only 6 kmsq for the day.
S to N:
1. About 1 kmsq in Ostrivske. Most of the town is red now and the rest is gray. This is strategic in that it is a threat towards Kurakhove. Really…already was strategic over a week ago, when they made first foray. But now they are finally getting going again.
2. About 2.5kmsq in the fields NW of Krutyi Yar. What is really interesting is the movement of gray zones, with the start of pincers to the E and W of Myrnograd. Still S of the town, but developing. Strategic.
3. About 0.5 kmsq N of Novooleksadrivka (N flank of Pokrovsk salient). Both tiny and strategically irrelevant. And the gray zone didn’t even move. Not sure why he bothered reporting it even.
4. About 2 kmsq NW of New York. Not sure the point, really. Maybe starts to emperil encirclement of Nelipivka.
5. (No territory impact as it’s Kursk.) Reduction in the gray zone (Ukrop presence), i.e. taken by RFA, to the E of Vesoloye. Guess this was an RFA counterattack. Does not show any added movement near Lyubimovka–he did show a very large RFA gain yesterday, though. Probably people today continue to burble about what DS already conceded yesterday. That happens sometimes, just repeating day old news.)
4.
Posted by: Anonymous | Oct 12 2024 0:01 utc | 92
Posted by: Nothingburgers | Oct 11 2024 23:15 utc | 86
Big LOL, re VVP and SS fight off. Best worthwhile, jovial off-topic to ENCOURAGE here in a long time.
My 2 cents.
Speed is also important to get your killer punches or kicks or submission holds on before the weight locks you to the floor. Hmmm, I reckon SS would be the slower, lumbering mass. But VVP is smart, crafty. Might get an inescapable judo hold on even before SS adjusts his trunks!
Mind you, they’d not be too serious … being on the same side and all. No doubt one of those animated fight gamers will produce a suitable episode.
Posted by: Jens Skolen | Oct 12 2024 0:14 utc | 93
Ghost of Zanon | Oct 11 2024 14:34 utc | 14
Peter Juul …… A think-tank denizen. Another keyboard warrior ……… home – a nice mansion …… He’ll probably sip some hot cocoa after …
Hmm. I suspect he sips something with a higher ethanol content than cocoa, which fuels his delusions. Or. Maybe he snorts his “cocoa”.
Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 12 2024 0:39 utc | 94
If Putin is smart, he gets a weapon fast. Probably breaking a glass and using it as a knife.
Posted by: Anonymous | Oct 11 2024 23:47 utc | 90
Amusing tale. He’s already got a massive nuclear arsenal. He doesn’t need more weapons. He needs a sane opponent.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Oct 12 2024 0:44 utc | 95
Anonymous | Oct 11 2024 22:38 utc | 83
Trump is a blowhard.
And kamalhoe?
She blows, hard?
Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 12 2024 0:46 utc | 96
She sucks.
J.D. Vance, despite his too-noticeable ambition, clearly comes across as the most intelligent and practical of the four of them.
Posted by: Anonymous | Oct 12 2024 0:53 utc | 97
Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 11 2024 21:30 utc | 73
Re: The waning “appetite” for funding Ukraine.
Hurricane Helene. Many many many comments across the entire spectrum compare and contrast the money to Ukraine V money available for Americans and American infrastructure after recent natural disasters.
As the storm surge tides turn, and reveal the billions in damage to personal and public property,… politicians are going to find it very dangerous going forward to fund Ukraine (and other Foreign Places {other than Israel}) …..
Ordinary Americans are losing their “appetite” for foreign wars, …~ unless it’s EyeRan. {in the service of Israel}
Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 12 2024 0:58 utc | 98
DeepState’s mapping survey plane
Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 11 2024 22:03 utc | 79
Now. Why would “someone” hijack that?
Maybe? Because it is showing the too painful, and increasing {shield your eyes, Anonymous} territorial gains?
Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 12 2024 1:02 utc | 99
A sure sign that Ukraine has made no progress lately is that the BBC has not updated its “Ukraine in Maps” web page since 23 August 2024.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60506682
Posted by: Liolia Paluza | Oct 12 2024 1:04 utc | 100