Some of those are actually pretty to look at.
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Russia stockpiling ammunition in close proximity to civilians reminds me of this gem I read recently.
I am sure the Russians have already asked “what could possibly go wrong?” and decided the pros outweigh the cons with this setup.
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Guys, don’t sleep in the same tent. Just say’n.
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The occupiers have already felt very well what modern artillery is, and they will not have a safe rear anywhere on our land, which they occupied. They have felt that the operations of our reconnaissance officers to protect their Homeland are much more powerful than any of their “special operations”. Russian soldiers - and we know this from interceptions of their conversations - are truly afraid of our Armed Forces.
139 days of such a war, almost 20 weeks… The so-called second army of the world is afraid of Ukrainians and is able to do something only on the basis of bottomless stocks of old Soviet weapons.
They no longer have strategic strength, character, or understanding of what they are doing here on our land. They also don’t have even an iota of courage to admit defeat and withdraw troops from Ukrainian territory.
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If I were at that level of command of troops mightily keen to be somewhere else, then I’d be keeping company with officers in the same predicament.
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NASA showed what the front line in Ukraine looks like from space: HIMARS tried to make a pretty picture
I find it extremely unpleasant to apply adjectives like pretty and beautiful to videos of guns and missiles striking.
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I agree with you. It was a terrible choice of words.
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It may be Ukrainian propaganda, but it’s effective because it fits what we can see. If Russia was having the successes that it claims to be having, they would be showing it more. Instead, we get ham-fisted attempts at proclaiming success that remind me far more of German press releases in 1918, when the war was more or less already lost but the German populace was not aware due to how reports were spun.
I also get the feeling that stating where the counteroffensive will be is a certain level of taunting: knowing the Russian difficulties with logistics, the normal risk involved with letting the enemy know where you plan on attacking is offset by the chaos it creates as they scramble to get equipment in position.
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Ukraine severs diplomatic relations with North Korea
Ukraine’s foreign ministry has announced it has cut ties with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), most commonly referred to in the west as North Korea, over its recognition of two pro-Russian occupied territories in the east of Ukraine.
It comes after North Korea said it has officially recognised the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, becoming only the third UN member state to recognise them as legitimate authorities, after Russia and Syria.
In a statement, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said:
We consider this decision as an attempt by Pyongyang to undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
Zelenskiy: Two million Ukrainians have been forcibly taken to Russia
Russia has forcibly removed nearly two million people from Ukraine, including several hundred thousand children, since its invasion of the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
Tens of thousands of Ukrainian are being held in filtration camps in the temporarily Russian-occupied territories, Zelenskiy said in a video address to the Asian Leadership Conference in Seoul.
In comments translated by Ukrinform, Zelenskiy said:
Just imagine this number – two million people. That’s how many of our people have already been taken to Russia.
Among those who had been forcibly removed from Ukraine and taken to Russia were “several hundred thousand children”, Zelenskiy said. He continued:
No one will name the exact numbers at the moment – all these deported people are deprived of means of communication, their IDs have been taken from them, they are being intimidated and taken them to remote areas of Russia, so that it will be as difficult as possible for them to return home to their Motherland.
Young women were among those being held in so-called filtration camps in occupied territories, he said:
Young women disappear there. I believe you all understand what’s happening to them there.
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This is OT, but can we do something to change the latter?
EU Citizens’ Rights Directive at least gives you the legal right to do so. I understand if practical and personal reasons are making it seem difficult, but to be honest: if I was a Hungarian living in Hungary, I probably would like to have a contingency plan. This winter is going to be shit, that’s nearly a given. And hell knows what will happen then.
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I’m a bit behind on listening to this podcast, but I was listening to it the other day and they discussed logistics.
Bottom line: the different systems brought to Ukraine, with different specifications, ammunition, and other supplies can only be a logistical nightmare for the Ukraine military administration. In addition, communication about said logistics must be a nightmare as well, even without the added trouble of the Russian invasion.
That said, good for them to be quite agile.
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