[pjmedia] Russian losses in the eight-month-old Ukraine War could be wildly higher than anything Moscow will admit to — or anything I dared report might be possible.
"Irrevocable losses," Russian-language news site iStories claims, "may amount to more than 90 thousand people." That’s according to iStories’ inside sources, reportedly "a former officer of the Russian special services, the second is an active FSB officer."
iStories was founded in neighboring Latvia two years ago by Russian journalists in response to the Kremlin’s growing crackdown on independent news.
An irrecoverable loss, as detailed by the report, is a soldier "who died, went missing, died of wounds or injured that prevent them from returning to military service."
If iStories is correct, Russian losses are approximately half of the estimated 190,000 men sent into Ukraine on strongman Vladimir Putin’s order on February 23.
Then there are the material losses, but maybe those are a subject for another day.
Just two weeks ago I would have told you that 90,000 KIA/WIA was crazy, but with Russian forces actively digging in for the worst in most places that they aren’t retreating, I have to give today’s report serious credence.
Longtime Sharp VodkaPundit Readers™ know I’ve been erring on the cautious side since the beginning of this stupid war, discounting Kyiv’s claims, like that "63,380 dead" in the infographic above. Last week, I was willing to concede that as many as 20,000 Russians might be KIA.
The real number could indeed be much higher, so bear with me while I do some back-of-the-envelope math for you.
Typically, the ratio of wounded to killed (WIA to KIA) in modern war is about three to one. Three wounded soldiers, many lightly enough to be returned to action, for every one soldier killed.
The United States is notorious — in the very best possible way — for going to extraordinary lengths to keep our wounded alive. That’s allowed us to enjoy, as it were, a WIA to KIA ratio as high as 8.5 to one in Afghanistan and 7.2 to 1 in Iraq.
Speaking frankly, Russian field medicine sucks.
Supplies are so short, particularly for Russia’s recently drafted "mobiks," that the UK’s Ministry of Defense released video last month that "appears to show a staffer instructing soldiers to use tampons to plug wounds."
Intelligence and defense expert Philip Wasielewski examined the issue back in April:
The modern ratio of 1:3 or 1:4 for killed-to-wounded may be inapplicable because Russia’s demonstrated inadequate logistical system means not only the inefficient delivery of supplies to the front but also a similarly inadequate delivery system of wounded to the rear. Therefore, poor medical evacuation capabilities and loss of the "Golden Hour," the first hour of emergency medical treatment for wounded soldiers, for many Russian wounded could mean a killed-to-wounded ratio of 1:2.3, which is consistent with the ratio of losses by Soviet forces in the Second World War.
If we go by the old Soviet ratio, Russia might have suffered at least 39,000 KIA with another 51,000 or so permanently out of action.
But here’s where it gets tricky. If 51,000 are too wounded to recover, there must be thousands — maybe tens of thousands — more whose wounds aren’t so bad. That would make today’s 39,000 KIA figure perhaps the new low estimate.
Kyiv’s claim of 63,000 Russian KIA — which I’d previously told you was "wildly inflated" — could be the realistic high estimate.
I’d add that those Russian losses came mostly from the army’s best-trained and best-equipped battalion tactical groups (BTG) that were kept closest to combat-ready before the war.
All in under eight months of action.
By comparison, the U.S. lost about 54,000 KIA and another 103,000 WIA in three years of fighting in Korea.
The Russian "reservists" (Russia doesn’t have a real army reserve like we do) coming into action in the next weeks or months will be worse-trained and worse-equipped than the men they replace. That doesn’t speak well for Russian losses going forward, even if today’s figures are inflated.
There are no winners in this war. At best, Ukraine gets back their country — ruined.
But the biggest losers of all are the countless unprepared men who Vlad Putin ordered to their deaths in senseless numbers no one may ever correctly count.
[IsraelTimes] Genealogists trace Jewish ancestry for Russians seeking move to Israel and private agencies pop up to facilitate emigration as tens of thousands run from Ukraine mobilization.
Many have scrambled to find their Jewish roots to open up the doors to Israel. Under Israel’s Law of Return, anyone with at least one Jewish grandparent is eligible for Israeli citizenship, as are people who convert to Judaism.
More than one million of Israel’s 9.4 million residents have roots in the former Soviet Union.
Israel has said immigration applications from Russia and Ukraine have tripled since the conflict started.
The Central Bureau of Statistics counted 20,000 arrivals from Russia and more than 12,000 from Ukraine since the end of February.
Faced with an avalanche of departures, Russia in July ordered the dissolution of the Jewish Agency, which helps Jews emigrate, accusing it of breaking the law. The case sparked a major diplomatic crisis with Israel and is still unresolved.
Some Russian celebrities — including Russia’s pop queen Alla Pugacheva and her comedian husband Maxim Galkin — have left for Israel.
The announcement of a chaotic and often random mobilization led to a new exodus, with tens of thousands flocking to the borders of Georgia and Kazakhstan for weeks.
In a sign of just how many are choosing Israel, five new private agencies have opened to help Russians emigrate.
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Based on historical trends, probably about half will go back after things settle down at home, or go on to the West. Many do not deal well with Israel’s different language and culture, not to mention climate.
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IAEA director-general Grossi: Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has lost all of its external power for the second time in five days, now relying on diesel generators
#Ukraine has received the first of four IRIS-T air defense systems #Germany promised to supply, a German defense ministry source says, confirming a report by Der Spiegel magazine.https://t.co/wvYRCCo0BM
[UnderstandingWar] The Russian Federation is likely extracting ammunition and other materiel from Belarusian storage bases—activity that is incompatible with setting conditions for a large-scale Russian or Belarusian ground attack against Ukraine from Belarus.
The Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) reported on October 11 that a train with 492 tons of ammunition from the Belarusian 43rd Missile and Ammunition Storage Arsenal in Gomel arrived at the Kirovskaya Railway Station in Crimea on an unspecified recent past date. The GUR reported that Belarusian officials plan to send an additional 13 trains with weapons, equipment, ammunition, and other unspecified materiel from five different Belarusian bases to the Kamenska (Kamensk-Shakhtinsky) and Marchevo (Taganrog) railway stations in Rostov Oblast on an unspecified future date. Open-source social media footage supports this report.
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[LB] Employees of the special service find out who kidnapped and tortured people.
by Oleksandr Kravchenko
SBU employees discovered a place of illegal detention of people in Sviatohirsk, Donetsk region, liberated from the Russian occupiers.
This was reported by the SBU press service .
The Russian occupiers set up a torture chamber in a holiday boarding house not far from Sviatohirskaya Lavra. They forcibly kept local residents there who supported the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
It is noted that during the inspection operatives and SBU investigators found objects that indicate signs of torture. Currently, a complex of investigative and operational measures is being conducted.
According to the discovered facts of the initiated criminal proceedings for violation of the laws and customs of war.
SBU investigators are establishing the number and identities of the victims, as well as all those involved in the torture.
It will be recalled that operatives of the Security Service discovered the place of illegal detention of people in the village of Lypka, liberated from the occupiers, in the Kharkiv region.
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[Vesti] October 11 is the 230th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
6:00 a.m. The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
During the day, the Russian Federation launched more than 61 missile and 32 air strikes, made about 92 attacks from the MLRS. The infrastructure of more than 30 settlements of Ukraine suffered.
A total of 73 air targets were destroyed by air defense units in different directions, of which 46 were cruise missiles and 27 were drones.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the Russian army in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Bakhmutskoye, Mayorsk, Soledar and Pervomayskoye.
Kherson university teachers who cooperate with the so-called. "authorities", the invaders recommend moving to the territory of Crimea.
Aviation of the Defense Forces carried out six strikes over the past day.
The defeat of four places of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as two anti-aircraft missile systems of the Russian Federation was confirmed.
7:30 . Vinnitsa region. An attack was made on the Ladyzhskaya TPP by 2 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones.
8:00 a.m. Nikolaev region. Governor Vitaly Kim announced the departure of missiles.
Lviv region . Electricity and water supply in Lviv and the region were resumed in full.
Zaporozhye region . A total of 12 each S-300 missiles arrived in Zaporozhye in the morning. 2 missiles hit the car dealership - one person died. The rest of the rockets hit the school and the outpatient clinic.
Dnipropetrovsk region. 122mm BM-21 "Grad" rocket artillery, "220mm BM-27 "Hurricanes" rocket artillery, 220mm 9A52-4 "Tornado-S" rocket artillery and heavy artillery fired at three districts - without casualties. Houses, a gas station, a school gym were destroyed.
8:50 am . Odessa region. They report a missile attack on Odessa.
9:00 a.m. Rivne region. Explosions in Rivne.
Khmelnitsky region. Air defense works in the region.
10:00 a.m. Kiev region. Air defense shot down two missiles.
Dnipropetrovsk region. The mayor of Krivoy Rog Alexander Vilkul warns about the launch of 10 cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea and 10 cruise missiles from Saratov.
10:40 am . Nikolaev region. Explosions and rocket launches are reported.
Zaporozhye region. Explosions are reported.
Dnipropetrovsk region. Explosions are reported. First, air defense is working.
11:00 am . Vinnitsa region. As a result of a missile attack on the Ladyzhinskaya TPP, the power equipment of the station was damaged. There are no victims.
11:30 am . Nikolaev region. Air defense shot down a missile in the center.
Dnipropetrovsk region. Explosions are reported in Pavlograd.
Vinnitsa and Rivne regions. Explosions are reported.
Ukraine returned the bodies of 62 dead soldiers. Among them are fighters from the colony in Yelenovka, Donetsk region.
Poltava region. Mayor of Kremenchug Vitaly Maletsky reports about missile launches from Belarus.
Nikolaev region. Another downed missile was reported by Vitaly Kim. The third rocket went to Krivoy Rog.
Dnipropetrovsk region. Mayor Oleksandr Vilkul reports a downed rocket in Krivoy Rog. Perhaps Vitaly Kim spoke about her.
11:40 am . Odessa region. About one more downed rocket on the border with the Odessa region, said the governor of the Nikolaev region Vitaly Kim. During the morning, three missiles were shot down over the Odessa region.
Dnipropetrovsk region. Four missiles shot down.
Zaporozhye region. Missile shot down near Zaporozhye.
12:00 . Lviv region. Two explosions are reported in Lvov. Preliminarily, the strike was made on the energy facility. Part of Lviv is de-energized.
Vinnitsa region. Three explosions are reported in Vinnitsa.
12:30 pm Lviv region. Three explosions are reported. There is one injured as a result of a missile strike in Lvov. A total of 30 percent of Lviv without electricity. There are also interruptions in water supply in the Sikhovsky and Frankovsky districts of the city.
Dnipropetrovsk region. In Krivoy Rog, 854 miners were rescued, who, as a result of shelling on October 10, got stuck underground due to de-energized mines.
Kiev. A regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander was held.
12:45 pm . Zaporozhye region. Explosions are reported at the Melitopol airfield. According to Mayor Ivan Fedorov, the Russians have set up a military base there.
The State Emergency Service reported 19 dead and 105 wounded as a result of the massive shelling of Ukraine on October 10.
13:00 . Ukraine returned 37 deported children from Russia. At the end of August, they were forcibly taken out of the Kharkov region to the Russian town. Kabardinka (near Gelendzhik), despite the fact that everyone has parents. The families have reunited and are in a safe place in Transcarpathia.
14:00 . Vinnitsa region. A second missile strike was carried out against the Ladyzhynska TPP. Six rescuers were wounded, who at that time eliminated the consequences of the first arrival. The TPP employees were not injured. During the morning missile attack, two critical infrastructure facilities were hit in Ladyzhyn and Vinnytsia region. Three people were injured
Dnipropetrovsk region. Russian missiles hit the energy infrastructure in Pavlogradsky and Kamensky districts. There is serious damage. Many settlements were left without electricity.
15:00 . On October 11, out of 28 missiles, 20 were destroyed, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. Russia launched 16 X101/X555 and 12 Kalibr missiles into Ukraine during a massive morning attack.
17:00 . The main thing from the speech of Vladimir Zelensky at the G7 summit:
Zelensky said that Ukraine does not plan military operations on the territory of Belarus.
The Russian Federation should be completely isolated and punished with sanctions for referendums and the annexation of Ukrainian territory.
In the event that a sufficient number of air defense systems are received, the main threat will be stopped.
Zelensky proposed to place peacekeepers on the border between Ukraine and Belarus.
17:30 . Cherkasy region. Rolling blackouts began. At the moment, there is no electricity in Gorodishchensky, Smelyansky, Zhashkovsky, Zvenigorodsky and Umansky branches of Oblenergo.
17:50 . Vinnitsa region. A total energy saving regime was introduced in Vinnitsa. 242 settlements were left without electricity due to two missile attacks on the Ladyzhinskaya TPP.
18:30 Another exchange of prisoners took place today. Ukraine managed to free 32 soldiers and return the body of the Israeli Dmitry Fialka. Among those released are officers, sergeants and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Many of these people were considered missing.
18:50 US expects that members of the contact group on Ukraine will discuss the supply of air defense equipment to Kiev on Wednesday - US Ambassador to NATO.
19:09 During the current day, the Russian Federation again launched a massive missile strike, firing almost thirty cruise missiles, inflicting seven air strikes and making about 25 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems. A total of 32 air targets were destroyed by Ukrainian air defense units in different directions. These are 21 cruise missiles and 11 unmanned aerial vehicles. Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00 Tuesday, October 11.
19:30 As a result of a massive missile attack, the infrastructure of more than ten settlements in Lviv, Vinnytsia, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye and Donetsk regions was damaged. At night, the enemy used eight Iranian strike UAVs, all of these drones were destroyed by the air defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:49 Aviation of the Defense Forces during the current day made two strikes on the areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment of the enemy. Rocket troops and artillery hit one command post, nine areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, five air defense systems and four ammunition depots.
20:01 NATO is ready for any threats, including nuclear ones, the consequences will be the most serious for any use of nuclear weapons by the Russian Federation, including on the territory of Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
20:20 Germany handed over the first Iris-T air defense system to Ukraine. Spiegel reports.
20:44 The mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovyi, said that after the strike on the substations, nothing was left of two of the four.
21:05 Vladimir Putin meets with IAEA head Rafael Grossi. Key statements.
21:21 Another exchange of prisoners took place today. Ukraine returned 32 soldiers home. This was announced by the head of the OP Andriy Yermak.
21:47 The West expects to supply Kiev with the first two NASAMS air defense systems in the very near future - the White House.
21:59 The governor of the Belgorod region said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at a substation in Shebekino. More than 2,000 residents have been cut off from electricity, he said. There are no victims or injured.
22:22 On the eve of his meeting with Putin, Erdogan called for an early ceasefire in Ukraine. This position was voiced by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
22:40 Four additional HIMARS from the USA arrived in Ukraine. This was written by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov on Twitter. He also hinted that even more military aid would be provided at tomorrow's Rammstein meeting.
22:59 A total energy saving regime is being introduced in the Vinnytsia region. This was announced by the governor of the region Sergei Borzov. He added that 242 settlements were left without electricity.
23:23 Over the current day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaevka, Soledar, Bakhmutskoye, Bakhmut, Mayorsk and Pervomayskoye. Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00 Tuesday, October 11.
23:42 Zelensky proposed to deploy a mission of international observers (peacekeepers) on the border of Ukraine with Belarus in order to remove any provocations from Lukashenka. He stated this during his speech at the G7 summit.
23:59 About 60,000 subscribers remain without electricity in the Sumy region. This was stated by the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.
00:21 As a result of the shelling of the city of Orekhov and the urban-type settlement of Stepnogorsk in the Zaporozhye region, seven people were killed, the same number were injured. This was stated by the deputy head of the OP Kirill Tymoshenko.
00:42 This morning, 28 missiles were fired across Ukraine, 20 of which were shot down. Repair work is being carried out throughout the country, and if not for today's shelling, then power supply, water supply and communications would have been restored. The main thing from Zelensky traditional evening address
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[Korrespondent] 23:09 In two days, the anti-aircraft missile division’s crews shot down nine out of 11 Shahed-136 UAVs, Zaluzhny said: “This is the result of the high-quality training of our anti-aircraft gunners, carried out by Polish brothers. Russians. These are the realities of today's war. Thanks to the Pole brothers."
23:04 About 30% of Ukraine's energy infrastructure has been hit by Russian missiles since Monday, October 10, Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said.
21:55 In Orekhov, Zaporozhye region, while performing work to restore a damaged power line, two employees of regional power networks were killed during repeated enemy shelling. Two more with wounds were evacuated to the hospital, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
21:49 Zelensky, in an evening video message, urged Ukrainians to continue saving electricity at peak times: "I thank all Ukrainians who listened yesterday and limited electricity consumption during peak hours - from 17 to 22. Thanks to our conscientiousness, we managed to save a tenth of the country's average energy, which allowed the system to work more stable. And our goal should be to save a quarter of the electricity during these peak hours. Today and in the near future it is worth doing it. Please transfer the energy consumption of equipment that requires a lot of electricity to other hours of the day. It is not difficult for an individual, and it gives a great result on the scale of our country."
21:35 In the Lviv region, four important electrical substations were disabled due to rocket attacks, so there are serious problems with a stable power supply in Lviv, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said. He called for minimizing the use of electricity in homes.
21:19 Podolyak on NATO's position on the nuclear threat from the Russian Federation: "Clearly and to the letter - for especially hot Russian heads. NATO's official position is" an immediate tough response to an attempt to use nuclear weapons, including on the territory of Ukraine. "Quite specifically , no evasions. Exactly what Ukraine wanted to hear."
21:07 An unscheduled power outage occurred in Khmelnitsky - approximately more than 50% of consumers without electricity, the mayor of the city Alexander Simchishin said.
21:01 The head of the Chernihiv OVA, Vyacheslav Chaus, said that today at 18:50 the line that fed the northern part of the region was switched off in an emergency. Some settlements of Chernihiv, Koryukovsky and Novgorod-Seversky districts were left without electricity. Emergency shutdowns can be triggered throughout the region and Chernihiv.
20:26 The first NASAMS complexes will arrive in Ukraine "in the near future," a White House spokesman said at a briefing. In addition, the White House said that the United States "is not looking for a conflict with Russia and will not send troops to Ukraine," and also does not want the conflict in Ukraine to "acquire a nuclear dimension," and sees no reason for this.
20:04 Zelensky, in an address to UNESCO, said that in Ukraine during the full-scale war since February 24, more than 2,600 educational facilities, 540 cultural heritage sites, cultural institutions and religious buildings, almost 200 churches have been destroyed or damaged by Russian terrorist attacks.
"Dear defenders and defenders of the educational, scientific and cultural achievements of mankind! Please tell me why the representatives of Russia are still among you? What are they doing at UNESCO? A terrorist state definitely does not have the right to chair one of the key bodies for the protection of cultural and natural heritage - the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. Such a Russian chairmanship devalues the institution itself - its weight, its reputation. A terrorist state should be excluded from all bodies of UNESCO and the Organization itself," the President stressed.
19:17 Erdogan in Astana will offer Putin mediation of Turkey in Russia's negotiations with Ukraine and the West, Turkish state television reported.
18:39 Today, another exchange of prisoners took place: 32 Ukrainian soldiers were released and the body of the Israeli Dmitry Fialka was returned, Yermak said. Among those released are officers, sergeants and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. All of them were in places where there were tough hostilities, many of them were considered missing.
The deceased Israeli Dmitry Fialka lived in Ukraine for the last two years, worked as a children's football coach at the Dynamo club (Lviv), fought for Ukraine as a volunteer.
18:28 Following today's meeting, the G7 leaders adopted a joint statement condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine and urging the Russians to withdraw their troops and equipment from all over Ukraine. The G7 also called on the Belarusian authorities to stop contributing to the Russian war of conquest. The G7 confirmed that any use of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons by Russia in Ukraine will lead to serious consequences and global condemnation. The G7 also condemned the actions of the invaders at the Zaporozhye NPP and the pressure exerted on the personnel of the facility.
The G7 leaders expressed their readiness to continue supporting Ukraine, providing financial, humanitarian, military, diplomatic and legal support, as well as helping to ensure winter preparedness. The G7 emphasized that Ukraine has a legitimate right to defend itself against Russian aggression in order to regain full control over its territory within internationally recognized borders.
The G7 stands ready to reach agreements with interested countries and institutions and Ukraine on permanent security commitments to help Ukraine defend itself, secure its free and democratic future, and deter future Russian aggression. The G7 countries will continue to coordinate efforts to meet Ukraine's urgent needs for military and defense equipment.
18:13 Germany handed over the first Iris-T air defense system to Kiev, writes Der Spiegel.
18:01 Today, in the area of Tokmak, Zaporozhye region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine covered six S-300 installations along with ammunition, this happened during reloading, the StratCom of the Armed Forces reported.
17:49 The SBU has discovered a new torture facility for Russians in the liberated Svyatogorsk, Donetsk region. The torture chamber was set up in a boarding house not far from the Svyatogorsk Lavra. The Russian military forcibly kept pro-Ukrainian local residents there.
17:35 Zelensky at the G7 summit said that Ukraine does not plan military actions against Belarus and is only interested in its territorial sovereignty. At the same time, he asked for support at the G7 level for organizing an international peacekeeping mission on the border of Ukraine and Belarus.
17:29 Shmyhal also asked today to limit electricity consumption during peak hours - from 17:00 to 23:00. He stressed that this is very important for the stable operation of the Ukrainian energy system. Also, in connection with the need to restore damaged critical infrastructure, a power outage schedule is applied in some regions.
In turn, Ukrenergo reported that consumer restrictions are again applied in Kyiv and central regions tonight, although they managed to do without them during the day. Also, forced restrictions on consumption had to be applied in Kharkiv, Poltava and Sumy regions. The introduction of such measures is connected with the need to unload the energy infrastructure in order to quickly carry out restoration work. Schedules of emergency shutdowns can last more than two hours and are published on the websites of oblenergos.
17:26 In the Vinnitsa region, a regime of total energy savings is being introduced, said the head of the OVA, Serhiy Borzov. According to him, after repeated strikes on energy infrastructure facilities, there is serious damage, 242 settlements were left without electricity. Borzov urged the people of Vinnytsia to treat with understanding the need to save money, otherwise Vinnitsaoblenergo will be forced to introduce emergency shutdown schedules.
17:17 Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said that Putin and Zelensky will take part in the G20 summit, which will be held in Bali on November 15-16. However, Zelensky's spokesman, Sergei Nikiforov, says the president has yet to make a final decision.
17:08 Zelensky said at a meeting of G7 leaders that Russia ordered 2,400 Shahed drones from Iran alone. In this regard, he asked partners to help better prepare to repel air attacks: "It is important that we have enough missiles for air defense and missile defense and that they are integrated with our defense systems."
17:00 Zelensky addressed the participants of the G7 extraordinary meeting and called for a symmetrical response to the Russian aggression: "When Russia attacks the energy sector and the energy stability of our countries, it is necessary to block its energy sector with sanctions, break the stability of Russian income from oil and gas trade. We need a hard ceiling for the export of oil and gas from Russia - zero profit for the terrorist state. It is precisely such steps that can bring peace closer: they encourage the terrorist state to think about peace, about the unprofitability of war."
"It is also necessary to recognize the obvious fact: there can be no dialogue with this leader of Russia without a future. Conversations can be either with another leader of Russia - who will recognize the UN Charter, the basic principles of humanity and the territorial integrity of Ukraine - or in another configuration, so that "The key terrorist did not have the opportunity, thanks to terror, to influence key decisions. Now one person is blocking the world - and this person is in Moscow," the President stressed.
16:53 In Shebekino, Belgorod region, Russian Federation, a substation transformer was damaged by shells, more than 2,000 residents are now disconnected from electricity, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
16:51 Stoltenberg said that the victory of Russia will be the defeat of NATO, and this cannot be allowed. According to him, yesterday's missile strikes on Ukraine is a sign of Russian weakness, because the Russian Federation is not moving forward on the battlefield. The Secretary General also warned that hybrid and cyber attacks on the infrastructure of NATO countries could cause the activation of the 5th article of the collective defense treaty.
16:43 NATO will hold exercises on nuclear deterrence next week, Stoltenberg said at a press conference in Brussels. According to him, this should help prevent an escalation. At the same time, the Secretary General said that NATO sees no signs of Russia's intention to use nuclear weapons, but remains vigilant. The Alliance is closely monitoring incidents that pose potential hybrid threats to allies and is ready to take action if necessary.
NATO partners will take into account the increase in the supply of air defense systems and other military equipment to Ukraine to exercise its right to self-defense, he added.
16:39 Lavrov did not rule out that Zelensky "both forbade himself to communicate with Russia, and will allow it - it depends on his moods and instructions from the West."
16:36 In the Lvov region, the Russians today delivered repeated strikes on two energy facilities from those that hit yesterday - we are talking about objects in Lvov and the Lvov region. One missile was shot down by air defense. 30% of Lviv without electricity, during the day there may be temporary interruptions in electricity and water supply. The authorities urge residents of the Lviv region to make a supply of water, charge mobile phones and power banks. In just the past two days, four electrical substations in the Lviv region have been significantly damaged, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky.
16:30 Speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat said that the IRIS-T air defense system battery from Germany and two NASAMS systems from the United States, which are soon to be delivered to Ukraine, can work together and will be linked into a single information network. This will allow, in case of fixing the target with one complex, to shoot it down with the help of another.
16:26 Ukrainians transferred 352 million hryvnias to Serhiy Prytula's fund to help the Ukrainian army in a day. Initially, it was planned to raise 100 million hryvnias for the purchase of kamikaze drones, but on the day of the massive bombardment, the Ukrainians exceeded the hopes of the volunteers - Prytula said that not only drones would be purchased.
16:19 The Russians have kidnapped and, probably, they are torturing and intimidating the deputy general director of the ZNPP for personnel Valery Martynyuk. According to Energoatom, in this way the occupiers are trying to obtain information they desperately need about the personal files of the employees of the Zaporizhzhya NPP in order to force the Ukrainian personnel to work for Rosatom as soon as possible. The occupiers literally use torture against the nuclear workers of the ZNPP, not disdaining the most cruel bullying.
Energoatom appeals to IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi and the entire world community with a call to use all possible measures to immediately release Valery Martynyuk from the captivity of the Russian occupiers and return him to his official duties.
16:08 Peskov said that US supplies of air defense systems to Ukraine "will make the conflict longer and more painful for the Ukrainian side, but will not change our goal setting and the end result."
15:57 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called for an early "viable" truce between Russia and Ukraine, stressing that this peace should not provide for territorial concessions from Ukraine.
15:45 Orban said that peace in Ukraine should not be established between Ukraine and Russia, but between the United States and Russia, "based on realities." According to him, former US President Donald Trump is the hope for the world.
15:33 The Russians today launched two massive missile strikes on cities and critical infrastructure facilities in different regions of Ukraine. According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy used high-precision weapons - air-launched cruise missiles of the Kh-101 / Kh-555 type from strategic aircraft Tu-95, sea-launched cruise missiles of the Kalibr type, Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze UAVs.
In total, the enemy carried out 28 launches of cruise missiles: 16 X-101 / X-555 and 12 Caliber. The forces and means of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 33 air targets - 20 cruise missiles and 13 Shahed-136 UAVs.
15:15 The German company Rheinmetall has agreed with the Czech Republic on the supply of Leopard tanks and Buffel armored recovery vehicles, and Czech equipment will go to Ukraine, the press service of Rheinmetall reports. The agreement was signed in Prague on 11 October. The Czech Republic will receive the first equipment in December 2022, and the entire contract is planned to be closed by the end of 2023. What exactly the Czech Republic will give to Ukraine is unknown. Most likely, these will be Soviet tanks and armored vehicles. The Czech army is armed with modernized T-72 tanks, as well as BMP-1 and BMP-2.
14:52 In Kiev, the situation with electricity supply has stabilized, emergency power outages are not applied today, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. However, if it is necessary to balance the power system by order of the chief dispatcher of the state energy company NEK Ukrenergo, the emergency shutdown schedule will be applied.
14:43 Suspіlne showed on the map the cities that suffered from enemy shelling on Tuesday:
14:22 Another 37 children deported by the invaders returned to Ukraine, the Ministry of Reintegration reported. At the end of August, they were forcibly taken from the Kharkov region to the Russian village of Kabardinka near Gelendzhik, despite the fact that all the children have parents. Now the families have reunited and are in a safe place in Transcarpathia - they were placed in shelters for internally displaced persons. The ministry said that "the return process was difficult - parents traveled a long way through several European countries to pick up their children."
Oh thank goodness — some have been found.
14:15 The Russians today delivered two missile strikes on the Ladyzhynska TPP in the Vinnytsia region. According to DTEK, the second blow was delivered when rescuers were working on the spot after the first hit. According to preliminary information, six people were injured. As a result of the shelling, the energy equipment of the enterprise was again damaged.
14:12 The Russians fired missiles at the energy infrastructure in the Pavlograd and Kamensky districts of the Dnepropetrovsk region - there is serious damage, many settlements were left without electricity, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko. A regime of total energy saving is being introduced in the region so that hospitals, transport and other important social infrastructure can operate.
14:06 The head of the Voronovitsky territorial community of Vinnytsia region Alexander Kovinko said that the Russian army hit an infrastructure facility near the community. There is no information about the victims, in some communities of the region an unstable supply of electricity was recorded.
14:03 Kiev residents are asked to limit trips to polyclinics due to the threat of massive rocket attacks, said the director of the Kiev Health Department Valentina Ginzburg: "Postpone a scheduled visit to your family doctor, therapist or pediatrician. No need to once again be in danger. As for emergency cases - Every citizen of Kiev will receive all the necessary assistance in a timely manner and in full.
13:47 The EU is working on the ninth package of sanctions against Russia, Radio Liberty editor Rikard Jozwiak said.
13:45 At ZNPP, all six power units are switched off, power supply to the station, including security systems, is carried out at the expense of the overhead line VL-750 kV Dneprovskaya. Today, during the day, an attempt is planned to apply voltage to the open switchgear of ZaTPP, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports. It was also possible to maintain the supply of electricity in the city of Energodar, but the VRP 150/330 kV remains without voltage.
Representatives of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the occupation administration continue to put pressure on the station's employees. The movement of support units across the ZNPP territory is significantly limited. The invaders apply so-called "filtration measures" to some of the personnel and their families. Workers are required to formalize Russian passports and sign contracts with Rosatom.
13:42 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi: "He spoke about the consequences of Russia's missile terror. We coordinated positions on the eve of important international events, in particular the Group of Seven summit. I am grateful for the consistent weighty support."
13:40 In Lviv, according to preliminary data, one person was injured as a result of a missile strike, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said.
13:31 The Russians have changed the tactics of missile strikes, said the head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim. So, according to him, today they fired a small number of missiles at intervals, and not many at once. Kim believes that this could be terror to keep Ukrainians on their toes, or an attempt to "create a beautiful picture" and give rise to news within the Russian Federation itself, or it could be a test of Ukrainian air defense.
13:25 In the regions of Ukraine, the end of the air raid alarm, it lasted a little more than five hours.
13:23 Ukrainian air defense shot down 18 missiles today, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said.
13:20 The Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced that from today, on behalf of Lukashenka, a comprehensive inspection of the country's armed forces is being carried out. Units and subunits will work out "issues of bringing to combat readiness, making a march, deploying in designated areas with the performance of combat training tasks."
13:07 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that today the Russian armed forces continued a massive strike "with high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons at military command and energy facilities of Ukraine, the purpose of the strike was achieved, all designated objects were hit."
12:55 The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, reported explosions at the airfield, where the invaders once again deployed a military base. "The occupiers started to fuss and immediately write about some kind of "exercises". However, the inhabitants have already learned to distinguish the dull sounds of their miserable "exercises" against the loud explosions of the liquidation of their military bases," Fedorov wrote.
12:47 As a result of a missile strike, 30% of Lviv is temporarily without electricity, as well as interruptions in water supply in the Sykhiv and Frankivsky districts of the city, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said.
12:42 Zelensky said that he had held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief: "We considered a number of important issues. First of all, we discussed the situation on the front line and noted the quality work of the Armed Forces of Ukraine units that protect our skies. We discussed steps for further de-occupation of Ukrainian territories. About how things are going Minister of the Interior Denis Monastyrsky reported on the elimination of damage caused by the aggressor's rocket attacks, as well as on the protection of critical infrastructure facilities. Finally, we discussed the preparation of our troops for winter."
12:39 Macron said that Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure are a "profound change in the nature" of the war. He added that he intends to convene his military and diplomatic advisers "to analyze the situation."
12:37 At the moment, three explosions are known at two energy facilities in the Lviv region. Information about the victims has not yet been received, the danger continues, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky. Power outages are possible in Lviv and the region.
12:35 SBU urges Ukrainians not to shoot or distribute videos with the consequences of enemy strikes: "Your" innocent "record can be used not only by Russian propagandists, but also by the Russian military - who, having seen the consequences of their strikes, can strike them again and more accurately ".
12:29 The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue the counter-offensive in the Kherson direction, said the speaker of the OK Pivden Natalya Gumenyuk: "The development of the situation is under our control, we continue to liberate territories, continue to push the enemy back in the Kherson region, where he changes his defense lines to deeper ones, to those that built earlier and built all these seven months with reinforced concrete structures. Therefore, it may seem that our progress has slowed down, but it is simply correctly calculated. "
12:27 Air defense units of the Odesa region have already destroyed three missiles over the region, said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko.
12:25 In the Rivne region, air defense shot down a hostile target, said the head of the OVA Vitaliy Koval.
12:18 Zelensky said that he had a "fruitful conversation" with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albenizi: "He spoke about missile terror from Russia. It is important for us that Australia's assistance is intensified. The free world is united in supporting Ukraine and in countering the aggressor."
12:16 The head of the Lviv OVA, Maxim Kozitsky, announced a strike on an energy facility in the region. Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyy noted that explosions are heard in the city, there are problems with electricity.
12:14 The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Andrey Yusov, said on the air of the telethon that some Russian military got in touch with Ukraine on the eve of massive bombings, transmitted information and "even said that we cannot stop it completely, but some of the missiles will simply fly away in the wrong direction ... in the field, relatively speaking." In the end, according to Yusov, it was.
12:09 An enemy missile was shot down by air defense forces near Zaporozhye, the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh said.
12:07 Military from the air command Skhid destroyed four enemy missiles over the Dnipropetrovsk region, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko.
11:54 Presidents of 11 European countries in a joint statement condemned the massive Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities, warning that this is a war crime without a statute of limitations. The joint statement was signed by the presidents of Bulgaria, Montenegro, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary.
11:41 Ukraine returned the bodies of another 62 fallen heroes, including fighters from Yelenovka, the Ministry of Reintegration reported. Oleg Kotenko, Commissioner for Missing Persons, said that the negotiations were extremely difficult, "we returned those who were in hell itself and defended Ukraine."
11:27 Iranian kamikaze drones Shahed-136 continue to arrive in Belarus. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, as of October 10, 32 such UAVs were brought into the country, and eight more are planned to be delivered by October 14.
Belarus also provides the Russian army with material and technical means and ammunition from its own warehouses. In particular, a trainload of ammunition sent from the Gomel region of the Republic of Belarus arrived at the Kirovskaya railway station in Crimea. In the near future, it is planned to move 13 echelons with weapons and military equipment, ammunition and military equipment from the arsenals and storage bases of the Belarusian Armed Forces.
10:50 The energy equipment of the Ladyzhinskaya TPP in the Vinnitsa region was damaged after an enemy strike, the company said. There are no casualties, critically needed personnel are currently at the facility, workers remain in shelters.
10:48 According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at about 07:00, strategic aircraft of the occupiers, Tu-95 and Tu-160 missile carriers, are operating from the Caspian Sea region. X-101/X-555 missiles were fired on the territory of Ukraine. Around 09:00, four missiles were destroyed by the forces and means of the Pivden air command. Repeated launches have been recorded, the danger remains.
10:40 Another rocket was shot down in the Kiev region, the head of the OVA, Oleksiy Kuleba, said.
10:38 British intelligence believes that Russia's appointment of General Sergei Surovikin as commander-in-chief of the Joint Group of Forces, which is conducting a "special military operation" in Ukraine, demonstrates the attempts of the Russian power bloc to increase the effectiveness of hostilities. But he will likely have to compete with various influence groups in the Russian Defense Ministry, which has too few resources to achieve its political goals in Ukraine, analysts say.
10:32 In the Khmelnitsky region, a Shahed-136 kamikaze drone was shot down, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Gamaly, said.
10:28 The head of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional Council, Nikolai Lukashuk, announced missile launches from the Caspian Sea towards the Dnipropetrovsk region. The mayor of Krivoy Rog, Alexander Vilkul, also warns about the launch of ten cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea and ten cruise missiles from Saratov.
10:07 In one of the districts of the Kiev region, air defense forces shot down a rocket, said the head of the OVA, Alexei Kuleba.
10:05 Air defense is working in the Khmelnytsky region, said the head of the OVA, Serhiy Gamaly.
09:41 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of October 11th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut, Avdeevsky and Kramatorsk directions.
personnel - about 63,110 (+240) people liquidated,
tanks - 2504 (+9),
armored combat vehicles - 5162 (+13),
artillery systems - 1496 (+10),
MLRS - 353 (+0),
air defense systems - 181 (+0),
aircraft - 268 (+1),
helicopters - 235 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1114 (+17),
cruise missiles - 295 (+46),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 3916 (+8),
special equipment - 136 (+0).
09:22 The State Emergency Service warned Ukrainians through the emergency alert system about the high probability of missile strikes throughout the day today. People are asked to stay in shelters.
08:54 Russians fired 12 S-300 missiles in Zaporozhye, which hit public facilities. Two rockets hit the car dealership, killing one person and starting a fire that has already been extinguished. The rest of the rockets hit the educational institution, the school and the outpatient clinic were damaged, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
08:49 Russia was planning massive airstrikes on Ukraine even before the explosion on the Crimean bridge, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told CNN: “Most likely, this was something they had been planning for quite a long time. This does not mean that the explosion on the Crimean bridge may have accelerated some of their plans." According to him, attacks of this magnitude could not have been planned in a few days.
08:41 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the Kremlin can use additional Russian forces in Belarus in order to fix Ukrainian troops near Kiev and prevent them from being transferred to other places to participate in counteroffensives. According to analysts, Russian and Belarusian troops are unlikely to attack Ukraine from the north, despite Lukashenka's statement about the deployment of the Union State troops.
The ISW also notes that Putin ordered missile strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure, probably in part to appease the Russian military nationalist camp, which demanded retribution.
In the meantime, as of October 10, Ukrainian forces have likely liberated more than 200 sq. km of territory in the west of the Luhansk region, while Russian troops continued unsuccessful attempts to regain the recently lost territories in the north-west of the Kherson region, reinforcing nearby positions with the defeated and hastily mobilized units. Also, Russian troops continued ground shelling in the Donetsk region. Representatives of the Russian and occupation administration create conditions for the movement of up to 40,000 residents of the Kherson region to the Crimea and the Russian Federation.
08:32 Liz Truss today will appeal to the leaders of the G7 with an appeal to remain steadfast in their support for Ukraine and ask for an urgent meeting of NATO leaders, reports Reuters.
08:21 This morning, air defense shot down three Shahed-136 kamikaze drones over the Odessa region, which attacked the region. Also, five drones were shot down over the Mykolaiv region, OK Pivden reported.
08:17 According to the preliminary data of the State Emergency Service, as a result of massive shelling on October 10 in Ukraine, 19 people were killed, another 105 were injured. As of 07:00, 301 settlements in Kyiv, Lviv, Sumy, Ternopil and Khmelnytsky regions remain de-energized.
08:13 Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley will attend the NATO ministerial meeting and the sixth meeting of the Ramstein format group. The events will be held on October 12-13, one of the topics of discussion is Russia's war against Ukraine, according to the US Department of Defense.
The meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine in the Ramstein format will take place on Wednesday, October 12. The meeting will begin at 14:00 Kyiv time, and Milli will sum up the results at 18:30. Austin will give a press conference the next day at the same time.
08:09 The head of the Vinnytsia OVA, Sergei Borzov, announced an enemy strike on the region.
08:06 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Bakhmutskoye, Mayorsk, Soledar and Pervomayskoye, the General Staff said in the morning report.
07:45 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Moscow "warns" Washington and other Western countries about the "danger of uncontrolled escalation", but due to the increasing involvement of the United States and Europe in the conflict over Ukraine, Russia "will be forced to take adequate countermeasures, in including asymmetrical ones.
06:18 The Russians attacked infrastructure facilities in Zaporozhye with missiles, information about the destruction and the victims is being investigated, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
00:53 The massive missile terror of the cities of Ukraine captures the strategic limitations of the actions of the Russian Federation and impulsive hysteria with the launch of all conventional means of attack. For more details, see Putin's Agony .
00:24 The UN General Assembly has banned Russia-initiated secret ballot on a resolution that does not recognize "referenda" in the "DPR", "LPR", Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. Also, the GA denied Russia a vote on this topic immediately - before the debate.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontTime] 23:07 Two bases for storing fuel for Ukrainian military equipment near Dnepropetrovsk and Pavlograd in the Dnipropetrovsk region, five weapons depots were destroyed, the military department said. 22:29 Ukrainian media have been reporting new explosions since Tuesday morning, in particular, in Kyiv, Vinnitsa, Rivne, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa, Nikolaev, Lvov regions, as well as Krivoy Rog, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporozhye.
22:11 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the Russian armed forces continued on Tuesday massive strikes with precision-guided weapons at military command and energy facilities in Ukraine.
21:50 In the Chernihiv region, an emergency shutdown of the power line that fed the north of the region occurred, some of the settlements were left without electricity, Ukrainian media write.
21:20 In Kyiv, the oldest metropolitan monument to Pushkin, which was installed in Pechersk near the transport university, was demolished. The bust was brought in 1899 from St. Petersburg.
19:41 In Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Chernihiv, Sumy, Ternopil, Cherkasy and other regions, “scheduled” power outages began. Ukrainians are urged to limit the consumption of light in order to reduce the load on the electrical systems of Ukraine.
19:25 Four electrical substations have been disabled in Lviv, the mayor of the city said. It will take months for them to recover, he said.
16:44 The heavy industry of Ukraine continues to suffer losses. Metallurgical plant ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog stops work due to energy collapse. The decision was made after the announcement of rolling blackouts in the region (rocket strikes disabled the Krivorozhskaya TPP).
16:37 Another 3-4 days of such missile strikes, and the energy system of Ukraine will collapse completely. These are the forecasts of Ukrainian power engineers. Now about 15 percent of objects are damaged, which can be quickly restored. Therefore, it is necessary to bring the indicator to 60 percent. Behind him - a complete collapse and the Middle Ages.
16:05 According to estimates by US think tanks, Russia has at least 1,830 conventional OTRs and their delivery vehicles, which allows it to strike Ukraine's critical infrastructure with packages of 100 missiles daily for six months, not even taking into account replenishment from existing production facilities.
15:26 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, a regime of total energy savings is being introduced after the Russian strikes on the energy infrastructure - local authorities.
15:11 The authorities of the Lviv region confirm the destruction of two electrical substations as a result of today's strikes.
15:00 It is reported that missile attacks today disabled a number of Starlink satellite communication terminals. In the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the situation is close to the loss of control of units.
14:22 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, there are hits on the energy infrastructure, a number of settlements were left without electricity - power.
14:57 New briefing by the Russian Defense Ministry. Main:
- In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to attack Russian positions near the points of Krakhmalnoe in the Kharkiv region and Stelmakhovka in the LPR, was thrown back to their original positions, up to 40 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed
- In the Krasnolimansky direction, the Ukrainian forces again tried to force the Zherebets River near the Raigorodka and Novovodyanoye points in the LPR, their crossings were destroyed, up to 20 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed, the company that was going to help them fell into a minefield - part of the equipment was blown up, the personnel were hit by Russian artillery, over 80 soldiers killed
- In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy counterattacked at the points of Nikolskoye, Novomayorskoye and Stepnoev DPR, all attacks were repelled, more than 30 soldiers, one tank were destroyed
- In the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction, Ukrainian troops tried to advance in the direction of the points of Borozenskoye, Pyatikhatki, Bruskinskoye, Ishchenko in the Kherson region and Petrivskoye in Nikolaevskaya, the enemy was thrown back to their original positions, about 150 soldiers, six tanks were destroyed.
13:44 Ukrainian TG channels report shooting in Kyiv. According to preliminary data, they are shooting at a drone.
13:29 The entire center of Odessa is de-energized. Earlier it was reported about the loss of electricity in the Primorsky district of the city.
13:09 Two bases for storing fuel for Ukrainian military equipment near Dnepropetrovsk and Pavlograd in the Dnipropetrovsk region, five weapons depots, including the united group of Ukrainian troops "Primorye" near Nikolaev - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation were destroyed.
12:55 As a result of a missile attack on Lviv, 30 percent of the city was left without electricity. In two districts of the city interruptions in water supply. Mayor Andrei Sadovy announced this. Ukrainian channels also report that there are interruptions in communication in the city.
12:04 Calls are heard on the radio in Kharkiv to go over to the side of the Russians
A video appeared on the network, presumably from Kharkiv, in which residents heard on the radio a call to contact the Russian military in case of emergency, as they can provide the necessary assistance.
11:52 Strikes. Second day. Preliminary.
The intensity of the strikes is not reduced compared to the previous day, the launch sites are the same. This means that the same launchers are used throughout the country.
Under the impact of the electrical infrastructure, a new element in tactics has become a systemic defeat of railway junctions, the enemy is trying to offset the failure of air defense with old video recordings of missiles being shot down. Kyiv's theses that "there is no panic" are not confirmed from the ground.
11:46 In the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine, strikes were recorded on the critical infrastructure - the authorities. In Vyshgorod, a distribution substation on the left bank is on fire; it caught fire from a power surge. Now it will be a normal picture. The network will destroy itself.
11:32 Arrival in Pavlograd via the railway junction. At the station was a train with military equipment of the Nazis.
11:30 Explosions are heard in Vinnitsa and Volnogorsk, Ukrainian media report.
11:27 A missile attack was launched on Pavlograd.
11:17 Ukrainian publications write about new explosions in Krivoy Rog.
11:00 It is reported about explosions in the Nikolaev area.
10:06 In the Kherson region, air defense systems repelled attempts by Ukrainian troops to launch a missile attack on the Antonovsky bridge - Stremousov.
The Russian Navy launched 10 Kalibr missiles from the Black Sea.
10:05 Explosions are heard in the Khmelnitsky region of Ukraine - the authorities.
09:41 New explosions are reported in the Kyiv region.
09:32 Explosions are reported in Rivne and Krivoy Rog.
09:31 Missiles are reported in the Zhytomyr region.
09:26 The authorities of Kyiv announced that they are introducing hourly power outages - their duration will be up to four hours.
09:24 Ukrainian media report explosions in Vinnitsa
09:22 Ladyzhynska TPP, on the territory of which today arrived two Geranium-2s is an important goal in terms of systemic impact on the energy system of Ukraine. Together with a cascade of hydroelectric power stations on the Dniester, the Ladyzhynska TPP feeds the southwest of the country.
It works in addition to the South Ukrainian NPP - in this way, a shortage of electricity will be created in the section of the power grid, which cannot be overcome due to the defeat of the Kryvorizka TPP (yesterday) and Ladyzhenskaya TPP (today).
Capacities have been knocked out, and generation by the forces of one nuclear power plant is unlikely to be able to cover the need. It turns out that during the astronomical day all major thermal stations were affected.
09:00 An air raid alert has been declared throughout Ukraine.
08:10 An air alert has been announced in a number of regions in Ukraine, including in Kyiv. There were reports of an attack on the Ladyzhynska TPP in the Vinnitsa region.
08:05 Retribution strikes continue: Loud in Zaporozhye. At around 0600 hrs, strikes began, and at least 16 explosions were heard. In several districts of the city, there is now a strong fire and pillars of smoke are visible, there are also power outages, according to Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration.
#1
I posted this Nazi style speech yesterday, but, he said something that explains the true reason Putin decided to invade Ukraine.
They are really Russians and are being controlled by evil folks even though they elected their government and change their government, unlike Russian slaves.
Here's the Nazis side of this debate, not Ukrainians:
#8
This creep? Cor, it couldn't be clearer!
Look closely, my dear... no, come nearer.
[a crow you must know
as your comrade in woe
croaks "L'Chaim!" in Ukrainian mirror]
#9
An aspiring whi’ rappa, one Pruitt
Aimed his word-gun and thought, “How to do it?
Dare I let go the trigger
And waste this lil’ [ahem] chigger,
Or (mo’ betta valor)… aw, scr3w it!”
#13
North Korea, Syria, Nicaragua, Belarus and Russia voted against condemning Russian aggression and how many of you readers that are Americans side with these Russian creeps like Badanov?
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#13 North Korea, Syria, Nicaragua, Belarus and Russia voted against condemning Russian aggression and how many of you readers that are Americans side with these Russian creeps like Badanov?
#15
Listen to a conscripted Russki soldier in Kherson province. I pray the Russians wise up and become POWs or kill their own leaders and flee, but, if not, they need to die asap so Ukraine can remain a free nation:
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#18
so Ukraine can remain a free nation
Banned all opposition parties
Banned use of Russian by the Russian-speaking majority in the eastern provinces and everywhere else
Shelled the hell out of those same regions in escalating attacks from Feb. 17, 2022 onward
Constant shelling of civilians in Donetsk for the last 7 months
Terrorism attacks in Russia and constant lying about fake rapes and other rage “war crimes”
The most corrupt, worst kleptocracy in the Northern Hemisphere, stealing now from Uncle Sam, diverting billions in weaponry to enrich themselves with illegal sales on the international black market
Official, full-bore, unapologetic support for the notorious Nazi leader Stepan Bandera who oversaw the slaughter of 800,000 Ukrainian Jews
Is that the “free nation” you have in mind?
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#19
Can you say country sized blue city, kids? I knew ya could...
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#20
Here's some more photos of war crimes and dead civilians Badanov and his Russian fascist friends get to deal with at the judgment seat:
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:21 When trying to attack in the direction of the LPR, Kyiv lost about 120 soldiers, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. Also, all counterattacks in the Zaporozhye direction were repulsed, more than 30 soldiers and one tank were destroyed. 20:18 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 11, received additional information on damages as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kirovsky district:
- st. Griga, 1 - a private residential building, the gas pipeline was damaged;
- st. Millerovskaya, 3 - a private residential building, the gas pipeline was damaged.
Voroshilovsky district:
- st. Roza Luxembourg, 42 "a" - an apartment building, the glazing is damaged;
- Bogdan Khmelnitsky Ave., 76 - multi-apartment residential building, glazing is damaged.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
19:44 According to updated information, as a result of the shelling of the Voroshilovsky district, the glazing of two apartment buildings was damaged.
19:02 Arrival at the street. Vatutin, next to the Faculty of Biology of DonNU.
18:40 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 11, received additional information on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv region):
- a woman born in 1965 was wounded.
n.p. Alexandrovka:
- a man born in 1950 died;
- a man born in 1944 was wounded.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
17:54 Personnel consequences of the shelling of a residential building in the DPR by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A shell of Ukrainian nationalists flew into the roof of the building at five o'clock in the morning. Residents were not at home at that moment, and this saved their lives
17:51 Ukrainian Armed Forces opened artillery fire on the coastline of Energodar - Vladimir Rogov, member of the administration of the Zaporozhye region:
"At the moment, more than twenty strikes have been recorded in the areas of the industrial zone, the Zaporizhzhya TPP and the Energodar coastline," Rogov wrote.
17:51 Personnel consequences of the shelling of a residential building in the DPR by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A shell of Ukrainian nationalists flew into the roof of the building at five o'clock in the morning. Residents were not at home at that moment, and this saved their lives
17:20 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on October 11, additional information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kuibyshevsky district:
- st. Presses, 1 - a private residential building;
- st. Engels, 97 - apartment building.
Kievsky district:
- pr. Partizansky, 39 - apartment building.
17:03 Tanks of the 100th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the DPR are dismantling the positions of Ukrainian nationalists in the Donetsk direction. The precise work of the guns allows the infantry to move forward and occupy new lines.
15:41 The situation in the Soledar direction as of 15.00 October 11, 2022:
▪️The command of the OTG "Soledar" expects an active offensive by Russian troops on the lines of Kodema - Kurdyumovka and Klinovoye - Krasnaya Gora to further block Bakhmut (Artemovsk) from the northeast and south.
▪️From Bakhmut itself, employees of public services are being evacuated to Chasov Yar. In some units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, signatures are being collected on the issue of distrust of the command of the group.
▪️Fighters of PMC "Wagner" during the fighting went to the south-eastern outskirts of Bakhmut and established control over Ivangrad. Ukrainian formations suffered losses and retreated to the Klescheevka area.
▪️To strengthen the defense and restore positions, 43 military personnel were also transferred to the Kleshcheevka area, as well as one reserve platoon to the Otradovka area. The wounded are being evacuated from Ivanovsky (Red) with the help of armored combat vehicles (AFVs).
▪️Detachments of "PMC Wagner" eliminated the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the west of Nikolaevka, which interfered with control over the section of the highway Nikolaevka Second - Otradovka. In addition, a stronghold of Ukrainian units was taken to the north-west of Zaitsevo, which was liberated at the end of last week.
▪️To contain the advance, artillery crews and Mi-8 helicopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are firing at Ivangrad and Vesela Dolina.
▪️In the area of Disputed, Wagner PMC detachments captured the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was located on both sides of the Verkhnekamenka-Berestovoye highway.
Russian forces managed to come close to the territory of the gas compressor station, where long-term firing points and equipped positions of Ukrainian units are also located. Further progress towards the Disputable is hampered by a complex mine situation.
15:22 The shelling of the Kyiv region continues. At 15:05 from n. Orlovka settlement fired four shells with a caliber of 155mm. Eyewitnesses report arrivals at Putilovka.
11:45 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
-- n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv district): two rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
-- n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
11:41 Ukrainian militants fired at Stakhanov at night, firing two rockets from the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. No casualties have been reported.
11:34 According to the information received, the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk was subjected to shelling. Fixed damage to residential buildings, there are injured civilians. The data is being specified.
11:16 The Kirovsky district of Donetsk remains under attack.
-- N. p. Krasnogorovka, Ukrainians fired five rounds with a caliber of 155mm.
10:01 In the Svatovo area, the enemy is regrouping forces, pulling up reserves. In the near future there will be an attempt to attack our forces in the LPR.
08:40 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
-- n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Dugouts: Three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:26 According to the information received, as a result of the morning shelling of the Kalininsky district, a direct hit was recorded in one of the houses of the private sector. In three neighboring houses, the glazing of the windows was knocked out by the blast wave.
08:04 Shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:
-- n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): Four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
-- n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kalinin district): Three rounds of 155 mm caliber were fired.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
The infrastructure of cities was hit:
- Zaporozhye
- Ochakiv
- Vinnitsa
- Krivoy Rog
- Rivne
- Nikolaev
- Kiev
- Chernivtsi
- Odessa
- Berezovka, Odessa region.
- Lviv
- Ivano-Frankivsk
- Zhytomyr
- Dnepropetrovsk
Attacks on important facilities:
- Ladyzhynska TPP (Vinnitsa region) (twice)
- TPP-1 Lviv
- TPP-2 Lviv
- Krivorozhskaya TPP
- Khmelnytsky substation 330/110
- Ternopil substation 330/110 /35
- VGMK substation, Volnogorsk
- 11th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment in Shepetovka
- Shepetovsky railway junction
- Remzavod in Khmelnitsky region
- railway junction Pavlograd-1 (in the photo - clearly its significance)
- military unit in the village of Novosemenovka, Odessa region
Electricity is completely or partially absent:
- Kharkiv
- Lviv
- Odessa
- Vinnytsia
The main thing is not to stop shaking the infrastructure, so that there is no "showing determination in the NVO" and again for "agreements". They are talking about some kind of personal negotiations in Bali within the framework of the G20 ... and talk has already begun that this is to strengthen the position in the negotiations. Let's hope it's not.
By the way, the results of de-electrification are clearly visible in social networks. For almost the second day there have been no comments and posts like: we are from Russia, we are eating the last hedgehogs, the shops are empty, people are rioting, etc.
[Chernovec] Experts began to calculate the losses of the Ukrainian side in heat generation and electricity generation after yesterday's strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on critical infrastructure facilities.
According to data from open sources, at least 8.22 GW of thermal power plants and thermal power plants were affected in Ukraine. This is 30% of heat and 15% of all generation.
According to experts, this volume is approximately equal to the number of non-operating thermal power plants and thermal power plants in the same period last year, when Ukraine experienced problems with coal reserves. Then the problem of shortage of electricity was solved with the help of extraordinary loading of nuclear power plants. Now this is impossible to do. 40% of nuclear power is the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which is under the control of Russia.
Without electricity, there will be no communication, no Internet, no satellite receivers, no military industry, no signaling. Alarm, centralization, blocking. Diesel locomotives will go without a contact network, but arrows, traffic lights, control rooms will not work without electricity. You cannot replace this with generators, only local lighting can be given, and there will not be enough power for the rest.
But work on the infrastructure then should be permanent and systematic. And to affect substations with a voltage level not only from 330kV, but 750kV and above. As you can see, Russia has room to raise rates.
[ColonelCassad] For whiners from Ukraine, whose electricity was turned off for 4 hours, they say, how is it, we are such beautiful Europeans without electricity...
When the power line on the border with Crimea was blown up, Crimea did not have the necessary internal generation and was energy dependent on Ukraine, receiving energy in including from the Zaporozhye NPP (ha ha).
Therefore, in the first time after the explosion of power lines, we had blackouts for 10-12 hours and even more in the order of things.
The whole country then sent various generators to the Crimea, which made it possible to slightly compensate for the time of power outages while the energy bridge was being built in a forced manner. In winter, the first branch was launched, and in the spring of 2015 it was completely completed, after which all outages became a thing of the past. Well, then in the Crimea they built the Simferopol and Sevastopol thermal power plants, which guaranteed the coverage of all the needs of the Crimea and solved the problem of the energy security of the peninsula.
Crimeans and Sevastopol residents then patiently waited, sitting for many hours without electricity, while the authorities urgently solved the problem. And they all endured it. Now, on this occasion, in our city, they mostly laugh at the stupid crests, who thus severed the last infrastructural ties between Crimea and Ukraine and accelerated the infrastructure integration of Crimea with the Russian energy system.
An important detail - in the Crimea for several years as part of Russia, 2 thermal power plants were built. Since 1991, not a single thermal power plant has been built in Ukraine. Russia builds and restores. Ukraine destroys and loses what it cannot restore.
EXPOSED: Before Ukraine blew up Kerch Bridge, British spies plotted it
KIT KLARENBERG
OCTOBER 10, 2022
The secret British intelligence plot to blow up Crimea’s Kerch Bridge is revealed in internal documents and correspondence obtained exclusively by The Grayzone.
The Grayzone has obtained an April 2022 presentation drawn up for senior British intelligence officers hashing out an elaborate scheme to blow up Crimea’s Kerch Bridge with the involvement of specially trained Ukrainian soldiers. Almost six months after the plan was circulated, Kerch Bridge was attacked in an October 8th suicide bombing apparently overseen by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence services.
Detailed proposals for providing “audacious” support to Kiev’s “maritime raiding operations” were drafted at the request of Chris Donnelly, a senior British Army intelligence operative and veteran high ranking NATO advisor. The wide-ranging plan’s core component was “destruction of the bridge over the Kerch Strait.”
Documents and correspondence plotting the operation were provided to The Grayzone by an anonymous source.
The truck bombing of the Kerch Bridge differed operationally from the plot sketched therein. Yet, Britain’s evident interest in planning such an attack underscores the deep involvement of NATO powers in the Ukraine proxy war. At almost precisely the time that London reportedly sabotaged peace talks between Kiev and Moscow in April this year, British military intelligence operatives were drawing up blueprints to destroy a major Russian bridge crossed by thousands of civilians per day.
The roadmap was produced by Hugh Ward, a British military veteran. A number of strategies for helping Ukraine “pose a threat to Russian naval forces” in the Black Sea are outlined. The overriding objectives are stated as aiming to “degrade” Russia’s ability to blockade Kiev, “erode” Moscow’s “warfighting capability”, and isolate Russian land and maritime forces in Crimea by “denying resupply by sea and overland via Kerch bridge.”
#4
Remembering, of course, that armies have plans for all sorts of things. It’s been pointed out repeatedly here at Rantburg that the DoD has repeatedly war gamed the conquest of Canada, among many others, without ever intending to actually do it.
#5
It’s been pointed out repeatedly here at Rantburg that the DoD has repeatedly war gamed the conquest of Canada, among many others, without ever intending to actually do it.
Undoubtedly, tw. But I'm guessing Trudeau draws more comfort from it than Putin.
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• “The destruction of the bridge over the Kerch Strait would require a cruise missile battery to hit the two concrete pillars either side of the central steel arch, which will cause a complete structural failure. This will prevent any road re-supply from the Russian mainland to Crimea and temporally disrupt the shipping lane.”
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Andrey Kots
[RIA Novosti] A video about the massacre of civilians, filmed in Kupyansk, was circulated on social networks. The author is a notorious nationalist who served in Azov. The video was accompanied by the caption "Payback will be." Earlier in the Kharkiv region, they repeatedly announced the persecution of "collaborators." And here is the proof of the terror organized there. "There will be no consequences"
On the terrible frames of the six-second video - a hole dug with shovels somewhere on the outskirts of Kupyansk. At the bottom - at least three bodies in civilian clothes, lightly sprinkled with earth. Unidentified people throw another corpse into the pit - a half-naked man, bound hand and foot with adhesive tape. It is impossible to see the participants in the massacre: no faces are shown.
This video was published by the ex-commander of the Azov regiment Maxim Zhorin. And signed: "Payback will be." When the post went viral on the Web, Zhorin changed the phrase, adding: "The video was taken from the phone of the occupiers." However, Telegram users, after analyzing the metadata, found out that the video was filmed on October 9th. By that time, there were no Russians in Kupyansk.
Western media ignored this publication. What happened in the Kharkiv region, the authorities of the United States and European countries did not condemn. Russian officials also promised to find those responsible for the massacre.
Buchenwald lover
The personality of the author of the publication is noteworthy. Maxim Zhorin joined Azov back in 2014. He rose to the rank of regimental commander. He does not hide Nazi beliefs and even got a tattoo on his leg with the phrase "To each his own" - the motto of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Baptism of fire took place in Mariupol in the summer of 2014. Then there were Marinka, Ilovaisk, Shirokinskaya offensive operation. According to the LPR and DPR intelligence, he is involved in many war crimes. So, in the republics, he is accused of shelling a demonstration on May 9, 2017 in the village of Bezymennoye.
Now the Azov citizen holds the position of chief of the central headquarters of the National Corps party. Active in social networks. For example, in June he published photographs of six murdered and mutilated opposition Ukrainian politicians, accompanying the post with the comment: “This is what Patriots for Life (the Opposition Platform – For Life party. — Ed.) now look like from Severodonetsk. On March 7 they disappeared , and now their new photos have appeared. They look so-so."
"Either Death or Prison"
"The fight against Russia's accomplices" is constantly discussed in the Ukrainian media. This is expressed not only by radicals, but also by politicians and officials.
“Collaborators – all these visiting Russian specialists, members of the government they appoint, teachers, kindergarten workers – should take into account that they are not nice uncles and aunts, they are criminals,” Aleksey Arestovich, an adviser to the head of the presidential office of Ukraine, said in September. there will be no sentiment towards them. Especially ours. A traitor is a traitor. The best thing you can do, I want to appeal to them, is to dump them in your beloved Russia. Because otherwise the weather is such that it is either death or jail."
Immediately after the start of the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the Kharkiv region, groups with the same name appeared on social networks:
"Traitors and collaborators of Volchansk", "Zradniki Izyum" and others. These channels published the personal data of residents of settlements who did not have time to evacuate and were considered "employees of the occupiers", including those who simply took humanitarian aid. Many were arrested by the SBU - people were detained right on the streets and taken away in an unknown direction.
So, in mid-September, a video in which Ukrainian special services interrogated a resident of Balakleya, the director of a local sports club, went around the social network. He assures that he only "served his native city", and not any authority. But the security officer commands his subordinates: "Pack it!" The fate of this man is unknown.
Off the beaten track
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the teachers of the Kharkiv region, who "betrayed" Ukraine, will no longer receive salaries. And Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk promised to judge them.
Ukrainian official told pranksters about US control over sabotage in Kyiv
In addition, Kyiv has repeatedly talked about the so-called filtration measures.
In Ukraine, since the spring, a law on collaborationism has been in force, which provides for criminal liability for cooperation with Russia. Punishment - up to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. By August, according to the national police, over 1,200 cases had been opened under this article.
In addition, telegram channels and the media regularly publish "lists of traitors" by name. Apparently, in the coming weeks there will be even more of them - as well as videos of massacres.
More from Donetsk official Daria Morozova:
About the video that was published by the Ukrainian Nazi Zhorin. Footage of the massacre of civilians in Kupyansk, Kharkov region. Tortured corpses are thrown into the pit like garbage.
It is alleged that the video was allegedly found in the phone of the “occupier”. An absolutely opaque allusion to the involvement of the Russian military in this crime, and an eloquent signature: “Retribution will be!”.
Ukrainian fake pleats have achieved a viral effect and an emotional reaction of the audience to the post. Only with the facts, as always, pierced.
Firstly. Obviously, the footage is fresh. In the frame, yellowed trees, fallen leaves. The dead are warmly dressed, some wearing jackets and sweaters. At the same time, the Russian army began to retreat from the city in early September.
Secondly. The dead were obviously tortured, as evidenced by their hands tied behind their backs, a rope around their necks, and a bag over their heads. The handwriting of the Ukrainian special services, well known to us since 2014. It is these methods that Ukrainian punishers use to suppress dissent and punish supporters of the Russian world.
Thirdly. Immediately after the occupation of the city by Ukraine, information appeared in the media that the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were looking for residents who had collaborated with the Russian Federation and were taking them away in an unknown direction. It can be assumed that it is from the bodies of abducted citizens that Ukrainian punishers get rid of on a widespread video.
Obviously, we are dealing with another monstrous provocation by Ukraine. Similar scenarios have already been played out by Kyiv in Bucha, in the Mariupol drama theater and the Mariupol maternity hospital.
The goals are always the same - to intimidate the civilian population and dehumanize the image of the Russian soldier.
But in one "Azov" Zhorin is right - there will be retribution! It is near and inevitable. Among others, an objective investigation of the crimes of the Ukrainian military against the civilian population of Kupyansk will be carried out.
#1
Guess what happened to collaborators when allied forces liberated territories in Western Europe. The locals still had a sense of civilization, shaving the heads of women, the men got quick and swift 'justice'. Whole swaths of geography were ethnically cleansed.
#2
"Whole swaths of geography were ethnically cleansed."
That is the MO of the ukr neo-nazis, in violation of Minsk I & II, pogroms against ukr Russian-Speakers in an attempt to change the demographics of Eastern Ukraine.
#France will step up its military presence in eastern Europe, with plans to deploy additional Rafale fighter jets in Lithuania and additional armored vehicles and tanks in Romania, as the war in #Ukraine intensifies.https://t.co/TqyvkCoBaV
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Kremlin said Tuesday it expects more "confrontation" with the West, ahead of an emergency G7 meeting to discuss the latest Russian strikes on Ukraine.
"The mood ahead of the summit is well understood, it is easily predictable. The confrontation will continue," Kremlin front man Dmitry Peskov told news hounds, adding that Russia will "achieve its set goals" in Ukraine.
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Peskov also criticized Washington’s pledge to provide Ukraine with "advanced air defense systems."
"De facto, the United States is already bogged down in this affair," he said, adding that the deliveries will make "this conflict longer and more painful for the Ukrainian side."
"But it’s not going to change our goals and the end result," he added.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[pjmedia] Russian losses in the eight-month-old Ukraine War could be wildly higher than anything Moscow will admit to — or anything I dared report might be possible.
