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If you think about it, it’s surprisingly efficient that they have guys enroute to training less than a week after making the announcement. If the US were to “mobilize” it’d probably be a month before the first trainees started trickling in - at best.
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It'd be nice if we could rely on the results of this referendum to express the true will of the people who live in these regions but Putin forgot to invite jimmuh carter to observe.
I would add, though, that Zelensky never seemed to give a rat's ass what those people think either.
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We also know that at least some of those people have been offering armed resistance to Kiev for, what, going on eight years now. That is at least some indication that their loyalty to one regime or another is in question.
Maybe if Biden could have condescended to seek serious negotiations, a peaceful and just solution to the matter could be reached. But, as long as his Ukrainian cannon fodder appears to be winning, that is not an option.
The big question now, as I asked last night: Where and when will this bloody mess stop?
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There's been armed resistance to Putin since he invaded, as well.
Has Putin ever actually considered a negotiated settlement? Of course not, that's why he's putting on this show of a referendum. Then he can keep acting like he cares about laws but still threaten nukes.
With any luck, his next vodka comes with polonium.
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09/24/2022 13:23 Comments ||
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"We have ways of making you vote... the right way...." - Russian Soldier or Democrat Nursing Home Visitor?
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Has Putin ever actually considered a negotiated settlement?
You'd never hear about it from American mainstream media if he did. I think we would if Biden had but then, he hasn't.
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Face it, Rob, Biden is a crooked asshole who thinks his Ukrainian cannon fodder can win this war and he is therefore not the least bit interested in negotiations. At the moment, it looks like Ukrainians are winning. But there are those of us who are a bit concerned about what might happen if Putin gets pushed too far. And then, there are those of us who don't believe expansion of NATO into Ukraine is worth the risk. NATO has gone far enough. Its original purpose was to defend Western Europe from invasion by the Soviet Union. Well, the Soviet Union is kaput so now NATO is invading Eastern Europe. You could call it mission creep but it's liable to start a nuclear war.
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Rob and Dale hate the US. But they aren't offering to fight for the side they believe will win.
Story there somewhere.
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I'm not offering to fight either. I would like to see the fighting stopped. People might think I'm pro-Putin but that is not the case. I'm under no illusions about the man. I'm anti-war and I believe this one could have been avoided if Biden wasn't such a crook.
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Has Putin ever actually considered a negotiated settlement?
I have a gut feeling that there have been maybe two different near settlements. All I have is leaving a diplomatic channel open, even if clandestine, is pretty standard, and that bullshit rumor that was going about that there was an agreement in place but Team DC torpedoed it.
Like I said, not even indirect evidence, just some pacing changes that flipped some buttons which suggest that, but are not exclusive to, a settlement, like when Russia found backing for its debt, and when Team DC brought out all the old diplomat fossils and Elensky got vocally mad about a negotiation without him then he was told to shut up.
I'd guess at this point, each side is bringing something to the table which is non-negotiable to the other side, Side A being Team Ukraine, Team EU, Team NATO, and Team DC; Side B being Team Russia, and they can't be talked about whatever other Teams are contributors to said side.
All I know is that what was an altercation in the bar has now drawn a crowd and is threatening to turn into a spill into the streets brawl, and brawls don't get talked down once they start.
That doesn't sound like much fun. Also, to borrow a zinger from my hippie friends during W.'s term - the perpetual war is a necessary of the security state in order to justify censorship and authoritarianism as a patriotic wartime policy, always promised to be repealed right after this crises is over.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:16 EXPLOSION THOUGHT IN MELITOPOL, AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM SHOT DOWN UKRAINIAN UAV - REGIONAL AUTHORITIES
21:10 The enemy decidedbreak throughto the border with Russia: The fighters of the "Brave" showed mass heroism in the battle near Tavolzhanka
Russian fighters from the “O” group discovered two battalion tactical groups with a total number of more than 2,000 militants who attempted to break through the defense in the Tavolzhanka area. The goal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is to break through to Svatovo and the border with Russia.
Our fighters were almost 10 times smaller, but they did not leave their positions and took the fight with superior enemy forces.
Russian units engaged in a defensive battle were actively supported by aviation and artillery, delivering massive strikes against the advancing Nazis.
As a result of heavy fighting, the enemy was driven back, a large number of equipment and militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed
19:58 Mobilized citizens arrive at the military commissariats of the Samara region
◽️Most citizens arrive at military enlistment offices without waiting for summonses. Also, reserve officers arrive at the military registration and enlistment offices, who did not receive a summons, but independently, guided by a sense of duty, arrived at the military registration and enlistment offices at their place of residence to clarify the need for their accounting specialty.
◽️Employees of the military registration and enlistment office conduct a conversation, clarify data on citizens. Representatives of various enterprises arrive at the mobilization departments to receive subpoenas for their employees.
18:54 A sabotage and reconnaissance group consisting of five people was detained in the Kherson region, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
18:52 Summons from the military registration and enlistment office sent through social networks or instant messengers have no legal force and the lack of response to them does not entail any responsibility, RBC was told on the mobilization hotline organized by the government.
17:43 Videoworkfor equipping propaganda shells by fighters of the “V” group.
17:42 Peskov called false reports of plans to call up 1.2 million Russians as part of partial mobilization - TASS
16:38 Air defense works in Nova Kakhovka, at least 10 explosions sounded
16:00 Consequencesshellingthe city of Valuyki, Belgorod region, by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Due to a shell hit, there is destruction of households. There are no victims or injured. The head of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin instructed to open a criminal case.
15:59 The power supply of the sixth power unit of the ZNPP is carried out according to the backup scheme due to the damaged power line, the adviser to the head of the Rosenergoatom concern said.
It is noted that the transition of the Zaporozhye NPP to Russian standards will take at least three years.
Zaporizhzhya NPP requires modernization, but it will begin only after the completion of the formalities for the transition under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation, the adviser to the head of Rosenergoatom said.
14:38 As a result of the Ukrainian terrorist attack in Melitopol, 2 people were killed
14:03 Ukrainian saboteurs broke through in the Polog area in the Zaporozhye region in two cars, they are being searched for, the head of the Balitsky region said.
14:01 There will be no draft into the army and mobilization during the transitional period in the Zaporozhye region, the head of the region said
13:55 Our source in the OP said that the General Staff, together with the Pentagon, developed a strategy for a counteroffensive on Melitopol / Energodar in order to recapture the ZNPP from Russia. Now they are waiting for fog to land troops across the Dnieper, using forests and floodplains in the Zaporozhye region.
13:43 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
▪️More than 220 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed by Russian Aerospace Forces strikes in the Kramatorsk region;
▪️Russian pilots shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 in the Mykolaiv region and two Su-25s in the Kherson region and the DPR;
▪️More than 100 foreign mercenaries destroyed in the area of Slavyansk and Ozerny in the DPR;
▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed almost 200 militants of the Ukrainian units "Seagull", "Skif", "Dnepr" and "Gepard" in the Zaporozhye region;
▪️Russian air defense shot down 19 UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and also intercepted 42 HIMARS and Alder MLRS shells.
13:00 Briefly on the Belgorod Front. The enemy continues to periodically shell both the border itself and the border villages. DRGs of the enemy roam almost the entire line, trying to find loopholes and enter the Belgorod region.
12:51 Germany handed over to Ukraine 6 more Gepard SPAAGs and 6,000 ammunition for them. This is reported in the report of the Ministry of Defense of Germany.
In addition, Ukraine received from Germany about 6,000 rounds of ammunition and 3,000 NATO 155mm shells.
12:50 Ukrainian formations fired at the village of Shelaevo in the Belgorod region, there is no data on the victims.
12:40 AFU shelled the village of Voznesenovka, Shebekinsky urban district, Belgorod region - authorities
12:40 The head of Crimea said that his son was drafted into the army as part of partial mobilization and had already left for the unit.
12:40 Released serviceman from Russia told that the Ukrainian military tortured him with electricity:
“I heard how they [the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine] walked around and simply finished off the wounded. They went and shot people."
“They tied their hands, tied their legs completely, tied wires to their legs. One was sitting in front of me, twirling a tapik (TA-57), another was standing next to a baton, and a third was asking questions. If they didn’t like something, they started: one shocks, the other beats. And so it went on for three or four hours.
12:40 NATO intelligence agencies are directing the terrorist actions of Ukrainian punishers.
NATO intelligence issues target designations to the Ukrainian military to destroy civilian targets. Attacks on the civilian population are purposeful. To terrorize citizens in uncontrolled territories, high-precision weapons supplied by Western countries are used. In this regard, NATO intelligence bears full responsibility for civilian casualties.
12:40 The air defense group was strengthened in the Kherson region during the referendum, Stremousov said.
11:43 On the first day of the referendum, the Ukrainian military made an attempt to shell Kherson, but the air defense repelled the attack, the authorities of the region said
10:56 The first four deputies of the State Duma asked to be sent to the special operation zone to help Donbass. Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia party Andrei Turchak said that Vitaly Milonov, Dmitry Sablin, Dmitry Khubezov and Sergei Sokol wrote statements asking them to be sent to serve in the special operation zone.
10:56 Russian Ministry of Defenseshowedhow the airborne units repelled the attack of 25 Ukrainian armored vehicles
09:31 Ka-52 attack helicopter crewscontinuedestroy the Nazis in the NWO zone.
Alligator pilots launched missiles at fortified points of Ukrainian militants. The command post, tanks and other armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
08:56 Details morning explosion. Today, at about 7.00 am, an explosive device went off near a private residential building in the central part of Melitopol, which was thrown out of a car. There were no injuries, the fence was damaged and windows in the house were broken. Residents of the area managed to see and remember the car. Orientation to the suspected car is sent to all law enforcement agencies. A search is underway for those involved in the terrorist act, reports Vladimir Rogov.
07:12 It's loud in Melitopol. A single explosion sounded in the central part of the city. The information is being specified, according to Vladimir Rogov.
06:30 Footage of the combat work of specialists from the communications troops of the Western Military District during a special military operation. From the very beginning of the NMD, military signalmen provide the command of units with all types of communications around the clock and in any weather: secure satellite, radio relay, mobile and radio communications, thereby maintaining the continuity and efficiency of command and control at a high level.
“Communication should always be stable and timely. There will be no communication - there will be no decisions made, no orders will be executed. The movement of control points at night and daytime is always accompanied by the movement of communications. Wherever the control point went, a communication line should be extended in a timely manner. From my combat experience, I can say that the timeliness, secrecy and decisiveness of all signalmen who perform tasks during a special military operation saved a lot of lives ... ”, said Yegor, commander of the communications battalion of the Western Military District.
01:00 Strikes were made on targets in Nikolaev.
0:04 In Zaporozhye, a series of explosions hit military and dual-use facilities. At least 10 flights.
#2
How many of the Americans here who are pro Russia approve of treatment like this? Did you think the Battan death march was OK, too or is it only Russia who can treat people like the devil and be revered with you guys?
I expect Russians like Badanov to get excited watching such cruelty, not Americans.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:29 Ukrainian troops shelled Gorlovka at 20.25, fired five rockets from BM-21 Grad,informs representation of the DPR in the JCCC.
“Fishes were fired from the side of the VFU in the directions ... the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): 5 rockets were fired from the BM-21 Grad,” the message of the representative office in the Telegram channel says.
It is also noted that at 19.55 Shirokaya Balka was shelled, Ukrainian troops fired five shells of the “NATO” caliber of 155 mm.
20:25 As a result of the shelling of the settlement. Frontier with the use of the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (in total, the enemy fired 6 missiles of the M31 GMLRS type), 2 apartment buildings were damaged.
19:32 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 19.30 on 23.09.2022
Over the current day, according to information from the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired more than fifty rounds of ammunition from tanks, cannon artillery with a caliber of 155, 152 and 122 mm.
The fire was fired at the areas of six settlements of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, one house building was damaged. Additional information about the injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
The complex of works on the clearance of anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1S) is ongoing.
19:11 Servicemen of the Military Commandant's Office of the LPRacceptedparticipation in the referendum on reunification with Russia.
19:11Effectsshelling by Ukrainian militants of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
18:50 APU is shelling the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
18:31 Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: - 17.45 a.m. Alchevsk with the use of MLRS HIMARS (6 missiles). Information about the victims and damage is being specified. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
18:16 On the first day of the referendum, Ukrainian troops meanlyfired uponpeaceful city of Stakhanov.
18:11 It is reported about the alleged arrival at the hospital on Gagarin (Alchevsk). The information is being specified.
18:08 On September 23, an additional informationon damages as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- st. Art. Schipacheva, 10 - apartment building;
The transformer substation is de-energized, 2100 household subscribers are without voltage.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
18:05 Kyiv fired 18 HIMARS missiles on the territory of the republic on the first day of voting in a referendum in the LPR, the Russian ambassador said.
18:00 APU inflictblowson charge Abakumov in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. The fire is carried out from NATO artillery with a caliber of 155mm.
17:58 Ukrainian Nazisleadshelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. Recorded hit in a residential building.
17:53 On the first day of voting in the referendum, Donetsk was fired upon already 12 times, firing more than 50 shells.
17:37 "Malki" and "Tulips" of the Allied Forces onguardreferendum. During the referendum on the entry of the DPR into the Russian Federation, the Allied Forces are actively using the most powerful artillery systems to suppress the occupying forces of Ukrainian nationalists.
Artillery installations of high power - 240-mm self-propelled mortars 2S4 Tyulpan and 203-mm cannons 2S7M Malka cover the inhabitants of Donbass with their fire, preventing the nationalists from disrupting the voting process at the referendum.
17:35 Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: - 16.50 a.m. Svatovo with the use of MLRS HIMARS (6 missiles). Information about the victims and damage is being specified. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
17:10 Servicemen of the NM DPR, who are at the front,acceptedparticipation in the historic referendum. Today, September 23, 2022, is a historic event for Donbass. Today started a referendum on the entry of the DPR into Russia. For 8 years, the servicemen of the People's Militia of the DPR defended the right of the inhabitants of Donbass to self-determination, and this day has come. Even being on the line of combat contact, the fighters take part in the historic vote. Field election commissions come to the front line so that every defender can vote for the return of Donbass home.
16:30 DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the VFU in the direction:
-16:02 — n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv district): 3 shells fired with a caliber of 155 mm;
-16:25 — n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv district): 3 shells fired with a caliber of 155 mm.
15:18 Fixing the consequencesshellingKalininsky district of Donetsk 22.09.2022
Military experts of the DPR JCCC confirmedfact of shellingKalininsky district of Donetsk, using 155 mm artillery, and also clarified the direction of firing. So, VFU fired from the direction of their positions located in the area of the settlement. Kamyshevka.
It has been established that the shelling of the Kalininsky district of Donetsk by the VFU was carried out using weapons supplied by NATO countries.
15:10Effectsshelling of the city of Stakhanov (LPR) by the armed formations of Ukraine. As a result of the shelling of N. p. Stakhanov using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (in total, the enemy fired 6 missiles of the M31 GMLRS type), the premises of the Nika cultural and entertainment center in the Gornyak city park were damaged. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
15:04 Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: - 14.42 a.m. Frontier with the use of MLRS HIMARS (6 missiles). Information about the victims and damage is being specified. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
14:31 Self-propelled guns Malka of the Russian armyleadfire in the morning on the day of the referendum, covering Donetsk.
14:19 The head of the administration of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, reports that, according to the information received, the central regions of Donetsk have been shelled since 14:00. The Voroshilovsky, Kyiv and Kalininsky regions may be under enemy fire.
13:21 Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the framework of criminal cases will investigate new crimes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the civilian population of Donetsk. It is reported that a woman was killed and a man was injured during the shelling of the AFU of the Kievsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk.
13:15 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for September 23, information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka:
Kalininsky district:
- st. Yanko, 101 - a private residential building, a utility building and a garage were damaged.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
12:59 Ukrainian militants from positions in Krasnogorovka are shelling the Petrovsky district of Donetsk using 152-mm artillery.
12:35 VFU attacked the Kalininsky district of Donetsk. Ukrainian militants from their positions in Netaylovo fired at residential areas of the Kalininsky district of the city. NATO artillery of 155 mm caliber is used against the population.
12:15 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Yelenovka: 3 shells of 155 mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Gorlovka: 8 shells of 155 mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Kirovo - n.p. Zaitsevo: 5 shells fired from a tank;
— n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): 5 shells of 152 mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kalinin district): 2 shells of 155 mm caliber were fired.
11:10Effectsshelling of the administrative building, the Avoska store and the Basilik cafe, located in the Kievsky district of Donetsk, by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The projectile hit an exclusively civilian object. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are being fired from 155-mm NATO artillery. Employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation are engaged in fixing the crime on the spot.
10:40 Under the aimed fire of Ukrainian militants, the village of the mine named after. Gagarin (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). Strong breaks are heard by the whole village.
10:35 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 10.30 09/23/2022
The Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which are not military targets.
Over the past 24 hours, according to the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired two hundred and ninety-seven pieces of ammunition from BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, tanks, cannon artillery with a caliber of 155, 152 and 122 mm, as well as 120 mm mortars.
The fire was fired at the areas of seven settlements of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, seven civilians were killed and eight were injured. Fifteen housing constructions and five civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: one artillery mount, two armored personnel carriers, one truck with ammunition. Losses among the enemy personnel amounted to more than 30 nationalists.
Currently, a set of works is underway to clear anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1C).
10:00 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of September 23, 2022
Over the past 24 hours, during the active offensive operations of the units of the People's Militia of the LPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment. Destroyed:
- up to 50 personnel;
- 4 tanks;
- 2 armored personnel carriers;
— 9 units of special vehicles.
The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements.
Over the past day, the armed formations of Ukraine fired at the settlement. Novoaidar, Lisichansk and Gorskoye using the American M142 HIMARS MLRS, firing 18 missiles.
As a result of shelling in N. p. Novoaidar destroyed the warehouse of the Luhansk Republican Special Medical Supply Base of the LPR, as well as warehouses, a hangar and an official car on the territory of the rescue city fire service.
Since the beginning of the current day, Ukrainian troops have been shelling N. p. Stakhanov using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS, firing 6 missiles. Information about the victims and damage is being specified.
Peaceful life is being restored in the territories of the Lugansk People's Republic liberated from Ukrainian nationalists: engineering and sapper units of the People's Militia of the LPR continue demining. During September 22, they cleared more than 9 hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of the settlements of Krasnorechenskoe and Baranikov.
The forces of the NM LPR, together with public organizations, deliver humanitarian aid to residents of these areas. Also, representatives of the Popular Front, with the support of the NM LPR, delivered humanitarian aid to needy residents of the village of Zheltoye.
09:15 Ukrainian militants opened fire on the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka. Arrivals of enemy shells are recorded between the residential area "Solnechny" and the village of the mine. Rumyantsev, according to the mayor of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko.
09:10Effectsshelling of the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
09:08Effectsshelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Kalininsky district of Donetsk.
09:02 Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: - 06.15 a.m. Stakhanov using MLRS HIMARS (6 missiles). Information about the victims and damage is being specified. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
08:42 Calculations of the MLRS "Grad"leada fierce counter-battery fight with Ukrainian militants shelling the Donbass. Shells hit command posts and fortifications, areas of concentration of forces, artillery and mortar batteries of the enemy.
08:13 Over the past day, from 08:00 on September 22 to 08:00 on September 23, as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, 7 people were killed and 8 more civilians were injured.
08:01 During the day, 7 people were killed on the territory of the DPR, 8 more were injured. Over the past 24 hours, from 08:00 on September 22 to 08:00 on September 23, as a result of shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, 7 people were killed and 8 more civilians were injured.
07:08 During the day, there were 4 shellings in the LPR: Novoaydar, Lisichansk and Gorskoye. Everywhere MLRS M142 HIMARS - 18 missiles of the M31 GMLRS type; In the run-up to the referendum, both the spread and frequency of shelling increased. They hit residential and social facilities - they intimidate, Rodion Miroshnik reports.
07:06 Military correspondents of the press service of the NM DPR and soldiers of the commandant's office rescued a wounded woman in Krasny Liman.
As a result of artillery shelling of Krasny Liman by the Kyiv regime,woundedpeaceful resident. Thanks to the timely assistance of the doctors of the commandant's regiment and war correspondents of the press service of the NM DPR, her life was saved.
07:00 Summary of the Representative Office of the LPR in the JCCC for the past day, September 22. From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, 4 shellings were recorded on the settlement. Novoaydar, Lisichansk and Gorskoye using the American M142 HIMARS MLRS (18 M31 GMLRS missiles). As a result of shelling in N. p. Novoaidar destroyed the warehouse of the Luhansk Republican Special Medical Supply Base of the LPR, as well as warehouses, a hangar and an official car on the territory of the rescue city fire service. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
06:47 Volunteers of the coastal battalion "Tiger" together with the marines of the Pacific Fleetare fightingfor the liberation of the DPR.
05:48 In the Luhansk People's Republic, specialists from the International Mine Action Center have startedsurveyfor the presence of explosive objects in polling stations intended for holding a referendum on the region's accession to the Russian Federation.
Sappers check not only the premises of polling stations, but also the territory adjacent to them. Service dogs are widely used to search for explosive objects.
In the course of their work, MOC specialists use the latest equipment, including a mobile demining engineering complex and microvideo cameras that allow them to inspect hard-to-reach areas of premises, ventilation and air conditioning systems.
In a short time, sappers will have to inspect 10 districts of the LPR, where more than 150 polling stations will open
[BBC] In the centre of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, a large banner is taped to a tall building, above a Ukrainian flag, that reads: "Putin, the Hague is waiting for you."
On city buses, electronic displays flick between announcing their destination and declaring "love" for Ukraine with little hearts.
This week Lithuania - together with Latvia, Estonia and Poland - banned all Russian tourists, arguing they should not be enjoying democracy and freedom in Europe while their government attacks those very values in Ukraine.
The move has raised concerns among Russian opposition activists already abroad.
"It's strange to ban people for being Russian, whether or not they support Putin's regime," argues Anastasia Shevchenko, an activist who spent two years under house arrest for protesting against the Russian president.
When Russia invaded its neighbour, she was serving a suspended sentence and one wrong move, even an anti-war comment, could have put her behind bars.
But Anastasia could not bear to be silenced, so she squeezed her family's life into a couple of cases and they fled in the middle of the night for Lithuania.
"What is going on in Russia now is like total fear," Anastasia tells me, in Vilnius. "So many people are frightened because we know they can do anything. It's not only prison, or fines: you can be killed or poisoned. It's like a huge prison. All the country."
Since we spoke, Vladimir Putin has declared a partial mobilisation of Russian reservists - the first real test of support for his invasion. The early signs do not look good.
Protesters came out in several cities shouting "no to war!" and even "Putin to the trenches!". More than a thousand people were detained and some were then served with call-up papers at the police station.
But even more Russians are heading for the border by any route left to them.
While queues to enter Finland are growing, Latvia and Estonia both say escaping enlistment is not grounds for asylum. Lithuania will consider cases individually, but the prime minister clarified that it was "not the duty of other countries to save Russians fleeing mobilisation".
Ukrainians have no sympathy with those now protesting against the draft, if those same people did not come out against the killing of Ukrainian civilians.
Some see even the most persecuted Russian activists as cowards, because the risk they face for resisting President Putin is nothing compared to being bombarded by his military.
Those activists, however, insist that it is not that simple.
"Of course, we feel this responsibility. We should have used the opportunity to change our country," former opposition MP Dmitry Gudkov accepts.
"Putin is a war criminal, he is killing people. But how can Russians inside Russia stop Putin? It's not possible."
Mr Gudkov left Moscow well before the war, saying he was warned to go - or go to jail. Today, all prominent Russian opposition figures are either in custody, dead or in exile.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] America has a terrifying nuclear arsenal also, and the rest of the West can also contribute. This is one of those situations where the enemy has a vote — and from President Putin’s perspective, we are most definitely the enemy he chose.
Russia claims to have the world's largest stockpile of nuclear warheads, with almost 6,000 of them
Moscow is in the midst of upgrading its nuclear weapons, including long-range missiles and 'hypersonics'
Putin also claims to have a one-of-a-kind nuclear-powered submarine that can cause a radioactive tsunami
#1
After years of attacks and various administrations working against Russia what do you expect. Send in the Fed to round them up like they did to a right to life demonstrator guns drawn in his face of thirty FBI agents. 7 of his children present also. Handcuffed but if he was BLM not a thing would have happen. If it was a high crime area not a thing would have happened. Preview of new IRS hires.
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If you have listen to "President for Life" Putin, former KGB officer, he's always wanted to reconstitute the old Russia/Soviet Union. That was validated with the 2008 attack on Georgia. Make Russia Great Again! The problem being that for most of the world that means annexing their neighbors while for Americans it's about focusing on home and away from international games.
200 Ukrainian POWs were traded to freedom last night, including 100 members of the Azov Battalion It marked the first time any of them had been seen since heroic last defence of Mariupol back in May
Soldiers smiled, hugged their loved ones and flashed peace signs as they emerged from captivity
Olena Zelenska, Ukraine's First Lady, declared that it was 'the day all of Ukraine has been waiting for'
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"A mystery! The Mail, in its glory,
Is often seen posting a story
That nobody's read...
Or whose readers are dead:
Just one comment, six shares!"
- Edward Gorey
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"We would lose because we have stupid people in charge."
While I won't argue the latter (we do), the military is still very professional at most levels and would do their job very well despite bozos in charge. See WWI and Wilson for an example.
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.
In the centre of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, a large banner is taped to a tall building, above a Ukrainian flag, that reads: "Putin, the Hague is waiting for you."
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 
